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Amazon faces $280 mn lawsuit from Vietnamese supplier for post-Covid cuts

Gilimex Inc. said it was a key partner of Amazon from 2014 to 2022, investing tens of millions of dollars in manufacturing facilities to build the steel-and-cloth storage pods

With focus on efficiency, start-ups scale back ops in major reversal

Many quick commerce firms have scaled back their dark stores (warehouses) in the past few months

Amazon Smartphone Upgrade Days sale: Know offer details, discounts and more

Started on December 10, the Amazon Smartphone Upgrade Days sale would continue until December 14

Amazon to end support for third-party Alexa skills to book doctors online

Amazon to end support for third-party healthcare Alexa skills that allow users to ask the virtual assistant for booking a doctor's appointment, accessing hospital post-discharge instructions, etc.

Snapdeal defers $152 mn IPO indefinitely citing poor market conditions

Development follows shelving of IPO plans by several notable firms such as Image Marketing (owner of wearable brand Boat), Droom Technology and PharmEasy

Blanket rule for winter: What you need to be covered for the season

The market has multitude of choices: pick a blanket that will last long and is not cumbersome

Amazon reveals anime massively multiplayer online game 'Blue Protocol'

The game is described as a multiplayer action role-playing game (RPG), which allows players to choose different roles and enjoy either the story or multiplayer mode

Amazon to bring TikTok-like feed of shoppable content 'Inspire' to its app

The new feed option will appear as a lightbulb icon in the application and will roll out to select US users this month

We are committed to India; review process is normal: Amazon India's Tiwary

In an interview with Peerzada Abrar, Tiwary said India has become the innovation hub for the company for the rest of the world. Edited excerpts

Pentagon awards $9 bn Cloud project to Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle

Ending the bitter Cloud war, the Pentagon has awarded its multi-bn dollar Cloud-computing contract to all the major players -- Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle - that can reach up to $9 bn

Amazon refreshes Kindle with better screen, extra storage: Details here

Priced at Rs 9,999, the Kindle is available at an introductory price of Rs 8,999 on Amazon India

Amazon Luna to allow users to play Ubisoft PC games they own for PC

Users can link their Ubisoft account to Luna to play owned PC games and can also purchase new ones

Amazon sees 'huge opportunity' for India grocery service: Executive

Grocery business will spread 'deep into Bharat', says e-commerce firm as it shuts down some other smaller units

Amazon may lay off up to 20,000 employees to streamline costs: Report

In the last few days, Amazon has reportedly asked the managers to identify performance problems among the employees

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says company won't take down antisemitic film

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Wednesday the company does not have plans to stop selling the antisemitic film that gained notoriety recently after Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving tweeted out an Amazon link to it. Pressure has been mounting on Amazon to discontinue sale of the film, called Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America," since Irving shared the link to the documentary with his millions of Twitter followers in October. The synopsis on Amazon says the film uncovers the true identity of the Children of Israel. At The New York Times' DealBook Summit in New York City, Jassy said it is difficult for the company to determine what content crosses the line to where Amazon doesn't make it available to customers. As a retailer of content to hundreds of millions of customers with a lot of different viewpoints, we have to allow access to those viewpoints, even if they are objectionable objectionable and they differ from our particular viewpoints, the Times quoted Jassy as saying. He s

Needed to streamline our costs: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy again defends layoffs

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has again defended massive layoffs at the company, saying, "we just felt like we needed to streamline our costs"

GeM closes in on Amazon, Flipkart in gross merchandise value

In FY22, govt's public procurement portal recorded a GMV of $14.2 bn, as against Amazon India's $17 bn and Flipkart's $23 bn

Amazon to set up 300-Mw hybrid RE project in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka

These projects are expected to generate 1,163,000 megawatt hours of clean energy, which is the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power 380,000 average-sized households in New Delhi each year

Amazon CEO says won't take down anti-semitic film Kyrie Irving promoted

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Wednesday the company does not have plans to stop selling the antisemitic film that gained notoriety recently after Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving tweeted out an Amazon link to it. Pressure has been mounting on Amazon to discontinue sale of the film, called Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America," since Irving shared the link to the documentary with his millions of Twitter followers in October. The synopsis on Amazon says the film uncovers the true identity of the Children of Israel. At The New York Times' DealBook Summit in New York City, Jassy said it is difficult for the company to determine what content crosses the line to where Amazon doesn't make it available to customers. As a retailer of content to hundreds of millions of customers with a lot of different viewpoints, we have to allow access to those viewpoints, even if they are objectionable objectionable and they differ from our particular viewpoints, the Times quoted Jassy as saying. He sa

Amazon Web Services launches 'SimSpace Weaver' computer service

The new service allows users to connect external clients to their simulations so that they can interact and view the simulations with multiple users in real-time