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Facebook announces first members of its ‘truly autonomous’ Oversight Board for better content governance

Facebook has today announced the first 20 members of its proposed 40-member…

Google to contribute another $50 million for COVID 19 relief measures

Google came on the frontlines of the attack against coronavirus. The company…

Airbnb lays off close to 25% of its workforce as COVID-19 continues to hit travel

With most of the countries being in lockdown, COVID-19 is continuing to…
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An Amazon warehouse worker has died of COVID-19 in company’s Staten Island warehouse

An Amazon worker at the company’s massive warehouse in Staten Island, New…
Meta fixes Instagram’s violent content glitch

Delhi women commission issues notice to Instagram over a group that shared morphed images of underage girls

On Sunday, a series of disturbing screenshots went viral on Instagram when…

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ director Taika Waititi will ‘reawaken’ the force as he signs up to direct his first Star Wars movie

The Star Wars franchise has had a rocky past. The series has…

Freshworks appoints SaaS veteran Tyler Sloat as new Chief Financial Officer

Inching closer to going pubic, California based software giant Freshworks Inc. has…
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As Mark Zuckerberg praises lockdown efforts, Elon Musk terms it “fascist”

Much like the American populace, two Silicon Valley billionaires have had starkly…
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After 7 years at Uber, tech chief Thuan Pham steps down

Uber’s Chief Technology Officer Thuan Pham has resigned, effective May 16th, the…

Alibaba demotes top e-commerce executive after internal inquiry on improper behaviour

Chinese e-commerce entity Alibaba has demoted its e-commerce chief and senior vice-president…

Uber has disbursed COVID-19 grants to 55,000 drivers in India through its Uber Care Drivers Fund

Uber’s ‘Uber Care Driver Fund’, an INR12.5 crore (~$1.6Mn) COVID-19 relief fund…
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Swiggy to lay off hundreds from its cloud kitchens business

The catastrophic economic impact of coronavirus pandemic has led to unprecedented layoffs…

Google’s head of quantum computing hardware John Martinis steps down

Quantum computing is a dream that the tech world is aching to…
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Facebook pulls down events that invite protests against stay-at-home orders

Large swathes of population across most states in the US have been…

Facebook sets up a COVID-19 fundraising platform in India

Making another major stride in its contributions to the containment of coronavirus…

India’ COVID-19 tracker app ‘Aarogya Setu’ races to 50 Million downloads in record time

Aarogya Setu, the COVID-19 contact tracing app launched by the Indian Government,…

Google to slow down hiring in 2020 as it looks to realign spending to “fewer strategic areas”

COVID-19 is turning into a massive black hole that is gulping in…

Tiktok parent ByteDance on a hiring spree as other unicorns lay off workforce due to coronavirus closures

Against a backdrop unprecedented layoffs in the corporate sector, Chinese internet giant…
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Amazon fires more employees over coronavirus-linked criticism of warehouse working conditions

In a move that may further add to the scrutiny it has…

Prime Minister Modi announces extension of nationwide lockdown in India till May 3rd

In what was largely expected, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced…