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Mar 2025
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The Botched Software Update That Cost $6...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
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Sonos, the high-end speaker company, continues to reel from its disastrous app update last May. The company lost revenue and approximately $600 million in market capitalization. Then came the layoffs and a CEO exit. WSJ’s Ben Cohen explains.  See The Journal live! Take our survey!  Further Listening: - The Glitch That Crashed Millions of Computers  ... Show More
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