Amazon’s management on Wednesday said that it expects that artificial intelligence (AI) software will reduce the number of office workers at the world’s largest online retailer. “We will need fewer people doing some of the jobs that are being done today, and more people doing other types of jobs,” Amazon …
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A former assistant brain surgeon earning a six-figure salary has disclosed why she left the operating theatre for a job at an Amazon warehouse. Helen Xu, 31, from Brisbane’s south, began her medical career in 2018, working as an assistant surgeon at a hospital in Queensland, reports Daily Mail on …
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Amazon workers are staging the first-ever UK strike on Wednesday against the online giant in a protest over pay. The BBC reports that around 300 staff walked out of Amazon’s Coventry warehouse, the GMB union, over what they called a “derisory” 5% pay rise to £10.50 an hour. Workers told …
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Amazon announced Wednesday it will cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing “the uncertain economy” and the fact the online retail giant had “hired rapidly” during the pandemic. “Between the reductions we made in November and the ones we’re sharing today, we plan to eliminate just over 18,000 …
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The federal government says non-resident companies (NRC) are mandated to remit 6% of turnover from digital services provided to Nigerian customers. An NRC is a company not registered or incorporated in Nigeria but makes profits or income from Nigeria. They include Amazon, AliExpress, Twitter, Zoom Inc. and others. Zainab Ahmed, …
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US internet giant Google on Tuesday challenged heavyweight rivals including Apple and Amazon with an array of new gadgets aimed at digital lifestyles. Coming products to watch for: – Smartphone ‘Made by Google’ – Pixel is the first smartphone designed by Google, with the Silicon Valley powerhouse dictating the hardware, …
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Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos lost $6 billion in one day after his company’s share price fell 11 percent. Well this didn’t make him broke, it only made him Fifth richest man in the world with $49.2 billion even though he slipped from fourth place to fifth on Forbes’s rich list. …
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Before lining up at a retail store or firing up your computer for Black Friday bargains this today, ask yourself one question: Have you ever scored a great deal from the annual post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza? If you were hard-pressed to think of something, you would not be alone. Black Friday, which has …
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