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The linkup between GoHenry and Acorns is destined as both companies have been working together for some time already.

American financial technology and financial services firm Acorns has revealed it has acquired GoHenry, a teen-based investing application with a diversified user base. As reported by CNBC, the acquisition is the first of its kind for Acorns which is set to use the new acquisition to expand into Europe, in line with its global expansion strategy.
The financial cost of the deal was not revealed, however, the company’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Noah Kerner noted that the terms of the acquisition are beneficial for GoHenry and its investors. The staff of the company will also roll over their stakes into the new Acorns world.

The Acorns outfit encourages value investing by permitting its users to invest their spare scare in assets like index funds. The company’s offerings will complement that of GoHenry whose primary goal is to instill financial education tenets in children aged 6 to 18. By its core operational model, the startup offers a spending card for kids and links it to a cash management application.
Typically, the application is managed by the parents who can limit spending among other functions. The GoHenry revenue generation model is hinged on charging for monthly subscriptions from parents, a model that also mimics the monthly subscription being charged by Acorns.
The linkup between GoHenry and Acorns is destined as both companies have been working together for quite some time.
“We pioneered the kids and teens with GoHenry, and Acorns very much pioneered investing and saving and bringing mental wellness to the up and coming, to everyday America,” said Louise Hill, co-founder, and chief operating officer of GoHenry, adding, “But both of us had ambitions to stretch beyond that in terms of customer demographics, so that we could start to serve people throughout their lifecycle, through all life stages.”
Acorns Acquisition of GoHenry, Not a Deal Born in a Hurry
According to the details shared by Kerner, neither the timing nor the acquisition deal was driven by the negative changes we’re seeing in the market today. He noted that the company looked at hundreds of deals before finally settling for GoHenry, a process that spanned several months.
The company said that as far back as 2020, it pioneered the launch of Acorns Early — an investment account for kids, pitching GeHenry as a viable option among the pack.
According to the plans being nurtured by Acorns, the name of the newly acquired firm will be changed to GoHenry by Acorns in the United States, while in the United Kingdom, it will be named as GoHenry. The startup will maintain the identity of its subsidiary PixPay in both Spain and France respectively.
With the financials not revealed, it is hard to tell what the Acorns valuation is as it was last valued at $1.9 billion following a $300 million fundraise last year. The firm’s plans to go public through a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) were scrapped as a result of market conditions.

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A new deal sees the WWE and UFC merge under the same umbrella for all-round combat sports offerings subject to regulatory approval.

The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has agreed to merge with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to form a publicly-traded combat sports company. According to reports, the new company will be run by a talent and media holding company and UFC parent Endeavor Group Holdings.
The WWE deal comes months after news first emerged that the popular wrestling promotion sought a buyer. The Vince McMahon-controlled company has a current market value of $6.79 billion, although the deal valued the wrestling promotion at $9.3 billion.

The deal is expected to close near the end of the year and is subject to regulatory approval.
Details of Merger
The WWE-UFC merger would see Endeavor Group CEO Ari Emanuel preside over the combined company as chief executive. Emanuel will also retain his CEO position at the original Endeavor Talent Agency/William Morris Agency-merged company. Meanwhile, WWE’s McMahon will serve as executive chairman of the wrestling promotion, while current UFC president Dana White will also remain in that role. Furthermore, Endeavor president and chief operating officer Mark Shapiro will function as executive chairman of the new company. Lastly, WWE CEO Nick Khan will retain his position as president.
Pursuant to the deal, the merger will comprise 11 people, with six appointed by Endeavor and five by WWE. Although the new company’s name will be announced later, the merger will reportedly trade under the stock ticker TKO.
Endeavor Group will take a 51% controlling stake in the combined company, with the remaining 49% going to WWE’s shareholders.
WWE shares fell in premarket trading following the deal’s announcement, while Endeavor’s shares climbed.
The WWE decision to merge with the UFC comes a day after the wrestling promotion concluded its annual WrestleMania. The premier 2-day, pay-per-view event was a spectacle that drew tens of thousands of ardent fans to Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium. While WrestleMania was ongoing, bankers and executives from both sides of the merger were applying the deal’s finishing touches.
The newly-merged combat sports company is worth more than $21 billion, with stakeholders expecting that it would rise further. According to inside sources, the value of rights for live events such as wrestling and MMA will continue to appreciate. As Shapiro put it:
“Must-watch TV is a rarity these days. And unicorns like the UFC and WWE will be heavily in demand.”
WWE & UFC Merge to Offer All-Inclusive Scripted & Real Competitive Fights
By merging WWE with the UFC, Endeavor gains control of two of the biggest combat sports promotions with strategically esoteric offerings. With the UFC, the holding company appeals to fans who crave authentic, brutal, spontaneous, and unscripted mixed martial arts bouts. However, acquiring WWE also allows Endeavor to offer scripted and dramatic competitive fighting to fans who crave such.
It is also worth noting that there are already crossover athletes between both combat promotions. For example, current WWE superstars Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey also previously competed under the UFC banner. The duo were one-time UFC champions in their respective weight classes and have also held WWE championships numerous times.
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The PancakeSwap DEX Version 3 also looks to introduce a “VIP” trading rewards program and a position manager feature down the stretch. 

