Business Culture & Policy News More layoffs reportedly expected at Meta this week, to impact teams working in Reality Labs, Facebook among others In what has become an increasingly common scene, another wave of job… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 19, 20232 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News WhatsApp, Signal, other encrypted IM apps urge UK govt to ‘rethink’ Online Safety Bill WhatsApp, Signal, and a host of other messaging services have joined forces… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 19, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy News Musk claims Twitter is roughly breaking even, advertisers are returning In one of the biggest interviews since he bought Twitter, billionaire Elon… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 12, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News LinkedIn brings new ways of verifying your identity and where you work While social media companies like Twitter and Meta are allowing users to… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 12, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy News Ex-CEO Parag Agarwal, other ousted execs sue Twitter, seek $1Mn in reimbursements Once again, Twitter has found itself embroiled in a lawsuit. This time,… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 12, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Tesla customers’ sensitive images and videos recorded through car cameras and shared: Reuters If you are the owner of a Tesla, then you are likely… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 7, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Gaming Internet News India notifies new rules to regulate online gaming Proper regulations for online gaming in India have been in the works… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 6, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Amazon to stream state-run content in India on Prime Video Amazon has announced a new partnership with India’s Ministry of Information and… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 6, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Apple to eliminate a small number of corporate retail roles: Report Apple could eliminate a small number of roles, according to media reports.… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 5, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Swiggy CTO Dale Vaz resigns, to be succeeded by Madhusudhan Rao Marking the second exit in its senior management within the course of… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 3, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Startups Unacademy slashes workforce by 12% in fresh layoffs Online learning platform, which has been struggling off late on the business… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 31, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News NPCI says no charge on normal UPI transactions, 1.1% charge on PPI merchant transactions Come April 1, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will charge… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 30, 20232 minute read
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
