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Sundar Pichai, CEO, Alphabet Lluis Gene | AFP | Getty Images Google’s parent Alphabet is eliminating about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, the company said Friday, in the latest cuts to shake the technology sector. Sundar Pichai, Alphabet’s CEO, said in a staff memo shared with Reuters that the company had rapidly expanded headcount in recent years “for a different economic reality than the one we face today.” “I take full responsibility for the decisions that led us here,” he said. The cuts… Source link

By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Google’s parent Alphabet Inc is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, it said in a staff memo Friday, as the technology sector reels from layoffs and companies stake their futures on artificial intelligence (AI). Alphabet’s shares were up nearly 4% in morning trade. The cuts come at a delicate moment for the U.S. company, which has long been the leader in key areas of AI research. Alphabet now faces a challenge from Microsoft Corp in a branch of tech… Source link

Happy nearly Lunar New Year’s Eve, reader. I’m Diamond Naga Siu, and I’m excited to hop into the Year of the Rabbit. This New Year I’m reflecting on old traditions — I think a lot of new things benefit from the influence of the old and vice versa. A perfect example of this is the viral technology ChatGPT.  ChatGPT makes a lot of people nervous (here’s everything you need to know about it, BTW). People more… Source link

Google’s Advanced Technology Review Council, a panel of executives that includes Jeff Dean, the company’s senior vice president of research and artificial intelligence, and Kent Walker, Google’s president of global affairs and chief legal officer, met less than two weeks after ChatGPT debuted to discuss their company’s initiatives, according to the slide presentation. They reviewed plans for products that were expected to debut at Google’s company conference in May, including Image… Source link

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Google (GOOGL.O) said on Friday it will cooperate with India’s competition authority after the country’s top court upheld an antitrust order forcing the U.S. firm to change how it markets its popular Android platform. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ruled in October that Google, owned by Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), exploited its dominant position in Android and told it to remove restrictions on device makers, including those related to pre-installation of… Source link

It’s obvious by now that all of these Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users haven’t merely dropped their devices or sat on a brick. Since the Pixel 6 line has yet to see a similar issue, the problem could be related to the aluminum used on the Pixel 7 series camera bar. And while many of the Redditors on the social media site are somewhat angry at Google over the design miscues that have led to the problem, they are furious at the company for how it has responded to their… Source link

By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Google said on Friday it will cooperate with India’s antitrust authority after the country’s top court upheld an antitrust order forcing the U.S. firm to change how it markets its popular Android platform. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ruled in October that Google, owned by Alphabet Inc, exploited its dominant position in Android and told it to remove restrictionson device makers, including those related to pre-installation of apps. It also… Source link

Google will continue to challenge the Indian antitrust watchdog’s ruling, but will cooperate with the authorities “on the way forward,” it said Friday, responding to a high-profile decision by the top Indian court this week that is cornering the Android-maker into making a series of changes that could topple how it conducts business in the key overseas market. India’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Google’s plea to block an antitrust order, instead giving the Android-maker just one… Source link

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google is deferring a portion of its employees’ year-end bonuses as part of a transition to a new performance management system, the search engine giant said on Thursday. The company will pay 80% advance bonus to eligible employees initially and the remainder in later months, a spokesperson told Reuters, adding that the move was communicated to staff last year. The development comes amid tech companies’ attempts to limit spending amid a broader slowdown in demand and… Source link

Jan 19 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google is deferring a portion of its employees’ year-end bonuses as part of a transition to a new performance management system, the search engine giant said on Thursday. The company will pay 80% advance bonus to eligible employees initially and the remainder in later months, a spokesperson told Reuters, adding that the move was communicated to staff last year. The development comes amid tech companies’ attempts to limit spending amid a broader slowdown in… Source link