PancakeSwap DEX has launched Version 3 on Ethereum and BNB Chain, offering improved performance and lower fees. According to reports, Version 3 introduces four different trading fee tiers of the cheapest on-chain trading fees among the decentralized exchange’s contemporaries. Notable counterparts, in this case, include Uniswap and SushiSwap.
PancakeSwap’s touted trading fee tiers are 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.25%, and 1%. These fee tiers compare favorably with the DEX’s previous Version 2 single level of 0.25%.

According to developers, the PancakeSwap DEX Version 3 also offers increased returns for liquidity providers. This implies that liquidity providers can efficiently allocate capital on specific price intervals with enhanced capital efficiency. The exchange’s developers can reap higher fee earnings from the same deposit amounts by allocating capital on smaller price ranges.
PancakeSwap DEX Version 3 to Balance between Low-Fee Traders with High Liquidity.
The latest version of PancakeSwap’s automated market maker platform is designed to create a balance between the lowest fee-paying traders and the highest accruable LP liquidity. By offering a token pair liquidity pool for each fee tier, PancakeSwap’s DEX Version 3 sees asset pairs moving toward the most rewarding tiers.
In the previous PancakeSwap version, liquidity from providers was spread out evenly along trading pair price curves. The decentralized exchange identified this pattern as inefficient because assets usually trade within specific ranges.
PancakeSwap’s Version 3 looks to introduce two new features still in development. These are a Version 3 “VIP” trading rewards program and a feature for position managers. As a tiered system, the VIP program will reward traders for trading volume by offering exclusive perks. These benefits include a 5% trading fee rebate that could potentially stoke more activity on PancakeSwap and increase its revenue potential.
Meanwhile, PancakeSwap’s position manager feature facilitates seamless trader liquidity deposit and position optimization. The tool automatically allows users to adjust their positions and fee rewards, eliminating the need for third-party integration manual calculations.
PancakeSwap Version 3 is compatible with all tools created for Uniswap’s Version 3. Furthermore, as of Monday, PancakeSwap, which boasts more than 1.5 million unique users, had over $2.5 billion in total value locked (TVL). Meanwhile, DefiLlama data reported that Uniswap had a TVL of $3.9 billion today.
Arbitrum 50M On-Chain Transfer Controversy
In other DeFi-related news, Arbitrum recently addressed its unauthorized ARB transfer controversy. The Ethereum Layer 2 protocol’s governance platform, the Arbitrum Foundation, recently offloaded 50 million ARB tokens on-chain without community approval. However, amid the backlash, Arbitrum explained that it sold ARB in the DAO’s interest. The Foundation said it loaned 40 million ARB from the total on-chain transfer to a financial markets player. Arbitrum added that it converted an additional 10 million ARB tokens for stablecoins to fund ongoing operating expenses. The Foundation also said it would not offload any more tokens ahead of the conclusion of its Arbitrum Improvement Proposal (AIP-1) ratification exercise. As it stands, 70% of the community is against the proposal.

