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- Technology
Techies earning up to $1 mn a year laid off at Big Tech firms
San Francisco: As Big Tech layoffs dominate headlines, more details have emerged on which verticals and senior executives earning up to $1 million annually bore the maximum brunt at Google, Microsoft, and…
- Technology
HP launches new Envy x360 15 laptops for content creators in India
New Delhi: PC and printer major HP Inc on Monday introduced a new range of Envy x360 15 laptops made for content creators in the country. The laptops, offering a 15.6-inch OLED…
- Business
Spotify to lay off employees amid deepening slowdown
New Delhi: Swedish music streaming giant Spotify is expected to lay off employees this week amid the deepening economic slowdown, the media reported on Monday. The number of workers to be fired…
- Business
Zomato CEO says aware of fraud at delivery agents’ end, fixing it
New Delhi: After an entrepreneur complained in a LinkedIn post that a Zomato delivery agent advised him to cheat the company by paying some money directly to him and enjoy the food,…
- Business
Contract personnel deleted software files: US on mega aviation outage
San Francisco: The US has blamed the third-party contractors for last week’s mega outage that grounded thousands of flights, saying that “contract personnel unintentionally deleted files” while working on the 30-year-old software.…
- Technology
Musk admits he ignored investors while tweeting on Tesla ‘going private’
San Francisco: Elon Musk has admitted in a US court that he ignored his advisors and investors while tweeting about Tesla securing funding in 2018. Musk, who briefly took the stand on…
- Business
Wipro lays off over 400 freshers for poor performance
Bengaluru: IT giant Wipro has laid off more than 400 fresher employees for poor performance in internal assessment tests. The company has issued termination letters to all the affected employees and stated…
- Technology
US arrests Russian crypto exchange founder in USD 700 mn fraud
Washington: US authorities have arrested Anatoly Legkodymov, founder and majority owner of cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato, for allegedly processing $700 million in illicit funds. He was arrested from the state of Miami for…
- Technology
Apple continues to work on classical music app
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is reportedly working on a standalone classical music application, according to hidden code found in iOS 16.3, which it planned to release last year. The hidden code…
- Business
Amazon faces over $60K penalty for unsafe warehouse work conditions
Washington: US regulators have found that three Amazon warehouse facilities exposed workers to “ergonomic hazards”, including putting them at high risk for lower back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders. Amazon faces a…
- Business
Amazon begins new round of layoffs, 18K jobs to go
San Francisco: Amazon has started notifying its employees affected by its new round of layoffs, as a part of its plan to reduce its headcount by around 18,000 people, the media reported.…
- Technology
IT professional sells home and car to join Amazon in Europe, fired
New Delhi: An IT professional from Kenya sold his home and his car to join Amazon in Europe got fired by the company just four days before he was set to move…
- Technology
Collapsed crypto exchange FTX claims USD 415 mn hacked
San Francisco: Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has claimed that hackers stole nearly $415 million from its platform. FTX CEO John J. Ray III said that about $323 million was hacked from its…
- Technology
Apple introduces next-gen Mac lineup powered by superfast M2 chips
Cupertino: Taking the Mac experience to a whole new level, Apple on Tuesday announced new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max, next-generation pro silicon that will bring…
- World
Love trashing accounts that you hate? You will see those more: Musk
New Delhi: Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said that if you like trashing accounts that you hate, you will now be shown more of those accounts on Twitter. Musk said that…
