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Crypto lending exchange Crypto.com has laid off more employees in the second round and this time, the firing of employees is worse than the previous job cut, as the global crypto meltdown gets deeper.According to a Decrypt report, citing sources, the latest round of job cuts has not been announced publicly.During the call, "leadership expressed they had no intention of going public. Top management is unlikely to make an announcement as, after the June layoffs, they claimed that everyone's job was safe, and that no more…

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple has laid off about 100 recruiter contractors in a rare move in the past week as part of a push to rein in hiring and spending — Apple Inc. laid off many of its contract-based recruiters in the past week, part of a push to rein in the tech giant's hiring and spending, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple has laid off about 100 recruiter contractors in a rare move in the past week as part of a push to rein…

Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: Memo: meditation app Calm laid off 20% of its staff; sources say Calm employed ~400 people and approximately 90 were laid off; Calm had a $2B valuation in 2020 — Cuts hit marketing department at tech ‘unicorn’ — Calm.com Inc., maker of popular meditation and wellness app Calm … Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: Memo: meditation app Calm laid off 20% of its staff; sources say Calm employed ~400 people and approximately…

In early 1970s Lebanon, a young singer from a hill town north of Beirut was on the up. Before the civil war in 1975, the capital was the Arab world’s thriving artistic centre, where folk-dance traditions were reaching new heights. There, Dunya Younes was a rising star, appearing in musicals and collaborating with pillars of Lebanese music such as Zaki Nassif and Wadih el Safi. You can still hear her signature song Waynak Ya Jar – about having a morning coffee with your neighbour – on Lebanese radio today.Younes later…

More than 32,000 tech workers have been laid off in the US since July, including at big tech companies like Microsoft and Meta (formerly Facebook), and the worst has not been over yet for the tech sector that has seen a massive stock sell-off.More than 32,000 workers in the US tech sector have been laid off in mass job cuts as of late July."We've included both startups and publicly traded companies that are based in the US. We've also included companies based elsewhere that have a sizable team in the United States, such…

Excavation and mosaic floors of villa. Credit: University of Southern Denmark Although this 1700 years old luxury villa was excavated and examined both in 1856 and in the 1990s, it still has secrets to reveal. …

The purge at Oni Lion Forge Publishing Group continues. Confirmed by Graeme McMillan at Popverse and via Twitter, Oni has laid off some of the most prominent members of its staff, including senior VP of sales and marketing Alex Segura, sales manager Henry Barajas, and senior editor Amanda Meadows.  Editor Jasmine Amiri was also laid off, as confirmed on Twitter.  It’s unknown if there are more layoffs or who is running the company since the top two figures at Oni, James Lucas Jones and Charlie Chu,  were laid off two…

Interviews can be tricky. You always want to put your best foot forward. So, naturally, you prepare examples of your key skills, prepare some case studies to talk through, plan a nice outfit, and always be punctual. But sometimes one simple question can throw things completely off course. Often that question is, “Why did you leave your last job?” Of course, there are lots of reasons why you might be searching for a new career. Maybe you moved locations, decided to change roles, or simply…

A team of lawyers representing former Tesla employees, who were laid off last month as Tesla announced plans to cut 10% of its salaried workforce, have sought emergency protection from a US court for the fired workers.In a motion filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, the lawyers asked the judge "to restrict Tesla's ability to continue seeking releases from employees in exchange for one week of severance," reports TechCrunch.The plaintiffs alleged that the company did not provide the 60 days of…

Moneycontrol: Sources: Byju's has laid off 1,500+ staff from Toppr and WhiteHat Jr, two companies it acquired in the past two years, and ~1,000 from its core operations teams — Byju's has laid off full-time and contractual employees from Toppr, WhiteHat Jr, and its core team across sales and marketing, operations, content and design teams Moneycontrol: Sources: Byju's has laid off 1,500+ staff from Toppr and WhiteHat Jr, two companies it acquired in the past two years, and ~1,000 from its core…