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According to Haider Rafique, Global Chief Marketing Officer at OKX, the launch of Train Like Dias is a true testament that Web3 can revolutionize anything without limits.

The OKX cryptocurrency exchange, a Seychelles-registered crypto firm that ranks second in daily traded volume, in partnership with Rúben Dias, a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Manchester City, has announced the launch of an immersive metaverse fan experience dubbed Train Like Dias. The Train Like Dias OKX collective will allow football fans to closely interact with Dias and experience his training techniques and coaching tips.
The partnership between OKX and Dias is an extension of the collaboration with Manchester City, whereby the exchange became the official training kit partner from 2020 to date. Notably, the OKX Collective is a unique virtual metaverse environment that allows football fans to gain access to special content from City players including Alex Greenwood, Ilkay Gündoğan, Jack Grealish and Rúben Dias.

“The OKX Collective is a unique way to bring fan interactions to the next level. Through the metaverse, we can give fans across the globe a glimpse into how I prepare for matchday and maybe how they can improve their own game,” Rúben Dias said.
Through his official Twitter account, Dias noted that the OKX Collective will give the fans a chance to reckon his best training drills. Moreover, the Train Like Dias are virtual and available for anyone to purchase through the OKX crypto exchange.

Join me and @OKX in the #OKXCollective metaverse to see some of my favourite training drills and give them a try! It’s your very own 1-to-1 training session… reckon you can keep up? 👀 #adhttps://t.co/NW2CR3YMKw pic.twitter.com/w91e9SFYRS
— Rúben Dias (@rubendias) April 3, 2023

Bigger Picture of OKX and Dias Partnership
According to Haider Rafique, Global Chief Marketing Officer at OKX, the launch of Train Like Dias is a true testament that Web3 can revolutionize anything without limits. With OKX taking pride in over 50 million registered global users, the Train Like Dias are expected to reach football fans much more easily.
“The possibilities that Web3 can offer are vast and only limited by our own imaginations. The way “Train Like Días” brings Rúben and his fans closer together is another great example of what this technology allows. The OKX Collective is just getting started, and we can’t wait to reveal what Alex Greenwood, Ilkay Gündoğan and Jack Grealish have in store for fans later this season,” Rafique said.
Notably, the Train like Dian fans also has a chance to get NFT to interact with through the blockchain. Furthermore, OKX noted that Dias fans can participate in competitions and win prizes including match tickets, team training kits and much more.
Meanwhile, the Manchester City Fan Token (CITY) gained approximately 1 percent in the past 24 hours to trade around $4.57. The CITY token under the Chiliz network takes pride in a market capitalization of approximately $26.49 million and a daily traded volume of about $1.9 million.

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VCs remain the major source through which institutional investors access crypto.

Venture capital (VC) firm Re7 Capital has tapped web3 advisory and crypto infrastructure firm Republic Crypto to launch a $100 million fund for liquid tokens. The fund, which is dubbed RxR Opportunities Fund, is one of the early initiatives of the 2022 strategic joint venture between the two firms. According to The Block, the fund will allow eligible investors to have access to a limited number of hand-picked crypto tokens, with a focus on those tokens with medium-sized market caps.
In a statement regarding the fund, Re7 Capital founder, Evgeny Gokhberg admits that the fund will aim at the smaller crypto names. However, he also insists that it will not involve anything speculative such as meme coins. And while Gokhberg confirms that the fund is already seeing commitments from all over, he did not disclose the exact amount that has been realized so far.

RxR Opportunities Fund has a one-year lock-up with liquidity after which it may then be unlocked every quarter. According to Gokhberg, about 15% of it would be focused on private deals such as over-the-counter (OTC) transactions.
Re7 Capital’s new fund represents a third option for its clients. The Cayman Islands-based firm first launched a market-neutral DeFi yield fund in 2021. In February, it also launched an Ether-focused fund.  Therefore, the RxR fund adds a new option for its clients.
Re7 Capital Signals the Growth of Venture Capital
Meanwhile, one can not overemphasize the impressive growth of the venture capital sector in recent times. Historically, VCs remain the major source through which institutional investors access crypto, albeit on a large scale. But recently, it appears there are more liquid opportunities for them to partake in the market. Investors now stake, tap into yield opportunities and have access to liquid tokens unlike before. The last part is exactly what Re7 and Republic hope to achieve with their new fund.
Re7 comes into the partnership with deep knowledge and experience managing a successful crypto hedge fund.

