February 2023

Jumia, as part of its streamlining efforts, reduced headcount by 60% in Dubai and “undertook overall headcount reductions that resulted in over 900 position terminations across its 11 markets, corresponding to a 20% headcount reduction.” This occurred in Q4 last year, according to the statement containing Jumia’s FY2022 financials. This news follows Jumia Supervisory Board’s […]

Jumia laid off 20% of staff in Q4 2022 amid work to reduce losses by half this year by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

As a recessionary year, 2023 will be the year that many seeds are planted for the future. Here are a few bright spots we’ll see as most companies hunker down.

Microsoft has acknowledged reports of Bing’s strange responses to some queries over the past week since the launch of the updated search engine. Some users have reported receiving rude, manipulative and unnerving responses from the AI-boosted Bing. In a new blog post, Microsoft said it’s listening to feedback from users about their concerns about the […]

Microsoft says Bing can be provoked to respond outside of its ‘designed tone’ by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

A well-optimized hiring strategy can help streamline your recruiting process, saving you time and resources.

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After six years of co-hosting, Seacrest announced that he will be departing the New York-based talk show.

Sometimes it’s hard to predict how a founder will act down the road but there are steps VCs can take when a founder’s behavior takes a turn.

So that founder you backed turned out to be problematic. Now what? by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch

The steep decline in Web3 funding comes amid massive investments from the tech giants into augmented reality.