Athik Saleh

Sub-Editor

Athik Saleh covers auto and tech news at NewsBytes. He had started as an SEO content writer at NewsBytes and has since been elevated after exhibiting his automotive acumen. He has previously worked as a columnist at Law Insider India. He has a Bachelor's degree in Law from the National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
Athik Saleh

13 Jan 2023

Business

Ola fires 200 employees as part of a restructuring exercise

Bengaluru-based ride-sharing company Ola is the latest to be hit by the layoff bug. Per Inc42, the company has laid off around 200 employees from some of its verticals.

13 Jan 2023

Business

Dream11 will fine employees for disturbing colleagues on leave

The last thing you need when you are on a much-deserved time off from work is an annoying business call from a colleague. Sadly, it is a possibility these days, no matter what your Slack status says.

13 Jan 2023

Business

Cryptocurrency prices: Check today's rates of Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Avalanche

Bitcoin has surged 3.4% in the past 24 hours to trade at $18,810.36. It is 11.8% up compared to last week.

13 Jan 2023

Business

Twitter tells Singapore staff to clear desks and work remotely

Elon Musk is keeping up his cost-cutting measures at Twitter. The latest target is the social media company's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore.

12 Jan 2023

Technology

Google Meet finally gets emoji reactions; 360-degree background feature incoming

Google Meet has been steadily improving over the past few months. What it lacked was the ability to send emoji reactions to make routine video conference calls more fun. Well, not anymore.

12 Jan 2023

Technology

NOTAM outage: How one corrupt file halted all US flights 

The usually bustling skies above the United States of America were engulfed in a sense of eeriness on Wednesday. Birds had the usually busy air routes all for themselves.

12 Jan 2023

Business

Sensex falls below 60,000 mark, Nifty settles at 17,858

The stock market closed on a flat note on Thursday with the Sensex settling at 59,958.03 points and Nifty ending flat at 17,858.2 points.

12 Jan 2023

Business

Cryptocurrency prices: Check today's rates of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, BNB

Bitcoin has surged 4.4% in the past 24 hours to trade at $18,192.98. It is 7.9% up compared to last week.

12 Jan 2023

Technology

Twitter may auction usernames in a bid to boost revenue

Twitter and its owner-cum-CEO Elon Musk are desperate to boost the platform's revenue. It seems that the company is ready to try anything to achieve that.

11 Jan 2023

Technology

Twitter changes how you switch between algorithmically-driven and chronological feeds

As promised by Elon Musk, Twitter's new swipeable timeline is here. The platform has rolled out an update that makes switching between the algorithm-driven main feed and the chronological one fairly easy.

11 Jan 2023

Business

Today's cryptocurrency prices: Check rates of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Polygon

Bitcoin has climbed 1.2% in the past 24 hours to trade at $17,430.67. Compared to last week, it is 4.5% up.

10 Jan 2023

Business

YouTube will start sharing Shorts ad revenue from February 1

Last September, YouTube promised that the monetization option for Shorts is on the way. The company has kept its word.

10 Jan 2023

Technology

Twitter targets creators with Twitter Awards and Coins

One of Elon Musk's priorities when he took over Twitter was to make the platform creator-friendly. The microblogging site recently introduced long video uploads in that vein.

10 Jan 2023

Technology

Microsoft's VALL-E can imitate any voice in just 3 seconds

Three seconds, that's all it takes for Microsoft's newly developed text-to-speech AI model to mimic a person's voice. Dubbed VALL-E, it can generate audio of a person saying anything once it learns a specific voice.

10 Jan 2023

Business

Sensex plunges 631 points, Nifty ends below 17,915 mark

On Tuesday, the benchmark Sensex and Nifty indices witnessed a fall. The Sensex plunged 1.05% to 60,115.48 points, while the Nifty fell 1.04% to 17,914.15 points.

10 Jan 2023

Business

Google challenges CCI's Android antitrust ruling in the Supreme Court

Google's battle against the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has reached the country's apex court. The tech giant has challenged the competition watchdog's antitrust ruling in the Supreme Court of India.