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Sunday, 12 December 2021

HCL Technologies underpaid H-1B visa workers, report claims

The internal document, released as part of a whistleblower lawsuit against HCL Technologies, found that the company paid H-1B visa workers lower wages compared to similarly employed US workers.

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Saturday, 11 December 2021

Twitter says its systems not behind PM Modi's account breach

Twitter has said that as per its investigation so far, prime minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account was "not compromised due to any breach of Twitter’s systems."

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China's SenseTime Hong Kong IPO in limbo after US blacklisting

SenseTime had missed the pricing date for the IPO on Friday after a media report that a blacklisting was imminent.

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LegalPay raises funds led by Venture Catalysts, Amity Technology Incubator

The round also saw participation from existing investors including family office of Ashwini Kakkar, former head of Thomas Cook and co-founder and chairman of via.com; venture capital fund 9unicorns; and other marquee angels including LetsVenture.

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Friday, 10 December 2021

Microsoft set to win EU antitrust nod for $16 billion Nuance deal: Report

Microsoft announced in April the deal that will boost its presence in cloud solutions for healthcare customers in a sector where demand has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Google caves again on Play Store; Goyal denies conflict of interest

Over the past year, Google has been under pressure worldwide to lower its steep Play Store commissions and allow other payment methods. Now, the tech giant has postponed the implementation of its new Play Store billing policy for the second time in two months.

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ETtech Deals Digest: Spinny, Pristyn Care enter unicorn club

India minted two unicorns this week as used car retailing platform Spinny and health technology startup Pristyn Care joined the coveted club of privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more.

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