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Amazon resumes drone deliveries after two-month pause
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Amazon resumes drone deliveries after two-month pause

Amazon has restarted drone deliveries in two states after a months-long pause, the company confirmed. In January, Amazon halted Prime Air deliveries in College Station, Texas, and Tolleson, Arizona, the two U.S. markets where it’s testing the service, as the company rolled out a software update to its drone fleet. Amazon discovered an abnormality with […]

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Amazon’s Nova AI agent launch puts it up against rivals OpenAI, Anthropic
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Amazon’s Nova AI agent launch puts it up against rivals OpenAI, Anthropic

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, U.S., February 26, 2025.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Amazon on Monday released a new AI model that can take actions in a web browser on a user’s behalf, a move that puts it in more direct competition with OpenAI, Anthropic […]

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In Trump era, companies are rebranding DEI efforts, not giving up
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In Trump era, companies are rebranding DEI efforts, not giving up

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, attends the inauguration of a new hub in France dedicated to the artificial intelligence sector, at the Google France headquarters in Paris, France, on Feb. 15, 2024. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters After Google scrapped its diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, hiring aspirations in February, CEO Sundar Pichai […]

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Amazon MGM Studios boss Jen Salke to step down. Read the internal memo
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Amazon MGM Studios boss Jen Salke to step down. Read the internal memo

Jen Salke, the head of Amazon MGM Studios is stepping down from her role, the company confirmed. Mike Hopkins, Amazon’s head of Prime Video and MGM Studios, made the announcement in a Thursday memo to employees. Salke is exiting Amazon to move into film production, and her previous position will not be replaced, Hopkins said. […]

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AppLovin CEO urges investors to ‘dig deeper’ after short-seller report, company retains Alex Spiro
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AppLovin CEO urges investors to ‘dig deeper’ after short-seller report, company retains Alex Spiro

Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images AppLovin CEO Adam Foroughi hit back at new short-selling allegations from Muddy Waters Research after the ad-tech company’s stock suffered its steepest drop on record on Thursday. Foroughi penned a new blog post that asked investors to “dig deeper” on the allegations, saying the report’s […]

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AppLovin shares plunge 20% after third short-selling firm slams company’s ad technology
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AppLovin shares plunge 20% after third short-selling firm slams company’s ad technology

Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of AppLovin sank 20% on Thursday, their steepest drop on record, as another short-selling firm raised concerns about the company’s digital ad technology and claimed that it’s violating app store rules. AppLovin tumbled $65.92 to close at $261.70. The stock soared more than 700% last year, the […]

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Meta debuts Friends tab, Mark Zuckerberg pushes ‘throwback to OG Facebook’
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Meta debuts Friends tab, Mark Zuckerberg pushes ‘throwback to OG Facebook’

In this photo illustration, the Facebook logo is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a Meta logo on October 28, 2021 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images Meta on Thursday debuted the Facebook Friends tab, a new feature that’s part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pitch to revive the original spirit […]

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Trump says he may reduce China tariffs to help close a TikTok deal
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Trump says he may reduce China tariffs to help close a TikTok deal

Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump said he may reduce tariffs on China to facilitate a deal that would result in ByteDance selling the U.S. operations of TikTok. China “is going to have to play a role” in approving a TikTok-related divestiture, Trump said in a press conference Wednesday. “Maybe […]

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23andMe co-founder lashes out at CEO Wojcicki after bankruptcy filing, says board lacked oversight
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23andMe co-founder lashes out at CEO Wojcicki after bankruptcy filing, says board lacked oversight

A view of 23andMe headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, United States on March 25, 2025.  Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images 23andMe co-founder Linda Avey took to social media on Wednesday to express frustration about the fate of the once-thriving genetics testing company that spiraled into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. Avey helped launch […]

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Amazon Pharmacy medical chief Gupta is latest health exec to leave company
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Amazon Pharmacy medical chief Gupta is latest health exec to leave company

Vin Gupta, Chief Medical Officer at Amazon Pharmacy, speaks during Amazon’s “Delivering the Future” event at the company’s BFI1 Fulfillment Center, Robotics Research and Development Hub in Sumner, Washington on October 18, 2023.  Jason Redmond | Afp | Getty Images Amazon has lost the chief medical officer of its pharmacy division after five years at […]

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