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Autopsy section: WeWork. From zero to hero and back.

Autopsy section: WeWork. From zero to hero and back.

How to lose 99% of the peak valuation of a company in 4 years and find yourself on the brink of bankruptcy? It's simple. Just create a false vision of business conquest of the world, and then sell it to investors with a few daring moves. Exactly as WeWork founder Adam Neumann did.

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Google has agreed to pay a fine of 700 million dollars as part of a settlement with Epic Games studio, the creator of the Fortnite game. The fine is to be paid mainly to Android system users. According to the arrangements, Google also has to facilitate downloading applications from outside the Google Play store.

ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, achieved over 110 billion dollars in sales revenue in 2023, thereby surpassing its competitor - Tencent - by almost 30 billion dollars. This confirms ByteDance's dominant position in the technology market.

The new Accenture Life Trends 2024 report identifies five key global macro trends. Half of society is reevaluating priorities, placing greater emphasis on job stability and retirement, but 48% of respondents do not plan for the long term.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the federal court in East St. Louis against Apple, Visa and Mastercard companies. The companies are accused in it of a conspiracy aimed at illegally eliminating competition and as a result artificially inflating fees for credit and debit transactions.

Elon Musk's Tesla just presented the second generation of the humanoid robot Optimus. The machine is supposed to be lighter, more accurate, and more coordinated in movement than its predecessor, it can also... do squats and cook eggs.

No more automatic video playback, endless scrolling, and design based on monetizing attention - the European Parliament has just adopted an initiative aimed at combating such practices and the generally addictive nature of online platforms.

Although it's worth more than Netflix, Instagram and Disney combined, you probably don't even know that you're using its services. And no wonder, because the Chinese tech giant Tencent wants it to stay that way.

Google lost a court battle with the Fortnite game producer, Epic Games studio. The technology giant was found guilty of abusing its dominant position in the application market and accused of actions eliminating competitors and imposing high transaction fees, reaching up to 30%.

The results of the latest CBRE report "E-commerce in the post-pandemic era" reveal that Poland is a leader in the rapid development of online shopping in Europe. Even after the pandemic has subsided, the dynamic growth in the e-commerce sector continues, outpacing forecasts by almost three years.

In the latest report "Marketing Trends 2024" prepared by the research company Kantar, 10 key trends are presented, which are predicted to turn the world of marketing communication upside down in the coming year. Among them are, among others, artificial intelligence and cultural values.