LinkedIn is cutting 960 jobs as the pandemic puts the brakes on corporate hiring

* LinkedIn is cutting 960 jobs, amounting to 6% of its global workforce. * The job cuts come as the pandemic has reduced demand for LinkedIn's recruitment products. * "I want you to know these are the only layoffs we are planning," CEO Ryan Roslansky said in a statement. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Microsoft Corp's professional networking site LinkedIn said on Tuesday it would cut about 960 jobs, or 6% of its global workforce, as the coronavirus pandemic is having a sustained impact on demand for its recruitment products. California-based LinkedIn helps employers assess a candidate's suitability for a role and employees use the platform to find new job. Jobs will be cut across sales and hiring divisions of the group globally. Announcing the plan in a message posted on LinkedIn's website, Chief Executive Ryan Roslansky said the company would provide at least 10 weeks of severance pay as well as health insurance for a year for US employees, and will hire for newly-created roles from laid-off staff. "I want you to know these are the only layoffs we are planning," Roslansky said in his message. Affected staff, who have not yet been told, would be able to keep company-issued cell phones, laptops, and recently purchased equipment to help them work from home while making career transitions, he said. As lockdowns to contain the coronavirus have hit businesses around the world, LinkedIn's business has been hit as companies lay off staff or sharply curtail hiring. LinkedIn said employees affected by its job cuts will be informed this week and they will start receiving invitations in the next few hours to meetings to learn more about next steps. "If you don't receive a meeting invite, you are not directly impacted by this change," Roslansky said. Join the conversation about this story »
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Why an early exec quit unicorn food delivery startup Deliveroo to launch a food business in the middle of a pandemic

* A former Deliveroo exec has launched a market food hall startup in the middle of COVID-19. * Dan Warne was managing director of the unicorn startup until 2019, but has now launched Sessions Market as a community food hall concept to rejuvenate UK towns after the pandemic. * Warne says he hopes to bring his experience from Deliveroo, particularly about customer behavior, to the analogue world of food halls. * The first venue, Shelter Hall on Brighton seafront, launches July 4. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. On Saturday, the UK's bars, restaurants, and cinemas will fling their doors open to customers for the first time since a strict lockdown commenced in late March. Given continued public health concerns around the coronavirus pandemic, it might be unwise to open a new food business right now. But Dan Warne, a former high-level executive at British unicorn startup Deliveroo, has launched Sessions Market, a series of community-orientated food hal...

'What is the X-Ray feature on Amazon Prime Video?': How to find and view bonus material about TV shows and movies

* X-Ray is an exclusive feature on Amazon Prime Video that displays bonus material about a show or movie, similar to the bonus features on a DVD. * X-Ray can show you information about the actors in a scene, the musical soundtrack, trivia, and more. * To activate X-Ray, you generally only need to click or tap within a video that's currently playing. * Visit Business Insider's Tech Reference library for more stories. Amazon Prime Video's X-Ray feature is, at least for now, not available on any other video streaming service. X-Ray works like the bonus features you find on a DVD or Blu-ray. With just a few clicks or taps, you can get additional information about many of the TV shows and movies on Prime Video. When you activate X-Ray, Prime displays an overlay on top of your show, offering additional information. Check out the products mentioned in this article: Amazon Prime Video ($8.99 a month at Amazon) Roku (from $49.99 at Roku) There are several kinds of info...

Here are the 9 health-tech startups that got coronavirus stimulus loans to keep workers employed during the pandemic

* The Paycheck Protection Program, created by Congress as part of a $2 trillion coronavirus bailout, helped small businesses stay afloat as they struggled economically during the pandemic. * Businesses were allowed to qualify for up to $10 million in loans. * On Monday, the Trump administration released the list of companies that borrowed most of the money. We spotted some applications from health-tech companies among their ranks, many of which are backed by venture capital firms. * Companies that applied for loans include ZocDoc, HealthTap, Bright.md, and Wildflower Health. * For more stories like this, sign up here for our healthcare newsletter, Dispensed. Health-tech startups were among the recipients of federal loans intended to help small businesses stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. Several of the startups have raised tens of millions from venture capital firms. Still, their business models became strained amid the pandemic, they told Business Insider. Eve...

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