Culture & Policy Internet News GitHub lays off engineering team in India Adding further to the already dreadful layoff situation in the global tech… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalMarch 28, 20231 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter will only show verified accounts on its ‘For You’ algorithmic timeline, says Musk Yet another day, yet another strange-sounding stuff coming in from Twitter’s new… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalMarch 28, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Tech consulting major Accenture to lay off 19000 employees, 2.5% of its global workforce In a sector that was generally being seen a safe bet for… Staff@The Tech PortalMarch 24, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Job listing platform Indeed is laying off 2200 employees As ironic as it may sound, Indeed, one of the more popular… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalMarch 23, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter reportedly working on new govt ID-based verification Verification is a tricky subject for Twitter, more so since Elon Musk… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 20, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Amazon confirms laying off another 9000 employees Amazon is reducing its workforce by the thousands, once again. In an… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 20, 20232 minute read
Acquisitions Business Culture & Policy Global News Amidst global banking turmoil, UBS to bail out Credit Suisse by acquiring it in historic $3.2Bn deal Banking giant UBS Group AG has agreed to acquire Credit Suisse Group… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 20, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Venture Capital VCs step up to provide financial support to startups in the midst of SVB collapse The world of entrepreneurship is often associated with risk-taking and uncertainty, but… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 13, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Global News FDIC, US Treasury take steps to protect SVB depositors, assure that money will be available on Monday The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last week ensured that… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 13, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Google set to hold its annual I/O conference on May 10 with a limited live audience Google has announced that it will hold its annual I/O Conference on… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 9, 20233 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Alphabet’s moonshots impacted in fresh layoffs, 137 employees laid off in Waymo Instances of layoffs have been increasingly frequent over the past months, as… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 2, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Global Internet News Meta backs ‘Take It Down’, a new service that helps prevent spread of minors’ intimate images online Facebook & Instagram parent Meta is pushing further against the circulation of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 27, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy News Twitter lays off 10% of remaining workforce in fresh layoffs Elon Musk may have promised that there would be no further layoffs… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 27, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Global News 4 years out, SEC says Elon Musk still needs lawyer approval to tweet Tesla-related information It has been years since Elon Musk agreed to post information related… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 24, 20232 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Google will now finally allow third-party billing on Play Store in India After failing to avoid the recent antitrust directives imposed upon it by… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 23, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Meta to bring Twitter-like paid subscription named ‘Meta Verified’ to Facebook and Instagram Meta is taking a page out of Twitter’s book and launching a… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 20, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Internet News Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down after 9 years, Neal Mohan to take over After helming world’s largest video streaming platform for over nine years, Susan… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalFebruary 16, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Global Internet News Microsoft acknowledges Bing user complaints, including ones that leads to it responding outside of ‘its designed tone’ Bing has been making the headlines ever since Microsoft introduced the AI-powered… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 16, 20233 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Tencent says reports of shutting down XR business untrue, says it is making personnel adjustments Following a media report that it was eliminating roles across its “extended… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 16, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Global News Nearly 250 Google employees stage protest in Zurich over layoffs: Report The better part of the previous year (and this year so far)… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 15, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Yahoo to layoff nearly 20% of its workforce as part of adtech unit restructuring As advertisers continue to pull back on spending and pare back their… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 10, 20232 minute read
