Spotify has cut 15 jobs in podcast unit to reduce management layers: ReportThe streaming giant’s podcast journey since 2019 has been marked by strategic pivots. It initially pursued platform exclusivity before open...
24 Mar, 2026, 11.49 AM IST
Social Security announces major shakeup affecting 70 million Americans: Will your benefits go up or down?The Social Security Administration (SSA), under Commissioner Frank Bisignano, is modernizing its services, leading to faster call response ...
24 Jul, 2025, 05.44 PM IST
NASA Layoffs: Is Trump’s budget cut approved by Congress? NASA asks employees to opt for early retirement, deferred resignation, or voluntary separation. Here’s last date and terms of departureNASA has announced new staff reduction programs in response to a proposed 24% budget cut. Employees may opt for early retirement, deferred ...
12 Jun, 2025, 02.58 AM IST
Healthkart’s secondary deal; Honasa shares plummetHealthkart has closed a secondary funding round that values the startup at $500 million. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
18 Nov, 2024, 07.58 PM IST
Wisconsin Assembly passes bills regulating AI use in elections, outlawing AI-produced child pornThe Assembly approved a bipartisan measure to require political candidates and groups to include disclaimers in ads that use AI technology....
16 Feb, 2024, 09.40 AM IST
Debit cards' downward spiral; OTTs on inclusivity quotientOnline shoppers are increasingly swiping credit cards or using digital payments over debit cards, data shows. Numbers on this trend and mor...
26 Oct, 2023, 08.04 AM IST
CXO-Driven Transformation: Success Stories and StrategiesChief Experience Officers (CXOs) play a crucial role in driving transformation within organizations. They prioritize customer-centricity, l...
19 Oct, 2023, 06.51 PM IST
Walt Disney Co to begin second wave of layoffs, cutting several thousand jobsThe company will cut "several thousand" jobs through Thursday, with the latest round of reductions bringing the total number of jobs culled...
24 Apr, 2023, 08.01 PM IST
Microsoft’s GitHub fires almost half of India workforce; ad-based OTTs set to take offAfter announcing in February that it will reduce its workforce by 7%, Microsoft-owned code-sharing and publishing service GitHub laid off 4...
28 Mar, 2023, 08.54 PM IST
Walt Disney Co begins 7,000 layoffsSeveral major divisions of the company - Disney Entertainment, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, and corporate - will be impacted, ac...
27 Mar, 2023, 10.34 PM IST
An Indian FAANG? Lessons from Jeff Bezos and AmazonTill July, the year of 2022 had witnessed the birth of 19 unicorns with a total valuation of close to $25 billion. These Indian unicorns wi...
14 Aug, 2022, 06.04 PM IST
‘No longer sure bets’: Tech giants are dropping bad news dailyThe drumbeat continued yesterday, as Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk told employees the electric-vehicle maker needs to reduce...
05 Jun, 2022, 06.38 PM IST
Elon Musk feels 'super bad' about economy, needs to cut 10% of Tesla staffMusk's stark warning of a potential recession and the knock-on effect for automakers is the most direct and high-profile forecast of its ki...
04 Jun, 2022, 12.17 AM IST
ETtech Morning Dispatch on 21 Jan. 2021: Top tech news to start your dayFrom India's plan to revamp IT Act to Tesla India's one-seat office in Bengaluru and Joe Biden's tech to-do list, here are the must-read to...
21 Jan, 2021, 08.31 AM IST
Having earned 50 crore each earlier, Snapdeal founders take a 100% pay cut to trim costsIn 2014-15, the founders received compensation of Rs 52.94 cr each, including salaries of Rs 1.5 cr and payment against founder stock optio...
23 Feb, 2017, 02.12 PM IST
Snapdeal confirms layoffs, founders to take 100% pay cut; here's their letter to employeesSoftBank, Foxconn and Alibaba Group-backed company's founders, Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, have pledged not to take salary, for an unspeci...
23 Feb, 2017, 02.11 PM IST
Weakening dollar sends stocks and commodities rallying across global marketsRaw-materials producers led gains on the MSCI All Country World Index as US equity index futures rose.
18 Oct, 2016, 05.02 PM IST