The lessons we learnt from 2021’s controversies

2021 — also known as the year of the brouhaha, when the advertising and marketing sector faced a fair share of storms. Industry vets tell ET what they learnt from some squalls.

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CES 2022: AMD, P&G Join Google and Others in Opting Out of Event Over Omicron Fears

AMD, Procter & Gamble, and Micro-Star International are among the latest companies to pull out of the CES event —taking place in-person in Las Vegas in January 2022 — over Omicron fears.

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Foxconn, Apple say worker dorms for India iPhone plant don't meet required standards

Earlier this month, protests erupted after more than 250 women who work at the Foxconn plant that makes iPhones in Sriperumbudur town, near Chennai, and live in one of the dormitories had to be treated for food poisoning.

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Apple aims to prevent defections to Meta with rare $180,000 bonuses for top talent

Apple is waging a talent war with companies in Silicon Valley and beyond, with Meta emerging as a particular threat. Meta has hired about 100 engineers from Apple in the last few months, but it hasn’t been a one-way street: Apple also has lured away key Meta employees.

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iPhone 13 Users Demand Apple Adds Noise Cancellation Option Offered in Earlier Models

iPhone 13 users are demanding Apple to add a dedicated noise cancellation option that is available on earlier models. The iPhone maker has, however, not yet addressed the user demand.

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Tesla's Elon Musk completes option-related sales plan

Elon Musk on Tuesday exercised an option to buy 1.6 million shares of Tesla and sold 934,090 shares for $1.02 billion to pay for taxes associated with the option exercise

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai can be questioned in privacy lawsuit, judge rules

In the lawsuit filed in June 2020, users accused Google of illegally invading their privacy by tracking internet use while Google Chrome browsers were set in "private" mode.

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