Others

Cookie consent banners that use blatant design tricks to try to manipulate web users into agreeing to hand over their data for behavioral advertising, instead of giving people a free and fair choice to refuse this kind of creepy tracking, are facing a coordinated pushback from the European Union’s data protection regulators. A taskforce of […]

EU watchdogs agree on how to handle certain cookie consent dark patterns by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Shadow is making its first acquisition as it announced that it would snatch Genymobile, the company behind Genymotion. Shadow is better known for its cloud computing service that works particularly well for cloud gaming. It also offers a cloud storage service based on Nextcloud. As for Genymobile, the French startup has been around for more […]

Shadow acquires Android emulation startup Genymobile by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Alphabet, parent holding company of Google, has announced that it’s cutting around 6% of its global workforce. In an open letter published by Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, the narrative followed a similar trajectory to that of other companies that have downsized in recent months, noting that the company had “hired for a different […]

Google parent Alphabet cuts 6% of its workforce impacting 12,000 people, saying it had ‘hired for a different economic reality’ by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

After promising a feature that lets you easily bookmark tweets, Twitter is now rolling it out on iOS. The new design displays the bookmark button under the expanded tweet view. Making it easier to add a post to your bookmarks. Before today’s change, you had to tap on the share button to open the sharing […]

Twitter puts more emphasis on the bookmark feature on iOS by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

As the market of social media influencers is getting bigger in India, the South Asian nation has introduced endorsement guidelines to limit unfair trade practices and misleading promotions on the web. On Friday, the Department of Consumer Affairs held a press conference to announce new guidelines to make it mandatory for social media influencers to […]

India releases guidelines for social media influencers accepting paid promotions by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Entertainment company Fandom has laid off an unspecified number of employees across multiple properties including Giant Bomb, GameSpot and Metacritic. These properties are mainly focused on publishing content around gaming and TV shows. According to a report by Variety, the company employs around 500 people, and the layoffs have affected roughly 10% of its staff […]

Fandom lays off employees across Giant Bomb, GameSpot and Metacritic by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Swiggy plans to lay off 380 jobs and shut down its meat marketplace as the Prosus Venture and SoftBank-backed Indian food delivery giant looks to navigate the market downturn that has forced firms to become leaner and more disciplined. In an email to employees on Friday, Swiggy co-founder and chief executive Sriharsha Majety said the […]

Indian food delivery giant Swiggy to cut 380 jobs by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Genesis Global Trading, a subsidiary of the crypto conglomerate Digital Currency Group (DCG), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) court late Thursday night. Genesis Global Holdco and two of its lending business subsidiaries Genesis Global Capital and Genesis Asia Pacific filed voluntary petitions under the bankruptcy code for […]

DCG’s crypto lending subsidiary Genesis files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Google will continue to challenge the Indian antitrust watchdog’s ruling, but will cooperate with the authorities “on the way forward,” it said Friday, responding to a high-profile decision by the top Indian court this week that is cornering the Android-maker into making a series of changes that could topple how it conducts business in the […]

Google to cooperate with Indian authorities after losing Android antitrust ruling bid by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch