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Heya, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch\u2019s regular newsletter that recaps the past few days in tech.<\/p>\n
Google\u2019s annual enterprise-focused dev conference, Google Cloud Next, dominated the headlines \u2014 and we had plenty of coverage<\/a> from the event. But it wasn\u2019t the only thing afoot (see: the spectacular eclipse<\/a>).<\/p>\n Lorenzo wrote<\/a> about how hackers stole over ~340,000 Social Security numbers from government consulting firm Greylock McKinnon Associates (GMA). It took GMA nine months to determine the extent of the breach and notify victims; as of yet, it\u2019s unclear why.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Sarah had the story on Spotify\u2019s personalized AI playlists<\/a>, which lets users create a playlist based on written prompts.<\/p>\n And Connie reported on the death of entrepreneur Mahbod Moghadam<\/a>, who rose to fame as the co-founder of Genius, the online music encyclopedia. Moghadam passed away at the age of 41 owing to complications from a recurring brain tumor.<\/p>\n Lots else happened. We recap it all in this edition of WiR \u2014 but first, a reminder to\u00a0sign up<\/a>\u00a0to receive the WiR newsletter in your inbox every Saturday.<\/p>\n Tesla price drop:<\/a> <\/strong>Tesla dropped prices of unsold Model Y SUVs in the U.S. by thousands of dollars in an attempt to clear out an unprecedented inventory backlog.<\/p>\n Snapchat turns off its solar system:<\/strong><\/a> Snapchat adjusted a feature in its app that visualizes how \u201cclose\u201d you are to your friends after reporting revealed that it was adding to teens\u2019 anxiety.<\/p>\n Noninvasive anxiety treatment:<\/strong><\/a> Neurovalens, a startup developing tech to deliver noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain and nervous system, achieved FDA clearance thanks to a 2019 agency rule change aimed at encouraging innovations targeting insomnia and anxiety.<\/p>\n Llama 3:<\/a> <\/strong>At an event in London, Meta confirmed that it plans an initial release of Llama 3 \u2014 the next generation of its AI model used to power chatbots and other apps \u2014 within the month.<\/p>\n Emulators in the store:<\/strong><\/a> Apple updated its App Store rules to globally allow emulators for retro console games an option for downloading titles.<\/p>\n AT&T breach: <\/strong><\/a>AT&T began notifying U.S. state authorities and regulators of a security incident after confirming that millions of customer records posted online\u00a0last month were authentic.<\/p>\n Web3 and beauty:<\/a> <\/strong>Kiki World, a beauty brand that uses web3 for customer co-creation and ownership, has closed a $7 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz.<\/p>\n Magnets in keyboards:<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Frederic writes about an intriguing development in mechanical keyboard design: magnetic switches, which can quickly change the actuation point \u2014 the point during the keypress where the switch registers a downstroke.<\/p>\n WFH, here to stay:<\/strong><\/a> Working from home isn\u2019t going away \u2014 even if some CEOs wish it would. Ron writes that most workers crave flexibility and work-life balance \u2014 who knew?<\/p>\n On Equity\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> startup-focused Wednesday show, the crew dug into the Multiverse\u2019s acquisition of Searchlight, the latest Guesty round, the Monad Labs transaction and a new venture capital fund targeting growth rounds in Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Found<\/a><\/strong> featured Ben Christensen, the founder and CEO of Cambium, a startup that\u2019s reimagining the wood supply chain and reallocating previously wasted materials to be used in new building projects.<\/span><\/p>\nNews<\/h2>\n
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