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Amazon has launched a new AI Ready programme which is targeting training at least two million people by 2025.  The Wall Street Journal says that the programe is meant to compete with Microsoft and Google who also have their own AI tools.  Anyone can access the training and there are eight free courses on AWS […]

Foes no more? E-commerce titan Amazon Inc. is breaking the mold of fierce industry rivalry as it transforms its competitive relationship with tech giant Microsoft Corporation into a promising business partnership. Reports have surfaced, revealing Amazon’s plans to become a significant user of Microsoft’s 365 cloud productivity tools. Business partnership unveiled Amazon, renowned for its […]

The titans of artificial intelligence have joined forces to establish a comprehensive framework that would champion responsible governance and foster trust in AI systems. Tech titans that include Google, Amazon, Verizon, and Microsoft have set out to define best practices in the field, recognizing the need for ethical standards in the development and deployment of […]

Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy announced on March 20 that the company would likely retrench another 9,000 employees. This is in addition to the 18,000 people that the e-commerce giant announced it would lay off in January. The cuts will likely be in the advertising department, video streaming service, Twitch, Amazon Web Services and in the […]

Ordinarily Extraordinary Bezos, that is what Jeff’s girlfriend Lauren Sanche said about him. In his book entitled Jeff Bezos: The World-Changing Entrepreneur, Chris McNab said that Bezos’s wealth is a “poor metric by which to measure his success.” While Jeff was 2020’s richest man in modern world history, with a net worth of $200 billion, […]

A number of employees at Amazon India broke down and cried after being let go. Amazon laid off almost 1,000 people at its India offices and plans to retrenched 17,000 workers worldwide. Photos of employees crying were posted on Grapevine, a community app for Indian professionals. According to Grapevine 75% of the staff had to […]

Elon Musk thanked advertisers for returning to Twitter after big-name companies like Apple and Amazon reportedly said they would resume advertising with the social media site. “Just a note to thank advertisers for returning to Twitter” The tweet was in the wake of a report from Platformer that Amazon would return to advertise in the […]