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Silicon valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despite easing of virus ban
Reuters |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 24, 2021 03:19 PM IST
- Taking into account declining coronavirus infections, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties eased guidelines that had kept most office buildings closed for the last year except to crucial security and support staff.
Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despite easing of virus ban
Reuters | , San Francisco
PUBLISHED ON MAR 24, 2021 02:40 PM IST
Pinterest Inc is not eyeing a significant reopening until at least August, Alphabet Inc's Google until September and DocuSign Inc not before October.
Signal back up after outage
Reuters |
PUBLISHED ON JAN 17, 2021 01:06 PM IST
Signal has seen a rise in downloads following a change in WhatsApp's privacy terms.
‘How strange’, says Elon Musk as he becomes world’s richest person
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shivani Kumar
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 02:11 PM IST
Musk is known for his witty, sometimes controversial tweets which has often made the headlines. In May this year, Tesla lost $14 million in valuation hours Musk tweeted, “Tesla stock price is too high imo”.
Silicon Valley is in for a rough ride
By Vivek Wadhwa & Tarun Wadhwa
PUBLISHED ON JAN 04, 2021 08:21 PM IST
The days of regulators prioritising innovation over compliance may be over. The traditionally warm relationship between the Democratic Party and Big Tech is becoming contentious
Ro Khanna named Democratic vice chair of Congressional India Caucus
Washington | By Press Trust of India | Posted by Ayshee Bhaduri
UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2020 08:31 AM IST
Ro Khanna, who was recently elected for a third consecutive term from the congressional district representing Silicon Valley, is being considered as a potential contender to fill the US Senate seat from California that will fall vacant in January.
Oracle moves headquarters to Texas, joining Silicon Valley exodus
By Bloomberg | Posted by Ayshee Bhaduri
PUBLISHED ON DEC 12, 2020 11:58 AM IST
Oracle’s shift of resources away from California dates at least to 2018. That year, Oracle opened a campus in Austin, featuring an on-site apartment building for employees, in an effort to recruit a younger and less costly workforce.
This Indian Pricing strategist is taking the financial-tech industry in the USA by storm
UPDATED ON OCT 01, 2020 05:15 PM IST
Akshat who originally hails from UP’s Muzaffarnagar is an alumnus of Stanford where he majored in Strategy and Finance and graduated from in 2009.
How an Indian-born Silicon Valley professional’s ebook is helping aspiring program managers crack the interview
UPDATED ON SEP 22, 2020 04:31 PM IST
Saurabh was born and brought up in Lucknow, and he is a Computer Science engineer besides having done a General Management Program from IIM, Bengaluru and having a Management 101 certificate from the Harvard Business School.
Indian-American couple releases campaign video for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
Washington | By Press Trust of India| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
PUBLISHED ON AUG 22, 2020 01:56 PM IST
On the last day of the four-day Democratic National Convention on Thursday, Biden, 77, formally accepted the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party.
California fires claim 6 lives, threaten thousands of homes
Santa Cruz | By Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai
PUBLISHED ON AUG 21, 2020 11:56 PM IST
Three major complexes encompassing dozens of fires chewed through a combined 780 square miles (2,020 square kilometers) of forests, canyons and rural areas flanking San Francisco on three sides.
The big secret of tech innovation | Opinion
By Vivek Wadhwa
UPDATED ON JUL 08, 2020 07:36 AM IST
Imitation is good. If you can’t imitate, buy the company. And then improve. But don’t steal IP
‘Hateful conduct not allowed’: Twitch, Reddit crackdown targets Donald Trump, supporters
San Francisco | By Agence France-Presse| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
PUBLISHED ON JUN 30, 2020 09:57 AM IST
Twitch said the offending comments aired on the channel included Trump’s remarks from 2015 saying that Mexicans coming into the United States were “bringing drugs,” “bringing crime” and were “rapists.”
Covid-19: Apple tells staff that first phase of return to HQ begins on June 15
By Bloomberg| Posted by: Harshit Sabarwal
PUBLISHED ON JUN 10, 2020 05:46 AM IST
Phase 1 will be “very limited” and workers will only be allowed in the office on certain days depending on their job, the Cupertino, California-based company wrote in a recent memo to staff. More details will be shared later this month, it added.
Google parent Alphabet sees higher revenue and profits despite Covid-19 pandemic; shares jump
San Francisco | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON APR 29, 2020 10:15 AM IST
The Silicon Valley giant, the first of the big technology firms to report quarterly results, offered a mixed picture: a strong start to the year followed by an abrupt slowdown in advertising in March and some tentative signs the worst may be over.
