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Google has allegedly extended the deadline for hiring freezes by two weeks in order to encourage existing staff to be more efficient and focused. According to a Business Insider report, Google has delayed this for another week. Sundar Pichai,… read-more

Alibaba, Chinese technology corporation, has laid off around 10,000 workers as part of cost-cutting efforts in the face of a weakening economy. The layoffs came as Alibaba announced a 50% decline in net profits in the June quarter, to 22.74 billion yuan. In other developments, Alibaba Chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang Yong stated that the internet business wants to hire 6,000 new university graduates by the end of the year.

New set of guidelines for work from home (WFH) in organizations across India was released by Union Commerce Ministry on July 19. In accordance with the regulations, WFH is permitted for up to one year in Special Economic Zones (SEZ) unit and can be expanded to 50% employees. Employees of IT/ITeS SEZ units, temporarily disabled, who are traveling, and who are working offsite are included in the group of workers. 

In order to reduce 10% salaries of Elon Musk-run Tesla, the company laid off 229 annotation employees from its Autopilot team and closed one of its offices in the US. On July 13, Tesla laid off workers from its San Mateo office, which has over 276 workers. The remaining 47 employees may be sent to work in Tesla's Buffalo Autopilot office, yet to be confirmed.

Twitter has started laying off employees. According to recent reports, the microblogging site reduced 30% of its talent acquisition department, which mostly consists of recruiters and employees in charge of bringing on new personnel. Twitter has acknowledged that 100 staff will be laid off. The layoff occurred only weeks after Musk stated that Twitter needed to become healthy, implying probable layoffs.