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knowlarity

Knowlarity onboards former Oyo exec Ajay Shrivastava as its Chief Technology Officer

Cloud-based telephony company Knowlarity Communications has today announced that it has appointed…

U.S suspends accelerated processing for H-1B visas, affecting skilled tech workers

Adding to the ongoing debate about the ill-fated future of H-1B visa…
leeco

LeEco might be planning to shut shop in India, lays off close to 85 percent of its workforce

Though LeEco had recently topped up its deep coffers to save itself…
snap, snapchat

[UPDATE] Snap makes its official stock market debut at $24 per share

UPDATE [9:55 p.m IST]: After an hour-long wait, Snap finally makes its much-awaited…

Tesla-owned SolarCity shrunk its workforce by a massive 20% in 2016

In an attempt to shrink costs and preserve cash, Tesla-owned SolarCity has…
Snapchat, Snap

Leaked email conversation puts Snapchat’s aggressive sales tactics on display

As we’re steadily approaching Snap Inc’s IPO, details about the company including…
Uber, Travis Kalanick

Travis Kalanick pens apology for treating Uber Black driver disrespectfully, admits the need of “leadership help”

For the last few weeks, penning down apology letters seems to be…
Samsung, C-Lab, exynos

Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee to be indicted on bribery and embezzlement charges

Jay Y. Lee, the group chief of South Korean conglomerate Samsung, was…
waymo, google, google waymo

Uber denies Google Waymo’s alleged patent infringement claims, terms lawsuit as ‘baseless’

Yesterday, Google’s spin-off self-driving division Waymo alleged that the core technology being…
Uber, Travis Kalanick

Female Uber employees urge CEO Travis Kalanick to recognize company’s “systemic problem” with sexism

Post the grim revelation of Uber’s workplace culture through the blog post…
Uber

[UPDATE] Uber’s self-driving division loses an integral engineering lead — Raffi Krikorian

UPDATE [March 16, 8:30 am]: While Krikorian’s departure from Uber ATC had…
Disney

Disney consolidates Maker Studios, lays off around 80 employees and cuts ties with 55k YouTube creators

Disney dipped its toe in the massive world of YouTube with multi-channel…
Uber

To users deleting their account, Uber says they’re “deeply hurting” after sexual harassment allegations

Are you familiar with #DeleteUber? Hearing it for the first time? I…
freecharge escrow service, freecharge, paytm

FreeCharge CEO Govind Rajan steps down, Snapdeal’s Jason Kothari takes over business ops

Amid parent Snapdeal being caught in a funding crunch, FreeCharge’s chief executive…

PM Modi asks the US to keep an open mind with regards to visa rules for Indian workers

Speaking about the proposed H-1B visa changes being considered in the US, Indian…
Uber

Former Uber employee opens up about sexual harassment in workplace, CEO promises “urgent investigation”

Silicon Valley is deeply plagued with the problem of sexism and harassment…

Parse co-founder James Yu departs from Facebook, plans to take a sabbatical

With Parse now being non-existent from Facebook’s arsenal of products, the co-founders…
Elon Musk, Tesla

Elon Musk tweets calling the Muslim immigration ban “not right,” deletes posts soon after

There’s absolutely no doubting the fact that Trump’s immigration ban has caused…
magic leap

Former Magic Leap executive files lawsuit alleging company of sexist and hostile working conditions

The multi-billion dollar super-secretive AR startup, Magic Leap, seems to be stumbling…
waymo, google, google waymo

Excessive payouts led Google’s early self-driving employees to quit the company: Report

Google parent Alphabet has recently spun-off its self-driving vehicle division into a completely…

Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka says that whistleblower’s letter is slanderous and personal attack

Vishal Sikka, CEO of Infosys, the second largest software company in India,…