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Iran War Impact Deep Beneath The Sea: How India's Internet May Be Affected
Any disruption to these cables could be a massive concern for India, as about 60 per cent of the country's internet traffic is handled on the crucial link that passes through the Gulf, travelling from Mumbai to Europe.
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Apple Says AI Features Will Boost New iPhone Sales After Sluggish Third Quarter
Apple predicted that its new artificial intelligence features will spur iPhone upgrades in coming months, helping the company reemerge from a sales slowdown that has hit its China business especially hard.
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Softbank-Owned Chip Firm Arm Reveals Filing for Blockbuster US IPO: Details
SoftBank Group Corp's Arm Holdings Ltd reported a 1 percent fall in annual revenue due to a slowdown in smartphone sales, after the chip designer disclosed the paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) that is expected to be the largest of the year.
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ChatGPT’s Traffic Sees 9.7 Percent Drop in June, First Decline Since Launch of Generative AI Tool
ChatGPT saw monthly traffic to its website and unique visitors decline for the first time ever in June, according to analytics firm Similarweb. Worldwide desktop and mobile traffic to the ChatGPT website decreased by 9.7 percent in June from May, while unique visitors to ChatGPT's website dropped 5.7 percent.
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HP Misses Quarterly Revenue Estimates as PC, Laptop Sales Drop 29 Percent
HP on Tuesday missed Wall Street targets for second-quarter revenue, hurt by a slowdown in the personal computer market as inflation-hit customers tightened their budgets.
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Nearly 6 Percent of Contract Workers Lost Jobs in India's IT Sector in Past Year, Says Recruitment Body
Nearly six percent of outsourced contract workers lost jobs in India's information technology sector in the January-March period compared to the previous quarter following the impact of the global slowdown and Russia-Ukraine war, a recruitment body said.
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Samsung's Quarterly Profit Set to Drop 92 Percent as Chip Glut Worsens Amid Economic Slowdown
Samsung Electronics's first-quarter profit is expected to plunge 92 percent to the lowest for any quarter in 14 years, as a chip glut worsens and buyers like data centres and computer makers slow purchases amid a global economic slowdown.
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Apple Avoids Mass Layoffs Amid Ongoing Slowdown Because of Efficient Hiring During the Pandemic: Details
Apple is under less pressure to lay off workers amid the ongoing economic slowdown thanks to cautious hiring during the pandemic, compared to rivals Amazon, Microsoft, and Google that have laid off thousands of workers. While the Cupertino company has frozen hiring in some areas and is keeping a lid on spending, it hasn’t yet resorted to mass lay...
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PayPal Will Lay Off 2,000 Employees to Cut Costs Amid Ongoing Economic Slowdown
PayPal on Tuesday said it would cut 7 percent of its workforce, or about 2,000 employees, as the digital payments firm looks to cut costs amid the ongoing economic slowdown facing the technology industry. The company joins titans like Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft that have all recently announced layoffs.
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Why Google Is Delaying Portion of Employees' Year-End Bonuses
Google has announced it will delay a part of its employees' year-end bonuses as part of a transition to a new performance management system. Eligible employees will get 80 percent of their bonus while the remainder will be paid in later months, the company said, adding that the decision was communicated to staff in 2022. The company typically paid ...
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Iran War Impact Deep Beneath The Sea: How India's Internet May Be Affected
Any disruption to these cables could be a massive concern for India, as about 60 per cent of the country's internet traffic is handled on the crucial link that passes through the Gulf, travelling from Mumbai to Europe.
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Apple Says AI Features Will Boost New iPhone Sales After Sluggish Third Quarter
Apple predicted that its new artificial intelligence features will spur iPhone upgrades in coming months, helping the company reemerge from a sales slowdown that has hit its China business especially hard.
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Softbank-Owned Chip Firm Arm Reveals Filing for Blockbuster US IPO: Details
SoftBank Group Corp's Arm Holdings Ltd reported a 1 percent fall in annual revenue due to a slowdown in smartphone sales, after the chip designer disclosed the paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) that is expected to be the largest of the year.
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ChatGPT’s Traffic Sees 9.7 Percent Drop in June, First Decline Since Launch of Generative AI Tool
ChatGPT saw monthly traffic to its website and unique visitors decline for the first time ever in June, according to analytics firm Similarweb. Worldwide desktop and mobile traffic to the ChatGPT website decreased by 9.7 percent in June from May, while unique visitors to ChatGPT's website dropped 5.7 percent.
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HP Misses Quarterly Revenue Estimates as PC, Laptop Sales Drop 29 Percent
HP on Tuesday missed Wall Street targets for second-quarter revenue, hurt by a slowdown in the personal computer market as inflation-hit customers tightened their budgets.
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Nearly 6 Percent of Contract Workers Lost Jobs in India's IT Sector in Past Year, Says Recruitment Body
Nearly six percent of outsourced contract workers lost jobs in India's information technology sector in the January-March period compared to the previous quarter following the impact of the global slowdown and Russia-Ukraine war, a recruitment body said.
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Samsung's Quarterly Profit Set to Drop 92 Percent as Chip Glut Worsens Amid Economic Slowdown
Samsung Electronics's first-quarter profit is expected to plunge 92 percent to the lowest for any quarter in 14 years, as a chip glut worsens and buyers like data centres and computer makers slow purchases amid a global economic slowdown.
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Apple Avoids Mass Layoffs Amid Ongoing Slowdown Because of Efficient Hiring During the Pandemic: Details
Apple is under less pressure to lay off workers amid the ongoing economic slowdown thanks to cautious hiring during the pandemic, compared to rivals Amazon, Microsoft, and Google that have laid off thousands of workers. While the Cupertino company has frozen hiring in some areas and is keeping a lid on spending, it hasn’t yet resorted to mass lay...
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PayPal Will Lay Off 2,000 Employees to Cut Costs Amid Ongoing Economic Slowdown
PayPal on Tuesday said it would cut 7 percent of its workforce, or about 2,000 employees, as the digital payments firm looks to cut costs amid the ongoing economic slowdown facing the technology industry. The company joins titans like Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft that have all recently announced layoffs.
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Why Google Is Delaying Portion of Employees' Year-End Bonuses
Google has announced it will delay a part of its employees' year-end bonuses as part of a transition to a new performance management system. Eligible employees will get 80 percent of their bonus while the remainder will be paid in later months, the company said, adding that the decision was communicated to staff in 2022. The company typically paid ...
