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NCLAT's 'effects analysis' order on Google may hinder other big tech probes

Present competition law does not provide for effects analysis. Conducting one would mean letting anti-competitive practices continue and taking action once adverse effects have already been created

Jayant Sinha says will table digital competition Bill on Friday

Sinha said that was not the case, and that the Centre was bringing its own amendments to the competition law

'We can't pay you more', small tech firms tell laid-off Big tech employees

As lakhs of Big Tech employees make a beeline to secure a job as soon as possible, smaller tech firms are hiring the talented laid-off workers albeit with a caveat: We can't pay you any more

Top headlines: Apple creates new jobs, India's derivate bond trade at risk

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Centre invites Big Tech, start-ups to discuss digital competition law

Big Tech companies have been asked to come separately on March 11 to make suggestions on the digital competition law

Apple begins laying off third-party contractors, cuts costs: Report

Instead of waiting for contracts that are typically renewed every 12 to 15 months to expire, Apple is firing contractors outright

Filling Big Tech shoes: Game begins for India's tryst with mass app economy

Domestic alternatives for mass consumption apps by Google, Meta or Twitter are still few and far between

Intel stock down over 9% on grimmest quarterly outlook since 2010

First-quarter sales will be $10.5 billion to $11.5 billion, the chipmaker said

Tech layoffs: It's business, not personal

It's not that they don't want you, just that they do not need you anymore. Or, so they think

Why big tech is firing employees by the thousands? Should we be worried?

What exactly led to this massive shakeout? And what does it mean for the industry, and you?

Ugly truth of layoffs: Firms invest huge resources to rebuild workforce

'Understaffing isn't always a result of management short-sightedness'

About 3,000 tech employees being fired a day on average in Jan: Report

Google's parent company Alphabet announced to lay off 12,000 employees, or about 6 per cent of its workforce

Big-tech firms should share revenue with digital news publishers: I&B Secy

Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra made a strong pitch for big-tech aggregators to share a part of their revenue with publishers of digital news, who generate original content

Reversing Covid-era excesses: Big Tech braces for sackings, dismal profits

Large US technology firms expected to announce layoffs, cut costs through the next few months, say experts

Top headlines: World Bank cuts economic growth forecast, DESH Bill deadlock

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Big Tech's new reality in India: Stricter regulation, face-off with telcos

All of a sudden, global tech giants are grappling with the prospect of more stringent regulation and domestic telco's demands for a level playing field

India's new competition law may dampen digital innovation: Big Tech

Meta, Amazon, Twitter, Google and other Big Tech companies have raised questions on the digital competition law recommended by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance

For thousands of Indian techies, is it the end of the great American dream?

As thousands of techies continue to lose jobs at Big Tech companies amid recession fears, most of them are finding it difficult to get jobs, as there is a freeze on new hirings in most top firms.

87% app makers don't pay for Apple store, 97% for Google Play: Report

Apple and Google charge up to 30% commission from software developers

How Big Tech firms are rushing to train AI in Indian languages

Indian mobile and web consumers speak in 30 languages and around 1,600 dialects. The BBC estimates only 125 million Indians are English speakers; most have regional and local accents