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Quick-grocery delivery provider Dunzo cuts 3% of its workforce
New Delhi: Homegrown quick-grocery delivery provider Dunzo has laid off 3 percent of its workforce amid cost-cutting measures, the platform confirmed on Monday. Kabeer Biswas, CEO and Co-Founder, of Dunzo, told IANS…
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Gene fingerprinting can be used to target political dissidents: Dr Siddartha Mukherjee
Kolkata: Pulitzer-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee, a physician by training, on Friday said he feared that a new genetic sequencing identification technique could be used to identify and target political dissidents, besides solving crimes.…
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Vodafone plans hundreds of job cuts, biggest in 5 years: Report
New Delhi: Telecommunication player Vodafone is reportedly planning to slash hundreds of jobs, mostly at its London-based headquarters, to cut costs in the global economic slowdown. The Financial Times reported that this…
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Spotify’s next Stream On event on March 8
San Francisco: Music streaming giant Spotify has announced that it will host the next edition of its Stream On event on March 8, which will largely be aimed at creators. The company…
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Reliance to offer free digital streaming of IPL 2023: Report
New Delhi: After its free live streaming of FIFA World Cup on the JioCinema app last year, Reliance is reportedly looking to disrupt the live sports streaming market as it plans to…
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Twitter planning to sell inactive usernames via online auctions
San Francisco: Twitter will soon start selling usernames via online actions that have remained inactive in order to boost its revenues. According to The New York Times, engineers at the company are…
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Apple may release touchscreen MacBook Pro in 2025
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple is reportedly working on adding touchscreens to Macs, and is expected to release its first touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro in 2025. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the…
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Meta now ‘rescinds’ full-time job offers amid recession fears
New Delhi: As layoffs deepen in New Year, Meta (formerly Facebook) has reportedly rescinded full-time employment offers to some people, which is a first for the company as it never took back…
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India successfully test-fires SRBM Prithvi-II
New Delhi: A successful training launch of the Short-Range Ballistic Missile, Prithvi-II was carried out from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Odisha coast, on Tuesday, defence officials said. The missile…
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Coinbase fires 950 people, shuts down several projects
New Delhi: Crypto exchange Coinbase on Tuesday laid off 20 per cent of its workforce, or about 950 people, to reduce its operating expenses amid the economic recession fears. Coinbase Co-founder and…
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Microsoft plans USD 10 bn investment in AI-driven ChatGPT: Report
New Delhi: Microsoft is planning to infuse $10 billion into OpenAI, the owner of popular AI platform called ChatGPT, that will value OpenAI at nearly $29 billion, the media reported on Tuesday.…
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YouTube to share ad money with Shorts creators from Feb 1
San Francisco: Tech giant Google has announced that it has restructured the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) terms to include new modules such as ‘Shorts Monetisation Module’, which allows creators to start making…
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US government questions Tesla over Musk’s full self-driving tweet
San Francisco: The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has asked Tesla about a tweet by its CEO Elon Musk that the electric car-maker will remove the driver monitoring warning from…
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BMW recalls over 14K electric cars over crash risk
San Francisco: Automaker BMW has recalled over 14,000 electric vehicles for a software malfunction that may lead to a loss of power and an increased risk of a crash. The recall covers…
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Apple set to open physical stores in India in 2023, starts hiring
New Delhi: After a long delay owing to the pandemic, Apple is finally set to launch its own physical stores in India this year, and has started hiring employees for retail stores…
