🧠 #BrainFood 09.19.24

Sep 19, 2024

Sorry had a couple of busy mornings back-to-back, but now I’m back 😬

🤔 23andMe’s entire board of directors just abruptly resigned

✨ According to recent reports, 23andMe, the once-prominent genetic testing company, faces a significant crisis as all seven independent directors resigned from its board, leaving CEO Anne Wojcicki as the sole remaining member amid disagreements over the company's future direction and privatization plans.

So the board of directors for a company that has DNA data for millions of people just all, up and quit, should be nothing to worry about, right?

💥 1 more thing to stress about, personal mobile devices that explode simultaneously

Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands

Key points:

The attacks specifically targeted communication devices used by Hezbollah members, but also affected civilians.
Sources indicate that the operation was likely a joint effort between Israel's Mossad and military forces, though Israel has not officially commented on the incident.
Hezbollah has vowed retaliation against Israel, while the Lebanese government condemned the attack as "criminal Israeli aggression".
The pagers were reportedly acquired by Hezbollah in the months leading up to the attack and were detonated simultaneously upon receiving a specific message.
The explosions occurred shortly after Israel's security cabinet approved an expansion of its war objectives in the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah.
A Taiwanese company, Gold Apollo, whose branding appeared on the devices, stated that the pagers were manufactured by a Budapest-based company called BAC Consulting KFT