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India ranks third in world 'startup' ecosystem: Union minister Anurag Thakur

​​​The Minister for Information and Broadcasting, and Youth Affairs and Sports was speaking at the valedictory function of 36th Inter-University North Zone Youth Festival (Antarnaad) under the aegis of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) at the Jammu University.

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Headcount falls in Q3 as tech hiring frenzy gets real

Three of the companies — Infosys, HCLTech and L&T Technology Services — ended the December quarter with a higher net headcount, but the employee additions were at a slower rate than the previous quarters. Market leader Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Tech Mahindra and LTIMindtree posted a fall.

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Meta's new headset to feature better mixed reality tech: CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg also mentioned that more than 200 applications on the company's virtual reality (VR) devices have made more than $1 million in revenue.

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YouTube Music contract employees go on strike over unfair labour practices

YouTube Music's content operations team is expected to return to the Austin office early next week. However, Alphabet Workers Union (AWU) said the majority of workers were hired remotely.

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US judge denies FTC request to stop Meta from acquiring VR firm Within

Judge Edward Davila of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said the FTC had failed to show that Meta would have entered the market to make dedicated fitness content if it was unable to buy Within.

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Tesla's Elon Musk found not liable in trial over 2018 'funding secured' tweets

Plaintiffs had claimed billions in damages and the decision also had been seen as important for Musk himself, who often takes to Twitter to air his views.

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Twitter playing 'stupid game' to stall ex-workers' legal claims: lawyer

Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer for more than 1,000 people who were laid off or fired by Twitter last year, said she could be forced to bring hundreds of claims into court just to have Twitter produce copies of the agreements when it moves to send them to arbitration.

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Yellow.ai deploys 30% of global generative AI bots domestically

While markets like the US are mostly using GenAI for customer support in a bid to cut costs, India Inc. is using them as an opportunity to g...