Latest news on October 19, 2024: Kevin Scott, executive vice president of AI and chief technology officer of Microsoft Corp., right, and Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, at the Microsoft Build event in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
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Oct 19, 2024 6:42 PM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : ‘The best bromance in tech’ is under strain: it’s between OpenAI and Microsoft
- Microsoft has been increasingly hesitant in supplying OpenAI with the cash and computing power it needs with the AI giant expecting to lose $5 billion this year
Oct 19, 2024 6:21 PM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : GST rates to be cut on 20 litre water bottles and bicycles to 5%, raised for luxury shoes, watches, and beauty products
- The estimated revenue gain from all the new changes made by the GoM on GST rationalisation would be ₹22,000 crore
Oct 19, 2024 4:58 PM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : Here’s how much Mukesh Ambani’s driver allegedly earns: It’s more than some executives
- The wealthy hire professional drivers from special agencies, rigorously trained to handle luxury and even bulletproof vehicles for utmost safety and security
Oct 19, 2024 4:20 PM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : Users of Elon Musk’s X flock to another platform after new controversial changes: Not Threads, it’s Bluesky
- Bluesky added half a million new users in just a day following new controversial changes to Elon Musk’s X which included a plan to alter the block feature
Oct 19, 2024 2:34 PM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : Apple’s top recruiting executive leaves to become chief people officer of investment firm Citadel
- Apple has seen multiple departures from its human resources team including exits in diversity and inclusion, executive recruiting and college recruiting groups
Oct 19, 2024 2:19 PM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : Top 5 reasons that led to the downfall of Byju’s: From $22 billion to less than $3 billion in just one year
- The fall of Byju’s was marked by a number of issues including overambitious acquisitions, increasing losses, piling debts, legal disputes, and so on
Oct 19, 2024 12:46 PM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : Savings account interest rates: Check what SBI, HDFC, ICICI, PNB, Union Bank, and IDFC FIRST offers, maximum is 7.25%
- Savings account interest rates are usually influenced by various factors such as the RBI’s monetary policy, inflation and prevailing market conditions
Oct 19, 2024 12:44 PM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : All sporting events like IPL to stream live only on Hotstar app after Disney-Reliance merger
- This marks the first major integration of the businesses and signals the Disney platform may not be shut down, though Hotstar may potentially get rebranded
Oct 19, 2024 11:43 AM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : Play Store’s rivals can’t come just yet: Google wins a delay in opening Android to other app stores
- A US judge let Google delay opening Android smartphones to rival app stores, suspending a November 1 deadline in an antitrust case by Fortnite-maker Epic Games
Oct 19, 2024 11:25 AM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos’ Kuiper push for lower satellite wave prices, caution to compete in urban areas too
- Jeff Bezos’ Kuiper is cautioning that expensive airwaves will force satellite internet operators to target urban consumers as well instead of remote regions
Oct 19, 2024 10:27 AM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : Amazon employees publicly gripe about its work culture on LinkedIn
- Amazon workers’ complaints about company culture, a frequent sight on anonymous and internal forums, turned public this week with a popular LinkedIn post
Oct 19, 2024 10:08 AM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : Skilled Indians are in high demand in this country: Its not Canada or the UK, it is Germany!
- Germany has approved 30 new initiatives to attract Indian workers to fill critical labour shortages in sectors like healthcare, IT, and engineering
Oct 19, 2024 9:10 AM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta faces lawsuit in Massachusetts for features designed to addict teens, mental health concerns
- Meta will face a Massachusetts lawsuit alleging purposely deployed Instagram features to addict teens and deceiving the public about teen mental health dangers
Oct 19, 2024 8:31 AM IST
Business News LIVE Updates : Saturday bank holiday: Are banks open or closed today on Saturday, October 19? See full list of October 2024 holidays
- Saturday bank holiday: For banks, first and third Saturdays are working days while second and fourth Saturdays are closed, unless the RBI notifies otherwise