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Amazon surpasses Walmart in revenue for first time
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center in New York City on Nov. 30, 2022. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Amazon has dethroned Walmart in quarterly revenue for the first time ever. Amazon said earlier this month that it […]
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Amazon to gain creative control of James Bond franchise from Broccoli family
Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “No Time To Die.” Source: MGM Amazon is set to take creative control over the lucrative James Bond movie franchise from the Broccoli family, the company announced Thursday. The James Bond films have long been produced by Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, who inherited the control from their […]
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Etsy stock tumbles on revenue miss as company reports drop in number of goods sold
An employee walks past a quilt displaying Etsy Inc. signage at the company’s headquarters in the Brooklyn. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Etsy missed on revenue and gross merchandise sales for the fourth quarter, with the company citing “significant headwinds,” including a pullback in consumer spending. The stock slid more than 9% in morning […]
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Innovaccer launches AI agents for doctors and hospitals to address burnout
Innovaccer CEO Abhinav Shashank. Courtesy: Innovaccer As doctors and nurses face historic rates of burnout, Innovacer says artificial intelligence is here to help. The health-care data company on Monday announced a suite of AI agents that are designed to automate repetitive, “low-value” tasks for clinicians. “We just don’t have enough capacity in the health system to […]
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‘Game on’: Tech execs say DeepSeek ramps up China-U.S. competition but won’t hurt OpenAI
Tech bosses largely agree the risk DeepSeek poses to OpenAI remains limited for now. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The technological advances that Chinese artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek have displayed show the game is on when it comes to U.S.-Sino competition on AI, top tech executives told CNBC. In a series of interviews at […]
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Amazon workers reject union in vote at North Carolina warehouse
File: The Amazon distribution center in Garner, N.C. opened in August 2020. Across four floors, the warehouse covers 2 million square feet. Scott Sharpe | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Amazon workers at a facility near Raleigh, North Carolina, overwhelmingly voted against unionizing on Saturday. Of the 3,276 ballots cast, there were 2,447 votes […]
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Amazon ‘anti-union propaganda,’ employee surveillance loom over labor vote at North Carolina warehouse
Workers picket in front of an Amazon Logistic Station on December 19, 2024 in Skokie Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Italo Medelius-Marsano was a law student at North Carolina Central University in 2022, when he took a job at an Amazon warehouse near the city of Raleigh to earn some extra cash. The past […]
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A growing digital ad market is benefiting giants like Meta and smaller players like Reddit
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images The digital advertising market is doing so well that even Reddit is getting a cut of the spoils. Reddit on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue of $428 million, which was up 71% from the previous year and represents the fastest growth rate for any quarter since 2022. Although Reddit’s […]
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Zuckerberg’s rightward policy shift puts Meta staffers on edge, targets Apple
Priscilla Chan, left, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Lauren Sanchez are among guests attending Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th U.S. president in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg kicked off 2025 with an Instagram video that outlined his vision for what he […]
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TikTok returns to Apple, Google app stores
Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images TikTok returned to the Apple and Google app stores Thursday evening. The Chinese-owned social media app had been removed from the the two stores on Jan. 18, moments after TikTok’s leadership temporarily halted service in the U.S. in response to a national security law that went into effect […]
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