23andMe Files for Bankruptcy & Sesame Street’s Rocky Finances
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Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Freiman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, 23andMe went bankrupt.
So what happens to all of our DNA? Then U.S.-Mexico border agents are seizing a lot of contraband these days. But I'm not talking about drugs. I'm talking about eggs. It's Tuesday, March 25th. Let's ride.
March Madness hasn't even gotten to its second weekend yet, and a bracket savant is already walking away with a $1 million prize, courtesy of Warren Buffett. An anonymous employee of Flight Safety International, a subsidiary of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, won the $1 million after correctly picking 31 of the 32 games in the first round today. of the men's college basketball tournament. Buffett has been running this bracket contest for years, but relaxed the rules this March because he desperately wanted someone to win while he was still up and at them. It worked, and interestingly, this employee was one of 12 Berkshire employees in total to pick 31 of the 32 games, but he took home the top prize because he correctly chose 29 games consecutively before a loss.
Toby, I've never seen someone so happy to give away a Millie.
I mean, this was the year to do it. This is the first tournament since 2007 that no team seeded 12 or lower made it to the Sweet 16. It's also the first time in history that the Sweet 16 is made up of only power conference teams. So you're only seeing teams from the SEC, Big 10, Big 12, and ACC. That is it. So no Cinderella story this year. So it was the perfect storm of, you know, Buffett getting more lenient in his older age, plus this being a historical outlier in terms of chalkiness of the overall tournament. Regardless, pretty sweet bonus to take home, and glad Warren finally found the sweet spot for his prize. Now a word from our sponsor, Sophos. Neil, quick, your apartment catches on fire. What's your first move?
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Head to Sophos.com today and make your cybersecurity proactive, not reactive. That's S-O-P-H-O-S dot com. 23andMe couldn't walk the double helix tightrope any longer. The long-struggling DNA testing company filed for bankruptcy late Sunday night and announced that its CEO, Ann Wojcicki, would be stepping down from her role. In a statement, Wojcicki took responsibility for the collapse of the once high-flying startup, but said she still believed in its long-term vision and would be making a bid to buy it out of bankruptcy. 23andMe had been a cast member of The Walking Dead for a few years now, founded in 2006. It was all the rage in Silicon Valley for selling popular at-home DNA testing kits that help people learn about their family histories and genetic profiles. The problem is once you know that, you don't really need to buy anything more from the company and
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