23andMe Is Under Fire. Its Founder Remains ‘Optimistic’: 23andMe’s CEO Anne Wojcicki has saved the genetics company from the brink of failure before ...
wired.com/story/23andme-genomic-testing-financial-results-earnings-anne-wojcicki/
‘There are no serious safeguards’: can 23andMe be trusted with our DNA?: The at-home genetic testing company is dealing with financial woes and a data breach ...
theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/17/23andme-dna-data-security-finance
23andMe wants to double down on DNA data mining with its business in a tailspin: The company's CEO assures investors there’s still plenty of money it can make on ...
qz.com/23andme-dna-data-mining-1851254269
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23andMe is low on cash and its stock is worth pennies. The CEO wants another chance
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Ancestry Tests Produced Shocking Results. Should I Tell My Family?: The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the burden that comes with obtaining genealogical ...
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Quick Glance: Unexpected Revelations from Ancestry Tests
- The tests revealed new information about my family and ancestry.
- My family relationships turned out to be different than I thought.
- What ethical obligations do I have to a potentially unrelated family?
- I am faced with the decision of whether to share this information.
Ancestry Tests Produced Shocking Results. Should I Tell My Family?: The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the burden that comes with obtaining genealogical ...
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Quick Glance: Unexpected Revelations from Ancestry Tests
- The tests uncovered new insights about my family origins and history of relations.
- It turned out that the biological connection to my family in Norway may not exist.
- What ethical obligations do I have towards a potentially unrelated family?
- I'm unsure whether I should disclose this information as my close family disagrees.
23andme: For founder Anne Wojcicki, it's about everything: The genetic analysis company 23andMe has been in deep crisis since a hacker attack ...
sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/23andme-dna-test-hackerangriff-1.6342863
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23andMe Failed to Detect Account Intrusions for Months: Plus: North Korean hackers get into generative AI, a phone surveillance tool that can monitor billions of ...
wired.com/story/23andme-failed-to-detect-account-intrusions-for-months/
23andMe sees personal data on 6.9 million customers stolen by hackers: The personal data went up for sale on a popular hacking forum following the breach.
axios.com/2023/12/04/23andme-customers-stolen-data
Quick Glance: 23andMe: Massive Data Breach Exposes 6.9 Million Profiles
- Customers reusing old passwords allowed hackers to access data, according to the genetic testing company.
- In October, a hacker claimed online to have 23andMe users’ profile information, as disclosed by the company on Friday.
- The hackers gained entry to millions of 23andMe user data, according to the company.
- A 23andMe spokeswoman stated on Monday, “We have not learned of any reports of inappropriate use of the data after the leak.”
23andMe responds to breach with new suit-limiting user terms: Also: 'well-known Bay Area tech' firm's laptops stolen and check out some critical ...
theregister.com/2023/12/11/in_brief_security/
23andMe attempts to wipe its hands clean of blame for DNA data breach: A new letter reveals where 23andMe is pointing the finger on who’s to blame for last ...
kentucky.com/news/business/article283840753.html
23andMe Blames Users for Recent Data Breach as It's Hit With Dozens of Lawsuits: Plus: Russia hacks surveillance cameras as new details emerge of its attack on a ...
wired.com/story/23andme-blames-users-data-breach-security-roundup/
Hate Brussels Sprouts? There Could be a Genetic Reason for That: According to genomics and biotech company 23andMe, the reason you don't like Brussels ...
foodandwine.com/why-you-don-t-like-brussels-sprouts-according-to-science-8418828
How a local librarian discovered she was related to a British novelist: Anacortes resident Suzanne Sanderson learned she was related to British mystery novelist ...
seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/how-a-local-librarian-discovered-she-was-related-to-a-british-novelist/
Quick Glance: Librarian Discovers Relation to British Novelist
- At her husband’s suggestion, Suzanne Sanderson joined 23andMe to research her family history.
- She was surprised to find out her great-grandfather’s half niece was married to August Strindberg, the Swedish playwright.
- Corry located a portrait of Whittaker in the Tate galleries and found a picture of her great-great-grandmother next to a box labeled 'Andy Warhol.'
- Sanderson and Corry gradually connected their familial ties over email and then offered Zoom tours of their homes to get to know each other.
