Technology
Google CEO Pichai says company will slow hiring through 2023 in memo to employees
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 09: Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a panel at the CEO Summit of the Americas hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on June 09, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The CEO Summit entered its second day of events with a formal signing for the “International Coalition to Connect […]
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Facebook cuts hundreds of custodial jobs after ending contract with facility management vendor
Facebook parent Meta has cancelled a contract with custodial workers at its Silicon Valley headquarters, resulting in hundreds of job cuts later this month. Meta informed facilities management vendor ABM Industries of the cancellation in mid-June, and the cuts will go into effect on July 25, according to documents filed with the state of California’s […]
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Twitter sues Elon Musk to enforce original merger agreement
Musk’s plan to buy Twitter has worried policymakers around the world. Joe Skipper | Reuters Twitter filed suit against Elon Musk in the Delaware Court of Chancery on Tuesday after the billionaire said he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy the company. This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. Source
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Here are four past cases Twitter and Elon Musk’s lawyers will be examining as they head to court
SpaceX founder Elon Musk reacts at a post-launch news conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifted off on an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 2, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters After billionaire Elon Musk said […]
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Amazon launches cancer vaccine clinical trial in partnership with Fred Hutchinson
Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.Com Inc., during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is developing cancer vaccines in collaboration with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and it recently launched an FDA-approved clinical trial. Amazon and Fred Hutchinson are […]
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Delivery startup Gopuff cuts 10% of its global workforce and closes 76 U.S. warehouses
A bag of groceries with the logo of American on-demand delivery start-up Gopuff. Gopuff Delivery startup Gopuff is cutting 10% of its global workforce and closing 76 U.S. warehouses, according to a letter to investors. The layoffs impact about 1,500 employees who will be notified throughout Tuesday, the letter said. The company is also closing […]
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Goldman Sachs hires Alphabet tech incubator CEO Jared Cohen for new innovation group
Jared Cohen Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has hired another senior executive from the technology sector. The investment bank is adding Alphabet’s Jared Cohen, a protege of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and founder of Jigsaw, an incubator at the tech giant, to help start a new innovation group, Solomon said […]
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ServiceNow sinks after CEO warns global tech firms won’t be able to outrun strong dollar
The strong U.S. dollar is a drag against technology brands in an environment already battered by fierce macro headwinds, ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott told CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “You’re at 41-year high inflation. The dollar right now is the highest it’s been in over two decades. We have interest rates rising. People worried about security. You’ve […]
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Match Group expands background checks to two more apps so users can screen dates
Match Group is expanding its partnership with Garbo, a non-profit background check platform that shows public records including arrests, convictions and sex offender registry information. Match Match Group is expanding a partnership with background check service Garbo to roll out the safety feature to two more of its dating apps as singles push for more […]
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OnePlus co-founder makes smartphone comeback with a quirky iPhone competitor
The Nothing Phone 1. Nothing The co-founder of Chinese smartphone brand OnePlus, Carl Pei, is back with a new handset — only this time it’s with a different company, literally called Nothing. Pei’s peculiarly named start-up officially pulled the wraps off its debut smartphone Tuesday, after months of dropping hints and teasers about the look […]
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