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Amazon introduces male voice option for Alexa’s responses in India
New Delhi: As Amazon’s Alexa completes five years in India, the company on Thursday introduced a new male voice option for Alexa’s responses. With this, Indian users will be able to switch…
- Business
FreshToHome raises $104 mn led by Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund
Delhi: Fresh fish and meat e-commerce platform FreshToHome on Tuesday said it has raised $104 million in Series D funding with Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund leading the round. Existing investors Iron Pillar,…
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Hyderabad: 87% GITAM tech students bag jobs in campus placements
Hyderabad: About 87 percent of eligible students in the Gandhi Institute of Technology And Management (GITAM) obtained placements in reputed companies with an average package of Rs 5.17 lakh per annum (LPA)…
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Amazon, Flipkart among 20 e-tailors given notices for selling drugs without licence
Delhi: Amazon and Flipkart Health plus are among the 20 online sellers that have been issued show-cause notices by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) over the online sale of drugs…
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Close to 1 lakh tech employees lost jobs in Jan alone globally
New Delhi: In what could be touted as the worst month ever for tech workers, close to 1 lakh of them lost jobs in the month of January globally, dominated by companies…
- Technology
This is what most Indians asked Alexa in 2022
New Delhi: Amazon has revealed the top questions asked by Indian users to Alexa last year. From the founder of Twitter to the price of Bitcoin, users in the country sought information…
- Technology
Techies earning up to USD 1 mn a year laid off at Big Tech firms
San Francisco: As Big Tech layoffs dominate headlines, more details have emerged on which verticals and senior executives earning up to $1 million annually bore the maximum brunt at Google, Microsoft, and…
- World
Jobless Indian IT professionals scramble for options to stay in US
Washington: Thousands of Indian IT professionals in the US, who have lost their jobs due to the series of recent layoffs at companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon, are now struggling to…
- India
Hyderabad: In a first, Amazon launches Amazon Air in India
Hyderabad: In a bid to enhance the transportation network and facilitate faster deliveries, Amazon launched Amazon Air at GMR Aero Technic on Monday. Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) formally launched…
- World
How Google’s layoff announcement different from other companies
Google’s parent company Alphabet recently announced layoffs of 12,000 employees, or about 6 percent of its workforce, globally. After the announcement, it joined the Big Tech league of Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft…
- Business
Amazon faces over $60K penalty for unsafe warehouse work conditions
Washington: US regulators have found that three Amazon warehouse facilities exposed workers to “ergonomic hazards”, including putting them at high risk for lower back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders. Amazon faces a…
- Business
Amazon begins new round of layoffs, 18K jobs to go
San Francisco: Amazon has started notifying its employees affected by its new round of layoffs, as a part of its plan to reduce its headcount by around 18,000 people, the media reported.…
- Technology
IT professional sells home and car to join Amazon in Europe, fired
New Delhi: An IT professional from Kenya sold his home and his car to join Amazon in Europe got fired by the company just four days before he was set to move…
- India
Sacked Amazon employees in India break down, ‘crying in office’
New Delhi: As Amazon announced to lay off 18,000 employees globally including nearly 1,000 in India, reports have surfaced that some of the impacted employees broke down and were left “crying in…
- Technology
Amazon, Disney partner to launch new voice assistance
Las Vegas: Amazon and Disney have teamed up to launch a new voice assistant called ‘Hey Disney!’, which was shown with a live demonstration at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023. The…
