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NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Twitter's Indian-origin CEO Parag Agrawal has lashed out at the company's former head of security, Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko, saying his false claims are "riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies, and presented without important context". Agrawal came out in

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Ford Motors has reportedly confirmed that it is laying off roughly 3,000 employees and contract workers, with the cuts primarily affecting staff in the US, Canada, and India. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ford sent

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - California's Office of Administrative Law has denied Elon Musk-run Tesla's petition against the country's civil rights regulator that accused the company of racial discrimination at its factories. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed

WASHINGTON, DC - The Biden administration h will stop buying vaccines, treatments, and tests as early as this fall, White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha has said. "One of the things we've spent a lot of time thinking about

AUSTIN, TX (IANS) - Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk finally met his Twitter buddy from Pune, the 24-year-old IT professional Pranay Pathole, at his Gigafactory, here. Pathole who works as a software developer for Tata Consultancy Services tweeted, "It was so

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - E-commerce company Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah] has fired 870 people, or 5 percent of the company's global workforce, as the growth he anticipated has not materialized this year. In a memo, Shah said that the company

PUNE, (ANI) - A US delegation visited the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune  on August 17 and noted the critical role played by US-India cooperation in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and other global health challenges. The delegation included US

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - As Big Tech companies begin to lay off employees in the global economic downturn, Google executives have reportedly warned workers to either boost performance or prepare to leave as "there will be blood on the

BENGALURU, (IANS) - On her first visit to Bengaluru after assuming charge in September 2021, US Mission India Charge d'Affaires, Patricia Lacina met with business leaders and entrepreneurs to underscore the strong US-India economic and commercial ties. Lacina acknowledged the immense

CHENNAI, (IANS) - Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited and Ford India Private Limited have inked the Unit Transfer Agreement for the acquisition of the latter's plant in Gujarat for Rs 725.70 crore. Tata Motors - the parent of Tata Passenger Electric

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Amid the ongoing legal dispute over the $44 billion takeover deal to buy Twitter, tech mogul Elon Musk has challenged the platform's CEO Parag Agrawal to have a public debate on fake accounts and spam. While

By Ashish Saboo TiE Global Angels Investor summit and celebrations was a roaring success over three days from July 28th through 30th. First TiE Global leadership team including BJ Arun, Dharti Arvind Desai, Shankar Ram, Sundi Natarajan, Vijay Menon and various

MUMBAI, (IANS) - Reliance Industries maintained its highest ranking among Indian private sector companies in the latest Global 500 list published by Fortune for 2022. The list, topped by US retailer Walmart, has nine Indian companies - five of them state-owned,

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Ride-hailing major Uber on August 2 revealed that it lost about $245 million in its Zomato investment in the second quarter (Q2) this year, along with a total of $707 million loss in the first six

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - A large-scale study of data involving 21 billion friendships on Facebook, led by Harvard University economist Raj Chetty, has revealed how these social connections help shape economic outcomes in the country. Chetty is the William A. Ackman

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - More than 32,000 tech workers have been laid off in the US till July this year, including at Big Tech companies like Microsoft and Meta and the worst has not been over yet for the

SAN FRANCISCO, CA(IANS) - Mobility startup Bolt Mobility, co-founded by eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, has abruptly disappeared from several of its markets in the US, leaving e-bikes and equipment abandoned amid unanswered calls, the media reported. Bolt had raised

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Ola Founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on July 29 refuted a report that said Ola and Uber are considering a potential merger. "Absolute rubbish. We're very profitable and growing well. If some other companies want to

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Indians lead immigrants in the US founding more than half of America's startups valued at $1 billion or higher (unicorns), and four out of 10 immigrants have founded multiple billion-dollar enterprises, a new report has

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - During the company's earnings call, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that more than three billion monthly active devices are now running on the Android operating system globally. Pichai mentioned that consumers had activated one

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Instacart Founder and Executive Chairman Apoorva Mehta has said he will step down from the online grocery delivery service he founded nearly a decade ago. Instacart announced that CEO Fidji Simo has been appointed as Chair

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - As Elon Musk-run SpaceX abandoned its affordable internet project Starlink in India, Amazon has ramped up its efforts to launch its fast and cheaper internet service called 'Project Kuiper' in the country. The company has posted several

WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) - After India, US lawmakers have now asked the Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission to address abusive and deceptive data practices by hundreds of companies providing Virtual Private Network (VPN) services for individuals. A VPN is an online

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Nearly 95 percent of all new digital workloads will be deployed on the Cloud by 2025, Microsoft's Executive Chairman CEO Satya Nadella has said. Addressing the company's annual conference �Microsoft Inspire 2022', Nadella said that Cloud is foundational

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - An industry group called Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) representing US-based Big Tech firms has urged India to make changes in the proposed amendments to the country's new IT Rules, 2021 which would "negate the government's commitment

NEW DELHI (ANI) -After two consecutive days of gains, Indian stock indices declined marginally in early trade on July 19, weighed down by a consistent depreciation of the rupee.The rupee hit yet another historical low and touched the key psychological