‘Today, environment protection is $12 trillion business opportunity’
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent, Mohali
PUBLISHED ON MAR 01, 2020 12:20 AM IST
IT growth coupled with a terrific pool of young talent can help Mohali become the next Silicon Valley of India, said entrepreneurs at the startup and entrepreneurial event,TiECON 2020, held at Indian School of Business
California confirms second US coronavirus case of unknown origin
Los Angeles | By Agence France-Presse
PUBLISHED ON FEB 29, 2020 07:56 AM IST
The patient in the second case of community spread of COVID-19, as the virus is called, is an adult woman with chronic health issues.
Body work: Russia’s ‘biohackers’ push boundaries
Agence France-Presse | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON FEB 18, 2020 04:30 PM IST
Biohacking is a global movement whose followers seek to “upgrade” their bodies with experimental technology and DIY health fixes that began in Silicon Valley at the start of the last decade.
Silicon Valley startup CEO fired for billing $76,120 at strip clubs to company
By Bloomberg
UPDATED ON DEC 14, 2019 01:24 PM IST
The board of Turvo Inc accused the co-founder, Eric Gilmore, of expensing $76,120 at strip clubs over a three-year span and removed him as CEO in May, according to legal filings.
50 years after internet conception, dark side stirs fear
San Francisco | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON OCT 30, 2019 09:31 AM IST
The name ‘internet’ is a shortening of the ‘internetworking’ allowed when one computer network could collaborate with another.
Kidnapped Indian-origin tech millionaire found dead in his BMW car in US
Washington | By Indo Asian News Service
PUBLISHED ON OCT 03, 2019 05:26 PM IST
Atre, 50 -- owner of digital marketing company AtreNet Inc which caters to Silicon Valley corporate businesses -- was kidnapped from his house around 3 a.m. “during a crime” on Tuesday said Police.
JEE set to add US centre for foreign applicants to IITs
Hindustan Tims,New Delhi | By Amandeep Shukla
UPDATED ON SEP 16, 2019 05:24 AM IST
Though Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Dubai (UAE), Kathmandu (Nepal) and Singapore were among foreign centres where the IIT JEE (Advanced) 2019 exam was held, it has never been conducted in the US.
A road map to transforming India’s energy
By Dev Sanyal
UPDATED ON AUG 29, 2019 06:57 PM IST
India’s achievements should be applauded, but it is just getting started, with a golden opportunity to play a prominent role in global energy as well.
‘Focus on work instead of heated debates’: Google tells employees
San Francisco | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON AUG 24, 2019 10:47 AM IST
Updated workplace guidelines for “Googlers” called on them to be responsible, helpful, and thoughtful during exchanges on internal message boards or other conversation forums.
Top seeds reign as Svitolina and Sabalenka advance in San Jose
Reuters | By Reuters
UPDATED ON AUG 01, 2019 02:14 PM IST
Svitolina’s superior serving was the difference in the one-sided match as the Ukrainian set up a tantalizing quarter-final meeting with Greece’s Maria Sakkari on Thursday.
Good news for IT professionals, US House removes country-cap on Green Cards
Hindustan Times, Washington | By Yashwant Raj
UPDATED ON JUL 11, 2019 09:26 AM IST
The passage of the Bill was hailed by Indian professionals from across the US, particularly those from the Silicon Valley in California, Seattle area in Washington state, the Greater Washington DC area and the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
How two college dropouts made $860 million fortune by age 23
Bloomberg | By Tom Metcalf and Julie Verhage
UPDATED ON JUL 02, 2019 10:51 AM IST
The pair’s ascent is rapid even by Silicon Valley standards, where dropping out of Stanford to launch a startup is almost a cliché.
Facebook evacuates 4 buildings after possible nerve agent Sarin found on campus
Menlo Park | By Associated Press
UPDATED ON JUL 02, 2019 09:29 AM IST
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says sarin is a chemical warfare agent that is a clear, colourless, odourless and tasteless liquid. It can evaporate into the environment, prompting symptoms within seconds.
Meet the Italian designer who is a Silicon Valley icon
Indo Asian News Service | By Indo Asian News Service, Rome
UPDATED ON JUN 13, 2019 05:08 PM IST
A delegation from the Silicon Valley, including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston, recently went all the way to Italy’s hillside hamlet of Solomeo for a meeting with the fashion designer.
More work, less water: India’s booming ‘Silicon Valley’ faces dry times
Bangalore | By Reuters
UPDATED ON JUN 06, 2019 07:05 AM IST
Bangalore is paying a heavy price for its success since marketing itself as a tech hub in the late 1990s and attracting top firms, by losing it lakes and gardens to buildings.