Oracle has announced its biggest-ever layoffs, cutting thousands of jobs across its offices worldwide. The company sent layoffs email on March 31 informing Oracle employees that their role has been terminated, effective immediately. The email, sent as early as 6am EST yesterday, asks terminated employees to take “immediate action” to ensure they receive further communication…
NEW DELHI: A blast outside the Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Chandigarh on Wednesday evening triggered panic in the area, with police confirming that a crude explosive device appears to have been hurled at the site. No casualties were reported.The explosion occurred around 5 pm outside the party office in…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has now shared how tech giant Microsoft stopped the company from investing on OpenAI. Speaking in an interview with Matthew Berman of Future Forward, Benioff revealed that Microsoft prevented Salesforce from participating in an OpenAI investment round. Microsoft, which already poured billions into OpenAI and tightly integrated…
Smita Ghosh (Image credits: Constitutional Accountability Center) TOI correspondent from Washington: As the US Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on Wednesday morning in the closely watched birthright citizenship case Trump v. Barbara, one of the most influential figures shaping the legal battlefield is also among its least publicly known or understood: Indian-American attorney Smita…
IndiGo will levy revised fuel charges ranging from Rs 275 to Rs 950 on domestic tickets from April 2, the airline said in a statement Wednesday, amid a rise in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices.Earlier in March, IndiGo had said it would levy a fuel surcharge ranging from Rs 425 to Rs 2,300 on its…
Donald Trump became the first sitting US president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States on Wednesday. The apex court is examining the constitutionality of his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are in the country illegally or on…
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that Iran has approached Washington seeking a “ceasefire” stating that the “new regime president is much less radicalised”. He also blasted Tehran saying that any consideration of ceasefire would depend on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “Iran’s New Regime…
Deloitte is moving ahead with plans to hire 50,000 professionals in India while expanding its focus on artificial intelligence (AI). In a recent interview, the company’s South Asia COO, Nitin Kini, said the country should prioritise upskilling to take on more complex roles. Speaking amid concerns around AI-led job losses, Kini said the company sees…
The night before a major event, be it a major event in one’s life or a major event in space, is often a time filled with nervous energy, and astronauts are no exception. As NASA gears up for its historic mission to the Moon, a mission that marks a return to the Moon after over…
In February this year, Jack Dorsey’s Block laid off around 4,000 employees which is nearly 40% of its workforce citing advances in artificial intelligence as a main reason for the restructuring. CEO Jack Dorsey told the investors that “a smaller team using the tools we’re building can do more and do it better.” Now in…