Elon Musk’s Super Bowl Tweet flops – manipulates Twitter algorithm to boost impressions
Elon Musk asked his engineers to build a system that can boost impressions of his tweets. Roughly 80 people were pulled in to work on the project.
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Elon Musk shuts 3 Twitter offices in Delhi and Mumbai, tells staff to WFH
Twitter has reportedly closed down its three offices in India across Delhi and Mumbai, and tells employees to work from home.
Adidas may lose $1.2 Bn after cutting ties with Kanye West
Adidas says that it may lose around $1.2 billion in revenues due to the unsold stock of Yeezy stock as a repercussion of its departed relationship with Ye.
PepsiCo partners with AstroLabs and collaborates with MCIT to empower Saudi e-commerce entrepreneurs
PepsiCo - one of the leading global food and beverage manufacturers - has collaborated with AstroLabs an ecosystem builder in the MENA.
STARZPLAY to unveil the third episode of its first Arabic original series ‘Kaboos’
Dubai-based video-on-demand platform STARZPLAY is releasing the third episode of its runaway hit horror anthology “Kaboos” on 16 February.
TikTok shuts down its India office and fires all the staff
TikTok has closed its office in India and fired the remaining 40 employees. The Government of India banned TikTok in 2020 citing security measures.
Google BARD AI returns wrong answer about JWST – costing $100 bn loss
Google announced Bard AI on Monday that returned a wrong answer - hurling Google's plan to outrun ChatGPT, losing $100 billion in value.
Mayo Clinic opens patient information office in India
Mayo Clinic has opened a patient information office in Mumbai to assist patients who wish to make appointments at Mayo Clinic locations worldwide.
Project DYNAMO teams up with Liam Neeson, to be the voiceover artist for the nonprofit’s new PSA
Liam Neeson has teamed up with Project DYNAMO for the nonprofit’s first public service announcement - aims to bring awareness to the project.
Students of Jamia Millia Islamia university arrested over planned screening of BBC’s Narendra Modi documentary
Over a dozen students at Jamia Millia Islamia university have been arrested on Thursday ahead of a planned screening of a BBC documentary about the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Chinese billionaire Hui Ka Yan loses 93% of his wealth
Chinese real estate magnate Hui Ka Yan has reportedly lost 93 percent of his wealth as his company Evergrande is witnessing collapse.
Microsoft to invest multibillions in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT
The news of Microsoft's investment in OpenAI started circulating after the company made the announcement on its own blog.