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Musk had previously promised to change Twitter’s logo to a Dogecoin-themed image in a conversation with the WallStreetBets chairman.

The largest and oldest meme coin Dogecoin (DOGE), had all of its metrics surging on Monday after tech billionaire and Tesla Inс (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk changed Twitter Inc’s blue bird logo to a dog-themed image. According to the latest market data from Binance-backed Coinmarketcap and Coingecko, the Dogecoin price jumped as much as 25 percent to reach a high of around $0.1026. Dogecoin price during the early Asian market on Tuesday traded around $0.9692. Notably, Dogecoin’s daily traded volume spiked over 431 percent in the past 24 hours to reach about $4,059,555,102.
As a result, Dogecoin’s market capitalization gained about 25 percent to stand around $13,452,464,496 on Tuesday. Due to the sudden price movement, over $24 million was liquidated from the Dogecoin network according to market aggregate data provided by Coinglass.

DOGE Taps on Musk’s Twitter
On Monday, the Dogecoin community was surprised by Musk’s decision to incorporate the DOGE symbol as the new Twitter logo. The move sparked fresh enthusiasm in the meme coin community. Moreover, Dogecoin surpassed Polygon (MATIC) market cap and now is about to decouple Cardano (ADA) if the momentum holds in the coming days.

pic.twitter.com/wmN5WxUhfQ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2023

Musk had previously promised to change Twitter’s logo to a Doge-themed image in a conversation with WallStreetBets chairman, the group that led the 2021 short squeeze on GameStop Corp Cl A (NYSE: GME) shares.

As promised pic.twitter.com/Jc1TnAqxAV
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 3, 2023

Following the recent event, Dogecoin whales were observed to have increased on-chain activity. According to research data provided by on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain, the fifth largest holder of DOGE transferred 650 million units worth approximately $61.3 million.
Side Notes
Meanwhile, things were not all rosy for the Tesla market on Monday. According to market data provided by MarketWatch, Tesla shares dropped approximately 6.12 percent to close the day trading at around $193.30. Nevertheless, the decline in Tesla shares does not have a direct correlation with Dogecoin’s price pump on Monday.
In other headlines, Musk’s lawyers asked a United States judge to throw out a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. While Musk has won similar cases before, his lawyers are confident the court will throw away the ongoing lawsuit
“There is nothing unlawful about tweeting words of support for, or funny pictures about, a legitimate cryptocurrency that continues to hold a market cap of nearly $10 billion,” Musk’s lawyers said. “This court should put a stop to plaintiffs’ fantasy and dismiss the complaint.”

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The OpenEden TBILL tokens are Ethereum-based ERC-20 standards that are transferable between different blockchain wallets.

Former senior officials at the Gemini crypto exchange announced that OpenEden, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, had launched the first smart contract vault to offer access to US Treasury Bills (T-Bills). According to the announcement, OpenEden will enable stablecoins holders to mint Treasury Bills (T-BILL) tokens through the OpenEden T-BILL Vaul. As a result, OpenEden users can earn a US risk-free rate, with yields of about 4.8 percent per annum starting from March 2023.
Notably, Jeremy Ng and Eugene Ng, both co-founders at OpenEden, worked at Gemini’s ex-Asia Pacific head and former head of business development for the region, respectively. OpenEden is backed by several institutional investors including Circle the issuer of USDC, KPMG, Elliptic, DBS, Chainlink, and Harneys.

