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Twitter lays off at least 50 in relentless cost cuts: report

Twitter announced on Saturday that it will be firing 50 employees across multiple engineering teams, including those supporting advertising technology, the main Twitter app, and technical infrastructure to keep Twitter's systems up and running.

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Microsoft accidently releases Windows 11 upgrade to ineligible PCs

Microsoft said the issue was resolved and it might take 24 to 48 hours to propagate to all affected devices.

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India asks IMF, FSB to prepare technical paper on crypto assets

The paper could be used to formulate a coordinated and comprehensive policy to regulate crypto assets.

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Sequoia Capital resigns from board of crime app Citizen

Citizen, which has previously raised about $133 million from backers including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, has over 9 million users and operates in 60 cities across the US

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G20 recognises risk attached, agrees to discuss IMF-FSB paper on crypto assets in upcoming meetings

​​According to the chair's summary released at the end of the two-day meeting of the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) on Saturday, the grouping will be looking forward to the IMF-FSB Synthesis Paper on crypto assets.

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Google awards record $12 million to 700 bug researchers, Indian leads

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Saturday said that the company awarded a record $12 million in bug bounties to more than 700 researchers in 2022, including the largest award in its bug bounty programme history.

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Twitter shuts off internal Slack, employees say didn't pay bills

Twitter has apparently shut off its internal communication system Slack and employees posted on anonymous workplace chat app Blind that the company had stopped paying its Slack bills.

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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...