The Left Shift Bureau

Lay Offs

Microsoft Fires 6000 Employees Globally

The layoffs span all levels, teams, and regions, including 1,985 roles tied to its Redmond, Washington, headquarters

Opinion

What's the Big Deal About a 3 nm 'Designed in India' Chip?

Design can imply one of two things - an Indian fabless or a foreign company's Global Capability Centre (GCC

Gadgets

Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Now Available for Pre-Order in India at ₹29,900

Available from May 19 via Ray-Ban.com and select retail stores

Crypto

A Crypto Company Made it to the S&P 500

Coinbase recently reported Q1 2025 net income of $65.6 million

AI Startups

AI Startup Hyperbots Raises $6.5 mn to Build LLM for Finance

The funds will also be used to expand in the US market

OTT

Prime Video Will Now Show Ads—Unless You Pay ₹699 More

Amazon introduced this first in the US and a few other markets in 2024

Indian IT

LTIMindtree Inks its Largest Deal Ever

LTIMindtree will modernise ADM’s application management, infrastructure support, and cybersecurity operations

AI News

Reasoning Models May Hit a Wall Sooner Than Expected

While OpenAI has dramatically ramped up computing for RL—reportedly using 10 times more resources for o3 than for its predecessor— there's a limit to how much this approach can scale.

Cybersecurity

Most Claims About Pakistan's Cyber Attack on India Overstated

These findings highlight a pattern of hacktivist groups leveraging low-impact tools and tactics, such as brief outages and repackaged data, to amplify their visibility through alarming headlines

Indian IT

TCS to Modernise Core Insurance Platform for Oman’s Dhofar Insurance

DIC will implement TCS’ flagship offering, TCS BaNCS™ for Insurance

Expansion

Sonata Software Unveils New Facility in Hyderabad, Aims to Create 5,000 Jobs

The facility was formally opened by the Honorable Chief Minister of Telangana, Shri Anumula Revanth Reddy

Funds

Google Announces 'AI Futures Fund' to Invest in Startups

The fund has already backed platforms like synthesia