Pichai's compensation included stock awards of about $218 million, the filing showed. The pay disparity comes at a time when Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has been cutting jobs globally, The Mountain View, California-based company announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs around the world in January, equivalent to 6% of its global workforce. Early this month, hundreds of Google employees staged...
Software engineers are professionals responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software systems. They work in various industries, including technology, finance, healthcare, and government. The primary task of a software engineer is to develop software applications that meet the specific needs of users. They analyze user requirements, design and develop software solutions, and test them to ensure that they meet quality...
The joint venture agreement is aimed at expanding the project execution footprint in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and will be carried out through a newly formed limited liability company named Avanceon Arabia InfoTech WLL. This partnership is expected to bring together the expertise of both companies and revolutionise the IT industry in the region. Speaking to The Express Tribune,...
"After a comprehensive license evaluation process, the FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy, payload, airspace integration and financial responsibility requirements," the FAA said in a statement on Friday, adding that the license is valid for five years. The launch, from SpaceX's Starbase rocket facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, is slated for Monday April 17, the company affirmed on...
The “final date” for the removal of its iconic blue checkmarks is April 20, Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced on Tuesday. Taking to the microblogging platform that the Tesla CEO took over late last year, Musk shared the fate of the blue checkmarks — that have long been seen as prizes to be earned. He tweeted: “Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20.” Tweeps immediately...
Following, Samsung's decision to allow its engineers of the semiconductor division to use ChatGPT, one of the engineers asked the chatbot to check a sensitive database source code for errors. The other one had asked the chatbot to optimise the given code, whereas the third one had uploaded a recorded meeting to get its meeting minutes generated. Considering that OpenAI's chatbot can use...
"Australia treated TikTok differently from other social media platforms and adopted discriminatory restrictive measures, which are not conducive to maintaining Australia's national security," the statement said. China also urged Australia to create a favourable environment for bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
In recent years, technology has made its way into every aspect of our lives, and prayer is no exception. At the two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina, the traditional prayer mats have been replaced with hi-tech prayer mats that come equipped with amazing features. These new prayer mats have been designed to make the pilgrims' prayer experience more comfortable...
Taking a moment of ‘change of the sight’, the Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a breathtaking cosmic activity in a far-off galaxy, titillating the stargazers’ curiosity, as it tried to map the aftermath of a massive supernova explosion, Space.com reported. This time the legendary lens in space secured the side view of the "amorphous" UGC 2890 galaxy, which is 30 million light-years...
These mats, which are equipped with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system, have been laid out in the mosque to facilitate worshippers. The carpets, which were made in Saudi Arabia, meet certain criteria and technical specifications to suit the spaces of the two Holy Mosques and meet the needs of pilgrims and visitors. According to Al-Arabiya News, there are 25,000 such mats in...
