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There’s nothing more detrimental to the productivity of a workplace than watching trusted colleagues get escorted out of the building amid a mass reduction in force. And with that vibe currently playing out in Big Tech, experts warn job cuts could damage the very fabric of these once-untouchable highly creative institutions. “I think these companies got carried away with overhiring, and they were not careful, and they just hired willy-nilly, and now they’re facing huge layoffs,” Bill George,… Source link

Last week, Russian Internet giant Yandex suffered a major source code leak when an unknown user (likely a former employee) published parts of the company’s internal repository online. The leaked code provides new insight into the inner workings of Russia’s largest search engine, which has faced growing criticism in recent years for cooperating with the Kremlin. Among other things, the breach confirmed that Yandex has censored image and video search results to prevent the Z symbol and… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Russian tech giant Yandex says code leaked in cybersecurity incident  Reuters Source link

This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine MOSCOW, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Russian tech giant Yandex (YNDX.O) said on Tuesday that fragments of its program code had been leaked online, with a preliminary investigation revealing violations of some of its own internal policies. “The company is taking this matter extremely seriously and has initiated a thorough investigation into the cause, content and implications of the leak,”… Source link

* This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine MOSCOW, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Russian tech giant Yandex said on Tuesday that fragments of its program code had been leaked online, with a preliminary investigation revealing violations of some of its own internal policies. “The company is taking this matter extremely seriously and has initiated a thorough investigation into the cause, content and implications of the leak,” Yandex’s… Source link

It’s hard to imagine the internet without Google. The tech giant has become so synonymous with searching the web that it has become a verb – we don’t look it up, we “Google it”. Google ended 2022 as it ends every year, as the most visited website in the world. Its estimated share of the search engine market stands at 92% (Microsoft‘s Bing is its closest rival, on 3%). On the surface, it might not like a landscape that’s ripe for change but don’t be so sure. The launch of ChatGPT,… Source link

Between them, some of the world’s biggest tech companies have collectively laid off more than 150,000 workers in recent months. The businesses involved have put forward a variety of reasons for why this was necessary, which mostly come down to a need to reduce costs as economic growth slows down around the world. The Real Reasons For Big Tech Layoffs At Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon Adobe Stock In truth, it isn’t likely to be because the companies involved need money. Microsoft,… Source link

A former Google executive has claimed he was fired from the tech giant after he rejected his female boss’s advances when she allegedly groped him at a swanky dinner which prompted her to accuse him of ‘microaggressions.’ Ryan Olohan, 48, a married New Jersey father-of-seven, alleges Tiffany Miller rubbed his abdominals, told him he had a nice body and that her marriage lacked ‘spice,’ according to a lawsuit filed in November. Miller, who is Asian, told Olohan she knew he liked Asian women —… Source link

January 26, 2023  20:18 Source code archives of Yandex projects have appeared on the Internet, the authenticity of which has been confirmed by the company. The materials were indeed stolen from internal storage. However, Yandex denied the hypothesis that they were stolen as a result of a hacker attack. The company also assured that there was no danger to customers. The total volume of archives published by hackers reached over 44.7 GB. Hackers noted that they managed to get access to the… Source link

Layoffs roiling the tech sector have been the biggest economic story of 2023. And now, it seems those layoffs are spreading into new corners of Corporate America. On Tuesday morning, 3M (MMM) announced it would cut 2,500 manufacturing jobs, as slower-than-expected growth followed from what the company called “rapid declines in consumer-facing markets — a dynamic that accelerated in December — along with significant slowing in China due to COVID-related disruptions.” The news from 3M… Source link