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Google announces nearly 12,000 job cuts worldwide
Jan 20, 2023 (AFP)
"We've decided to reduce our workforce by approximately 12,000 roles," Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in an email to employees, adding that the cuts were in re...
Microsoft to axe 10,000 jobs as tech gloom deepens
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
The job cuts will affect slightly less than five percent of employees and follow in the wake of similar moves by Facebook-owner Meta, Amazon and Twitter which h...
International arrests over 'criminal' crypto exchange
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
Anatoly Legkodymov, 40, a Russian living in Shenzhen, China, appeared in handcuffs and leg shackles in a Miami courtroom on money laundering charges, and was de...
du and SES demo satellite-enabled 5G Mobile Backhaul Network in the Middle East
Jan 17, 2023 (SPX)
The aim of the live demonstration was to demonstrate how SES's current O3b constellation could extend 5G coverage to remote locations and support du's enterpris...
China's Tencent fires more than 100 for fraud, embezzlement
Jan 16, 2023 (AFP)
The Hong Kong-listed company is the world's top video game maker and the owner of popular super-app WeChat but has struggled under a broad regulatory crackdown ...
Urgent need to address 'regulatory void' for online gambling across sub-Saharan Africa - new study
Jan 13, 2023 (SPX)
An international team, coordinated by the universities of Ghana, Bath, and Glasgow, in partnership with the Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (...
India's Infosys hikes revenue guidance after strong quarter
Jan 12, 2023 (AFP)
Net profit rose 13.4 percent year-on-year to 65.86 billion rupees ($807.3 million) for the December quarter. Revenue was up 20.2 percent to 383.18 billion rupee...
Biden urges US Congress to rein in Big Tech
Jan 11, 2023 (AFP)
The Unites States is home to global tech giants Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook-owner Meta but has trailed governments in Europe and Asia in drawing up more ...
Coinbase cuts 20% of jobs as crypto crisis continues
Jan 10, 2023 (AFP)
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced the cuts to the firm's 4,7000 strong workforce in a blog message in which he decried the "unscrupulous actors" that have ...
Meta bans ads targeted at teens based on gender
Jan 10, 2023 (AFP)
Beginning in February, the social media giant said advertisers, the source of the company's massive revenues, would only be able to use age and location when ta...
Profits up but outlook 'cautious' at Indian software giant TCS
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
TCS is India's second-most-valuable company by market capitalisation and earns more than 80 percent of its revenues from Western markets. It has been at the for...
Big Tech sued by Seattle schools over mental health 'crisis'
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
The complaint, which was filed on Friday, targets Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram, but also Google, Snapchat, YouTube as well as Chinese-owned TikTok. Public ...
Jack Ma to cede control of China's Ant Group
Jan 07, 2023 (AFP)
One of China's most recognisable entrepreneurs, Ma once exemplified a generation of Chinese technology moguls with his rags-to-riches personal tale and penchant...
'Gut punch': Meta bruised in EU data fight
Jan 05, 2023 (AFP)
The Silicon Valley titan was handed a 390-million-euro ($413-million) fine on Wednesday as part of a years-long tussle with the European Union over data privacy...
Saudis 'infiltrated' Wikipedia, jailed two: activists
Jan 05, 2023 (AFP)
One administrator was jailed for 32 years, and another was sentenced to eight years, the activists said. An investigation by parent body Wikimedia found the Sau...
Europe's battle to rein in Big Tech
Jan 04, 2023 (AFP)
On Wednesday, Irish regulators slapped a fine of 390 million euros ($413 million) on Facebook owner Meta for breaking the rules on personal data collection -- t...
Meta hit with 390 mn euro fine over EU data breaches
Jan 04, 2023 (AFP)
Meta and other US Big Tech firms have been hit by huge fines over their business practices in the European Union in recent years and the bloc has also tightened...
Tech giant Salesforce lays off 10% of workers
Jan 04, 2023 (AFP)
With the plan, Salesforce joins other US tech giants including Facebook-owner Meta, Twitter and Amazon that have also imposed job cuts as the world economy head...
China's Ant Group gets green light for $1.5 bn fundraising plan
Jan 04, 2023 (AFP)
An office of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission in the southwestern city of Chongqing will let the firm raise its registered capital from eig...
Twitter outages hit thousands of users worldwide
Dec 29, 2022 (AFP)
Twitter has been riven by chaos since the controversial billionaire completed his $44 billion acquisition in October and quickly moved to cut costs. Thousands o...
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