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    Amazon veteran Dave Limp appointed as Blue Origin CEO

    Amazon veteran Dave Limp appointed as Blue Origin CEO Blue Origin LLC, the closely held spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, is replacing its chief executive officer with veteran Amazon.com Inc. executive Dave Limp. Current CEO Bob Smith is stepping down and will be succeeded by Limp...
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    Amazon showcases upgraded Alexa and rolls out new products

    Amazon showcases upgraded Alexa and rolls out new products Amazon.com Inc. made a pitch to keep Alexa relevant in the age of generative artificial intelligence, promising a set of features that will make the software more conversational. During an event Wednesday at the company’s campus in...
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    Panos Panay quits Microsoft for Amazon after 20 years

    Panos Panay quits Microsoft for Amazon after 20 years Amazon.com Inc. is hiring Microsoft Corp.’s product chief to run the division responsible for the voice-activated Alexa assistant and Echo smart speakers, according to people familiar with the situation. Panos Panay, an almost 20-year...
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    Amazon let employees enter into illegal secrecy agreements — US labour board

    Amazon let employees enter into illegal secrecy agreements — US labour board US Labour Board prosecutors accused Amazon.com Inc. of imposing illegal secrecy rules on its staff, which could ultimately force the company to change its confidentiality rules. In a Monday complaint, the National...
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    TikTok's online shop is peddling counterfeit goods

    TikTok's online shop is peddling counterfeit goods TikTok’s Shop marketplace, the video app’s biggest bet for new revenue growth, has gone live for some users in the US. So far, it’s a showcase for cheap goods from China. The social media app’s Shop option, prominently displayed between the...
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    Big antitrust lawsuit coming Amazon's way

    Big antitrust lawsuit coming Amazon's way The Federal Trade Commission is likely to sue Amazon.com Inc. later this month, capping a four-year antitrust investigation into the company, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The antitrust suit is expected to target the online retail...
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    Amazon adds three execs to S-team

    Amazon adds three execs to "S-team" Amazon.com Inc. has added three executives to chief executive officer Andy Jassy’s senior leadership team, two from the cloud-computing unit and one who leads the company’s robotaxi subsidiary. Dave Brown, Aicha Evans, and Swami Sivasubramanian are joining...
  9. Jan

    Amazon offers influencers $25 per video, Sparking Chorus of LOLs

    Amazon offers influencers $25 per video, draws mockery Amazon.com Inc., looking to amp up its TikTok-like shopping feed, has called on influencers to make hundreds of videos apiece. But its offer of $25 a pop — about a tenth of the going rate — was widely mocked on social media. Amazon sent an...
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    Bezos buys a new R1.3-billion mansion in Florida

    Bezos buys a new R1.3-billion mansion in Florida Jeff Bezos is adding a waterfront mansion in Florida to his rapidly expanding real estate empire. The Amazon.com Inc. founder, and the world’s third-richest person, agreed to pay $68 million (R1.28 billion) for an estate in Indian Creek, a...
  11. Jan

    Bob Shop facing Competition Commission investigation over standard shipping

    Competition Commission investigating Bob Shop The Competition Commission has launched an investigation into Bob Shop over its new standard shipping system, MyBroadband has learned. Bob Shop first launched its R30 standard shipping as an option earlier this year.
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    Meta backtracks on free use of Llama for cloud services

    Meta backtracks on free use of Llama for cloud services Meta Platforms Inc. plans to make money from the major cloud-computing companies when they resell its artificial intelligence large language model, Llama 2. “If you’re someone like Microsoft, Amazon or Google, and you’re going to...
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    Amazon remote workers forced to relocate for return to office

    Amazon remote workers forced to relocate for return to office Amazon.com Inc. will require some corporate employees to relocate as part of a mandate requiring workers to be in the office three days a week, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest source of strain between the...
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    Meta makes Llama 2 available to commercial customers on Azure and AWS

    Meta makes Llama 2 available to commercial customers on Azure and AWS Meta Platforms Inc. is making its artificial intelligence large language model, Llama 2, available for commercial use through partnerships with major cloud providers including Microsoft Corp. Meta isn’t charging for access...
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  15. Jan

    Recordings from cameras inside Amazon delivery vans are leaking online

    Amazon delivery van camera videos leaking online Videos from within Amazon delivery vans are leaking online, with several examples of such a video shared on the Reddit page r/AmazonDSPDrivers. Amazon's in-van artificial intelligence AI cameras track driver movements and surround them in a...
  16. Jan

    2023 Amazon Prime Day tech deals that ship to South Africa

    Best Prime Day tech deals that ship to South Africa South African online shoppers can save big on numerous products in this year's Amazon.com Prime Day sale. The annual promotion started on 11 July 2023 and will be running until 23:59 Pacific Time on 12 July 2023 (08:59 SA time on 13 July...
  17. Jan

    Amazon on hiring spree in South Africa for marketplace-related roles

    Amazon is coming — Marketplace hiring spree in South Africa Amazon appears to be committed to its plans to launch a South African marketplace, and the company is currently advertising 30 full-time positions in the country, a fair portion of which are marketplace-related. The online retail...
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    Rivian's Amazon delivery van fleet expanding to Germany

    Rivian's Amazon delivery van fleet expanding to Germany Rivian Automotive Inc. will expand deliveries of a battery-electric van it makes for Amazon.Com Inc. to Europe. It will be the EV maker’s first commercial shipments outside the US. The company will roll out more than 300 plug-in delivery...
  19. Jan

    Amazon headhunts former SuperSport CEO for Prime Video Africa

    Amazon Prime Video steals former SuperSport boss Amazon has headhunted former MultiChoice executive and former SuperSport CEO Gideon Khobane, who will take on the position of director of Prime Video Africa. According to a Variety report, Khobane will work closely with the Prime Video Africa...
  20. Jan

    Lina Khan Is Coming for Amazon, Armed With an FTC Antitrust Suit

    The Big Amazon monopoly case Lina Khan’s Federal Trade Commission has already filed three cases against Amazon.com Inc. Now she’s gearing up for the Big One. In the coming weeks, the agency plans to file a far-reaching antitrust suit focused on Amazon’s core online marketplace, according to...
  21. Jan

    City of Cape Town settles Amazon headquarters River Club case with OCA

    Victory for Amazon's South African headquarters The City of Cape Town has accepted a settlement offer by the Observatory Civic Association for the complete and final cessation of all legal action regarding the River Club dispute. The R4-billion development, being built in Observatory by...
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