June 18, 2024 Amazon Labor Union workers vote to align with Teamsters The ALU will essentially join the Teamsters as an ‘autonomous’ local union with the same rights and duties as a standard chapter, according to the agreement. BY Associated Press New York City warehouse workers who are part of the Amazon Labor Union overwhelmingly voted … Continue reading Amazon Labor Union workers vote to align with Teamsters
Amazon faces nearly $6 million in fines over California labor law violations The company failed to properly notify its warehouse workers about their expected quotas. anna washenko Updated Wed, Jun 19, 2024 ASSOCIATED PRESS The California Labor Commissioner’s office has fined Amazon $5,901,700 for infractions related to a law designed to protect warehouse … Continue reading Amazon faces nearly $6 million in fines over California labor law violations
May 14, 2024 Amazon AWS chief Adam Selipsky to step down He will be replaced by Matt Garman, a senior vice president who has overseen sales and marketing at AWS. BY Reuters The chief of Amazon.com’s wildly profitable Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit will step down next month after a three-year term. Adam Selipsky, 57, … Continue reading Amazon AWS chief Adam Selipsky to step down
May 22, 2024 A retail analyst says Target is ‘falling behind’ Walmart, Amazon, and Costco after earnings, but hope is not lost The company’s stock growth has lagged this year when compared to some of its competitors in the retail space. BY Sam Becker Target reported Q1 2024 earnings on Wednesday, revealing to investors that comparable … Continue reading A retail analyst says Target is ‘falling behind’ Walmart, Amazon, and Costco after earnings, but hope is not lost
Amazon debuts a generative AI-powered playlist feature Enter a prompt and Maestro will try to come up with a bunch of songs that match it. Kris Holt Tue, Apr 16, 2024 Amazon Music Amazon Music is joining Spotify in starting to offer a generative AI-powered playlist feature. For now, Maestro is available in beta … Continue reading Amazon debuts a generative AI-powered playlist feature
Nvidia Introduces Latest AI Chips That Google, Microsoft, Amazon Will Use by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, March 19, 2024 The future of advertising and other industries will change with the emergence of Nvidia’s latest chips and software. On Monday, the company introduced the latest generation of artificial intelligence (AI) chips and software for running … Continue reading Nvidia Introduces Latest AI Chips That Google, Microsoft, Amazon Will Use
Amazon to pay $1.9 million to settle claims of human rights abuses of contract workers The money will be split among 700 laborers. Lawrence Bonk Fri, Feb 23, 2024 jokuephotography via Getty Images Amazon will pay out $1.9 million to more than 700 migrant workers to settle claims of human rights abuses following exploitative … Continue reading Amazon to pay $1.9 million to settle claims of human rights abuses of contract workers
Amazon, one of the world’s largest employers, has called the National Labor Relations Board ‘unconstitutional’ Amazon’s claims are similar to the ones made by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and grocery chain Trader Joe’s. Pranav Dixit Sat, Feb 17, 2024 ASSOCIATED PRESS Amazon, a company that employs more than 1.54 million people, has claimed that the … Continue reading Amazon, one of the world’s largest employers, has called the National Labor Relations Board ‘unconstitutional’
By Michael Grothaus February 08, 2024 Layoffs continue to mount in the tech sector as the first week of February comes to a close. As of (March 08, 2024), some well-known companies are among those to announce significant job cuts. Those layoffs have now accounted for 33,874 job losses in the industry since the start … Continue reading Tech layoffs update this week: DocuSign, Grammarly, Amazon, Snap, Meetup cut jobs
Meantime, U.K. government to Google: Not so fast with cookie deprecation. There are competition concerns. Nicola Agius on February 5, 2024 Amazon has secured a landmark deal with Reach, the UK’s largest publisher, to access customer data for targeted advertising. The agreement, one of the first of its kind in Europe, comes in response to … Continue reading Amazon strikes pioneering deal with UK publisher in response to third-party cookie deprecation
