NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Raveendran’s email to employees on Monday did not elaborate on the shuttering down of offices.
Byju’s CEO and co-founder Byju Raveendran on Monday addressed employees in an email, citing that changes in “macroeconomic” factors have pushed the company to lay off thousands of workers. This followed multiple news reports indicating that job cuts may have been higher than...
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Monday to stop the turning over of his tax returns to a House committee, the latest in a series of attempts by the former President to keep that information from going public.
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday agreed to put a temporary hold on a lower court’s order requiring the...
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Malware authors and cybersecurity developers are locked in a constant war where new mechanisms are introduced to patch new types of security issues, and malware authors find new exploits to work around them. While Android 13 introduced a bunch of restrictions, helping the OS gain an edge, the advantage was apparently shortlived and cybercriminals found new ways...
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Sarah Personette and Elon Musk. - Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Advertising Week New York; Carina Johansen/Getty Images
Twitter's CCO said she quit her job just hours after Elon Musk completed his $44 billion takeover.
Her access to company accounts was cut off around 72 hours later, she said.
On Thursday, Personette tweeted that she'd had a "great...
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Google is now an integral part of people's lives. When no one can be found around for any need, the first thing people go to search for is Google. Anything they need to know can be found just by asking Google. Many people search for many things that may not be talked about publicly in society, so...
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Sonia Gandhi had just finished washing her hair when she heard gunshots. Initially, she could not figure out the sound, which sounded like a close burst of Diwali crackers but with a peculiar difference. She then began sprinting, screaming, crying "mummy, mummy."
Still wearing a gown, Sonia cradled Indira's head on her lap as the white ambassador raced...
OCTOBER 30, 2022
New Delhi: The ongoing anti-Hijab in parts of Iran has entered its seventh week. With hundreds of people losing lives in the demonstration across the country, a 19-year-old celebrity, Mehrshad Shahidi lost his life on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, in police custody, reportedly beaten to death with batons at the IRGC Intelligence's detention centre, according to the...
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Morbi Bridge Collapse. - (Image: Gujarat government website: morbi.nic.in)
More than 60 people died, mostly women, children, and the elderly, after a suspension bridge, noted to be an “engineering marvel”, on Machchhu river in Gujarat’s Morbi city collapsed on Sunday evening, days after it was reopened after renovation.
BJP MP Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya from Rajkot said the death toll...
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Elon Musk has finally bought Twitter. While some are happy about his takeover, there are many who are worried about the platform's credibility and surge in misinformation. Having a similar belief, a top European official has issued a stern warning to the new boss of Twitter, just hours after Musk closed the $44 billion deal.
Thierry Breton, the...
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, the most popular kind among U.S. home buyers, rose to 7.08 percent on Thursday. - Philip Cheung / NY Times
Mortgage rates barreled past the 7 percent mark on Thursday to their highest level since 2002, as the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate increases, meant to combat inflation, continued to seep through...
