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The continuing onslaught of tech layoffs has not let up in the new year. Last week, we saw big layoff announcements from Amazon and Salesforce with thousands of employees being let go. Yesterday CRN reported that Cloud Software Group was undertaking massive layoffs. Today the company confirmed it was laying off 15% of the workforce. Although […]

Company created by Citrix-Tibco merger confirms it has laid off 15% of staff by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

British newspaper The Guardian has confirmed that cybercriminals accessed the personal details of U.K. staff members during a ransomware attack last month. The Guardian confirmed the data breach in an update emailed to staff on Wednesday, which the newspaper reported shortly after. The email, signed by the news outlet’s chief executive Anna Bateson and editor-in-chief Katharine […]

The Guardian confirms ransomware attack stole employee data by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Carta, an equity management platform that was last privately valued at $7.4 billion, has cut 10% of its staff, confirming earlier rumors that a workforce reduction was in the works. Using LinkedIn data, the layoff could have impacted around 200 employees. Today’s layoff is around the same size as its 2020 workforce reduction, an event […]

Carta lays off 10% as CTO lawsuit looms by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Privacy watchers keen to dig into the regulatory reasoning underpinning two major decisions against Meta earlier this month — which struck down Facebook and Instagram’s claim of contractual necessity as a valid legal basis to run behavioral advertising on users in the European Union — can now sift through the detail after the complainant, privacy […]

Major EU privacy decisions against Meta’s legal basis for ads raise fresh complaints by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

It may have been a weird feeling to watch Golden Globe Awards live on television this year. Last year, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the organization that hosts the ceremony, was criticized for lacking diversity, so NBC announced it wouldn’t broadcast the awards show and the event’s winners were live-tweeted instead. The HFPA claims it’s […]

HBO and HBO Max dominates Golden Globes with most wins by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

U.K. postal service Royal Mail has said it’s experiencing “severe service disruption” following an cyber incident. In a statement published Wednesday, Royal Mail said it was unable to dispatch export items including letters and parcels to overseas destinations as a result of the cyberattack. It added that international parcels that had already been dispatched “may […]

Royal Mail warns of severe disruption after ‘cyber incident’ by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla notified Texas regulators this week it plans to invest about $770 million into an expansion of its factory near Austin. The automaker registered plans with the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration. The Austin Business Journal and CNBC were the first to report on the filings. The filings show Tesla intends to build new […]

Tesla plans $770M expansion at Texas factory by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch