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Amazon Signs Exclusive Contract With a Pro Sports Team, and You'll Never Guess Which One
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Amazon Signs Exclusive Contract With a Pro Sports Team, and You'll Never ...
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Google is officially a $2 trillion company: Alphabet is now valued at over $2 trillion, reaching that market cap despite existential threats to its business ...
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Google is officially a $2 trillion company
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Amazon Is Offering a New Grocery Delivery Subscription Service — Here's How It Works
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Amazon Is Offering a New Grocery Delivery Subscription Service — ...
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Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics: Some employees protested the tech giant’s contract with the Israeli government ...
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Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics
Quick Glance: Google dismisses workers following protests on technology deal with Israeli government
  • Following protests regarding the technology supplied to the Israeli government, Google has terminated employees, heightening tensions around a sensitive contract.

  • The confirmed dismissals by Google on Wednesday occurred after nine individuals were detained during sit-in demonstrations in New York and Sunnyvale, California, a day subsequent to police intervention.

  • Demonstrations are predominantly coordinated by a faction known as No Tech For Apartheid. Google states that Nimbus is not utilized for weaponry or intelligence purposes.

  • Stated in a blog post, Google's CEO Sundar Pichai implied a close supervision of employees as the company enhances efforts in advancing its AI technology, marking a crucial phase in the industry and potentially humanity.
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'Loud quitting': What is it and how does it affect businesses?: A recent workplace trend known as "loud quitting" can be devastating for both ...
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'Loud quitting': What is it and how does it affect businesses?
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Google fired 28 employees after in-office protests in California, NYC: Nine Google workers were arrested during protests against the company's joint $1 ...
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Google fired 28 employees after in-office protests in California, NYC
Quick Glance: Google restructuring operations and relocating roles to 'hubs' to fund AI investments
  • Google is implementing staff layoffs and transferring certain roles to 'hubs' to secure funds for artificial intelligence investments.

  • The finance and real estate teams are being affected by the downsizing, with some roles being moved overseas.

  • Through the consolidation of finance teams in Bangalore, Mexico City, Dublin, Chicago, and Atlanta, Google aims to enhance efficiency and operate around the clock.

  • The restructuring is driven by the substantial shift towards artificial intelligence in the tech industry, prompting Google to allocate more resources to this domain.
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Google Fires More Workers Over Israeli Cloud Contract Protest After CEO Says Leave Politics At Home
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Google Fires More Workers Over Israeli Cloud Contract Protest After CEO ...
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Supreme Court considers Starbucks’ challenge to labor board’s authority : Starbucks argues that the Supreme Court should raise the bar federal judges use to ...
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Supreme Court considers Starbucks’ challenge to labor board’s authority
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Americans are obsessed with Amazon Prime, and it shows: US Amazon Prime memberships grew 8% to 180 million in March, Bloomberg reported. That means 75% of ...
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Americans are obsessed with Amazon Prime, and it shows
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Google fires employees who protested Israel contract: Google fired 28 employees Wednesday who protested the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with the ...
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Google fires employees who protested Israel contract
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Google fires 28 employees as CEO Pichai warns against debating politics: Google has fired 28 employees after protests against the company and Amazon’s $1 ...
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Google fires 28 employees as CEO Pichai warns against debating politics
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Amazon employee sentenced to prison after theft: Two employees of retail giant Amazon took advantage of their position to steal expensive electrical goods from ...
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Amazon employee sentenced to prison after theft
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Target has launched its new paid membership program as part of Circle Week: Target 360 Circle will be priced at $49 through May 18
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Target has launched its new paid membership program as part of Circle Week
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She was fired after not endorsing Splenda-filled salads to people with diabetes. Why?
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She was fired after not endorsing Splenda-filled salads to people with ...
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3 VC secrets to landing your dream job after a layoff: Use these VC-inspired mindset shifts to treat your layoff as an opportunity—not just a devastating ...
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3 VC secrets to landing your dream job after a layoff
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Target has launched its new paid membership program as part of Circle Week: Target 360 Circle will be priced at $49 through May 18
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Target has launched its new paid membership program as part of Circle Week
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Apple Lays Off More Than 600 Workers In California After Scrapping Car And Display Project
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Apple Lays Off More Than 600 Workers In California After Scrapping Car And ...
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Lizzo clarifies ‘I quit’ statement following speculation: Singer says: ‘When I say “I quit”, I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention’
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Lizzo clarifies ‘I quit’ statement following speculation
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Amazon lays off several hundred employees: Amazon Web Services is laying off several hundred employees as the company shifts its strategy in some parts of the ...
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Amazon lays off several hundred employees
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Amazon-backed Agility Robotics laid off a 'small number' of staff: Workers affected by the job cuts "were not central to core product development and ...
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Amazon-backed Agility Robotics laid off a 'small number' of staff
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Travis Kelce to host spinoff of ‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?': Travis Kelce is adding “game show host” to his résumé.
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Travis Kelce to host spinoff of ‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'
Quick Glance: Travis Kelce to Present 'Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?'
  • Travis Kelce will host the new game show 'Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?' for Amazon Prime Video.

  • 'Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?' is a spinoff of 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' and offers an updated version of the original game.
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‘HR is not your friend’: why frustrated workers are hiring reps of their own: Many US employees don’t trust their HR departments, and instead turn to independent ...
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‘HR is not your friend’: why frustrated workers are hiring reps of their ...
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Employees Are Still Worried About Layoffs: Even though layoffs remain low overall, your employees could still be concerned about job security ...
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Employees Are Still Worried About Layoffs
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Shein's U.S. Marketplace Inks Partnerships with Flexport, ShipStation: Shein's U.S. marketplace will use Flexport and ShipStation to help streamline ...
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Shein's U.S. Marketplace Inks Partnerships with Flexport, ShipStation
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Ralf Groene, who lead Microsoft's Surface design team, has announced his retirement
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Ralf Groene, who lead Microsoft's Surface design team ...
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Amazon's advertising unit hit with another round of layoffs: Amazon extends job cuts in its advertising unit, according to an internal email obtained by Business ...
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Amazon's advertising unit hit with another round of layoffs
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A top Amazon executive told CNBC Thursday that it’s a “myth” that robots and other technologies take jobs away from people. ➡️ Read more: Top Amazon exec says it's a 'myth' robots steal jobs
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Taking layoffs too lightly | This Week in Business
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Is the US media layoffs phenomenon the next housing crisis?: The media sector’s challenges amplify shadow banks’ toll on the US economy and mirror the 2008 ...
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Is the US media layoffs phenomenon the next housing crisis?
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Paddy Cosgrave returns as CEO of Web Summit: Mr Cosgrave made the announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter, where he added that he intends to make the event ...
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Paddy Cosgrave returns as CEO of Web Summit
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Amazon Is Trading Its 'Just Walk Out' AI Technology For 'Smart' Carts — And AI Reportedly Needed Humans to Do the Job Right
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Amazon Is Trading Its 'Just Walk Out' AI Technology For ...
Quick Glance: No 'Just Walk Out' at Amazon Grocery Stores: The Rise of Smart Shopping Carts
  • Amazon is replacing the 'Just Walk Out' technology in U.S. stores with smart shopping carts, while keeping it in the U.K.

  • The company is now banking on the smart shopping cart to potentially revolutionize the food shopping experience.

  • Acknowledging the failure to widely implement the 'Just Walk Out' technology, Amazon shifts focus to the smart shopping cart as a more feasible solution.

  • Introducing technology in the grocery sector faces challenges, especially concerning consumer trust and the adoption of innovations.
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Amazon Launches Sign-Up App For Its Palm Payment Service—Here’s Why Some Privacy Experts Have Concerns About The Feature
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Amazon Launches Sign-Up App For Its Palm Payment Service—Here’s Why Some ...
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Former Twitter/X executives sue Elon Musk for $128 million in unpaid severance: The plaintiffs were immediately laid off when Musk took over the company in 2022.
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Former Twitter/X executives sue Elon Musk for $128 million in unpaid ...
Quick Glance: Elon Musk sued for Unpaid Severance
  • Elon Musk is facing a lawsuit from former Twitter executives alleging he owes them over $128 million in unpaid severance.

