Amazon’s Alexa division faces significant job cuts after failing to turn the voice assistant into a money maker, Business Insider reports (the article requires a VPN to access from South Africa and …
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Elon Musk laid off more Twitter Inc. workers from the sales side of the social network’s business beginning late on Sunday, further trimming a staff that had already been decimated …
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Disney appoints former CEO, fires current CEO Bob Iger
Disney ousted chief executive Bob Chapek on Sunday and announced that it had brought back former CEO Bob Iger to once again take the reins. The change, a dramatic turn …
TikTok now being referred to as a Chinese surveillance too by Two Senators in the US is being weighed by Biden’s administration on letting the video sharing app keep operating …
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Amazon develops new robot in a bid to reduce human reliance
Amazon, Ecommerce Giant has developed a robot capable of identifying and handling individual items, a milestone in the e-commerce giant’s efforts to reduce its reliance on the human order pickers …
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Elon Musk Addresses Twitter employees, Warns against bankruptcy and ends remote working and free food
Elon Musk, in his first address to Twitter Inc. employees since purchasing the company for $44 billion, said that bankruptcy was a possibility if it doesn’t start generating more cash, …
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MTN in a war against SARS for potentially double-dipping VAT on airtime
MTN and South African Revenue Services (SARS) are battling a case where the mobile network operator demands clarity about how VAT should apply to airtime vouchers according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) …
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Elon Musk reports an increase in Twitter usage by 20%
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Twitter Inc., said that usage on the social media platform is “at an all-time high,” without providing evidence or explaining how he defines usage. …
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Jack Dorsey announces regrets over Twitter’s Rapid Growth
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said he regrets growing the company too quickly as the social media platform downsizes following its recent sale to Elon Musk. Musk on Thursday and …
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Facebook CEO makes plans to layoff thousands of employees
Facebook-parent Meta will become the latest tech firm to scale back its workforce, with plans to layoff thousands of employees this week, US media reported Sunday. The Wall Street Journal, …