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Amazon layoffs: CEO Andy Jassy opens up about 27,000 job cuts, AI and more
Business | Apr 14, 2023, 02:46 PM ISTAmazon layoffs: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy acknowledged that some of the actions, like firing 27,000 employees, are tough, but the decision will be good for the business.
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Amazon and Google are finding it difficult to lay off employees in Europe: Know-why
Apps | Apr 09, 2023, 08:00 AM ISTOwing to the strict labour laws in France and Germany, Google is speaking with works councils, organisations made up of elected employee representatives that communicate with management about issues affecting the workforce.
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Amazon layoffs around 100 employees from its gaming division
Technology | Apr 05, 2023, 07:30 PM ISTThe laid-off employees are said to be from Amazon's San Diego gaming studio and Prime Gaming, which caters to members of the company's main loyalty program.
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Amazon enters into generative AI space with AI startup accelerator
Technology | Apr 05, 2023, 01:25 PM ISTThe company has announced a kick-off event in-person in the San Francisco Bay Area in the US from May 24-25 and a Demo day on July 26-27 to showcase the progress of its AI accelerator.
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Amazon removes 60 million counterfeit items out of its supply chains
Business | Apr 05, 2023, 12:12 PM ISTThe e-commerce company said it stopped over 800,000 attempts to register new selling accounts in 2022, prohibiting bad actors from putting even one thing for sale.
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Amazon is working on NFTs, teases its introduction in an email
Market | Mar 25, 2023, 10:31 AM ISTAmazon is introducing its own NFTs and the initiative could be launched in April 2023.
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Amazon delivery agent walks fearlessly, delivers parcel during police operation in US | WATCH
World | Mar 23, 2023, 09:52 PM ISTAccording to a video, the Amazon delivery agent can be seen walking fearlessly towards a residence when the area was cordoned off by SWAT teams.
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Amazon to shut DPReview, go-to camera reviews site
Technology | Mar 22, 2023, 02:43 PM ISTDPReview was founded in 1998 in England and was purchased by Amazon in 2007. Post acquiring the brand, the tech giant relocated the team to Seattle in the US in 2010 to make the company stay closer to its headquarters.
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Amazon announces second largest round of layoffs in company’s history I CHECK DETAILS
Technology | Mar 20, 2023, 10:18 PM ISTAmazon’s workforce, in warehouses and offices, doubled to more than 1.6 million people in about two years. But demand slowed as the worst of the pandemic eased. The company began pausing or cancelling its warehouse expansion plans last year.
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PlayStation 5 is back in stock, pre-order starting from March 10: What to expect?
Gaming | Mar 09, 2023, 05:25 PM ISTPS5 is powered by an octa-core processor which is further based on Zen 2 architecture. the console has been clocked with 10.28 TFLOPS and AMD RDNA 2 GPU. It comes packed with 825GB of storage and 16GB of GDDR6 RAM to give strength to run high graphic games smoothly.
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RBI imposes penalty worth Rs 3.06 crore on Amazon Pay (India)
Business | Mar 03, 2023, 05:37 PM ISTAmazon Pay is the digital payment arm of e-commerce giant Amazon.
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Amazon launches 5th Gen Echo Dot at Rs 4,999
Technology | Mar 02, 2023, 07:30 PM ISTAmazon said that the new 5th Gen Echo Dot offers clearer vocals and up to double the bass than its previous generations. It also has an accelerometer that enables the tap gesture controls on the device, so the users could tap on the top of the Echo Dot to pause and resume the music, and more.
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Amazon's Alexa completes 5 years in India, introduces new male voice
Technology | Feb 26, 2023, 07:45 PM ISTAmazon's Alexa celebrates five years in India by introducing a new male voice option and adding Hindi to its language capabilities. Alexa has gained massive popularity in India, with increasing requests for music and home appliance control.
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Amazon Luna may add Epic Games' Fortnite
Technology | Feb 26, 2023, 07:00 AM ISTLuna has dropped 53 games, including titles like 'Retro Classic: Gate of Doom', 'Snake Pass' and 'Bridge Constructor Portal'. It dropped many games throughout last December 2022 and January 2023.
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Nokia X30 5G up for sale in India: Know the price, features, offers and more
Gadgets | Feb 25, 2023, 12:00 PM ISTThe Nokia X30 5G, launched by HMD Global in India last week, is now available for purchase via Nokia India's website and Amazon India. The smartphone is available for sale starting today for a price of Rs 48,999 with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage space.
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AI-written books from diverse genre flooded Amazon: All you need to know
Technology | Feb 22, 2023, 06:17 PM ISTThe report has stated that there are around 300 books which have been written or co-written by OpenAI’s chatbot (ChatGPT) which got listed on the e-commerce platform today. These books are from diverse genres- ranging from fantasy, self-help, fiction, non-fiction and more.
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Amazon's Alexa app enables user move music between multiple speakers: Know-how
Technology | Feb 20, 2023, 10:07 AM ISTThis new feature for Alexa App is accessible whenever the audio is being played by the users on their systems. It will display what is being played and where, enabling them to have control over multiple products from a single list, stated IANS in its report.
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Amazon asks employees to work from office at least three days a week
Business | Feb 18, 2023, 12:07 PM ISTAmazon is changing its policy, requiring corporate employees to work in the office for at least three days per week. The move aims to improve collaboration and innovation, but it remains to be seen how employees will respond to the change.
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DGCI issues notice to Amazon, Flipkart among other e-pharmacies over sale of drugs without license
Business | Feb 12, 2023, 10:42 PM ISTThe notice states that the sale or stock or exhibit or offer for sale or distribution of any drug requires a licence from the concerned state licensing authority and conditions of a licence are required to be complied with by the licence holders.
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Tech employees earning up to $1 million per year got laid off: Know-why?
Technology | Jan 23, 2023, 02:08 PM ISTGoogle Cloud has laid off people in strategy, recruiting, and go-to-market teams. Microsoft has also shut down AltspaceVR virtual reality-based social platform it acquired in 2017. Amazon will also shut down its charity donation programme "AmazonSmile".