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Amazon workers vote to strike at a UK depot for the first time | Business News
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Amazon workers at a UK depot have voted to strike for the first time. Employees at the warehouse in Coventry will walk out in the new year over what the GMB union said was a pay offer increase of 50p an hour. It comes after more than 98% of workers voted to strike on a…
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Amazon offers ‘thanks’ to drivers via Alexa – just as it’s sued over withheld tips | Science & Tech News
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Amazon is inviting customers to use Alexa to “thank my driver” for deliveries during the busy holiday period, just as the company is sued for allegedly withholding tips. To mark the milestone of 15 billion deliveries in the US since launching in 1994, the tech giant has invited its American customers to use their voice…
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Big advertisers including Amazon returning to Twitter, says report | Science & Tech News
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Amazon is planning to resume multimillion dollar advertising on Twitter, according to reports. The move will see Amazon ply about $100m (£81.3m) per year into the platform, now owned by Elon Musk, according to Reuters news agency, citing a tweet from the tech blog Platformer. The tweet by a Platformer reporter said the company’s return…
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Amazon ‘to axe 10,000 workers’ after forecasting weaker growth | Business News
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Amazon is to let go of approximately 10,000 employees as early this week, it has been reported. The jobs are to be lost in the corporate and technology parts of the company, according to The New York Times. Cuts are being made in the devices section of the company which makes the Alexa voice-assist tool;…
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Amazon unveils new Sparrow robotic arm to sort products in warehouses | Science & Tech News
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Amazon has unveiled a new robot that can handle and distinguish between millions of items in its warehouses. Named Sparrow, the large mechanical arm has been described by the company as the first system of its kind “which can detect, select, and handle individual products in our inventory”. It will join existing robotic limbs deployed…
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’14-hour days with no break and no bathroom’: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sued by his former housekeeper | US News
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A former housekeeper for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos alleges she and other employees were made to work in unsafe and unsanitary conditions – including having to climb out of a laundry room window to access a bathroom. Mercedes Wedaa is suing Mr Bezos and two companies that allegedly manage his properties in a lawsuit filed…
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Amazon faces £900m lawsuit in UK over use of ‘secretive and self-favouring algorithm’ | Business News
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Amazon is facing a $1bn (£889m) lawsuit in the UK over claims it abused its dominant position by favouring its own products. The case is being brought by consumer rights advocate Julie Hunter, and her lawyers said it centres on “a secretive and self-favouring algorithm” used by the tech giant to promote its own products…
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Apple and Amazon beat expectations but still see profits slip as inflation bites | Business News
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Tech giants Apple and Amazon saw dips in profits but still defied expectations as the US economy teeters on the edge of a recession. Apple, the world’s largest technology company, is dealing with manufacturing headaches and inflation pressures and saw its profit in the last quarter fall by 10%, while revenue was up 2%. The…
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Amazon files lawsuit against 10,000 Facebook groups designed to create fake reviews | Science & Tech News
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Amazon has filed a lawsuit against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups which attempt to orchestrate fake reviews in exchange for money or free products. The groups are set up to recruit individuals willing to post incentivised and misleading reviews on Amazon’s online stores in the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain,…