Block lays off 40% staff after CEO Jack Dorsey calls layoffs ‘destructive to morale’

Spread the love       Block led by CEO Jack Dorsey has announced the most dramatic layoffs in the recent times. The company has slashed around 40% jobs which is nearly half of its workforce in a single round of layoffs. The company’s workforce has dropped from over 10,000 employees to just under 6,000. Speaking about the layoffs Dorsey said that he...

Tech startups in US to employees: Leave your shoes behind; reason is said to be China

Spread the love       AI-generated image for representation purpose A post by a tech worker in San Francisco showing multiple pairs of shoes left on the floor outside the office door has gone viral on social media. The place in the viral photo is identified as Cursor’s office – the AI startup founded in 2022 by four MIT alumni – Aman...

Stock market today: Nifty50 opens below 25,450; Sensex down over 250 points

Spread the love       Stock market today (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex dropped in opening trade on Friday on weak global cues and falling global markets. At 9:17 AM, Nifty50 was trading at 25,403.15, down 93 points or 0.37%. BSE Sensex was at 81,986.79, down 262 points or 0.32%.Analysts are of the view that the stock market...

Gutkha stains, litter spotted at newly-launched Namo Bharat RRTS stations

Spread the love       A purported video circulating from stations along the corridor, including Begumpul in Meerut, showed gutkha (chewing tobacco) stains on walls and in corners of the premises. Image Credit: Instagram MEERUT: The newly inaugurated National Capital Region Transport Corporation’s Namo Bharat Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor, connecting Delhi and Meerut, witnessed heavy footfall on its first full...

Rinku Singh’s father passes away after battle with cancer

Spread the love       Rinku Singh (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer Rinku Singh suffered a personal tragedy on Friday morning as his father, Shri Khanchand Singh, passed away at Yatharth Hospital in Greater Noida after battling stage-four cancer. The hospital’s PRO confirmed the news, bringing an outpouring of condolences from across the cricketing fraternity.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube...

‘Open war’ declared: Pakistan strikes Kabul, Kandahar — 10 things to know about Operation Ghazab Lil Haq

Spread the love       In a tit-for-tat fury, Pakistan launched multiple airstrikes and bombings on Taliban-ruled Afghanistan during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. Islamabad termed the offensive “Operation Ghazab Lil Haq”, targeting major cities including Kabul and Kandahar, and claiming to have destroyed key military facilities. The action came hours after what Pakistan described as “unprovoked firing” from across...

Domestic help carries out ‘fake ED raid’ at retired employer’s house

Spread the love       A domestic help teamed up with relatives and associates to stage a fake Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at the residence of her employer, an 86-year-old retired architect in southeast Delhi’s New Friends Colony. NEW DELHI: A domestic help teamed up with relatives and associates to stage a fake Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at the residence of her...

Columbia student detained by ICE agents to be released after Mamdani–Trump meeting

Spread the love       (Image credits: X @NYCMayor) New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday for a previously unannounced meeting that lasted about an hour, focusing on major new housing investments in the city while also addressing the arrest of a Columbia University student.After the meeting, Mamdani posted on X, “I...

Inside Yash’s Rs 600 cr budget: How Toxic is creating distribution records across South India

Inside Yash’s Rs 600 cr budget: How Toxic is creating distribution records across South India

Spread the love       3 min readHyderabadFeb 27, 2026 07:55 AM IST Yash’s Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown-Ups has secured its Tamil Nadu distribution for Rs 63 crore on an advance commission basis, according to a report by Hollywood Reporter India. Rather than a single distributor handling the territory, the Tamil Nadu rollout will be split across a network of distributors....

AI use in warfare: Anthropic rejects US demand for ‘unrestricted’ military access

Spread the love       The AI battle: Defence secretary Pete Hegseth and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday said the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to Pentagon demands for unrestricted use of its technology, escalating an unusually public standoff with the Donald Trump administration that could cost the firm its government contract as early...

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