B Nair5 days agoSamsung latest to face ‘blasphemy’ wrath in Pakistan. Protesters find a QR code anti-Islamtheprint.inViolence in the name of the Prophet and alleged blasphemy—Pakistan saw it again on Friday. Except this time, it wasn’t an individual but a simple QR …
B NairFCC commissioner calls on Google and Apple to ban TikTok from their app storesTechSpot - Rob ThubronWhat just happened? Brendan Carr, a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, has called on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their …
B NairNetflix lays off several hundred more employeesverified_publisherNPR - Shauneen MirandaNetflix is laying off roughly 300 more of its employees. The decision comes shortly after the company laid off 150 employees in May. "Today we sadly let go of around 300 employees," a spokesperson said in a statement Thursday. "While we continue to invest significantly in the business, we made these …
B NairIndian startups laid off over 10,000 employees in the first six months of 2022verified_publisherQuartz - Ananya BhattacharyaAs investors put pressure on startups in India to cut costs, employees are collateral damage. In the first six months of this year, more than 10,000 staff have been laid off by at least 27 startups across the country, according to Inc42’s analysis. Why are Indian startups on a layoff spree? In a …
B NairIndia Seeks to Globalize Payment Systems, Keep Processing Localverified_publisherBloomberg - Ronojoy MazumdarThe Reserve Bank of India will support internationalization of the country’s popular UPI digital payments system, part of its vision for the coming …
B NairCountries prefer U.S. to China as leading superpower, poll findsverified_publisherAxios - Dave LawlerA new poll of nine big countries finds a strong preference for the U.S., rather than China, to be the leading superpower. Why it matters: The Eurasia …