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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…
- Business
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…
- Technology
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…
- Technology
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…
- Technology
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.…
- Business
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…
- Business
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…
