Monthly Archives: January 2023

Google to lay off 12,000 people — read the memo CEO Sundar Pichai sent to staff

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Techme101

Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, said in an email sent round the company’s staff Friday that the firm will lay off 12,000 employees.

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Crypto lender Genesis files for bankruptcy in latest blow to Barry Silbert’s DCG empire

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Techme101

Genesis, the crypto lender owned by DCG, filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest collapse to follow FTX’s implosion in November.

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Grazzy wants to stop letting people use ‘no cash’ as an excuse to avoid tipping

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Techme101

Carrying cash used to be a thing, but now with credit cards, and more recently digital wallets, having more than a couple of dollars in your physical wallet is hard to come by. Unfortunately, that also leaves many of us … Continue reading →

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5 Reasons Setting Customer Expectations Goes a Long Way

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Techme101

There are a lot of different things that go into starting and operating a business. You need a product or service that can sell and a team that can distribute it. You need marketing campaigns, a customer service plan, and … Continue reading →

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Big Tech Is Playing it Safe on Iran. Workers Are Taking Charge

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Techme101

Google and other giants have offered muted support compared to their Ukraine response. Employees are starting anti-censorship projects of their own.

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EU watchdogs agree on how to handle certain cookie consent dark patterns

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Techme101

Cookie consent banners that use blatant design tricks to try to manipulate web users into agreeing to hand over their data for behavioral advertising, instead of giving people a free and fair choice to refuse this kind of creepy tracking, … Continue reading →

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Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Techme101

Six per cent of Alphabet’s workforce will be lost worldwide, and US staff will be affected immediately.

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Shadow acquires Android emulation startup Genymobile

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Techme101

Shadow is making its first acquisition as it announced that it would snatch Genymobile, the company behind Genymotion. Shadow is better known for its cloud computing service that works particularly well for cloud gaming. It also offers a cloud storage … Continue reading →

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Google parent Alphabet cuts 6% of its workforce impacting 12,000 people, saying it had ‘hired for a different economic reality’

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Techme101

Alphabet, parent holding company of Google, has announced that it’s cutting around 6% of its global workforce. In an open letter published by Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, the narrative followed a similar trajectory to that of other companies … Continue reading →

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Twitter puts more emphasis on the bookmark feature on iOS

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Techme101

After promising a feature that lets you easily bookmark tweets, Twitter is now rolling it out on iOS. The new design displays the bookmark button under the expanded tweet view. Making it easier to add a post to your bookmarks. … Continue reading →

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