Uber To Lay Off 3700 Employees As It Cuts Costs To Deal With The Coronavirus Pandemic
News of layoffs is now coming in thick and fast from the US tech industry. A day after Airbnb had said that it…
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Airbnb To Lay Off 25% Of Its Staff: CEO Brian Chesky Shares Details On The Future Of The Company
AirBnb, the charmed travel startup at the helm of the international travel gig economy has taken one of the biggest hits. The company has just announced it is laying off 1500 people — nearly 25% of its entire workforce — around the globe
Reliance Jio By Itself Is Now India’s Fourth Most Valuable Company
When Jio had first launched in 2016, Mukesh Ambani had described it as a “startup”. There had been some derision at his remark…
Curefit Lays Off 800 Employees, Shuts Operations In Small Towns
The strain is already beginning to show for companies that have been hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Fitness startup Curefit has reportedly laid…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Sells Its Entire Stake In 4 US Airlines
Experts have been wondering how different industries would be impacted by the coronavirus, but one of the world’s most influential investors has just…
Narayan Murthy Might Have Just Normalised The Culture Of Longer Working Hours Over Efficiency
In a recent interview, Infosys co-founder and face Narayan Murthy suggested that Indians should work for 60 hours a week for the next 2-3 years to combat the economic damage caused by the CoVid-19 lockdown. Murthy’s well-meaning comment might have just normalised this culture that rewards longer working hours over efficiency.
21-Year-Old US Farmer Offers Breathtaking Insights Into Her High-Tech Farming Setup
One normally doesn’t expect farmers to be vlogging about their day, with their camera and mic setup. But we’re living in interesting, if pandemic-wrecked, times. A video uploaded by a young American woman who has recently started a YouTube channel “Laura Farms” offers a radically different insight into the elusive world of farming.
Tesla’s Stock Crashes 10% After Elon Musk Tweets That Its Price Is “Too High”
Elon Musk has been tweeting again. Elon Musk unleashed a — even by his standards — bizarre tweetstorm yesterday, in which he claimed…
Reliance Jio Is Going To Launch Its Video Chat Service Called Jio Meet
Reliance’s gradual transition into a tech company only appears to have accelerated after its recent partnership with Facebook. As the world works from…