ARS TECHNICA - Parler's owner reportedly laid off most of its staff and executives. These layoffs continued through at least the end of December, when ~75% of staffers were let go in total, leaving ~20 employees left working at both Parler and the parent company's cloud services venture. The layoffs began about 2 weeks after Parlement Technologies ended a deal to sell Parler to Ye (formerly Kanye West).