Google India lays off 453 employees; CEO Sundar Pichai mails affected staffGoogle has sacked 453 employees from various departments in India on Thursday. Sundar Pichai, CEO, Alphabet and Google, in an email to the ...
Tech CEO salary cuts aren’t always the sacrifice they seemCorporations are increasingly keen to show investors they’re heeding calls for steep cost-cuts to help margins — including chopping CEO sal...
Twilio to lay off 17% staff, close offices to focus on profitabilityThe layoffs, which is the second such instance in six months, sent Twilio's share up 2%.
‘Have to fake being employed every day.’ Sacked Meta executive has not yet told his parents about pink slipAnkit Tiwari was one of the 11,000 employees to be laid off.
1,900 phone numbers of Signal users accessed in phishing attackThe attack was targeted at Twilio Inc, Signal’s SMS verification services provider.
Manu Kumar’s HiHello raises $7.5 million from Foundry Group, othersHiHello, a digital business card and contact manager app, will use the fresh funding for hiring and expanding its business platform, cofoun...
Icertis says revenue rose 60% in H1 of 2021From January to June 2021, the Bellevue, Washington-based company said it posted a 60% increase in revenue from a year earlier, leadership ...
Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despite easing of virus banStarting Wednesday, companies in San Francisco and Santa Clara are allowed to open up their offices for up to a quarter of their capacity.
Icertis raises $80 million funding at $2.8 billion valuationIcertis, a Pune-based software firm, will use the funding to fuel its expansion plans and product development, CEO Samir Bodas says.
Parler CEO says social media app may 'never' returnJohn Matze, however, later added that he is an optimist and Parler will be stronger when it comes back.
Bears are going extinct in stock market’s $13 trillion reboundBears pulled out as buying surged among professional investors who were forced back into stocks despite a recession, stagnating profits and...
Nasdaq momentum is hottest in 20 years with Amazon leading surgeThe Nasdaq 100 rose almost 3% Monday, its best day versus the S&P 500 since mid-April.
MSCI adds Saudi Arabia, Argentina indexes to emerging markets indexAll changes will be implemented as of the close of May 28.
500 Startups' Dave McClure resigns after women say he harassed themHis departure reflects the widening fallout from revelations of sexual misconduct by Silicon Valley investors toward founders.
IPO valuations show right time for young tech firms to go public is nowThe IPO market is recovering, and that is good. Time will tell, though, if the IPO market has overshot recovery and headed straight into a ...
Snapchat's IPO leads way for other overheated startupsParent company Snap Inc. on Wednesday sold its first shares of stock to the public at $17 a share, or a market value of about $24 billion, ...
SAP to invest $1 billion in global tech startupsThe push by the enterprise software company is part of a large and growing movement by established companies to partner with startups early...