Google parent Alphabet cuts 6% of its workforce impacting 12,000 people, saying it had ‘hired for a different economic reality’

January 20, 2023

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

How CRISPR is making farmed animals bigger, stronger, and healthier

January 20, 2023
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. The CRISPR gene-editing tool has been making headlines for the last 10 years, since scientists showed it could be used to easily alter the genome of a living organism. The technology could…

India releases guidelines for social media influencers accepting paid promotions

January 20, 2023

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

Fandom lays off employees across Giant Bomb, GameSpot and Metacritic

January 20, 2023

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

More universities are banning TikTok from their campus networks and devices

January 20, 2023

Public universities across a widening swath of U.S. states have banned TikTok in recent months, and two of the country’s largest colleges just followed suit. The University of Texas and Texas A&M University are two of the latest colleges to take action against the social app, which is owned by Beijing-based parent company ByteDance. The […]

More universities are banning TikTok from their campus networks and devices by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Indian food delivery giant Swiggy to cut 380 jobs

January 20, 2023

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

Share Creators wants to solve asset management mess for game developers

January 20, 2023

Finding a product-market fit isn’t always easy, but when you are the end-user experiencing a real pain point, the solution might be more obvious. That’s the case for newly-funded Share Creators, a platform that helps game developers manage and store large media assets as remote work becomes increasingly common in the industry. Based in the […]

Share Creators wants to solve asset management mess for game developers by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Twitterrific and other clients begin offloading their apps after Twitter shuts them out

January 20, 2023

Twitterrific, one of the most iconic third-party Twitter clients, said today that it has removed the iOS and Mac apps from the App Store. Iconfactory, the company that made Twitterrific, said in a blog post that under Elon Musk’s management, the social media network has become “a Twitter that we no longer recognize as trustworthy […]

Twitterrific and other clients begin offloading their apps after Twitter shuts them out by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

DCG’s crypto lending subsidiary Genesis files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

January 20, 2023

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