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Tech layoffs in India: Google fires 453 employees in India, CEO Pichai takes responsibility
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Tech layoffs in India: Google fires 453 employees in India, CEO Pichai takes responsibility

Google India laid off 453 employees over an email on Thursday night. Google's CEO Sundar Pichai took complete responsibility for the situation that has led to the tech giant laying off about 12,000 people.

Pichai under fire: Google employees mad at Sundar Pichai for “dumpster fire” response to ChatGPT
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Pichai under fire: Google employees mad at Sundar Pichai for “dumpster fire” response to ChatGPT

Google employees aren't too happy with Sundar Pichai over how Google has responded to ChatGPT and the fact that Google was caught unprepared for Microsoft's new ChatGPT-enabled Bing. Bard AI's dismal unveiling also left Google employees disappointed.

Turkey, Syria earthquake: How Big Tech is coming to the rescue
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Turkey, Syria earthquake: How Big Tech is coming to the rescue

Tech companies have extended a helping hand to earthquake-stricken Turkey and Syria. While Apple and Google have announced that they will make donations toward the relief and recovery efforts, Amazon has said that it will donate food, medicine and equipment from its Istanbul warehouse

Severance pay, bonus and health insurance: What Google is offering laid-off US employees
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Severance pay, bonus and health insurance: What Google is offering laid-off US employees

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai in an email said he was ‘deeply sorry’ about the job cuts and that US employees would receive 16 weeks of salary plus two weeks for every additional year at Google, their 2022 bonus, paid vacations, and six months of health insurance

Google's parent company Alphabet to lay off 12,000 globally
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Google's parent company Alphabet to lay off 12,000 globally

The job cuts mark the latest to hit the technology sector and come within days of rival Microsoft Corp announcing it would lay off 10,000 workers. Online retail giant Amazon on Wednesday began the process of laying off nearly 18,000 staff—the largest ever termination move in its history

Google CEO Sundar Pichai meets PM Modi
India

Google CEO Sundar Pichai meets PM Modi

Pichai earlier today said that the company is focussing on startups from India and out of its USD 300 million for the startups, around one-fourth will be invested in entities that are led by women

India will be big export economy; to benefit from open and connected internet: Sundar Pichai
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India will be big export economy; to benefit from open and connected internet: Sundar Pichai

While speaking at Google for India event, Sundar Pichai said that the company is focussing on startups from India and out of its USD 300 million for the startups, around one-fourth will be invested in entities that are led by women

Google CEO Sundar Pichai awarded Padma Bhushan in San Francisco; internet reacts
India

Google CEO Sundar Pichai awarded Padma Bhushan in San Francisco; internet reacts

As soon as pictures of Sundar Pichai being conferred with the Padma Bhushan in San Francisco went viral, people in large numbers reacted to the development

Rise of Rishi Sunak and emergence of the global Hindu citizen
India

Rise of Rishi Sunak and emergence of the global Hindu citizen

If Sunak succeeds as the UK PM, the emergence of the confident and overachieving global Hindu will get a further fillip

Why are netizens going gaga over Google CEO Sundar Pichai?
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Why are netizens going gaga over Google CEO Sundar Pichai?

On Diwali morning, Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted a message on his Twitter handle informing that he was celebrating the festival by watching the last three overs of India's victory over Pakistan at the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia again

In a first, Google CEO Sunder Pichai visits Indian Embassy in Washington
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In a first, Google CEO Sunder Pichai visits Indian Embassy in Washington

Google under Pichai has made massive investment in India and phenomenally expanded its footprint in a wide range of sectors including its training to the younger generation

How entrepreneurs are transforming India’s narrative
Business

How entrepreneurs are transforming India’s narrative

The narrative the world sees today is that a nation, plundered ad nauseam in the past, has scripted its own revival

Mumbai police books Google CEO Sundar Pichai, others for copyright act violation
India

Mumbai police books Google CEO Sundar Pichai, others for copyright act violation

The case has been registered following the complaint lodged by film director Suneel Darshan who has alleged that Google allowed unauthorized persons to upload his film 'Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha' on YouTube

Why ‘The Economist’ gets so economical with truth when it comes to India and Indians
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Why ‘The Economist’ gets so economical with truth when it comes to India and Indians

The magazine’s recent article, ‘Why Brahmins lead Western firms but rarely Indian ones’, not just showcases its lack of understanding of Indian society, but also smacks of arrogance and prejudice towards India and Indians

Sundar Pichai to Indra Nooyi: Twitter's Parag Agrawal becomes latest Indian to head global multinationals
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Sundar Pichai to Indra Nooyi: Twitter's Parag Agrawal becomes latest Indian to head global multinationals

Twitter's outgoing CEO Jack Dorsey announced that 37-year old Parag Agrawal, an IIT Mumbai and Stanford University alumnus, will be the company's new chief executive as he stepped down after 16 years at the company that he co-founded and helmed

Google parent Alphabet posts profit over $18 billion in third quarter; Twitter suffers $537 million loss
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Google parent Alphabet posts profit over $18 billion in third quarter; Twitter suffers $537 million loss

From July to September, its video service sold $7.2 billion of advertising space targeted according to content and users, against $5 billion in the same period last year, according to Alphabet

Google executives see cracks in their company's success and Sundar Pichai's leadership
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Google executives see cracks in their company's success and Sundar Pichai's leadership

Pichai has also gone through with tough, unpopular decisions, like cutting down on “vanity projects” that didn’t do much for the business, says a former employee

'Forgot how to reset password, please help': Man's response to Sundar Pichai's COVID-19 relief tweet goes viral
India

'Forgot how to reset password, please help': Man's response to Sundar Pichai's COVID-19 relief tweet goes viral

Google has collaborated with the health ministry and with organisations, like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to further the vaccination drive in the country

Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs face a grilling in Congress on speech responsibility
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Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs face a grilling in Congress on speech responsibility

Lawmakers pounded the Big tech CEOs over their content policies, use of consumers’ data and children’s media use.

UP Police books Google's Sundar Pichai, others over 'defamatory' video; removes names from FIR later
India

UP Police books Google's Sundar Pichai, others over 'defamatory' video; removes names from FIR later

The FIR was lodged following a complaint by a local resident who claimed that he got over 8,500 threat calls on his mobile phone after he objected to a video that allegedly defamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi