Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg accused of pressuring Daily Mail over boyfriend; Google adds ‘reject all’ button in EU; HCLT projects 12-14 percent growth

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Meta Platforms, used her influence to bury two stories about her then-boyfriend, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, the Wall Street Journal reports. Google adds a ‘reject all’ option so users in the EU can reject all cookie tracking with one click. And HCL Tech, India’s third-biggest IT company, expects revenue growth of 12-14 percent for the current fiscal year. Notes: Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Meta Platforms, used her influence on two occasions to bury reporting about her then-boyfriend, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, the Wall Street Journal reports.  The Journal reports that, in 2016 and again in 2019, Sandberg contacted MailOnline, the online version of the UK’s Daily Mail tabloid, in an attempt to prevent it from reporting about a restraining order filed against Kotick by his ex-girlfriend. On both occasions, the story did not run. Now, Facebook is investigating the issue to see if Sandberg violated company policy. Sandberg attained fame for her book 'Lean In' in 2013, encouraging women to fight for their rights in their careers and at home. But Kotick is under a cloud for allegedly ignoring workplace harassment at Activision Blizzard, which is at the heart of multiple lawsuits against the game studio company, according to The Verge. Google is introducing a ‘reject all’ button in Europe, which will allow users to reject all tracking cookies with one click in the same way the ‘accept all’ button allows all cookies. Google has added this new option after the EU found its existing dialogue boxes were in violation of the region’s data laws, The Verge reports. The new menu will appear on Google Search and YouTube if users are not signed in to an account. If they are signed in, they can adjust tracking options through Google’s data and privacy menu, according to The Verge. HCL Technologies expects revenue to increase by 12-14 percent for the current fiscal year, India’s third-biggest IT services company, said yesterday, reporting its latest earnings results. The billionaire Shiv Nadar’s Noida company said revenue increased 12.7 percent in constant currency to almost $11.5 billion for the year ended March 31, 2022. Sales rose 1.1 percent to just under $3 billion for the March quarter, over the previous three months.HCL Tech ended FY22 with $8.3 billion in new orders, a 14 percent increase over the previous fiscal year. The company added 39,900 new recruits for FY22, with a net addition of 11,100 to end the year with 208,877 employees. Staff churn or attrition was at 21.9 percent at the end of FY22 on a 12 months basis. WNS, a business process management services provider, said its annual revenue crossed the billion-dollar mark during FY22. The New York-listed company yesterday reported FY22 revenues of $1.1 billion, a 21.6 percent increase. Accenture has acquired Ergo in Argentina which helps companies tap big data, analytics and artificial intelligence. Ergo’s team of 200 data specialists will join Accenture’s data and AI team within its Cloud First unit, the company said in a press release yesterday. Accenture has also announced its intent to acquire Greenfish, an independent engineering and advisory company specialising in sustainability consultancy services in Europe. Theme music courtesy Free Music & Sounds: https://soundcloud.com/freemusicandsounds