  • The lawsuit filed by the four executives aims to portray Musk as someone who avoids settling his liabilities and mistreats his employees.

  • According to the lawsuit, Musk attempted to evade payment of the owed millions to the executives by disregarding the severance plans outlining compensation in case of unjustified terminations.

  • The lawsuit seeks to depict a negative image of Mr. Musk, accusing him of failing to settle debts and mistreating his staff.
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Microsoft picks company veteran Pavan Davuluri to lead Windows and Surface: Microsoft said Monday it has selected company veteran Pavan Davuluri to run its ...
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Microsoft picks company veteran Pavan Davuluri to lead Windows and Surface
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Target loyalty program upgrade to compete against Amazon Prime, Walmart+: Target has a plan to address its comparable sales decline — an enhanced Target Circle ...
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Target loyalty program upgrade to compete against Amazon Prime, Walmart+
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'Free Palestine!': Google employee fired for disrupting speech: Google engineer fired for protest against collaboration with Israeli military; shouted ...
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'Free Palestine!': Google employee fired for disrupting speech
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I got rid of my Kindle; nothing compares to paper books: I got a Kindle to read at night while my partner slept. I quickly realized that it's not the same ...
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I got rid of my Kindle; nothing compares to paper books
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Target’s new paid membership program: What to know: The program will cost $99 per year.
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Target’s new paid membership program: What to know
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Google employee fired after protesting against Israel: Google fired an employee who protested against Project Nimbus, the company's $1.2 billion contract with ...
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Google employee fired after protesting against Israel
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'I am losing my mind': Behind the rosy job numbers, Americans are struggling to find work
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'I am losing my mind': Behind the rosy job numbers, Americans are ...
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Target to launch paid membership program with free same-day delivery perks: Target announced Tuesday it will join competitors Amazon and Walmart with a paid ...
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Target to launch paid membership program with free same-day delivery perks
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Amazon's AWS removes data transfer fees for clients switching to rivals: Amazon's AWS said on Tuesday that customers who want to transfer their data to another ...
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Amazon's AWS removes data transfer fees for clients switching to rivals
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Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, as internal dissent mounts
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Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, as internal dissent ...
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Amazon delivery driver sacked after calling mum 'stupid' in handwritten note: The brutal note was left by the Amazon delivery driver, explaining where he had ...
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Amazon delivery driver sacked after calling mum 'stupid' in handwritten ...
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Outdoor Voices' layoffs via Slack ‘lack basic empathy,’ says expert: 'May only exacerbate the anxiety'
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Outdoor Voices' layoffs via Slack ‘lack basic empathy,’ says expert: 'May ...
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59 Days Into 2024 And 8,100+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced: PlayStation, Electronic Arts, and Microsoft are the latest companies to announce cuts
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59 Days Into 2024 And 8,100+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced
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BANG FOR YOUR BUCK: Amazon, Walmart, and Target's exclusive memberships are all unique but a direct comparison breaks it all down: trib.al/fNFPQuH
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Layoffs -- And How You Can Avoid Them: Here are the biggest layoff mistakes to avoid if you want to protect your company's reputation ...
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Layoffs -- And How You Can Avoid Them
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Target Circle 360 vs. Amazon Prime vs. Walmart+: Which annual membership is the best deal?
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Target Circle 360 vs. Amazon Prime vs. Walmart+: Which annual membership ...
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SpaceX faces hearing on engineers fired after criticising Elon Musk over sexism: Rocket maker SpaceX on Tuesday will appear before a US labour board judge to ...
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SpaceX faces hearing on engineers fired after criticising Elon Musk over ...
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Mark Zuckerberg Explains Why More Than 30,000 Tech Layoffs Have Happened In 2024: Its been barely 50 days since new year 2024 began, and the tech industry has ...
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Mark Zuckerberg Explains Why More Than 30,000 Tech Layoffs Have Happened ...