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U.S. Senators question TCS, 9 others over H-1B visa filings after layoff of American staff

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U.S. Senators question TCS, 9 others over H-1B visa filings after layoff of American staff

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Cognizant and eight other major corporations have been questioned by U.S. Senators for filing thousands of H-1B skilled labour visa petitions after conducting “mass layoffs” of American employees. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley and ranking member Richard Durbin have also questioned Amazon, Apple, Deloitte, Google, JPMorgan Chase, Meta, Microsoft, and … Read more

US FDA clears Apple Watch hypertension feature

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US FDA clears Apple Watch hypertension feature

Bengaluru: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Apple to roll out a hypertension detection feature on some of its smartwatches, the health regulator said in a statement late on Friday. The company unveiled a blood pressure monitor in its latest Apple Watch at a September 9 event, where it also introduced a … Read more

Have an Airtel SIM? From Apple Music to Perplexity AI, here are free services you can get with it

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Have an Airtel SIM? From Apple Music to Perplexity AI, here are free services you can get with it

If you thought your Airtel prepaid SIM was just for data, calls and the occasional top-up panic at 11 pm, think again. One of the most popular telecoms in India has quietly been piling on the freebies, and if you know where to look, your humble recharge pack can unlock everything from premium music streaming … Read more

Berkshire’s 13F filing reveals Warren Buffett’s 7 big stock moves in Q2 – Berkshire Bets

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Berkshire’s 13F filing reveals Warren Buffett’s 7 big stock moves in Q2 – Berkshire Bets

Smaller positions were disclosed in Lamar Advertising, an outdoor advertising company, and Allegion, a maker of security products. These additions were among moves previously withheld from public view after Berkshire received confidential treatment from the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not … Read more

Meta hires two more Apple AI researchers after poaching their boss for Superintelligence push

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Meta hires two more Apple AI researchers after poaching their boss for Superintelligence push

Meta has hired two more senior Apple researchers for its newly formed Superintelligence Labs division, continuing its aggressive recruitment of top artificial intelligence talent. According to a report by Bloomberg, Mark Lee has already joined Meta, while Tom Gunter is expected to come on board shortly. Both were part of Apple’s AI team and worked … Read more

Daily spending dips, but China’s 618 shopping fest sets record with all-time high sales

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Daily spending dips, but China’s 618 shopping fest sets record with all-time high sales

China‘s largest mid-year shopping festival, 618, ended on Wednesday with record sales, though daily spending dropped amid an extended sales period aimed at enticing consumers to part with more of their hard-earned money. The longer sales period helped the combined gross merchandise value (GMV), a business metric commonly used in e-commerce, reach an all-time high … Read more

Warren Buffett’s AI legacy: Apple and Amazon now make up a fifth of Berkshire’s $282 billion portfolio

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Warren Buffett’s AI legacy: Apple and Amazon now make up a fifth of Berkshire’s 2 billion portfolio

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has long steered clear of Silicon Valley’s flashiest trends. But as he prepares to step down as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway later this year, the investment firm he built is now deeply exposed to the engine driving today’s technology boom: artificial intelligence. Apple and Amazon, two companies at the heart … Read more

iPhone 17 Air battery rumours surface: What we know so far

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iPhone 17 Air battery rumours surface: What we know so far

The race to build the thinnest flagship smartphone is clearly on. With Samsung already launching the Galaxy S25 Edge at just 5.8mm thick, Apple seems to be prepping to give a strong response. The iPhone 17 Air, which is expected to launch in September alongside the rest of the iPhone 17 lineup, is already the … Read more