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OSS Capital founder says top neural net engineers are getting huge pay packages

Paul Hill — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:08:02 +0000

Leading neural network engineers are being offered fantastic compensation packages, according to people in the know. Some have been offered up to $20 million worth of assets for their labour. Read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook's pay slashed by 40% for 2023

Paul Hill — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:26:01 +0000

Apple CEO Tim Cook is set to receive a 40% pay cut this year according to a filing with the SEC. The decision was made by Apple's Compensation Committee after getting feedback from shareholders. Read more...

Microsoft is removing non-compete clauses in the U.S. and increasing pay transparency

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 06:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced four U.S.-centric initiatives to foster a healthy culture at its workplace. These include removing non-compete clauses for almost all employee and increasing pay transparency. Read more...

Stock awards give Tim Cook a huge income boost compared to 2020

Paul Hill — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 15:12:01 +0000

Tim Cook's pay jumped to a huge $98.7 million in 2021 meaning he got paid 1,447 times the median Apple salary of $68,254. The bulk of the figure came from stock awards that he was given. Read more...

Major Google Pay redesign brings private conversations, spending insights, and more

Abhay V — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 19:32:01 +0000

Google today announced a major Google Pay revamp on Android and iOS for U.S. users, bringing a tabbed UI, private conversations, spending insights, and a new card coming in 2021. Read more...

Google to unveil a redesigned Google Pay app tomorrow

Abhay V — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 19:28:01 +0000

Google is teasing a "new Google Pay" slated to be announced tomorrow on YouTube. The firm might launch the version of the app rebuilt on Flutter with a host of new banking features. Read more...

Amazon increases overtime pay for warehouse associates

Usman Khan Lodhi — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:06:01 +0000

The e-commerce giant stated that it is increasing overtime pay for its warehouse workers in the United States in a bid to cope with the rapidly increasing demand during the coronavirus outbreak. Read more...

Google Tez rebranding to Google Pay reaches iOS

Sharath Ravishankar — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 08:50:01 +0000

Google recently rebranded its payments client, Tez in India, unifying it into its Google Pay brand. This change, which has been rolling out on Android devices, has now reached its iOS app. Read more...

Many Microsoft employees are unsatisfied with their pay according to internal survey

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 08:04:01 +0000

According to an internally conducted survey, many Microsoft employees believe that their base pay along with additional bonuses are not good enough in comparison to similar jobs at other companies. Read more...

LG's mobile payment platform arrives on the G6

Timi Cantisano — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 17:28:02 +0000

LG Pay has launched on the G6 and currently supports four credit card firms. While this is great news, the service is only available in South Korea. LG plans to expand its service in the future. Read more...

Apple claims to achieve pay equity in the US, now pays equally for similar performance

Usama Jawad — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 18:10:01 +0000

In a new report highlighting diversity, Apple has stated that 32% of its workforce now consists of women, and that it has reached pay equity for all its employees in the US, regardless of ethnicity. Read more...

You want friends on Steam? You'll need to spend $5

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:36:01 +0000

Steam has started separating its users into two tiers, essentially creating a barrier between those that pay up and those that don't. If you spend less than $5 your access to features will be limited. Read more...

Google to begin offering users to pay for third party news

Owen Williams — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:24:53 +0000

Today, Google announced that it is making changes to it's "first click free" program, part of Google News and Google web search, which will enable participating news publishers to give users a "taste" of news,... Read more...

Murdoch could remove his sites from Google's index

Matthew Hopson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:18:22 +0000

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has said in an interview with Sky News Australia that newspapers within his empire - including the Sun, Times and Wall Street Journal - could block Google searches entirely once they... Read more...