Management

Virgin Orbit Lays Off 85 Percent Of StaffVirgin Orbit Lays Off 85 Percent Of Staff

Virgin Orbit Lays Off 85 Percent Of Staff

Nearly 700 jobs to go at Sir Richard Branson’s rocket company Virgin Orbit Holdings, amid reports it will cease operations

2 years ago
Court Grants Twitter Subpoena To Identify Source Code LeakerCourt Grants Twitter Subpoena To Identify Source Code Leaker

Court Grants Twitter Subpoena To Identify Source Code Leaker

Hunting the leaker. Twitter's request to identify GitHub user who uploaded its source code has been approved by a US…

2 years ago
Accenture To Cut 19,000 Jobs, After Lowering ForecastsAccenture To Cut 19,000 Jobs, After Lowering Forecasts

Accenture To Cut 19,000 Jobs, After Lowering Forecasts

Accenture confirms it will axe 19,000 jobs, or 2.5 percent of its workforce, amid “significant economic and geopolitical uncertainty”

2 years ago
Government Launches NHS Cyber Security StrategyGovernment Launches NHS Cyber Security Strategy

Government Launches NHS Cyber Security Strategy

NHS commitment. Government launches seven year cyber security strategy for the health and adult social care sectors

2 years ago
Virgin Orbit Nears Deal For Emergency Funding, After UK Launch FailureVirgin Orbit Nears Deal For Emergency Funding, After UK Launch Failure

Virgin Orbit Nears Deal For Emergency Funding, After UK Launch Failure

Days after Virgin Orbit halted operations and furloughed staff, comes a report it is close to securing emergency funding

2 years ago
Just Eat Cuts 1,700 Jobs As Delivery Growth SlowsJust Eat Cuts 1,700 Jobs As Delivery Growth Slows

Just Eat Cuts 1,700 Jobs As Delivery Growth Slows

Just Eat cuts 1,700 delivery jobs a month after similar move by Deliveroo, as pandemic-era takeaway delivery growth stalls

2 years ago
Amazon To Cut 9,000 More JobsAmazon To Cut 9,000 More Jobs

Amazon To Cut 9,000 More Jobs

Amazon to cut further 9,000 jobs as it looks to 'streamline' company as uncertain economy follows pandemic hiring spree

2 years ago
Meta To Layoff Another 10,000 StaffMeta To Layoff Another 10,000 Staff

Meta To Layoff Another 10,000 Staff

Mark Zuckerberg's 'year of efficiency' continues after he makes “difficult decision” to axe 10,000 jobs, on top of November's 11,000…

2 years ago
California Court Says Uber, Lyft Workers Are ContractorsCalifornia Court Says Uber, Lyft Workers Are Contractors

California Court Says Uber, Lyft Workers Are Contractors

California appeals court upholds Proposition 22 measure that allows Uber, Lyft and others to designate workers as independent contractors

2 years ago
New Meta Layoffs ‘Could Match Those of Last Year’New Meta Layoffs ‘Could Match Those of Last Year’

New Meta Layoffs ‘Could Match Those of Last Year’

Upcoming layoffs at Meta could reportedly cut same proportion of staff as those announced last November, as company reins in…

2 years ago
Elon Musk Apologises To Sacked Twitter WorkerElon Musk Apologises To Sacked Twitter Worker

Elon Musk Apologises To Sacked Twitter Worker

Musk issues rare apology over sacking of Twitter worker who publicly asked whether he had been fired or not, as…

2 years ago
Failed Silicon Valley Bank UK Arm Sold To HSBC For £1Failed Silicon Valley Bank UK Arm Sold To HSBC For £1

Failed Silicon Valley Bank UK Arm Sold To HSBC For £1

Government facilitates sale of UK operations of failed Silicon Valley Bank to HSBC as authorities work to limit fallout of…

2 years ago
FTC Admits It Is Investigating TwitterFTC Admits It Is Investigating Twitter

FTC Admits It Is Investigating Twitter

Federal agency FTC confirms it is investigating Twitter under new CEO Elon Musk for potential violations of 2011 agreement

2 years ago
Musk Apologises After Mocking Fired Twitter DirectorMusk Apologises After Mocking Fired Twitter Director

Musk Apologises After Mocking Fired Twitter Director

Haraldur Thorleifsson asked Elon Musk if he had been fired. Musk mocked him in his reply, but later backtracked and…

2 years ago

Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai Admits Some Google Offices Are Like ‘Ghost Town’

Google CEO defends desk-sharing policy during staff meeting, and admits that some offices are like a ‘ghost town’

2 years ago

How Businesses are Putting Gender Equality Back in the Tech Sector

It’s certainly no secret that the technology sector is still an incredibly male-dominated field. With only 27% of female students…

2 years ago

Meta Planning Thousands More Job Cuts – Report

Zuckerberg's promise of “year of efficiency” at Meta likely to entail more job losses, according to media report

2 years ago

Amazon Pauses Construction At Second HQ In Virginia

Construction on the second phase Amazon's HQ2 in Virginia has been paused, amid cost cutting at the e-commerce giant

2 years ago

Zoom Abruptly Fires President Greg Tomb

After axing 15 percent of its workforce, Zoom abruptly fires President Greg Tomb in a “termination without cause”

2 years ago

Ericsson Pleads Guilty Over Bribery Charges, Axes 8,500 Jobs

Thousands of staff impacted by headcount reduction, as giant telecoms giant pleads guilty to US bribery charges

2 years ago

Waymo Cuts 8 Percent Of Staff

Alphabet's self-driving car division admits it has cut approximately 8 percent of workforce in two rounds of layoffs this year

2 years ago

Twitter Cuts 10 Percent Of Staff, Including #SleepWhereYouWork Exec

Latest round of cuts at Twitter affects 10 percent of staff, incuding executive pictured sleeping on floor last November

2 years ago

Nearly Half Cybersecurity Leaders Set To Change Jobs, Warns Gartner

Analyst house Gartner offering a chilling prediction for company management, warning nearly half cybersecurity bosses will change jobs

2 years ago

Meta Prepping Fresh Round Of Layoffs – Report

Facebook parent Meta is reportedly planning a fresh round of job cuts, after axing more than 11,000 staff last year

2 years ago

Amazon Staff Push Back At Return-To-Office Order

Unhappy Amazon staff reportedly taking to internal websites and comms channels to complain about return-to-office order

2 years ago

China Overhauls Overseas, Domestic IPO Rules

China introduces major overhaul of rules governing IPOs on mainland and overseas exchanges, following years-long crackdown

2 years ago

Apple ‘Lays Off Contractors’ Following Cook Pay Cut

Apple reportedly cutting costs by laying off 'hundreds' of contract workers, after slashing Tim Cook's pay by more than 40…

2 years ago

Elon Musk Denies Firing Tesla Staff After Unionisation Attempt

Union alleges Tesla fired 30 plus supporters of recent unionisation attempt, but Musk says decision was taken before this

2 years ago

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Steps Down

One of the first Google employees, YouTube's CEO Susan Wojcicki, has confirmed she is stepping down after 25 years

2 years ago