Elon Musk Says Laid Off Employees Were Offered 3 Months of Severance

Twitter laid off half its workforce on Friday. The company said there were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation. Teams responsible for communications, content curation, human rights and machine learning ethics were laid off, as confirmed by tweets. However, Elon Musk said he had no choice as “the company is losing over $4 milli...

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Elon Musk's Twitter Faces Lawsuit for Mass Layoffs: Here's All You Need to Know About WARN Act

Twitter has begun laying off employees under its new owner, Elon Musk. The San Francisco-based social media giant is expected to terminate up to 3,700 people — half of its workforce — on Friday, according to internal plans reviewed by Reuters this week. Twitter is already facing a proposed class action claiming the layoffs are imminent and will violate US and ...

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Elon Musk Fires Twitter’s Ethical AI Team, Sacked Employees Confirm Layoffs Through Tweets

Elon Musk, the new Twitter head, has been laying off employees across teams in global offices. The SpaceX CEO has recently sacked the entire Ethical AI team, as confirmed by fired employees in their tweets. In India, Twitter has fired the majority of its over 200 employees as part of mass layoffs across the globe layoffs.

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Oppo A98 With 6.7-Inch AMOLED Display Surfaces on TENAA, More Specifications Leaked

The Oppo A98 has surfaced on the TENAA database, which suggests its key specifications. It is said to feature a 6.7-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display. This Oppo smartphone could be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 SoC.

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Vodafone Idea Q2 Loss Widens to Rs. 7,596 Crore, ARPU Rises as Telecom Operator Continues to Lose Subscribers

Vodafone Idea on Thursday reported that its Q2 loss had widened to Rs. 7,596 crore on the back of a decline in subscribers and higher expenses for the telecom service provider. The operator said its subscriber base declined to 234.4 million from 240.4 million in the first quarter, while total expenses rose 10 percent to Rs. 18,302 crore.

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Ukraine Trusts Elon Musk's Starlink Services but Seeking Additional Providers, Deputy PM Says

Ukraine on Thursday said it trusted Tesla CEO Elon Musk to continue providing internet access through his SpaceX rocket company's Starlink satellite system in the country, but that the country was also looking for additional providers for access to the internet. Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Russian attacks that had knocked out 40 percent of Ukraine's en...

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Twitter Layoffs: Chaos, Confusion Reign Across Twitter Offices as 7,500 Employees Brace for Job Cuts

Twitter is set to announce job cuts on Friday, a week after Elon Musk announced that he had completed his takeover of the platform. Fear and dread are said to have spread across the company's offices as 7,500 employees brace for job cuts that are expected to hit half of the company's staff. Twitter managers are said to have been forbidden from calling team meetings or...

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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, Radeon RX 7900 XTX High-End Gaming GPUs Announced, Available December 13

AMD has launched its new RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7900 XT and 7900 XTX gaming GPUs, and says they are the first ones designed using scalable chiplets, promising performance and power efficiency.

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Apple to Test 5G Network Support on iPhone models in India With iOS 16.2 Beta: Report

Apple will reportedly roll out iOS 16.2 beta to testers next week, that will test 5G support on Airtel and Jio networks in India as a precursor to the eventual full-fledged launch of 5G support in December.

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Instagram Adds Support for NFT Sales, Gifts on Reels; Expands Subscriptions to Eligible US Creators

Instagram has added support for the ability to trade digital assets, such as NFTs, directly on the app. The company is also adding support for gifts on Instagram, initially on Reels, to help creators monetise content. Meanwhile, subscriptions will be expanded to all eligible US creators, according to Meta.

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Qualcomm to Keep Supplying Apple With Chips in 2023, Q4 Revenue Forecast Falls Short of Estimates

Qualcomm's forecast for the Q4 2022 revenue was $2 billion (roughly Rs. XXX crore) lower than estimates, while the chipmaker said it expected a low double-digit percentage decline in handset volumes this year. Meanwhile, the chipmaker won more business from Apple and said it would start to see benefits from its increased share of chips Samsung uses in the March quarte...

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