Ride-hailing giant Uber is laying off 200 jobs in its recruitment division as it implements cost-cutting measures and plans to keep the staff count flat through the year. The job cuts affect less than 1 per cent of Uber’s 32,700 global staff and follow the ride-share company laying off 150 employees in its freight services division earlier this year, said a report by news agency Reuters. Alphabet’s Google along with technology trade groups have griped to the Federal Trade Commission about allegedly unfair business practices in the cloud, including by the industry’s number two by market share Microsoft, according to a report published by Reuters. Seems like Google is following Apple’s footsteps as the subsidiary of tech behemoth Alphabet Inc., is looking to establish partnerships with Indian suppliers for the local manufacturing of its Pixel smartphones. read more