Category: Technology
JD discount: China ecommerce giant JD set for $1.4 billion discount spree
[ad_1] JD.com Inc. will offer discounts across its online shopping platforms from Monday in a 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) campaign to capture new users ahead of an anticipated Chinese economic recovery this year. The campaign has spurred concerns that larger rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. or upstart PDD Holdings Inc. may retaliate with cuts ...
tsmc hiring: World’s largest contract chipmaker TSMC to hire 6,000 engineers in 2023
[ad_1] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, will recruit more than 6,000 new staff in 2023, the company said in a statement on Saturday. The hiring drive comes despite a global downturn in the chip industry. According to TSMC, the company will seek young engineers with associate, bachelor’s, masters’s or ...
google civil rights audit: Civil rights audit at Google proposes better tackling of hate speech, misinformation
[ad_1] Google on Saturday released an audit that examined how its policies and services impacted civil rights, and recommended the tech giant take steps to tackle misinformation and hate speech, following pressure by advocates to hold such a review. The disclosure by the company came after the Washington Post reported earlier on Friday that Google ...
ORDAM: Coinbase buys digital asset firm One River Digital in growth push
[ad_1] Coinbase Inc has acquired One River Digital Asset Management (ORDAM), the cryptocurrency exchange said on Friday as it aims to beef up services and take advantage of weak valuations of digital asset companies. The company did not disclose the financial details of the deal, in which ORDAM will become Coinbase Asset Management and operate ...
meta: Meta tweaks its controversial ‘cross-check’ system for VIPs
[ad_1] Meta Platforms said on Friday it would implement most of the recommendations made by its independent oversight board to its policy of exempting high-profile users from some of its content-related rules. The Facebook parent, however, rejected some suggestions to increase transparency and reduce bias toward content generated by public figures. The oversight board had ...
CP Gurnani: Tech Mahindra will have reasonable transition period for new leader: CEO Gurnani
[ad_1] Tech Mahindra will have a reasonable time to transition to a new leader, chief executive CP Gurnani, who is set to retire in December, has said. The CEO of India’s fifth-largest software services firm was addressing analysts during a meet in the city on Friday. “The way I look at it, this is a ...
softbank: SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son likely to visit India; meetings with govt officials, founders lined up
[ad_1] SoftBank Corporation founder and CEO Masayoshi Son is expected to visit India next week after a gap of more than four years, as per people familiar with his plans. This will be one his first trips outside of Japan after Covid restrictions were lifted globally. Son is likely to meet government officials and a ...
us sec voyager binance deal: US SEC objections to Voyager-Binance deal criticised by US judge
[ad_1] A US bankruptcy judge on Thursday criticised the Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC) for casting vague doubts about crypto lender Voyager Digital’s proposed sale to Binance.US, saying the regulator had essentially asked to “stop everybody in their tracks” without explaining how to address its concerns. Judge Michael Wiles made the remarks at a court ...
Ads on fintechs pay off for D2C firms; don’t use bikes as taxis for deliveries, Delhi govt tells online platforms
[ad_1] With a captive user base and high user engagement, fintechs such as Paytm, PhonePe, and Google Pay are becoming popular with direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands seeking a platform to advertise and acquire customers. This and more in today’s edition of the ETtech Morning Dispatch. Also in this letter:■ VCs responsible for growth culture in startups: ...