Business
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Anti-LGBTQ slurs increase on Twitter after Musk’s takeover: Report
San Francisco: Anti-LGBTQ slurs have increased on Twitter since Elon Musk took over as CEO, despite his claims and actions to the contrary, including disbanding Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council, a new…
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WhatsApp Pay India head Vinay Choletti quits after 4 months
New Delhi: Vinay Choletti, Head of WhatsApp Pay in India, has quit within four months in the job, as digital payments industry soars in the country. Choletti replaced Manesh Mahatme, who joined…
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Tech layoffs surpass Great Recession levels, set to get worse in early 2023
San Francisco: The massive layoffs by the tech companies this year alone have surpassed the levels from the Great Recession the world went through 2008-2009 that began with Lehman Brothers collapse. In…
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ICAO rejects Spicejet’s audit story
New Delhi: Days after the budget airline SpiceJet claimed that its safety processes were found to be strong during an exhaustive audit by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the UN’s civil…
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Apple fixes zero-day bug that was ‘exploited’ on most iPhones
New Delhi: Apple has fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that was actively exploited on most iPhones, in its latest iOS software update. Available for iPhone 8 and later, Impact: Processing maliciously crafted…
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Current attacks on my Twitter colleagues dangerous: Jack Dorsey
New Delhi: Coming out in full support of his colleagues undergoing a brazen attack by Elon Musk, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has said that “the current attacks on my former colleagues…
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Creditors seek part-repayment of $1.2 bn loan given to BYJU’s
New Delhi: In seemingly fresh trouble for BYJUs, some lenders have asked the edtech unicorn to repay part of a $1.2 billion loan they recently bought into as they renegotiate terms of…
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BHU to study impact of Kashi Vishwanath Dham on economy
Varanasi: The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi will now conduct a qualitative and scientific study into the impact of the revamped Kashi Vishwanath Dham in different sectors. The economics…
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Sitharaman to reply on discussion over demands for grants in LS
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday will reply to the discussion on the demands for grants for the current fiscal and demands for excess grants for 2019-20 in the Lok…
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Of 47.57 cr Jan Dhan accounts, 10.79 L are duplicates: Minister tells RS
Delhi: Nearly 47.57 crore Jan Dhan accounts have been opened in the country of which 38.19 crore are operative while 10.79 lakh are duplicates, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In…
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Goldman Sachs plans to lay off hundreds of employees: Report
San Francisco: Global investment bank Goldman Sachs is reportedly planning to lay off hundreds of employees at its consumer business. The company’s decision to cut jobs comes after chief executive David Solomon…
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Cisco starts laying off over 4,000 employees
San Francisco: Joining the Big Tech layoff season, networking major Cisco has reportedly started laying off 5 per cent of its workforce, or more than 4,000 employees. Reports first surfaced last month…
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Gautam Adani narrows gap with Elon Musk as Twitter CEO loses richest person tag
Adani Group’s chairman Gautam Adani on Tuesday narrowed the gap with Twitter CEO Elon Musk who lost the world’s richest person tag to LVMH’s Bernard Arnault. Currently, the net worth of Bernard…
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Online education company Pluralsight lays off 400 employees
San Francisco: Online education company for developers and IT professionals, Pluralsight, which was recently valued at more than $1 billion has announced to lay off 20 per cent of its global workforce,…
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Centre committed to paying GST compensation, says Finance Minister
Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday assured the Parliament that the government is committed to paying GST compensation to states. Replying to a slew of questions by MPs cutting across party…