‘This is class war’: Tech companies and US Federal Reserve oversee major job losses
Meta has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs this year amid a wave of mass layoffs by other US-based tech firms since 2022. Meanwhile, the US Federal Reserve has warned of a rise in unemployment due to a further hike in interest rates
As US loses its edge, game of cyber chicken could have deadly consequences
Cybersecurity threats are emerging as one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century. The US and its NATO allies have turned down every attempt within the UN framework for banning cyber weapons
‘Titans of tech’ face grilling in US Congress
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the deposition of the heads of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook before the US House of Representatives Committee that deals with anti-trust issues.
After global protests, Microsoft sells its stake in Israeli facial recognition start-up
An investigation by NBC in October last year revealed that Israeli company AnyVision’s technology was being used to scan the faces of thousands of Palestinians at checkpoints every day. Microsoft had invested in AnyVision in June 2019
- During Red April, Brazil’s MST restates the importance of agrarian reform
- As elections approach, India’s farmers count government’s broken promises
- Argentine unions call another general strike for May 9
- German police shut down pro-Palestine conference
- Milei celebrates violent repression of thousands protesting hunger in Argentina
