Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for 5 million

Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million

23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder and former CEO of 23andMe, has regained control over the embattled genetic testing company after her new nonprofit, TTAM Research Institute, outbid Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,…

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Quantum firms are racing to market as the industry hits ‘inflection point’

Quantum firms are racing to market as the industry hits ‘inflection point’

Photo from Horizon Quantum’s listing ceremony at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City on Friday, March 20, 2026. Quantum computing firms are defying turbulent markets to go public this year, as companies seek to raise funds to capitalize on recent scientific breakthroughs and push the experimental technology closer to commercialization. One such firm, Xanadu…

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Broadway and Hollywood songwriter Marc Shaiman looks back with pessimistic humor in memoir

Broadway and Hollywood songwriter Marc Shaiman looks back with pessimistic humor in memoir

NEW YORK — Some people see the glass as half full and some as half empty. Marc Shaiman is something else entirely. “I’m not even happy with the glass,” he says with a laugh. The award-winning Hollywood and Broadway composer and lyricist cheerfully likes to call himself an “Eeyore” and “a card-carrying pessimist” despite many…

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