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Amazon's head of human resources, Beth Galetti, sent a letter to all employees this morning about the initial round of layoffs. It contains an unfortunate typo:
www.aboutamazon.com/news/company...

October 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

Letter of suggestion @MLB
Have the M’s and Blue Jays wear their 1977 expansion unis for at least one game:

October 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

iOS sure has gotten judgmental!

October 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM

Reposted by 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛.

Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

".. Sign-ups in the U.S. failed to meet last year's total and even the company's own target, according to internal company data reviewed by Reuters."

$AMZN
www.reuters.com/business/ret...

Exclusive: Amazon US Prime sign-ups slow despite expanded promotion, data shows

Amazon doubled its Prime Day discount sales to four days this year and touted blowout numbers days after the event. But by one critical metric, it missed the mark.

www.reuters.com

September 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM

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NEW: Amazon is preparing to release its first Fire tablet with Android, replacing its homegrown Fire OS — part of a project internally called Kittyhawk
www.reuters.com/business/med...

Exclusive: Amazon looks to ditch homegrown software for Android in Fire tablet revamp, sources say

Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the company's homegrown operating system.

www.reuters.com

August 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

Amazon prints a lot of the books you buy on-demand. You can tell by their cheap printer paper pages and unreviewed covers with nonsense AI generated words like “Histirical Ameclucatinc” & “Mecectiomi on Scial Anctitilotre (?)”

August 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM

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Amazon says "hundreds of thousands" have access to its new genAI-infused Alexa voice service -- so where are they?
www.reuters.com/business/med...

Weeks after Amazon's Alexa+ AI launch, a mystery: where are the users?

Alexa, where are your users?

www.reuters.com

May 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM

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Amazon removed all references to DEI in its proxy statement, which had numbered 21 in last year's report.
It scrubbed DEI as areas of expertise for two of its board directors, attorney Jamie S. Gorelick and Jonathan J. Rubinstein.
www.reuters.com/technology/a...

Amazon CEO sets out AI investment mission in annual shareholder letter

Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy on Thursday justified the company's billions of dollars in outlays for artificial intelligence development, saying the investment was necessary to remain competitive.

www.reuters.com

April 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

Kinda sums it up, doesn’t it?

April 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

I would like to learn more about what went on in this San Francisco establishment

April 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM

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🚨NEW: Amazon warehouse workers reject by 3-1 joining a union in North Carolina
www.reuters.com/business/ama...

Amazon North Carolina workers reject union, handing retailer win in labor fight

Amazon workers in North Carolina voted on Saturday against joining a union, a big win for the retail giant which has vigorously opposed organized labor at its facilities across the United States.

www.reuters.com

February 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

Union hopeful in North Carolina claims Amazon is acting "above the law" as vote counting is underway:
www.reuters.com/world/us/ama...

Amazon union hopeful in North Carolina alleges interference in election count

An upstart union in North Carolina alleged Amazon interfered with the vote counting process on Saturday at a warehouse near Raleigh.

www.reuters.com

February 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

Huh, aren’t bananas “nature’s bananas”?

February 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM

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Amazon is facing the second workers’ union vote in as many months following a successful drive at a Philadelphia Whole Foods, even as the retail giant is challenging the very existence of the NLRB. Voting begins today outside Raleigh, NC.
www.reuters.com/technology/a...

Amazon faces union vote at North Carolina warehouse

Amazon is facing its second workers’ union vote in as many months as laborers at a warehouse in suburban Raleigh, North Carolina, decide this week whether they wish to collectively bargain with the retail giant.

www.reuters.com

February 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

Is Kendrick Lamar wearing the Amazon “a” as a medallion?

February 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

Oooh, Cars is on FX right now

February 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

Amazon's long-awaited -- and delayed -- Alexa AI revamp is nigh. It's a big opportunity for Amazon...and a big risk. My story:
www.reuters.com/technology/a...

Amazon's AI revamp of Alexa assistant nears unveiling

Amazon is set to release its long-awaited - and delayed - Alexa generative artificial intelligence voice service, said three people familiar with the matter, and has scheduled a press event for later this month to preview it.

www.reuters.com

February 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

🚨Breaking

January 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

Google Maps are a reflection of local government rules/laws, geopolitical pressure and the whims of Google executives
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/g...

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates

In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.

www.cnbc.com

January 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

And just like that, there are dozens of e-books to be had on Amazon about DeepSeek — many published yesterday

January 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM

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@gregbensinger.bsky.social

As Soon As…Prime? Huh?

January 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM

Reposted by 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛.

Ken Li

@kenli729.bsky.social

In case you're wondering why TikTok not working even over a vpn -- How a TikTok ban would work and why users can't easily bypass it reuters.com/technology/h... by
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