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It’s time to return to the office for Amazon employees. The employees of the ecommerce giant have been asked to work from the office at least three days per week starting May 1, according to an email sent by CEO Andy Jassy. The email has also been posted on the company’s blog. In October 2021, … Read more
ChatGPT is currently the biggest buzz in the industry. The artificial intelligence (AI)- based chatbot was launched by the Microsoft-backed AI research startup OpenAI in November 2022. Since its release, the chatbot has gained huge traction for its ability to process prompts and offer human-like answers. In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Amazon‘s … Read more
Amazon.com, the online retailer long feared to disrupt the grocery sector, believes it has fallen short. The company has paused expansion of its Fresh supermarkets and cashier-less convenience stores until it finds the right recipe for success, Chief Executive Andy Jassy said on Thursday, in a rare appearance on the company’s quarterly results call. What … Read more
Job cuts have reportedly started at Amazon India. There are reports on social media that confirm that the layoffs have begun at the e-commerce giant’s India office as well. Earlier this month, TOI had reported that Amazon will sack 1,000 employees, which is 1% of its workforce in India. Amazon has around 1 lakh employees … Read more
Facebook-parent Meta has reportedly ‘rescinded’ full-time engineering (FTE) offers in London amid recession fears. The development follows last year’s massive layoff which impacted about 11,000 employees of the company’s employees. This is purportedly the first time that Meta has taken back signed FTE offers.Gergely Orosz of The Pragmatic Engineer, which publishes observations across the software … Read more
Technology companies as big as Facebook, Amazon, Snapchat, Intel, Netflix and others have cut jobs in 2022, with some citing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and others pointing to overhiring during periods of rapid growth. After a holiday lull, more layoffs are around the corner and several companies across the spectrum, led by tech … Read more
Amazon is reportedly working on creating a standalone app for sports content in an effort to add a new revenue stream. The news comes soon after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that the company will continue to invest in live sports.Citing a source with direct knowledge of the plan, a report by The Information says … Read more