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CEO's Post On High-Earning Tech Worker Living On "Paycheck To Paycheck" Sparks Concern
Despite both having high-paying tech jobs, Mr Chen's friend from Google revealed they often feel strapped for cash.
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Ex-Google Executive Shares 3 Life Lessons After 12 Years With Tech Giant
Mr Pferdt shares three key lessons that extend beyond tech workers, aiming to help anyone "lead a more meaningful life."
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OpenAI, Google DeepMind Employees Warn of AI Risks, Demand Better Whistleblower Protection Policies
OpenAI and Google DeepMind’s former and current employees have written an open letter demanding better whistleblower protection policies from their employers. OpenAI and Google DeepMind are among the frontier tech companies that are rapidly building artificial intelligence (AI) systems and capabilities. The open letter is endorsed by two of the t...
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Firings For Protesting Israel Contract Were Illegal, Say Ex-Google Workers
A group of workers at Alphabet Inc's Google have filed a complaint with a US labor board claiming the tech company unlawfully fired them for protesting its cloud contract with the Israeli government.
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Google Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Assistant, Devices and Services Teams; Fitbit Co-Founders to Depart Google
Google on Wednesday announced that it was laying off hundreds of employees across its Google Assistant team while a similar number of users were laid off from its Devices and Services team, according to the company. The majority of the layoffs from the latter will comprise its 1P augmented reality (AR) teams, according to the search giant.
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ChatGPT Fever Spreads to US Workplace, Firms Raise Concerns Over Intellectual Property Leaks
Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and Google to curb its use. Companies worldwide are considering how to best make use of ChatGPT, a chatbot program that uses generative AI to hold conversations with users and answer myria...
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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai Reaps $226 Million Compensation in 2022 Amid Layoffs
Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million (roughly Rs. 1,850 crore) in 2022, more than 800 times the median employee's pay, the company said in a securities filing on Friday. Early this month, hundreds of Google employees staged a walkout at the company's London offices following a dispute over layoffs...
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Google's Rush to Take Its AI Chatbot Bard Public Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say
Google, the trusted internet-search giant, is providing low-quality information in a race to keep up with the competition, while giving less priority to its ethical commitments, according to 18 current and former workers at the company and internal documentation reviewed by Bloomberg.
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Dunzo Secures $75 Million in Funding, Lays Off 30 Percent of Its Staff as Part of Business Revamp: Report
Indian online delivery platform Dunzo has secured funding of $75 million (roughly Rs. 614 crore) through convertible notes and is laying off about 30 percent of its staff as it plans a revamp of its business model, the Economic Times reported on Thursday.
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Meta to Lay Off Thousands of Workers This Week in Fresh Round of Job Cuts to Meet Financial Targets: Report
Meta Platforms will cut thousands of jobs as soon as this week in a fresh round of layoffs, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, only a few months after the Facebook-parent reduced more than 11,000 people from its workforce.
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Facebook Parent Meta Plans Another Round of Job Cuts, May Lay Off Over 1,000 Employees: Report
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms is planning a fresh round of job cuts in a reorganisation and downsizing effort that could affect thousands of workers, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Last year, the social media company let go 13 percent of its workforce — more than 11,000 employees — as it grappled with soaring costs and a weak adv...
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Apple Avoids Mass Layoffs Amid Ongoing Slowdown Because of Efficient Hiring During the Pandemic: Details
Apple is under less pressure to lay off workers amid the ongoing economic slowdown thanks to cautious hiring during the pandemic, compared to rivals Amazon, Microsoft, and Google that have laid off thousands of workers. While the Cupertino company has frozen hiring in some areas and is keeping a lid on spending, it hasn’t yet resorted to mass lay...
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Tech CEOs Will Pay a Harsh Price for These Job Cuts
Big Tech layoffs have affected nearly every noteworthy firm in Silicon Valley with almost 100,000 positions eliminated this year. Tech workers might have taken the brunt of firings, but their counterparts in finance have begun to feel the pressure of the ongoing financial slowdown. Here's how the ongoing layoffs in the tech sector could hurt CEOs a...
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Dell To Cut About 6,600 Jobs, Battered By Plunging PC Sales
Dell Technologies Inc., facing plummeting demand for personal computers, will eliminate about 6,650 jobs, becoming the latest technology company to announce it will let thousands of employees go.
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Hit By Layoffs, Thousands Of Indian IT Professionals Struggle To Stay In US
IT Layoffs 2023: Thousands of Indian IT professionals in the US, who have lost their jobs due to the series of recent layoffs, are now struggling to find new employment within the stipulated period under their work visas.
