A look at Marc Benioff pursuing productivity gains through AI at Salesforce, which has had multiple layoffs while offering lower-than-expected sales projections
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A Texas law enacted in June, inspired by the 2021 winter storm in which 200+ died, lets the state's grid operator cut electricity to data centers in emergencies
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How Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are fighting an Ohio power company's proposal to increase the upfront energy costs they'll pay for their data centers
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Leaked documents show an AI upgrade led to an incident where Alexa seemed to favor Kamala Harris over Donald Trump; Amazon says the error was fixed
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Docs: Amazon plans to launch its delayed overhaul of Alexa in October for as much as $10/month, with AI-generated news summaries, a chatbot for kids, and more
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The California Labor Commissioner's Office fines Amazon $5.9M for violating a 2022 state law by failing to properly inform workers of quotas at two warehouses
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A look at Amazon Fresh's challenges, including lawsuits, layoffs, and halted projects; a former employee says staff were told 2023 could be “make or break”
Lawsuits and layoffs now litter Amazon's years-long path to conquering the brick-and-mortar grocery store. Bluesky: @glinden.bsky.social . LinkedIn: Brittain Ladd Bluesky: Greg Linden / @glinden.bsky....
Across the US, towns and cities are feeling the impact of Amazon's belt-tightening, often having welcomed the company with incentives, as pandemic growth fades
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Six ex-Amazon Care employees criticize the company's fast and frugal ways, including prioritizing pleasing patients over providing the best standard of care
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Internal docs: Google realized last year it illegally underpaid temp staff in many countries for years, but was slow to fix the issue fearing negative publicity
it's about the life that it allows workers to build for themselves outside of the workplace. But for years Google executives chose to deny their workers a better quality of life due to fears of “incre...