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Amazon secures $8 bn loan to safeguard against economic headwinds
San Francisco: E-commerce giant Amazon has secured $8 billion in Term Loan from DBS Bank, Mizuho Bank and others, that will be used for “general corporate purposes”. In a filing with the…
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Amazon rolls out Prime Gaming in India
New Delhi: Amazon has rolled out a subscription-based service, Prime Gaming, which offers access to a number of gaming titles, to its members in India. This launch comes weeks after the company…
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Amazon reveals anime MMO game ‘Blue Protocol’
San Francisco: Amazon has revealed a new anime-style massively multiplayer online (MMO) game titled ‘Blue Protocol’ at ‘The Game Awards’, which is scheduled to be launched in the second half of next…
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Amazon to bring TikTok-like feed of shoppable content
San Francisco: With an aim to generate more engagement on its platform, e-commerce giant Amazon has announced that it will bring a TikTok-like feed of shoppable content named ‘Inspire’ to its application.…
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Pentagon awards $9 bn Cloud project to Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle
San Francisco: Ending the bitter Cloud war, the Pentagon has awarded its multi-billion dollar Cloud-computing contract to all the major players — Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle – that can reach up…
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Amazon brings new Kindle with better display, 16GB storage to India
New Delhi: Amazon on Wednesday announced the next-generation Kindle that offers 300 ppi high-resolution display, USB-C charging, battery life of up to six weeks and 16GB storage. The 16GB variant of the…
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Resigned at Google, this techie saw his job offer rescinded by Amazon
New Delhi: Call it ironic, but a Google software engineer, who resigned to take a new job at Amazon, was told by the company that his job offer has been declined, just…
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Will expand data residency controls and transparency in India: AWS
New Delhi: As the Indian government asks Big Tech and enterprises to store the residents’ data locally, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has said that it will continue to expand its existing capabilities…
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy again defends massive layoffs at company
San Francisco: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has again defended massive layoffs at the company, saying, “we just felt like we needed to streamline our costs”. Jassy justified the mass layoffs at the…
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Amazon CloudWorks Internet Monitor to let users diagnose internet issues
San Francisco: Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Cloud arm of Amazon, has announced its “CloudWorks Internet Monitor”, which will allow users to reduce the time it takes to diagnose internet issues. As…
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US judge stops Amazon from firing employees for unionisation
New York: A US judge has issued a cease and desist order against Amazon to stop the commerce giant from firing employees for unionisation. The order by US District Court Judge Diane…
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Amazon now shuts wholesale distribution biz in India
New Delhi: Amid an exercise to wind up certain verticals as part of global exercise to cut costs, Amazon on Monday announced to shut down its wholesale distribution business in India. The…
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Amazon to shut food delivery business in India
New Delhi: Amazon said on Friday that it is shutting down its food delivery business in India, a day after it announced to shut down its edtech vertical in the country. Amazon…
- India
Resign voluntarily with monetary benefits by Nov 30: Amazon to Indian employees
New Delhi: Amid ongoing layoffs in tech giants, Amazon has asked some of its Indian employees to resign voluntarily by November 30. The company also offers monetary benefits to employees who opt…
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HC rejects Amazon’s plea alleging dilution of rights to broadcast India-NZ cricket series
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a petition by Amazon Seller Services Pvt Ltd against the alleged dilution of its exclusive media rights to broadcast the ongoing cricket series…
