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The wearable camera maker said its board approved a restructuring plan to slash costs, which will entail cutting 145 employees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The initial phase, under one option, would entail 40 units, most of them studios at 300 square feet—roughly the size of a hotel room—with limited on-site parking when fully built out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Talks around what kind of compromise that could entail have effectively been put on hold until the yield issue is resolved.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Specifics on when the review would begin, and what it would entail, have not yet been set, but Luna said the aim is to get an outside, “unbiased view.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The stop didn’t entail getting out of the carriages or, later, the buses.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey