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Jan 10 2024
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Amazon’s Twitch is trying to dump office space at its S.F. HQ, while laying off 500 workers
Twitch, the video game streaming website owned by Amazon, is seeking to downsize its San Francisco headquarters, in addition to making over 500 additional layoffs. The company has been marketing 46,000 square feet of its 185,000-square-foot 350 Bush St. headquarters for sublease for at least the last year, according to a marketing flyer viewed by the Chronicle. Twitch didn’t immediately
San Francisco ChronicleJan 31 2024
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Trump Official's Wife Found Him Twitching in a Pool of His Own Blood After He Was Shot in Washington D.C. Carjacking: Report
The wife of a former Trump administration official who was left critically injured following a suspected carjacking allegedly found him lying on the ground with blood around his head Monday evening. Mike Gill reportedly was waiting to pick up his wife outside an office building in D.C.'s Mount Vernon Square when he was shot in the head. A witness, 39-year-old Yolanda Douglas, told the
The MessengerNov 20 2023
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"Train Wreck Situation": Sam Altman Joins Microsoft As OpenAI Taps Ex-Twitch CEO
"Wild Times": Sam Altman Joins Microsoft As OpenAI Taps Ex-Twitch CEO Microsoft shares climbed 2.7% in premarket trading, approaching a new record high, following the announcement that OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will head a new cutting-edge AI research division for the tech giant. This development is particularly surprising given that Altman was dismissed from OpenAI just
ZeroHedgeNov 19 2023
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Sam Altman’s Attempt to Return as OpenAI CEO Fails as Board Turns to ex-Twitch CEO
Shear cofounded livestreaming platform Twitch, which sold to Amazon for nearly $1 billion in 2014. He stepped down as CEO in March, ending a 16 year run at Twitch, citing the birth of his first child. Shear moved in some of the same Silicon Valley circles as the CEO whose shoes he must now fill. In 2011, Shear and Altman both were named part-time partners at the same time for the startup
WiredMar 20 2023
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Twitch sacks hundreds of workers days after CEO departure
Twitch, the Amazon-owned streaming platform that has turned gamers and internet commentators into legitimate stars and helped mainstream gaming culture, is laying off 400 workers in the weeks to come — yet another casualty in San Francisco’s tech industry. The live streamer’s layoffs are part of a second round of layoffs at Amazon within the past six months, affecting 9,000 workers across the
SFGATEAug 05 2023
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Twitch star Kai Cenat, 4 others face in Union Square chaos: NYPD
Felony charges were brought against five of the estimated 5,000 people involved in the chaos that erupted at Union Square on Friday when a social media influencer’s PlayStation giveaway turned into a riot in which cops were pelted with bottles and debris and out-of-control teens jumped and danced on cars, police said Saturday. The alleged instigator of the mayhem — Kai Cenat, who has 6.5
New York Daily NewsAug 04 2023
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Twitch influencer's New York City giveaway sparks chaos in Union Square
A crowd of thousands that packed Manhattan's Union Square for a popular livestreamer's hyped giveaway got out of hand Friday afternoon, with some clambering on vehicles, hurling chairs and throwing punches, leaving police struggling to rein in the chaos.Aerial TV news footage showed a surging, tightly packed crowd running through the streets, scaling structures in the park and snarling traffic
WCVBAug 05 2023
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Twitch influencer Kai Cenat posts image of Union Square ‘full-on riot’
Twitch influencer Kai Cenat seems to be reveling in the chaos he created after sparking a “full-on riot” in Union Square. Cenat posted an image to his Instagram stories from local television news depicting the out-of-control throng which wreaked havoc Friday, leaving at least seven people hurt and 51 arrested. Thousands of Cenat’s followers appeared in Union Square after he promised to give
New York Post (News)Aug 12 2023
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Twitch Streamer Kai Cenat Breaks Silence After New York City Giveaway Mayhem
Twitch streamer Kai Cenat broke his silence on Wednesday on the chaos and riots at his recent giveaway event in New York City. Cenat announced on Twitch that he would give away free video game consoles, headphones and other items to fans on Friday, Aug. 4 at Union Square. Hundreds of fans arrived early for the event, and the crowd rapidly got out of hand before Cenat’s arrival. The New York
HuffPostJun 28 2022
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The trans Twitch star delivering news to a legion of LGBTQ teens
For over a year after she first joined Twitch, Clara Sorrenti used the streaming platform like most of its users: to broadcast herself playing video games for a handful of viewers.
But when Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, launched a campaign against gender-affirming care for young people, it struck a nerve with Sorrenti, who transitioned as a teenager. The 28-year-old
Washington Post