US President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation to suspend issuing of H-1B visas, which is popular among Indian IT professionals, along with other foreign work visas for the rest of the year.Read More
US President Donald Trump suspended the entry of certain foreign workers on Monday until the end of the year, a move the White House said would help the coronavirus-battered economy, but which business groups strongly oppose.Read More
US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend H-1B and other work visas, has sparked criticism from technology giants in the country.Read More
Microsoft said Friday it will close all of its stores and move its retail operations online, keeping just four locations and transforming them into “experience centers.”Read More
IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation on Friday announced a grant of Rs. 2.35 crores to IIT Bombay in order to fulfill the needs of students in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More
Bharat Prajapati, who runs a mobile and electric repair shop in a village in Gujarat created an automated pani puri machine that brings street food to the social distancing era. The pani-puri machine removes human contact completely. The money is inserted into one slot, and the golgappas slide out from another one, like an ATM,…
The European Union’s second highest court will next week rule in an appeal by Apple and Ireland against an EU ruling for the US company to pay EUR 13 billion ($16 billion) in back taxes, the Irish government said on Wednesday.Read More
All of a sudden, every tech company wants a diversity consultant. “My phone has been ringing off the hook,” says Kevin Nichols, founder of The Social Engineering Project, a Stanford University venture that promotes equality in the tech sector.Read More
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has said he will donate $3 million to a group of US mayors to experiment with the creation of universal basic income.Read More
A European court will decide Wednesday whether Apple must obey an EU order that the iPhone-maker reimburse Ireland 13 billion euros in back taxes.Read More