Ads ruined social media, now they’re coming to AI chatbotsChatbots are pivoting to the ad model and optimising for eyeballs. As subscription revenue plateaus, AI developers are increasingly explori...
02 Jun, 2025, 05.09 PM IST
Tech industry tried reducing AI's pervasive bias; now Trump wants to end its 'woke AI' effortsIn the White House and the Republican-led Congress, "woke AI" has replaced harmful algorithmic discrimination as a problem that needs fixin...
27 Apr, 2025, 06.00 PM IST
Meta layoffs spark outrage: Employees call out Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘cold-hearted’ leadership, label the company as the ‘cruelest’ tech giantMeta faced employee backlash after performance-based layoffs, affecting around 3,600 positions. Many workers, including those on medical or...
14 Feb, 2025, 07.04 PM IST
Meta layoffs spark outrage: Employees call out Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘cold-hearted’ leadership, label the company as the ‘cruelest’ tech giantMeta faced employee backlash after performance-based layoffs, affecting around 3,600 positions. Many workers, including those on medical or...
14 Feb, 2025, 06.00 PM IST
Ireland embraced data centres that the AI boom needs. Now they're consuming too much of its energyFears of rolling blackouts led Ireland's grid operator to halt new data centres near Dublin until 2028. These huge buildings and their powe...
20 Dec, 2024, 10.14 AM IST
Ireland embraced AI boom, now its data centres consuming too much of its energyIreland's data centres, powering tech giants, consume a significant portion of the nation's electricity, raising concerns about blackouts a...
19 Dec, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
One year of war in Gaza: Decoding the role of Big TechIn the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, Big Tech’s involvement through AI and cloud services in warfare has raised ethical concerns. Employee...
07 Oct, 2024, 05.09 PM IST
A blessing and a boogeyman: Advertisers warily embrace AIIt gave an optician the means to set a fashion shoot on an alien planet and helped Denmark's tourism bureau animate famous tourist sites. H...
20 Jul, 2023, 11.20 AM IST
A blessing and a Boogeyman: advertisers warily embrace AIAdvertising, already racked by inflation and other economic pressures as well as a talent drain because of layoffs and increased automation...
18 Jul, 2023, 07.45 PM IST
Elon Musk shuts two of three Twitter India offices, sends staff homeTwitter, which fired more than 90% of its roughly 200-plus staff in India late last year, closed its offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, peopl...
19 Feb, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
Chicago is trying to lure foreign workers laid off by American tech giantsMore than 35 firms in the Chicago region are willing to hire workers on H-1B visas, given to foreign employees in specialty occupations suc...
26 Jan, 2023, 10.35 AM IST
Musk won’t join Twitter board; Ola board clears controversial Avail acquisitionElon Musk has decided not to join the social media company’s board, days after he disclosed a 9.2% stake in the firm. Minutes after Agrawal...
11 Apr, 2022, 07.57 PM IST
How Meta fumbled propaganda moderation during Russia's invasion of UkrainePhotos of Mariana Vishegirskaya, a Ukrainian fashion and beauty influencer, navigating down a hospital stairwell in polka-dot pajamas circu...
11 Apr, 2022, 02.24 PM IST