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CEO's Post On High-Earning Tech Worker Living On "Paycheck To Paycheck" Sparks Concern
Despite both having high-paying tech jobs, Mr Chen's friend from Google revealed they often feel strapped for cash.
-
Ex-Google Executive Shares 3 Life Lessons After 12 Years With Tech Giant
Mr Pferdt shares three key lessons that extend beyond tech workers, aiming to help anyone "lead a more meaningful life."
-
OpenAI, Google DeepMind Employees Warn of AI Risks, Demand Better Whistleblower Protection Policies
OpenAI and Google DeepMind’s former and current employees have written an open letter demanding better whistleblower protection policies from their employers. OpenAI and Google DeepMind are among the frontier tech companies that are rapidly building artificial intelligence (AI) systems and capabilities. The open letter is endorsed by two of the t...
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Firings For Protesting Israel Contract Were Illegal, Say Ex-Google Workers
A group of workers at Alphabet Inc's Google have filed a complaint with a US labor board claiming the tech company unlawfully fired them for protesting its cloud contract with the Israeli government.
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Google Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Assistant, Devices and Services Teams; Fitbit Co-Founders to Depart Google
Google on Wednesday announced that it was laying off hundreds of employees across its Google Assistant team while a similar number of users were laid off from its Devices and Services team, according to the company. The majority of the layoffs from the latter will comprise its 1P augmented reality (AR) teams, according to the search giant.
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ChatGPT Fever Spreads to US Workplace, Firms Raise Concerns Over Intellectual Property Leaks
Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and Google to curb its use. Companies worldwide are considering how to best make use of ChatGPT, a chatbot program that uses generative AI to hold conversations with users and answer myria...
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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai Reaps $226 Million Compensation in 2022 Amid Layoffs
Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million (roughly Rs. 1,850 crore) in 2022, more than 800 times the median employee's pay, the company said in a securities filing on Friday. Early this month, hundreds of Google employees staged a walkout at the company's London offices following a dispute over layoffs...
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Google's Rush to Take Its AI Chatbot Bard Public Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say
Google, the trusted internet-search giant, is providing low-quality information in a race to keep up with the competition, while giving less priority to its ethical commitments, according to 18 current and former workers at the company and internal documentation reviewed by Bloomberg.
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Dunzo Secures $75 Million in Funding, Lays Off 30 Percent of Its Staff as Part of Business Revamp: Report
Indian online delivery platform Dunzo has secured funding of $75 million (roughly Rs. 614 crore) through convertible notes and is laying off about 30 percent of its staff as it plans a revamp of its business model, the Economic Times reported on Thursday.
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Meta to Lay Off Thousands of Workers This Week in Fresh Round of Job Cuts to Meet Financial Targets: Report
Meta Platforms will cut thousands of jobs as soon as this week in a fresh round of layoffs, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, only a few months after the Facebook-parent reduced more than 11,000 people from its workforce.
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Facebook Parent Meta Plans Another Round of Job Cuts, May Lay Off Over 1,000 Employees: Report
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms is planning a fresh round of job cuts in a reorganisation and downsizing effort that could affect thousands of workers, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Last year, the social media company let go 13 percent of its workforce — more than 11,000 employees — as it grappled with soaring costs and a weak adv...
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Apple Avoids Mass Layoffs Amid Ongoing Slowdown Because of Efficient Hiring During the Pandemic: Details
Apple is under less pressure to lay off workers amid the ongoing economic slowdown thanks to cautious hiring during the pandemic, compared to rivals Amazon, Microsoft, and Google that have laid off thousands of workers. While the Cupertino company has frozen hiring in some areas and is keeping a lid on spending, it hasn’t yet resorted to mass lay...
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Tech CEOs Will Pay a Harsh Price for These Job Cuts
Big Tech layoffs have affected nearly every noteworthy firm in Silicon Valley with almost 100,000 positions eliminated this year. Tech workers might have taken the brunt of firings, but their counterparts in finance have begun to feel the pressure of the ongoing financial slowdown. Here's how the ongoing layoffs in the tech sector could hurt CEOs a...
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Dell To Cut About 6,600 Jobs, Battered By Plunging PC Sales
Dell Technologies Inc., facing plummeting demand for personal computers, will eliminate about 6,650 jobs, becoming the latest technology company to announce it will let thousands of employees go.
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Hit By Layoffs, Thousands Of Indian IT Professionals Struggle To Stay In US
IT Layoffs 2023: Thousands of Indian IT professionals in the US, who have lost their jobs due to the series of recent layoffs, are now struggling to find new employment within the stipulated period under their work visas.