According to OpenEden, the TBILL tokens are Ethereum-based ERC-20 standards that are transferable between different blockchain wallets.
“From the start, we wanted to create the opposite of a ‘trust me bro’ product for DAO treasuries, Web3 institutions, and crypto funds,” Jeremy stated. “There is around $130 billion worth of stablecoins sitting on the sidelines and not generating any meaningful yield. As DeFi yields continue to lag further behind traditional financial asset yields, there is a growing demand for institutional-grade DeFi products that offer low-risk, liquid, and transparent returns to stablecoin holders.”
Similar sentiments were shared by Eugene who stated that OpenEden has spent the past year developing institutional-grade regulated DeFi products. Moreover, the OpenEden protocol taps into the Chainlink network, which connects oracles from the real world to the blockchain industry.
“The OpenEden TBILL Vault not only facilitates on-chain access to US Treasury yields but it is also integrated with a Chainlink Proof-of-Reserves to provide real-time transparency into the underlying assets of TBILL tokens,” Eugene added.
OpenEden to the World
OpenEden was launched earlier in 2022 by a team with decades in institutional finance and technology having worked with Gemini, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), Deutsche Bank AG (Xetra: DBK), Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS), BlockFi, Bybit, and Binance.
Notably, the issuer of TBILL tokens, Hill Lights International Ltd, is described as a professional fund established under the British Virgin Islands Securities and Investment Business Act 2010. On the other hand, OpenEden Pte Ltd, the investment manager of the OpenEden TBILL Vault, is a Registered Fund Management Company under the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
By tokenizing real-world assets, OpenEden hopes to open up the blockchain industry to a $300 trillion market that is yet to be tapped on a global scale. Moreover, the cryptocurrency market is about $1 trillion despite being in existence for the past 14 years. Nevertheless, the industry has earned a global reputation over traditional stock markets after gaining value through the Covid pandemic and also the banking crisis.

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One of the major aims of the rebranding exercise is to widen the scope of Halo Wallet operation beyond Web 3.0.

Decentralized KuCoin Wallet is expanding from being a simple Web 3.0 wallet to what can serve on a social finance (SocialFi) scale. According to a Monday announcement, the rebranding which takes immediate effect will see KuCoin Wallet take up a new name – Halo Wallet.
The Emergence of a New SocialFi Ecosystem
One of the major aims of the rebranding exercise is to widen the scope of Halo Wallet operation beyond Web 3.0. It will seek to integrate different on-chain and off-chain social media protocols like Twitter and the rest. The wallet will then create what it calls a decentralized identifier (DID) system where it will engage with popular social media influencers.

There are also more plans for the future of the newly-launched SocialFi ecosystem. Halo Wallet plans to employ a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) model of governance. That is, it plans to gradually hand out governance rights of its SocialFi ecosystem to the community through a DAO. According to the firm, this model will encourage many users and innovators to explore unique financial strategies and trading opportunities. And with such a system in place, the SocialFi ecosystem will undoubtedly remain active, says Halo.
Meanwhile, the head of Halo Wallet Jeff Haul has also spoken on the need for decentralized wallets and their role in Web 3.0. Haul noted that decentralized wallets serve as the main entry point for users into the Web 3.0 space. In addition, he says that the unique features of the new Halo Wallet present an opportunity for users to create a complete social identity. And even more, it offers them access to quality information and prospects on social media.
Halo Wallet Sees Funding from KuCoin Ventures and Others
In what appears to be in line with the fresh start, the newly independent Halo Wallet has now received a fresh round of funding. The funding round had several notable investors in participation. Some of them include KuCoin Ventures, HashKey Capital, IDG, and other Web 3.0-focused investors.
Since launching in June 2022, the KuCoin Wallet platform has had quite an impressive run in the decentralized wallet domain. The platform offers coverage for mobile and PC and has integrated support for thousands of tokens and NFTs. It currently serves over a million users and continues to launch various services including native cross-chain swap and staking, and reached over 1 million users.

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US government agencies have been actively encouraging similar ideas associated with financial literacy since 2003 when April was formally appointed the National Financial Capability Month.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed a series of education events focussing on underrepresented communities and others- but indicated that competitors should be educated to practice caution while using crypto.
In an April 3rd announcement, the SEC disclosed that it would talk to communities including high school students, members of the military, investors along with native Americans to publicize financial literacy. According to the announcement, the education can be on something as useful as “how to avoid becoming a victim of fraud” using cryptocurrencies. The SEC called an alert from one of its resources, in which the regulator asked people to be mindful of assessing investments in crypto undertakings that may authorize as securities under the regulator’s jurisdiction. The quote warns investors to use only the money which they cannot afford to lose in the market.