BEIJING, (IANS) - As India plans to become a global manufacturing hub, a contract manufacturer of major Chinese smartphones here has said that while it becomes an "inevitable trend" for smartphone and other tech players to set up manufacturing bases

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Tech billionaire Elon Musk has reportedly texted microblogging platform Twitter's CEO Parag Agarwal and CFO Ned Segal before pulling out of the $44 billion acquisition deal. Musk texted the Twitter executives that the company's lawyers were

India-West Staff Reporter DALLAS, TX – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has named Indian American Arun Agarwal, the CEO of a Dallas-based home textile company, to the Texas Economic Development Corporation's Board of Directors. He was tapped along with eight other Texas

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (IANS) - Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has told employees that the company will be slowing down the pace of hiring for the rest of the year, as global macro-economic conditions continue to hit industries across

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - The Indian tech industry generated $103 billion in revenue and directly employed 2,07,000 people in the US last year, with an average wage of $106,360 -- witnessing a 22 percent employment growth since 2017, a new

India-West News Desk SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Gap Inc. has announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Sonia Syngal will step down from her position and from the company's Board, departing the company following a brief transition. Effective immediately, Bob Martin, the

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - India's largest retailer Reliance Retail Ltd on July 5 said it has entered a long-term partnership with Gap Inc. to take the iconic American fashion brand to India. Through the long-term franchise agreement, Reliance Retail has

LONDON – Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s Indian American CEO sprung a surprise at staff at the company’s office here by serving them coffee. He was joined by CFO Ned Segal. Photos of Agrawal were posted where he can be seen taking orders

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Twitter has moved the Karnataka High Court against the Indian government's order to take down some content on its platform, on the grounds that the content blocking orders from the IT Ministry does not pass "the

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - As the tech and startup sector gets hammered by the economic meltdown, more than 22,000 workers in the sector have lost jobs in 2022, along with more than 12,000 in the Indian startup ecosystem. Startups, especially the

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Uber on June 23 refuted a report that claimed the ride-hailing major planned to exit the Indian market and held discussions with potential buyers to sell its India business. Bloomberg reported that the US-based company explored selling

India-West News Desk SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A former Better.com employee has sued the company and its chief executive, Vishal Garg, charging them of providing misleading statements to investors about the digital mortgage firm's financial prospects and performance. This is the same Garg

India-West Staff Reporter NEW YORK, NY – Effective July 1, Verizon said in a press release,  Indian American Sowmyanarayan Sampath will assume the role of Executive Vice President and CEO of Verizon Business.  Sampath will report directly to Hans Vestberg, Verizon Chairman

Meherwan Irani has been nominated or been the recipient of several awards so far. He and Chai Pani co-founder Molly, were present at the award ceremony.  (photo @beardfoundation) India-West News Desk ASHEVILLE, NC - Chai Pani, which serves affordable Indian street food

Twitter photo: @ABCDsofCooking India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY – Pragadish Kalaivanan, a Boston TikToker was annoyed. He had read about Trader Joe’s, an Indian American entrepreneur, and the controversy surrounding the launch of an ‘achaar’ by the former that was suspiciously

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Bengaluru has found itself a distinct place on the global startup tech map as the leading Asian city is now ranked fifth for tech venture capital investment in 2022, a report said on June 14. According

BY ARUL LOUIS NEW YORK, NY - Against the backdrop of a global economic deceleration from the fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the World Bank has cut India's growth prospects to 7.5 percent for the current fiscal year --

BENGALURU, (IANS) - US-based IT firm Pure Storage on June 2 inaugurated its new Research and Development Centre in Bengaluru that will focus on innovations that transform storage and data management. State Minister of IT and Skill Development, Dr CN Ashwath

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - As VC money disappears amid an economic slowdown, tech startups have laid off over 20,000 employees the world over since April, while more than 8,000 employees have lost jobs at the Indian startups led by edtech

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (IANS) - Workplace communication platform Slack on June 1 announced its official entry into the Indian market, to help companies navigate the transition to a hybrid workplace by establishing digital headquarters. "We have a significant footprint in big

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Edtech leader BYJU's is in for a big change with its Founder and CEO Byju Raveendran set to focus his energies on global operations, especially in the US, as the Indian online edtech market shrinks considerably

BY VENKATACHARI JAGANNATHAN CHENNAI, (IANS) - Around 2,200 workers of Ford India Pvt Ltd's plant near here are on protest demanding better severance package as the company has decided to shut down the plant sometime next month, said a workers' union

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Breaking his silence on India plans, Elon Musk has said that Tesla will not manufacture cars in India unless it is allowed to sell and provide service to its electric vehicles. On Starlink, he said that SpaceX

BELLEVUE, WA (IANS) - Tech Mahindra on May 27 announced that it has inaugurated a 5G Lab in here, as an innovation center to help customers co-create and co-innovate 5G- powered solutions. The innovation Lab will curate vertical solutions in the telco space