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Amazon Unveils AI Tool To Help Drivers Find Packages Faster
The tool uses computer-vision technology initially developed in Amazon warehouses to identify products without using barcode scanners
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To Counter US Ban, TikTok Makes It Easier For Creators To Make Money
TikTok is making it easier for content creators to earn money on its shopping platform, a move that could bolster opposition to a US law that will force Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. to sell the video app by January or be banned.
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Microsoft Brings Advertisements to AI-powered Bing Chat Search Engine
Microsoft is selling advertising in responses given by its Bing chat search engine, highlighting a potential revenue model for an artificial intelligence tool the company says has attracted 100 million average daily users.
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Amazon Is Taking Half Of Each Sale From Its Merchants
Grappling with slowing sales growth and rising costs, Amazon.com Inc. is squeezing more money from the nearly 2 million small businesses that sell products on its sprawling online marketplace.
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Amazon Begins Its Largest-Ever Layoffs: 18,000 People
Amazon.com Inc. is set to begin a round of layoffs ultimately affecting more than 18,000 employees in the largest job cull in its history, which it announced earlier this month.
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Amazon Escalates Job Cuts, Says It Will Lay Off More Than 18,000 Workers
Amazon on Wednesday announced in a memo to staff that the firm would lay off more than 18,000 employees. The company's job cuts, which began last year, were previously expected to affect about 10,000 people. Amazon had over 1.5 million employees as of the end of September 2022, which means the latest job cuts would involve around 1 percent of its w...
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"Promoted To Customer," Joke Amazon Employees As Brutal Layoffs Begin
"No one is safe." So wrote an Amazon.com Inc. employee on an internal chat room as the company began the largest round of layoffs in its history.
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MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' Ex, Seeks Divorce From Teacher Husband
MacKenzie Scott, one of the world's richest and most influential philanthropists, filed for divorce from Dan Jewett, a science teacher she married following her 2019 split from Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos.
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Here's What Happened During Jeff Bezos' Trip To Space
Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and three others landed after Blue Origin's first flight to space with passengers aboard, a key milestone in the company's effort to make space tourism viable.
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Fired by Bot at Amazon: ‘It’s You Against the Machine’
Amazon became the world’s largest online retailer in part by outsourcing its sprawling operations to algorithms—sets of computer instructions designed to solve specific problems.
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Elon Musk Says "Time To Break Up Amazon," Escalates Feud With Jeff Bezos
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said it's "time to break up Amazon" in a tweet Thursday, escalating a rivalry with Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos, another billionaire investing in space exploration.
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Jeff Bezos Being Jealous of Elon Musk Said to Be Motive Behind Amazon HQ2
When Elon Musk secured $1.3 billion from Nevada in 2014 to open a gigantic battery plant, Jeff Bezos reportedly noticed.
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Amazon's 2nd Headquarters Fiasco Driven By Jeff Bezos's Envy Of Elon Musk
When Elon Musk secured $1.3 billion from Nevada in 2014 to open a gigantic battery plant, Jeff Bezos noticed. In meetings, the Amazon.com Inc. chief expressed envy for how Musk had pitted five Western states against one another in a bidding war for thousands of manufacturing jobs; he wondered why Amazon was okay with accepting comparatively triflin...
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Amazon Holiday Shopping: The Man Who Makes It Happen
Dave Clark described his early-career habit of lurking in the shadows of Amazon warehouses and scoping out slackers he could fire, which earned him the nickname The Sniper.
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Amazon Said to Be in Early Stages of Probe by US Antitrust Officials Over Marketplace
The merchant interviews indicate the US FTC is in the early stages of a sweeping probe to learn how Amazon works.
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Amazon Unveils AI Tool To Help Drivers Find Packages Faster
The tool uses computer-vision technology initially developed in Amazon warehouses to identify products without using barcode scanners
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To Counter US Ban, TikTok Makes It Easier For Creators To Make Money
TikTok is making it easier for content creators to earn money on its shopping platform, a move that could bolster opposition to a US law that will force Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. to sell the video app by January or be banned.
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Microsoft Brings Advertisements to AI-powered Bing Chat Search Engine
Microsoft is selling advertising in responses given by its Bing chat search engine, highlighting a potential revenue model for an artificial intelligence tool the company says has attracted 100 million average daily users.
-
Amazon Is Taking Half Of Each Sale From Its Merchants
Grappling with slowing sales growth and rising costs, Amazon.com Inc. is squeezing more money from the nearly 2 million small businesses that sell products on its sprawling online marketplace.
-
Amazon Begins Its Largest-Ever Layoffs: 18,000 People
Amazon.com Inc. is set to begin a round of layoffs ultimately affecting more than 18,000 employees in the largest job cull in its history, which it announced earlier this month.
-
Amazon Escalates Job Cuts, Says It Will Lay Off More Than 18,000 Workers
Amazon on Wednesday announced in a memo to staff that the firm would lay off more than 18,000 employees. The company's job cuts, which began last year, were previously expected to affect about 10,000 people. Amazon had over 1.5 million employees as of the end of September 2022, which means the latest job cuts would involve around 1 percent of its w...
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"Promoted To Customer," Joke Amazon Employees As Brutal Layoffs Begin
"No one is safe." So wrote an Amazon.com Inc. employee on an internal chat room as the company began the largest round of layoffs in its history.
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MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos' Ex, Seeks Divorce From Teacher Husband
MacKenzie Scott, one of the world's richest and most influential philanthropists, filed for divorce from Dan Jewett, a science teacher she married following her 2019 split from Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos.
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Here's What Happened During Jeff Bezos' Trip To Space
Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos and three others landed after Blue Origin's first flight to space with passengers aboard, a key milestone in the company's effort to make space tourism viable.
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Fired by Bot at Amazon: ‘It’s You Against the Machine’
Amazon became the world’s largest online retailer in part by outsourcing its sprawling operations to algorithms—sets of computer instructions designed to solve specific problems.
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Elon Musk Says "Time To Break Up Amazon," Escalates Feud With Jeff Bezos
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said it's "time to break up Amazon" in a tweet Thursday, escalating a rivalry with Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos, another billionaire investing in space exploration.
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Jeff Bezos Being Jealous of Elon Musk Said to Be Motive Behind Amazon HQ2
When Elon Musk secured $1.3 billion from Nevada in 2014 to open a gigantic battery plant, Jeff Bezos reportedly noticed.
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Amazon's 2nd Headquarters Fiasco Driven By Jeff Bezos's Envy Of Elon Musk
When Elon Musk secured $1.3 billion from Nevada in 2014 to open a gigantic battery plant, Jeff Bezos noticed. In meetings, the Amazon.com Inc. chief expressed envy for how Musk had pitted five Western states against one another in a bidding war for thousands of manufacturing jobs; he wondered why Amazon was okay with accepting comparatively triflin...
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Amazon Holiday Shopping: The Man Who Makes It Happen
Dave Clark described his early-career habit of lurking in the shadows of Amazon warehouses and scoping out slackers he could fire, which earned him the nickname The Sniper.
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Amazon Said to Be in Early Stages of Probe by US Antitrust Officials Over Marketplace
The merchant interviews indicate the US FTC is in the early stages of a sweeping probe to learn how Amazon works.
