Athik Saleh
Sub-Editor
17 Nov 2022
BusinessAmazon starts firing employees; devices and services organization first target
Earlier this week, we found out that e-commerce giant Amazon plans to cut around 10,000 jobs. The company has now confirmed that it will be slashing the workforce.
17 Nov 2022
BusinessToday's cryptocurrency prices: Check rates of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Polygon
Bitcoin has lost 2.2% in the last 24 hours and is now trading at $16,521.63. It is 4.9% up compared to last week.
16 Nov 2022
BusinessAshneer Grover trolls WhatsApp Pay, calls it the 'biggest failure'
Ashneer Grover, the co-founder and former MD of BharatPe, was at his candid best in his tweets about WhatsApp Pay. He called the UPI-based payment service from the popular chat platform the biggest failure in India as a tech product.
16 Nov 2022
BusinessIntel ordered to pay $949 million in VLSI patent trial
Intel has suffered a major blow in its patent saga against VLSI, a patent-holding company affiliated with Fortress Investment Group, a hedge fund under SoftBank Group.
16 Nov 2022
TechnologyNetflix makes kicking a leecher out of your account easier
Do you doubt that your ex still uses your once-shared Netflix account? Well, Netflix has made it much easier for you to kick them out.
16 Nov 2022
TechnologyElon Musk to relaunch new Twitter Blue on November 29
Elon Musk has learned his lesson. The new Twitter Blue won't be back until it is "rock solid."
16 Nov 2022
BusinessTracing MrBeast's success story: From subscriber count to net worth
All hail the new king of YouTube. MrBeast aka Jimmy Donaldson has become the YouTube creator with the most subscribers.
16 Nov 2022
BusinessCryptocurrency prices today: Check rates of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Solana
Bitcoin has increased a marginal 0.6% over the last 24 hours and is currently trading at $16,895.05. It is 9% lower than the previous week.
15 Nov 2022
BusinessWhatsApp's India head and Meta's public policy director step down
A week after Meta's mass layoffs across the board, the company's public policy head in India Rajiv Aggarwal has resigned. Abhijit Bose, WhatsApp's India head, has also stepped down.
15 Nov 2022
BusinessYouTube Shorts will now let you shop while watching videos
YouTube has decided to venture into social commerce. The world's largest video streaming platform is introducing shopping features to its site in an attempt to diversify its revenue stream.
15 Nov 2022
BusinessGoogle introduces UPI AutoPay for subscription-based purchases on Google Play
Users of Google Play's subscription-based purchases in India have been clamoring for the addition of UPI (Unified Payments Interface) to the mode of payments. Finally, Google has heard their pleas.
15 Nov 2022
Business#NewsBytesExplainer: How did Elon Musk become the world's richest man?
Elon Musk became the richest person on the planet in 2021, and he has held the spot since then.
15 Nov 2022
BusinessElon Musk fires Twitter engineer who 'corrected' him about RPCs
Elon Musk is not done axing Twitter employees. Unlike when he fired roughly 50% of the company or thousands of contractors, it's a single employee this time.
15 Nov 2022
BusinessCryptocurrency prices today: Check rates of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP
Bitcoin has climbed 5.0% over the last 24 hours, trading at $16,789.92. It is 18.5% lower than the previous week.
14 Nov 2022
TechnologyMonths after mysterious ban, VLC player becomes available in India
Nine months ago, the Indian government mysteriously placed a ban on downloading popular media player VLC. Now, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has lifted the ban on VideoLan's official website.
14 Nov 2022
Technology11-year-old boy's IQ score beats Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein
Yusuf Shah, an 11-year-old boy from the UK, is more intelligent than Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein.