Microsoft on Wednesday said it would lay off 10,000 employees in the coming months as the economic downturn continues to punish US tech giants. The job cuts will affect slightly less than five percent of employees and follow in the wake of similar moves by Facebook-owner Meta, Amazon

Microsoft is readying to cut more positions from its global workforce as tech giants continue paring headcount to ride out rough economic conditions, according to media reports on Tuesday. The computer industry stalwart could announce layoffs in its engineering divisions as early as

A trial has begun over whether Elon Musk committed fraud with a 2018 tweet saying he was poised to take Tesla private. The selection of jurors who will judge the evidence started in a San Francisco federal courtroom, where Tesla chief Mr Musk was expected to be among those called to

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has recently made it mandatory to pre-install Bijoy key board (APK file) on locally manufactured and imported smartphones. BTRC sent a directive in this regard to all mobile manufacturers and the president of the Bangladesh

Scientists have discovered a new species of lizard in a protected natural area in Cusco, southeastern Peru, national park officials said Monday. "Otishi National Park reveals a new species of lizard to science," the National Service of State-Protected Natural Areas said in a

Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX has located more than $5bn (£4.1bn) of assets, an attorney for the firm says. However, a US bankruptcy court was told on Wednesday that the extent of losses to customers is still not known. Prosecutors have accused FTX's former chief

Tightening the advertising policy for young users, especially teens, Meta on Tuesday announced it was removing gender as an option for advertisers to target the said demography.  In a blog post, Meta informed that beginning next month, the advertisers will only get their hands

The microblogging giant Twitter experiences another data breach with email addresses of over 200 million users leaked and posted on an online hacking forum, a security researcher claimed on Wednesday.  Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock on

Twitter Inc will reverse its 2019 ban on political advertisements, Reuters news agency has reported, citing Twitter’s head of trust and safety, as the Elon Musk-owned company seeks to grow revenue. The social media platform tweeted on Tuesday from its Twitter Safety account that

Though the vanilla iPhone 14 variant was a disappointment for some as it arrived with the same old 12MP cameras, it seems like Apple will rectify this with the phone's successor. According to GSM Arena, a tech news-related website, the vanilla iPhone 15 will get 48MP 3-stacked

Twitter is in the news again, and not for right reasons. Bloomberg has reported that the social media giant, now owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has been sued for not paying rent for its office space in San Francisco. The landlord, Columbia Reit - 650 California LLC, has said that a

Twitter has suffered a major outage, leaving many users unable to access the popular social media platform. Some users attempting to log on to the microblogging site late on Wednesday were greeted with an error message. Downdetector, which tracks website outages, said it had

Apple and Tesla stocks have tumbled over growing concerns about delays in their production lines in China. Apple shares hit their lowest point since June 2021. Tesla's stock has dropped 73% from a record high in November 2021. Companies have struggled to keep production going in

Technology Desk Nearly 100 Starlink internet terminals are currently operating in Iran, SpaceX chief Elon Musk said Monday. The tycoon had promised to bring the satellite internet network to the country in September as Iranian authorities imposed increasingly severe access

Samsung will reportedly launch its upcoming flagship smartphone series, Galaxy S23, on February 1, 2023. The series is likely to include Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra.  According to tipster IceUniverse, the tech giant has set the Galaxy Unpacked 2023 launch

Twitter Inc has restored a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content. The move on Saturday came following pressure from some users and consumer safety groups over its removal. Its elimination had led some

Facebook parent Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that accused the social network of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' private data. The amount was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday. "The

France's privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined US tech giant Microsoft 60 million euros ($64 million) for foisting advertising cookies on users. In the largest fine imposed in 2022, the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) said Microsoft's search engine

Elon Musk has announced he will step down as Twitter’s chief executive after finding a replacement. “I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!” Musk said in a tweet late on Tuesday. “After that, I will just run the software

Twitter worked with the Pentagon to amplify propaganda about the United States military’s activities in the Middle East, allowing fake accounts to push pro-US narratives despite pledging to shut down covert state-run influence campaigns, according to an investigation based on