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In 2025, a single word dominated boardrooms from Seattle to San Francisco. The word defined the job market and struck fear into the hearts of tech workers: Efficiency. It began as a corporate motto for leaders like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy but quickly transformed into a restructuring of the…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently talked about the early gruelling days of Amazon. He revealed the challenges he faced while raising seed capital for his fledging online bookstore and admitted that his blunt honesty may have cost him potential backers. As reported by Fortune, speaking at the DealBook Summit with Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bezos revealed…
Nvidia has shelved its ambitious plan to directly challenge cloud giants like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. The chipmaker is now refocusing its DGX Cloud division inward, prioritizing its own engineers’ AI model development. This strategic pivot aims to protect Nvidia’s dominant AI chip market share, estimated at over 80%, rather than…
Amazon has reportedly prevented more than 1800 suspected North Korean operatives from applying for jobs over the past 20 months. According to a report by Business Insider, Amazon chief security officer Stephen Schmidt revealed how ‘small details’ have been key in detecting fraudulent applicants. In a lengthy LinkedIn post, Schmidt has mentioned that North Korean…
The latest TV viewing numbers in America are out. And once again, as per rating agency Nielsen, Google-owned YouTube beats every other platform in viewership in America. In November, YouTube accounted for nearly 13% of viewing time, compared with 8% for Netflix, the next in line, according to Nielsen. In fact, YouTube has been winning…
US tech giant Amazon said it has blocked over 1,800 North Koreans from joining the company, as Pyongyang sends large numbers of IT workers overseas to earn and launder funds.In a post on LinkedIn, Amazon’s Chief Security Officer Stephen Schmidt said last week that North Korean workers had been “attempting to secure remote IT jobs…
Billionaire philanthropist and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott donated over $7.1 billion in 2025, marking her biggest-ever annual give away. As per an essay posted on her website Yield Giving, the donations were made to 186 organizations around the world including universities, environmental nonprofits, and groups fighting for equality. “Since my post last…
Amazon recently held its annual event AWS re:Invent. The conference is an annual gathering for the cloud community, featuring keynotes, technical sessions, and innovation talks. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is Amazon’s on-demand cloud platform. CEO Matt Garman spoke with Acquired podcast hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal at the event. Garman spoke about a range…
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR AWS (Noah Berger/AWS via AP Content Services) AWS CEO Matt Garman recently spoke to Wired. In the long interview, Garman answered a range of questions, including many on how AI is shaping the technology industry, its workforce and where Amazon stands in the industry. Replying to a question on if Amazon has…
Amazon is cutting 370 jobs, or 8.5%, at its European headquarters in Luxembourg, impacting software developers most due to AI advancements. This is company’s biggest ever job cuts in the Europe, following global layoffs back in October and a negotiated social plan. Despite the reduction, Luxembourg remains a strategic European hub for Amazon, which continues…
