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Saudi Arabia: Amazon opens fulfillment centre in Riyadh
Riyadh: Global e-commerce giant Amazon has opened its latest fulfilment centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The new facility will double Amazon’s storage capacity in the Kingdom, giving them more room to delight…
- Technology
Amazon Ring to pay $5.8 mn over unlawfully accessing consumer videos
San Francisco: Ring, the Amazon-owned maker of video surveillance devices, will pay $5.8 million in consumer refunds and will be prohibited from profiting from unlawfully accessing consumer videos, the US Federal Trade…
- Technology
Amazon fined $25 mn for violating children’s privacy law, deceiving parents
San Francisco: E-commerce giant Amazon will pay $25 million penalty to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over violating the children’s privacy law by keeping their Alexa voice recordings and deceiving parents…
- Technology
Amazon launches Echo Pop smart speaker in India
New Delhi: Amazon on Thursday launched its new ‘Echo Pop’ smart speaker in the country at a price of Rs 4,999. The new smart speaker is available in four colour options —…
- Technology
Alexa can no longer talk like Amitabh Bachchan
New Delhi: Amazon has confirmed the discontinuation of the celebrity voices feature on Alexa, meaning voices of celebrities like megastar Amitabh Bachchan, American actor Samuel L. Jackson, American former professional basketball player…
- Technology
Nearly 2K Amazon employees set for walkout against return-to-work, layoffs
San Francisco: Around 2,000 Amazon employees were set to participate in a walk-out in front of Amazon’s Spheres building in the heart of its headquarters in Seattle protesting against layoffs and return-to-work…
- World
Jeff Bezos engaged to girlfriend Lauren Sanchez: Report
San Francisco: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez are now engaged, according to a media report. However, there were no additional details on the proposal, the CNN report said…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: One more delivery man attacked by dog; jumps from 3rd floor
Hyderabad: One more incident of a dog attacking a delivery man surfaced on Sunday in the Manikonda area of the city. The Amazon delivery man reportedly went to the Panchavati Colony in…
- Technology
Amazon India lays off 400-500 employees as part of global restructuring
New Delhi: Amazon India has laid off around 400-500 employees from its Cloud division AWS as well as People Experience and Technology Solutions (PXT) or HR and support verticals. The downsizing in…
- Technology
Amazon to focus on using AI to speed up delivery services
San Francisco: Amazon has said that it will be focusing on using artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up delivery services, aiming to minimise the distance between its products and customers, the media…
- Technology
Amazon Alexa to be more interactive with ChatGPT like features
Washington: According to the Mashable website, Amazon is developing its voice assistant device to be bigger and better. Disney is just one of many potential joint ventures that Amazon is considering, along…
- Business
Amazon acquires Snackable AI to boost podcast offerings
San Francisco: Amazon has quietly acquired audio content discovery engine Snackable AI to strengthen its podcast features for an undisclosed sum, the media reported. The Snackable AI team joined Amazon Music to…
- Hyderabad
Amazon Business empowers MSMEs in Hyderabad with continuous support
Hyderabad: Amazon Business in Hyderabad has become the go-to destination for business customers with its 6.5 lakh sellers and more than 16 crore GST-enabled products. Since its launch in 2017, Amazon Business…
- Technology
Amazon shuts down health-focused Halo division, lays off employees
New Delhi: Amazon has shuttered its health-focused Halo division and discontinued Halo Band, Halo View, and Halo Rise devices which are no longer available on its website. The company has also laid…
- Hyderabad
‘Tell Yogi…’, KTR to UP banker working in ‘no-nonsense’ Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Telangana’s minister for information technology and industry K T Rama Rao said on Tuesday that Hyderabad is a no-nonsense city with zero tolerance for hatred and violence. The minister described Hyderabad…