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Amazon is shutting down Amazon One, its biometric palm-scan system
- Amazon said it is discontinuing Amazon One, its , across all retail businesses. Users will be able to continue to use Amazon One at supported retail locations until June 3, though some locations may phase the services out before this date. The services will remain available to patients for check-in at healthcare locations until further notice. Amazon One enables users to use their palms for actions such as paying ...

Source: businessinsider.com
US   BUSINESS  
Amazon laying off about 16,000 corporate workers in latest anti-bureaucracy push
- Amazon is laying off about 16,000 corporate workers in its latest push to reduce bureaucracy. It marks the second round of mass job cuts at the company since last October. A day earlier, some employees in Amazon's cloud unit received an email sent in an apparent error acknowledging "organizational changes" at the company. In this article Amazon said Wednesday it plans to eliminate about 16,000 corporate jobs, ...

Source: cnbc.com
US   BUSINESS   MARKETS  
Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots
- On Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Elon Musk said the company is ending production of its Model S and X vehicles. "It's time to basically bring the Model S and X programs to an end with an honorable discharge," Musk said. Tesla beat estimates for the quarter but still wrapped up its first annual sales decline on record. In this article A Model X is on display at a Tesla showroom on February 13, 2021 in ...

Source: cnbc.com
BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
Your Google Chrome browser just got a useful autopilot feature - here's how it works
- Google's new Auto Browse feature aims to handle your digital chores by taking actions on your behalf. Follow ZDNET:  Add us as a preferred source  on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Auto Browse launches January 28th for AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers.   Google just announced several updates to its Chrome browser, centered on -- you guessed it -- AI . With Gemini 3, its latest model, the updates aim to ...

Source: zdnet.com
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Unlike Amazon, Pinterest is making this move because of AI
- By It may be on a delay for some of us, but the AI jobs destruction apocalypse is hitting the tech industry hard. Of the 244,851 global layoffs in 2025, nearly 70,000 , or about 30%, were AI-related, according to Digital Journal , citing information from forex broker data firm RationalFX. But despite what many headlines say about recent layoffs, artificial intelligence isn't to blame for every job loss. Amazon, ...

Source: miamiherald.com