Tag: Amazon
Amazon eliminating 16K jobs amid generative AI push
This comes months after CEO Andy Jassy announced plans to reduce its total corporate workforce by using generative AI “extensively”…
Inside Amazon’s AI shake-up: Fewer workers, more Machines
While large-scale job cuts are not currently planned, the company reportedly intends to leave many vacant positions unfilled. However, insiders…
Davido’s ‘Unavailable’ occupies top 10 spots on Amazon ‘best selling songs’ chart
On August 14, Davido also teamed up with Major Lazer, the Jamaican-American electronic music trio, for a new version of…
Amazon shuts down business in India
Amazon Distribution, its wholesale e-commerce website available to small neighbourhood stores in Bengaluru, Mysore and Hubli, was designed to help…
Mass Sacking and Retrenchment by Technological Companies, Causes and Future Outlook
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a sudden surge in demand for tech products and services as people worldwide turned to…
Amazon exploring offer for Peloton: Source
Shares of Peloton surged 30% in extended trading on the news, which comes days after activist investor Blackwells Capital urged…
U.S. NSA triggers fresh cloud computing war between Microsoft, Amazon
This followed reports that the agency had quietly awarded a contract worth up to $10 billion to Amazon Web Services.
G7 nations reach deal on taxing Google, Amazon, Facebook, others
Tech giants and multinational companies such as Amazon, Google, Facebook will no longer be able to shift profits to low-tax…
Jeff Bezos sells $2 billion worth of his Amazon shares
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has sold nearly 2 billion dollars' worth of his shares in the online retailer this week.
Amazon set to produce first Indian movie Ram Setu
Amazon Prime Video has announced that it is producing a Bollywood film, titled Ram Setu, the streaming giant's film debut…
Meet Nick Mocuta: Amazon expert helping people achieve financial freedom
The one thing that has more than once been found to have expanded an individual's inclination towards peace and satisfaction…
Just IN: Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO
Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon, the company he founded 30 years ago. He will be replaced…
Amazon faces class-action lawsuit over eBook pricing
Amazon.com Inc was slapped with a class-action lawsuit on Thursday accusing the e-commerce giant of inflating the prices of ebooks…
Amazon, Apple unplug Parler network favoured by Trump supporters
Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc have suspended the social networking service Parler from their respective App Store and web hosting.
EU lawmakers suspect Amazon boss Jeff Bezos of spying on them
European Union lawmakers have sent a letter to Amazon CEO, Jeff Boss asking if he is spying on them through…
Amazon to hire 75,000 employees amid coronavirus
E-commerce company, Amazon is set to hire 75,000 employees to cope with the increase in demand of household goods due…
Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra to produce series on their wedding
Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra are teaming up with Amazon Studios for an unscripted series, executively produced by the couple, to highlight…
Microsoft edges Amazon to land Pentagon’s $10b cloud computing contract
Microsoft has won the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract, edging out rival Amazon, Pentagon announced on Friday.
1663 new fires in Brazil’s Amazon
Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil, official data showed Saturday, amid growing international…
Jeff Bezos’ wife becomes 22nd richest person in the world after $38billion divorce settlement
After more than 25 years of marriage, and around six months of separation, the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, and…
Amazon shuts down Amazon Spark, Instagram’s rival
Amazon Spark, essentially a competitor to Instagram, has shut down less than two years since its launch in July 2017,…
Amazon topples Google, Apple as world’s most valuable brand
Jeff Bezos’ Amazon, the US retail giant has moved past hi-tech titans Apple and Google to become the world's most…
Amazon offers free shipping with no purchase minimum
Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it would offer free shipping with no purchase minimum for the first time this holiday…
Film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s book “Ake” on Amazon
The film adaptation of Wole Soyinka’s classic autobiographical novel, “Ake: The Years of Childhood”, is now available to viewers on…
Black Friday: Strike hits Amazon locations
Workers at six of Amazon’s German locations were on strike on Friday to coincide with peak sales day — Black…
Amazon to create over 5,000 jobs
Online retailer Amazon is set to create more than 5,000 jobs in Britain in 2017, the company said on Monday,…
Amazon launches credit card for Prime Members
Amazon.com Inc. is trying to ring up more sales with a new credit card aimed at its most loyal customers.…
Amazon readying an attack on Google’s ad business
United States online giant Amazon is preparing to take on Google in one of its core businesses, Internet advertising, the…
Amazon Drops Single
Upcoming R&B/Hip-Hop artiste, Ahmed Damilola Adesiyan, a.k.a Amazon, has released his fifth single, Samba. The Business Administration student of the…
Amazon unveils new Kindle Fire tablet
Amazon on Thursday, in Santa Monica, California, unveiled a new, larger version of its Kindle Fire tablet computer with a…