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Google tells employees to return to offices in US from April 4

Google said it expects most workers to come to the office three days a week and have two days of remote work

Meta, Google face data doomsday as key European Union decision looms

Irish watchdog to rule on data transfer contract terms

Twitter CEO's paternity leave sparks question of how much is enough

In a sign of how quickly norms are evolving at US companies, the big question sparked by Parag Agrawal's announcement was why he wasn't using more of the 20 weeks that Twitter offers

Zoom update on Mac fixes bug that keeps microphone on after meetings

If you are a Mac user and your microphone stays active even after your meetings on Zoom, then here's how you can fix it.According to The Verge, Zoom has acknowledged a bug that appears to cause the microphone on Macs running macOS Monterey to stay on even after leaving a meeting; and the version 5.9.3 update on the app can only fix this.Users have been complaining about the issue since December, as documented in a post on Zoom's community forum.As per The Verge, several users noticed that the orange recording indicator light in the Control Center appears when Zoom isn't being used -- the indicator light is a privacy feature introduced in Monterey that warns a user when an application is using your microphone.This obviously raised some privacy concerns, given Zoom had serious privacy vulnerability on Macs in the past. In 2020, the company was accused of misleading users about offering end-to-end encryption when it really didn't at the time.A Zoom representative later commented on the ..

Google to shut down 'Currents' in 2023, users to be moved to 'Spaces'

Currents was to enable people have meaningful discussions and interactions across organisation, helping keep everyone in the know and allowing leaders to connect with their employees

Silicon Valley's fallen superstar faces 20 years behind bars

Jurors found Holmes guilty of four counts of tricking investors into pouring money into what she claimed was a revolutionary testing system

What will Silicon Valley learn from Holmes' conviction?

Holmes was found guilty on Monday of duping investors into believing that Theranos had developed a revolutionary medical device

Talent war: Apple gives out rare $180-K bonuses to ward off defections

Apple is waging a talent war with companies in Silicon Valley and beyond, with Meta emerging as a particular threat

A grand tax loophole for the ultrawealthy is very easily multiplied

Once aimed at small businesses, it's a popular way for Silicon Valley founders and investors to avoid taxes on investment profits

Jurors begin to weigh evidence in Elizabeth Holmes' fraud, conspiracy case

The jurors now responsible for assessing 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes are scheduled to begin their first full day of deliberations

US-based cloud-based AI platform Nestlings opens office in Bengaluru

Nestlings said it offers a one-stop solution that connects students with higher education universities

Elizabeth Holmes takes the witness stand at Theranos criminal fraud trial

Elizabeth Holmes took the witness stand to start telling jurors her side of the story in a criminal fraud trial that has gripped Silicon Valley

WhatsApp fined $266 mn by Irish regulator over data transparency breaches

The fine comes weeks after Amazon.com Inc. was hit with a record 746 million-euro penalty in Luxembourg, where it has its European base

Infosys invests an additional Rs 3.3 cr in California-based TidalScale

TidalScale is a software-defined-server technology startup

Creator India's first web portals in 1990s aims to take his tech co public

Netcore Cloud today serves over 5,000 clients in 18 countries, delivering 12 bn emails and tracking 100 bn events a month for world's top marketers. It is now planning an IPO in 15-18 months

India is deeply within me, a big part of who I am, says Sundar Pichai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who was born in Tamil Nadu and grew up in Chennai, has said India is deeply rooted in him and a big part of who he is. In an in-depth interview with the BBC at the Google headquarters at Silicon Valley in California, the tech boss covered a wide range of topics, including the threat to free and open internet and also narrowed down two developments that he feels will further revolutionise the world over the next quarter of a century as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. "I'm an American citizen but India is deeply within me. So it's a big part of who I am, Pichai, 49, said, when asked about his roots. I view it [artificial intelligence] as the most profound technology that humanity will ever develop and work on. You know, if you think about fire or electricity or the internet, it's like that. But I think even more profound," said Pichai, the CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet. When asked about whether the Chinese model of the ...

Apple may ditch the touch bar with its next MacBook Pro lineup

As per Mashable, the new MacBook Pros are said to feature a new generation of Apple Silicon processors and a shiny new design.

US blocks 14 Chinese tech companies with top Silicon Valley funding

US Department of Commerce has blocked 14 Chinese tech companies, including one with funding from top US-based investment firm Sequoia Capital, over links to human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims

Sam Altman wants to scan your eyeball in exchange for cryptocurrency

Among the many parts of its plan, Worldcoin has designed an orb-shaped device that wo­uld scan a person's iris to build a unique personal identifier