Amazon cutting hundreds of jobs in healthcare unit
Amazon.com Inc. is laying off hundreds of employees in its healthcare division, stepping up an ongoing campaign to trim costs.
The job cuts will impact “a few hundred roles” between the One Medical chain of doctors offices Amazon acquired last...
Amazon shutting down Amp app
Amazon.com Inc. is shutting down Amp, the live-audio app that allowed users to act like radio DJs by playing music and talking alongside the songs.
The product launched in March 2022 following a frenzy around live-audio services during the pandemic.
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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...
Amazon retrenching 9,000 more workers after 18,000 earlier layoffs
Amazon.com Inc. is laying off an additional 9,000 employees, adding to cuts that were already the largest round of firings in the company’s history.
Chief executive officer Andy Jassy announced the cuts internally Monday...
FTC is harassing Bezos with "burdensome" probe — Amazon
Amazon.com Inc. accused the US Federal Trade Commission of harassing its founder Jeff Bezos and the company’s Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy as it probes the e-commerce giant’s business practices.
In a filing made public on Monday...
Amazon posted a position for a "Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead"
Amazon.com Inc.’s payments team is exploring letting customers use cryptocurrencies to pay for their orders — a development that’s roiling digital currency markets.
An Amazon job posting published online last week...