Here's what potential 23andMe buyers could do with your genetic data

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23andMe is looking for buyers, raising concerns about how the company's trove of genetic data might be leveraged under a new owner.

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23andMe Lays Off 40% of Its Workforce as Company Spirals

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The rise and fall of 23andMe

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23andMe was founded in 2006.

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There’s Never Been a Better Time to Delete Your 23andMe Data. Here’s How to Do It

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23andMe users are worried about what might happen to their data. Here's what the company says.

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Whoever owns 23andMe next might have access millions of users' data.

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23andMe is floundering. Here is how to delete your data.

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23andMe has navigated several obstacles in recent years, triggering concern from consumers.

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The career rise of Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO, who died from cancer at 56

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Susan Wojcicki, who led YouTube as CEO for almost 10 years, died from cancer at 56.

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'The Cops or FBI Cannot Stop Me From Exposing You': 12 Grindr Extortion Horror Stories

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Technology has pushed the world of dating into our phones, those same devices that allow us to take photos and videos we may not want the rest of the world to see. And that tectonic shift in culture has made it much easier to run anonymous extortion scams, where people threaten to reveal your private photos to…

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23andMe's business is basically worthless. Its CEO now wants to buy it.

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Anne Wojcicki, the CEO of 23andme, announced plans to buy the company and take it private.

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'Please Help Us Get Justice for Our Dogs': 10 Horror Stories About the Dog-Sitting App Rover

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Rover bills itself as the most popular pet-sitting app in the U.S., with tens of millions of bookings since the service was founded in 2011. But just like other gig-economy apps such as Uber and Airbnb, Rover is offered as a technology platform rather than a direct employer of pet-sitters. And that can lead to some…

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