Business Culture & Policy News Amazon layoffs, which started November last year, to affect 18,000 employees Amazon’s layoffs are going to be bigger than we had anticipated. Last… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 5, 20233 minute read
Business Global News Microsoft reportedly looking to use ChatGPT for a smarter, AI-powered ‘Bing’ You may have heard of ChatGPT, the newly-launched chatbot that has gone… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 4, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News With eye on increasing revenue, Twitter to expand political ads on its platform, relax policy for cause-based ads In the latest instance of Elon Musk reversing Twitter’s policies, the social… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 4, 20232 minute read
Business Electric News Ola to start EV cab service pilot in Bengaluru: Report IPO-bound Ola has been working on electric vehicles for quite a while… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 4, 20232 minute read
Business News Startups STAGE, an OTT platform for local Indian dialects, gets ₹40 crore in fresh funding OTT platforms clocked an enviable rise in prominence during the pandemic, during… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 3, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups BharatPe CEO Suhail Sameer steps down Fintech major BharatPe, ever so embroiled in controversy, seems to have carried… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 3, 20232 minute read
Business News Tesla misses Wall Street estimates, delivers 405,278 vehicles in Q4 2022 Electric carmaker Tesla, in the fourth quarter of 2022, successfully delivered a… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 3, 20232 minute read
Business News Zomato co-founder Gunjan Patidar ends 14-year run at the company, quits It may be a new year for many, but in the case… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 3, 20232 minute read
Business News Startups Swiggy revenue more than doubles to reach ₹5705 crore in FY22, but loss widens SoftBank-backed Swiggy witnessed its expenses surge during FY22, which in turn widened… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 3, 20232 minute read
Crypto News Bahamian authorities seize over $3.5Bn worth of assets from FTX subsidiary The market regulator of the Bahamas confirmed that they have seized $3.5… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 1, 20232 minute read
Business News ‘Zomato Gold’ could make a comeback soon Zomato Gold, the food delivery unicorn’s customer loyalty program, could make a… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 30, 20222 minute read
Apps Global Internet News Twitter Twitter back online after suffering global outage, Musk says it “should feel faster” Twitter has been pretty chaotic ever since Elon Musk took over, and… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 29, 20222 minute read
Apps Internet News Amazon reportedly working on a standalone app for sports content Even as Amazon is tightening its belt, freezing recruitment, shutting down its… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 29, 20222 minute read
Internet News Jio Fiber services restored after going down in several Indian cities In the latest instance of internet services taking a hit and suffering… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 28, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy News Amazon, Uber, Ola among lowest ranked when it comes to working conditions for gig workers: Fairwork 2022 report Companies such as Ola, Uber, and Amazon Flex may be strong companies… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 28, 20223 minute read
Business News Apple Japan hit with $98Mn back taxation fine Once again, a Big Tech firm has run afoul of local authorities… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 27, 20222 minute read
News Startups Indian fintech Money View nabs $75Mn in Series E, valued at $900Mn New York-HQed Tiger Global has driven investments in yet another Indian startup… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 27, 20222 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter restores suicide prevention feature soon after removing it, Musk claims removal was “fake news” Soon after it took down a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 26, 20222 minute read
Business News Startups Dream public market debut for drone upstart DroneAcharya, stock lists at 90% premium India’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market is estimated to at $2.1 billion… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 23, 20222 minute read
Business Internet News Twitter to start displaying stock and crypto prices, Musk says it is ‘one of many upcoming product improvements Even though chaos has become almost part and parcel of Twitter under… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 22, 20222 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Electric News Tesla could enact a new round of layoffs, freeze hiring in upcoming fiscal quarter Its not news anymore. Layoffs are very much a general phenomenon in… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 22, 20222 minute read