An interview with Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, who returned to the company in April, on why he “backs the blue”, how Ring is fighting crime, Amazon, and more
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Opendoor names Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian as its CEO, following Carrie Wheeler's ouster, and appoints co-founder Keith Rabois as its chairman; OPEN jumps 50%+
Stock Soars The Real Deal : Opendoor names Shopify exec as CEO Emily Jarvie / Proactive : Opendoor Technologies stock surges as it names Shopify's Kaz Nejatian as CEO Michael Grothaus / Fast Company :...
Job postings: Amazon has a new ZeroOne team focused on inventing “breakthrough” consumer products, and led by former Microsoft executive J Allard
also, what does that leave for Panos to do? [embedded post] Annie Palmer / @anniepalmer : scooplet - Amazon has formed a new team in its devices unit that's tasked with developing “breakthrough” consu...
Amazon's Zoox says it paused all driverless vehicles, updated 270 robotaxis via a software recall, and resumed operations after a crash in Las Vegas on April 8
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy tells staff to return to the office five days per week from January 2, 2025, citing the importance of the policy to the company's culture
Amazon orders employees back to the office five days a week Michael Grothaus / Fast Company : Amazon CEO Andy Jassy orders employees back to the office 5 days a week in one of the strictest RTO mandat...
A look at the challenges facing AWS' new CEO Matt Garman as the cloud unit battles the perception that it's falling behind Microsoft and Google in AI rollouts
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Memo: Thrasio CEO Greg Greeley plans to resign and five other senior executives will “step down when Thrasio emerges from Chapter 11 in the coming weeks”
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Andy Jassy criticizes US and EU regulators for blocking the iRobot deal, saying they trust large Chinese companies more than Amazon with maps of home interiors
Annie Palmer / CNBC : X: @squawkcnbc and @ericjackson X: @squawkcnbc : “Last year were the fasting shipping speeds for Prime customers in the history of the company,” says Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. “In ...
Dropbox plans to lay off 16% of its staff, or ~500 employees; CEO Drew Houston blames slowing growth and because “the AI era of computing has finally arrived”
Today, our cofounder and CEO Drew Houston shared the difficult news … Emma Roth / The Verge : Dropbox is laying off 500 people and pivoting to AI Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Dropbox blames AI and the eco...
Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to lay off an additional 9,000 employees, mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch, after cutting 18,000+ jobs in January 2023
Today I shared with Twitch employees that we've … Annie Palmer / CNBC : Amazon's post-Bezos experiment hasn't gone exactly as planned Bloomberg : Amazon to Cut 9,000 More Jobs, Deepening Biggest Pullb...