23andMe may have suffered yet another breach – your data is in jeopardy
mashable.com/article/23andme-user-hack
23andMe Will Give GSK Access to Consumer DNA Data: GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/23andme-will-give-gsk-access-to-consumer-dna-data
Choose Something That You Love to Do Now: The founder of this baking empire talks about how baking is what she will do when she retires.
inc.com/video/choose-something-that-you-love-to-do-now.html
Genetic tester 23andMe’s hacked data on Jewish users offered for sale online: A hacker is offering stolen information on millions of 23andMe users ...
washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/06/23andme-hacked-data/
Drugmakers plan to pay $20M for DNA from 23andMe customers: GSK Plc is extending a five-year collaboration that’s allowed the drugmaker to mine genetic data as ...
nationalpost.com/news/drugmakers-plan-to-pay-20m-for-dna-from-23andme-customers
How Christina Tosi Built Her Milk Bar Multi-Channel Empire: The sweet-treat entrepreneur offers tips on what drove her success.
inc.com/video/how-christina-tosi-built-her-milk-bar-multi-channel-empire.html
Who hacked our DNA — and why?: The 23andMe heist reminds us of how fragile our privacy is in the digital age — to the extent it exists at all.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/13/23andme-hack-dna-privacy/
Credential stuffing: Hackers offer 23andMe user data for sale - Golem.de: Attackers claim to have scraped a million pieces of data from the genetic analysis ...
golem.de/news/credential-stuffing-hacker-bieten-nutzerdaten-von-23andme-zum-verkauf-an-2310-178295.html
The 5 best ancestry DNA kits of 2023: Just a quick swab of the mouth, and you can trace your ancestry line back hundreds of years with the best ancestry DNA kits ...
zdnet.com/article/best-ancestry-dna-kit/
Which DNA test will be more accurate with my African ancestry?: If a DNA test is truly accurate, my dad says it will classify me as heavily African and partly ...
businessinsider.com/dna-test-african-ancestry-accurate-23andme-helix-eritrea-east-africa-2019-2
I tried five at-home health testing kits and this is what I discovered: From genetic conditions to my type of earwax, I wanted to uncover it all.
metro.co.uk/2022/12/04/i-tried-five-at-home-health-testing-kits-and-this-is-what-i-discovered-17858941/
Which DNA test will be more accurate with my African ancestry?: If a DNA test is truly accurate, my dad says it will classify me as heavily African and partly ...
businessinsider.com/dna-test-african-ancestry-accurate-23andme-helix-eritrea-east-africa-2019-2
Women, people with high cholesterol have higher risk for long COVID, according to 23andMe
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Episode 191 of Kim and Ket Stay Alive - Maybe — YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER: “The Tale of Kim’s Origin Story” — is live! Head to the link to listen now: https://buff.ly/3iaO4JL
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At-Home Health Tests Are Booming Despite Lack of FDA Regulation: COVID flung open the doors to a new world of health tests that ship directly to consumers ...
thedailybeast.com/at-home-health-tests-are-booming-despite-lack-of-fda-regulation
'I did a DNA test and found my entire family history is wrong - gran was lying': A woman has shared the shocking discovery she made about her family after ...
mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/i-dna-test-found-family-26214675
Grandmother's dark past uncovered in family's DNA identity test surprise result: The woman explained how her family had recently completed 23andMe DNA tests ...
dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/grandmothers-dark-past-uncovered-familys-26223593
One of Google's earliest genetic experiments, 23andMe, paid off — here's what will make or break its future
cnbc.com/2022/01/25/how-one-of-googles-earliest-genetic-experiments-23andme-paid-off.html
Female founders are crashing the billionaire club: As the women who created Bumble, Spanx, and 23andMe achieve new levels of wealth and success ...
fortune.com/longform/billionaire-female-founders-sara-blakely-anne-wojcicki-whitney-wolfe-herd-blackstone/
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Female founders are crashing the billionaire club: As the women who created Bumble, Spanx, and 23andMe achieve new levels of wealth and success ...
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Richard Branson hints at setting up a Virgin Group SPAC in Amsterdam: Branson has created his own SPACs in the U.S. to help companies like 23andMe go public.
fortune.com/2022/01/07/richard-branson-virgin-group-spac-amsterdam/
Can you get better at singing if you've never been any good?: Is singing just a talent you're born with - or aren't? Or will paying for singing lessons ...
metro.co.uk/2021/12/25/can-you-get-better-at-singing-if-youve-never-been-any-good-15809406/
Female founders are crashing the billionaire club: As the women who created Bumble, Spanx, and 23andMe achieve new levels of wealth and success ...
fortune.com/longform/billionaire-female-founders-sara-blakely-anne-wojcicki-whitney-wolfe-herd-blackstone/
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Women founders are becoming billionaires and it could upend the entire startup ecosystem
fortune.com/2021/11/29/sara-blakely-whitney-wolfe-herd-anne-wojcicki-net-worth-billionaire-club-ipo-female-founders/
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It was a historic year for female founders: In a world where money equals power, the wealth gap at the top needs to shrink.
fortune.com/2021/11/29/female-founders-billionaires-alyson-shontell-editor-in-chief-fortune-magazine/
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Get to know your genetic self for $99 today: Amazon has a sale on three 23andMe genetic testing kits including Ancestry + Health and the newer Premium bundle.
pcworld.com/article/552221/get-to-know-your-genetic-self-for-99-today.html
23andMe to buy telehealth firm Lemonaid for $400 mln: Direct-to-consumer DNA testing firm 23andMe Holding Co (ME.O) said on Friday it would buy privately held ...
reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/23andme-buy-telehealth-firm-lemonaid-400-mln-2021-10-22/
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Xbox Celebrates 20th Anniversary With A Museum That Might Drag You: Like a parent showing baby pictures to guests, my Xbox museum is kind of embarrassing
kotaku.com/xbox-celebrates-20th-anniversary-with-a-museum-that-mig-1848113162
Mohammed is Palestinian. Why does 23andMe think he’s Egyptian?: Genetic ancestry tests such as 23andMe attempt to place individuals into neatly-defined country ...
wired.co.uk/article/23andme-genetics-palestine
‘Wildly political’ environment around vaccines creates room for ‘new leadership’: 23andMe CEO
finance.yahoo.com/news/23-and-me-ceo-on-covid-vaccines-143725529.html
Which DNA test will be more accurate with my African ancestry?: If a DNA test is truly accurate, my dad says it will classify me as heavily African and partly ...
businessinsider.com/dna-test-african-ancestry-accurate-23andme-helix-eritrea-east-africa-2019-2
Credit Suisse initiates coverage of 23andMe at outperform, says stock can rise 78%
cnbc.com/2021/08/17/23-and-me-stock-outperform-credit-suisse.html
'Shock, surprise, joy': DNA test connects San Antonio man with father in Norway after decades
expressnews.com/lifestyle/health-family/article/San-Antonio-23andMe-DNA-test-Norway-16363450.php
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The size of the average SPAC is rising. Here's why that's important for investors
cnbc.com/2021/07/15/size-of-average-spac-is-rising-why-thats-important-for-investors.html
When your biological father is your mother's fertility doctor: DNA tests reveal cases of 'fertility fraud'
eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/06/08/fertility-fraud-doctors-used-their-sperm-artificial-insemination/5243857001/
23andMe Genetic-Testing Firm Opens at $11.13 After Going Public Via SPAC: The consumer genetic-testing company 23andMe went public by merging with VG Acquisition ...
thestreet.com/investing/23andme-starts-trading-after-going-public-via-spac
Silicon Valley: Selected contacts should help Anne Wojcicki to go public: The best contacts in the highest circles in Silicon Valley make it easier for genetic ...
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The Sunday Read: ‘Sigrid Johnson Was Black. A DNA Test Said She Wasn’t’: The surge in popularity of services like 23andMe and Ancestry means that more and more ...
nytimes.com/2021/02/28/podcasts/the-daily/genetics-dna-tests-ancestry.html
The enigmatic genetic footprint of Palestine: How it came to pass that Palestinians availing themselves of ancestry kits discover they’re ‘Italian’ or ‘Syrian ...
haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium.MAGAZINE-the-enigmatic-genetic-footprint-of-palestine-1.9562122
Fears over DNA privacy as 23andMe goes public in deal with Richard Branson: Genetic testing company with 10 million customers’ data has ‘huge cybersecurity ...
theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/09/23andme-dna-privacy-richard-branson-genetics
How Apple, Google, 23andMe, and other companies are fighting COVID-19: These eight tech companies are creating solutions to fight COVID-19, from Apple and ...
businessinsider.com/how-apple-google-23andme-and-others-are-fighting-covid-19-2020-5
Everyone, even mom, wants to get in on SPACs: Despite low levels of understanding, 75% of people who know about the vehicles still said they were at least ...
financial-planning.com/articles/spac-stock-investors-richard-branson-a-rod-shaq-chamath-palihapitiya-and-now-mom
23andMe cofounder Anne Wojcicki interview on decision to do a SPAC IPO: 23andMe is going public via a merger with Richard Branson's SPAC. The deal could value ...
businessinsider.com/23andme-cofounder-anne-wojcicki-interview-explains-decision-spac-ipo-2021-2
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Richard Branson’s Next Frontier Is Human Genetics as His SPAC Merges With 23andMe
barrons.com/articles/richard-bransons-spac-to-merge-with-gene-testing-firm-23andme-51612473479
DNA tester 23andMe to go public at $3.5 billion through Branson-backed SPAC: Consumer DNA-testing company 23andMe plans to merge with VG Acquisition Corp. ...
fortune.com/2021/02/04/23andme-going-public-spac-richard-branson-valuation-dna-testing/
Why Sir Richard Branson gave 23andMe millions of dollars to go public: 23andMe will be a public company soon thanks to some help from billionaire Virgin founder ...
finance.yahoo.com/news/why-sir-richard-branson-gave-23-and-me-millions-of-dollars-to-go-public-173707175.html
23andMe cofounder Anne Wojcicki interview on decision to do a SPAC IPO: 23andMe is going public via a merger with Richard Branson's SPAC. The deal could value ...
businessinsider.com/23andme-cofounder-anne-wojcicki-interview-explains-decision-spac-ipo-2021-2
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Do a DNA test to 'find out my roots'? That's complicated for a black woman like me | Derecka Purnell
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/24/dna-test-roots-black-woman-ancestry
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