Take a look: Ultra Music Festival kicks off in downtown Miami
David Catanese, Daniel A. Varela
The 24th edition of Ultra kicked off Friday afternoon in Bayfront Park. Day 1 headliners included a back-to-back set from Fisher and Chris Lake, Armin Van Buuren and Zeds Dead. Rising talents Massano, Chris Avantgarde and Argy were among the supporting acts for the first day of the festival. Organizers are anticipating 55,000 attendees each day, Friday through Sunday.
Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch's regular newsletter that recaps the week that was in tech. A total of 200 people were let go across Google’s “Core” teams, which included those working on app platforms and other engineering roles. Elsewhere, Tesla CEO Elon Musk gutted the company's team responsible for overseeing its Supercharger network in a new round of layoffs -- despite recently winning over major automakers like Ford and General Motors.
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This year’s Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting marked a new era for the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett. It’s the investing legend’s first without his right-hand man, Charlie Munger.