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Big shake up in India's IT sector: Top bosses of TCS, Infosys resign amid recession fears - The Economic Times Video | ET NowET Online | 18 Mar 2023, 05:06 PM ISTOver the past five months, India's IT industry has been seeing changes with top bosses quitting their jobs. The changes come amid warnings of a global recession that may heavily impact these companies.To see your saved stories, click on link hightlighted in boldBig shake up in India's IT sector: Top bosses of TCS, Infosys resign amid recession fears - The…

It was an unexpected problem. Earlier this year, Christina Qi, the chief executive of market data company Databento, noticed almost every job application included exactly what she was looking for.The company prompts candidates to write a tweet and a press release about microwave towers, a niche topic that requires research, Ms. Qi said. Normally, most candidates fail the test. This time all five passed. The tests—four from internship applicants and one from someone seeking a full-time content strategist…

Tired of attending useless meetings? Turns out, your boss is probably sick of them, too.Executives spend an average of 25 hours a week in meetings, yet nearly half of those Zoom calls and project updates could disappear without any negative impact, according to a survey of more than 10,000 desk workers by Future Forum, a research consortium backed by Salesforce Inc.-owned Slack Technologies. The top reason why business leaders go to unproductive meetings is that they thought it would be a good use of time, but…

The latest Escape From Tarkov patch has made it more likely for players to run into cultist enemies at night, along with a major change to every boss in the game. In a patch issued today (March 3), developer Battlestate Games announced that it had increased the chance of the game’s “hooded guys” – cultists – spawning. Cultists only tend to appear during night-time raids in Tarkov and although encountering them tends to be quite rare, they can prove difficult to kill due to their poisoned knives and ability to stay hidden…

Media representatives raised topics at the meeting ranging from increasing access to court documents, which are often suppressed, to greater protections for whistleblowers, and further modifications to Australia’s onerous defamation laws.LoadingThe percentage of freedom of information requests that are more than 90 days late has increased about tenfold over the last decade. The government has introduced the first tranche of reforms to protect whistleblowers, with the planned laws before parliament, and a review of secrecy…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain How much individuals express their religious beliefs in the workplace depends on how much power they hold there, according to new research from the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance's Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University. The study, which utilized…

America’s bosses are starting to feel bossy again. Many executives say that they are no longer scrambling to retain workers, after several years of doing whatever it took to keep people on staff. Pay increases are slowing. For some jobs, hiring is getting easier. Executives are seizing on this moment to streamline operations or cut projects, shedding staff that until recently they couldn’t afford to lose. A wave of corporate layoffs that began in technology is now flowing through other industries. In recent…

Fntastic founders Eduard and Aisen Gotovtsev have hit back at claims that their upcoming open-world survival game The Day Before is a scam, following numerous delays. The game was originally due for release in June 2022, before being delayed until March 1, 2023 last year. Earlier this week, Fntastic revealed that The Day Before would be delayed by eight months after the studio failed to trademark the game’s name. It’s now set to release on November 8. At the same time, the studio hasn’t shared any new footage of The Day…

Plans to jail tech bosses over “harmful content” will endanger the UK’s tech sector and civil rights, campaigners have warned. The threat of prison emerged in the British government’s Online Safety Bill. Under new amendments to the legislation, senior managers at internet platforms could be jailed for failing to protect children from online harm. The revisions also mandate the removal of videos depicting illegal immigration “in a positive light.”   The changes follow pressure from politicians…

iStockphoto/Getty ImagesThere I was thinking that the new year hasn't been quite the gift I hoped it would be.more Technically Incorrect Then up popped a cheery email from a no-doubt even cheerier PR person to brighten my day.The subject line radiated joy: "Shifting Gifting: Rebranding the Concept of Gifting in 2023."I'm used to the idea that so many terrible people, companies, and things need rebranding. But gifting? Don't we all agree that gifting is always a good thing, unless you gift someone an item you know…