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Faced with a tight labour market and a shortage of workers with key software engineering skills, some German companies are looking at thousands of layoffs in Silicon Valley as an opportunity to recruit top talent. The U.S. West Coast has always been the main destination for ambitious software engineers looking to work in the best-paid, … Read more
Facebook on Monday asked a London tribunal to block a collective lawsuit valued at up to 3 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) over allegations the social media giant abused its dominant position to monetise users’ personal data. Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of the Facebook group, is facing a mass action brought on behalf of … Read more
For those looking to buy iPhone, an offer is currently available on Flipkart for iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, both of which were launched in September last year. On the e-commerce website, the former is listed for ₹65,999 (MRP: ₹79,900) and the latter, ₹74,999 (MRP: ₹89,900). Customers, however, save ₹13,901 (iPhone 14) and ₹14,901 … Read more
Two women stranded in British Columbia in Canada were reportedly saved by iPhone 14’s Emergency SOS via satellite feature, which was launched in November 2022. According to a Times Colonist report, the women were on their way back to Alberta when an accident closed the main highway. To check for an alternate way, they used … Read more
Google has made two ‘improvements’ to Google Meet to make file sharing in the video communication service, ‘even easier.’ Also Read: Google Meet new feature makes collaboration easy! Check details The updates, which the tech giant announced on its Workspace Updates blog, began rolling out on January 25, and will take up to fifteen days … Read more
In a future update for WhatsApp on iOS, the instant messaging service will be given a feature with which people will be able to react to messages within the community announcement group. Also Read: WhatsApp rolling out ability to share voice notes via status updates WhatsApp news tracker WABetaInfo reported this development. To show that … Read more
Search engine giant Google has laid off around 12,000 employees, with chief executive Sundar Pichai terming the job cuts as a much-needed move to avoid ‘much worse issues’. Since then, social media has been flooded with laid off employees narrating their ordeal on being fired by the technological giant. Among the laid off employees is … Read more
PTI | | Posted by Ritu Maria Johny Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that domestic patent filings have outscored the country’s foreign patent filings as he expressed confidence that India’s dream of “techade” will be fulfilled on the strength of its innovators. This underscores the country’s increasing scientific capabilities, he said in the … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for a proper disposal of e-waste, saying it can become a great force to build a circular economy. During his first ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address of 2023, the prime minister cited a United Nations report which stated that 50 million tonnes of e-waste is being thrown every year. … Read more
Bryan Johnson is a California-based Biotech CEO, who is 45 going on 18…No, really. The entrepreneur, along with a team of 30 doctors, is on a mission to biohack youthfulness by spending over $2 million (approximately ₹16 crore) annually. According to a Bloomberg report, the experimental programme titled Project Blueprint consists of a strict vegan … Read more