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Mass resignations at Twitter in response to Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum, Twitter shutters offices till November 21

Thus ends yet another dramatic week at Twitter, which continues to be…

Amazon to fire as many as 10,000 employees this week across corporate and tech sectors: Report

Firing employees to manage costs have been the norm of the year,…
Twitter

Twitter to cease trading in public markets, shares to be delisted from NYSE on Nov 8

Twitter has passed into new ownership – that of Elon Musk, and…
Elon Musk

“Acquired Twitter because it is important to future of civilisation, can not become a free-for-all hellscape”, Musk note to advertisers

After a long time, the end of the months-long standoff between Elon…
Elon Musk

Musk reportedly plans to lay off 3/4th of Twitter’s staff, company informs that no layoffs are planned

Twitter under Musk’s reign could start with the elimination of around 75%…
Twitter

Twitter confirms that it is testing the much-anticipated edit button

After nearly a decade-and-a-half since its debut, Twitter has hearkened to the…

Meta Q2’22 revenue drops by 1% to $28.82Bn, EPS dives down 32%, Facebook MAUs and DAUs up

Already under pressure from investors, its users and regulators alike, Facebook parent…

Shopify lays off about 1000 employees as pandemic-driven e-commerce upsurge reverse

In what has become an unsettling trend for businesses over the past…

Amazon plans to bring its Starlink rival, ‘Project Kuiper’ to India: Reports

Amazon is continuing to double down on its India investments, as it…
Elon Musk

Twitter buy-out talks intensify as Musk offers to invest own money, other private firms mull possible buyout

Twitter has been making the headlines consistently over the past weeks, something…
Twitter

Twitter to maintain record of original tweets edited using edit button: Report

According to a report by researcher Jane Manchun Wong, Twitter’s edit button…
Twitter

Elon Musk no longer Twitter’s largest shareholder as Vanguard ups stake to 10.3%

Elon Musk and Twitter, the two names which have occupied nearly 90%…

Twitter suspends (and restores) accounts that are keeping people informed about the Russian military

The tensions between Ukraine and Russia are escalating fast and have entered…

Amid quick commerce chaos, Flipkart reduces grocery delivery time for ‘Flipkart Quick’ to a sane, 45 minutes

The pandemic has seen quick commerce take off like a rocket as…

India’s sovereign wealth fund, NIIF, leads $240Mn round in baby products e-commerce unicorn FirstCry

With sovereign wealth funds from other countries making investments in startups, it…

Meta’s next-gen AI supercomputer will be the fastest in the world by end of 2022

AI, despite not becoming the ‘like-human-brain’ sci-fi stuff, has still integrated itself…

Facebook parent Meta faces $3.2 billion lawsuit in the UK for exploiting user data

Facebook is one of the biggest social media platforms out there, but…

With quick commerce gaining traction, Zepto gets $100 million in Series C to bank on it

Like the other sectors this year, the quick commerce sector has risen…