US government agencies have been actively encouraging similar ideas associated with financial literacy since 2003 when April was formally appointed the National Financial Capability Month. The announcement followed after several people denounced the financial regulator for arguing that it expects companies to have an inclusive discussion while persisting to take rigorous enforcement actions.
US-based crypto exchange Coinbase informed on 22nd March that it had acquired a Wells notice from the SEC even after having recurrent meetings with the officials for more than thirty times in a span of nine months. The crypto exchange claimed that its products and services will resume working as usual even through the investigation.
United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has offered support to the United States Joe Biden‘s proposal to allot a staggering $2.4 billion in funding for the regulator, emphasizing the present requirement to crack down on the “misconduct” in the crypto space. In testimony on March 29th budget with the House of Appropriations Committee, Gensler explained that the massive funding was required to keep pace with the innovation around the world.
Gensler requested the regulator receive $2.4 billion in funding for the 2024 fiscal year, claiming that it required a “novel tool, expertise and resource” to handle transgression in the crypto industry. United States Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is constructing her anti-crypto project as one of the main topics for her re-election campaign, even though polls indicated that the majority of Americans believe that crypto is the future.
In a tweet on March 30th, Warren also claimed that she was participating to place the administration on the middle-class families’ side, and gallantly quoted a Politico headliner that says, Elizabeth Warren is building an Anti-crypto Army.

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Google’s chief of finance referred to the 2008 times when the expenses were growing faster than the revenue, and thus they have decided on an internal rejig in that regard.

Big-tech companies across the globe have been cutting additional costs amid the tightening macro environment. Ruth Porat, Google finance chief, said in a companywide email that the company is making cuts to employee services. In a Friday email titled “Our company-wide OKR on durable savings,” Porat said that these are multi-year efforts. Furthermore, the tech giant is willing to cut down on all the additional goodies offered to employees such as fitness classes, tape, staplers, as well as the frequency of laptop replacements for employees.
Porat added that one of the major objectives for Google in 2023 is to “deliver durable savings through improved velocity and efficiency. All PAs and Functions are working toward this,” she added.

As said, Google has been on a major cost-cutting spree while initiating one of the largest cost-cutting measures in over two decades. Earlier this year in January 2023, Google said that it was eliminating 12,000 jobs, which is 6% of its workforce.
In her email, Porat said that the layoffs were “the hardest decisions we’ve had to make as a company”. She further added:
“This work is particularly vital because of our recent growth, the challenging economic environment, and our incredible investment opportunities to drive technology forward – particularly in AI”.
She also referred to the 2008 financial crisis twice in her emails. She added:
“Back in 2008, our expenses were growing faster than our revenue. We improved machine utilization, narrowed our real estate investments, tightened our belt on T&E budgets, cafes, micro kitchens and mobile phone usage, and removed the hybrid vehicle subsidiary. Just as we did in 2008, we’ll be looking at data to identify other areas of spending that aren’t as effective as they should be, or that don’t scale at our size.”
Cutting Down on Desktop PCs
As per the internal documents viewed by CNBC, Google is pausing fresh refreshes for desktop PCs, laptops, and monitors. It’s also changing the frequency of replacing old devices.
Google employees that are not in engineering roles shall receive Chromebooks instead of Apple MacBooks. Chromebooks are Google-made laptops that come with Google’s own operating system Chrome OS.
In a statement to CNBC, a Google spokesperson said that the company’s goal is to make durable savings via improved velocity and efficiency. “As part of this, we’re making some practical changes to help us remain, responsible stewards of our resources while continuing to offer industry-leading perks, benefits, and amenities,” said the spokesperson.
Similarly, employees won’t be able to demand gadgets from the outside, if they are available internally. In case they need any gadget costing above $1,000 they would need director “or above” approval.
“These are mostly minor adjustments. We set a high bar for industry-leading perks, benefits and office amenities, and we will continue that into the future. However, some programs need to evolve for how Google works today,” added Porat.
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