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FedEx and UPS in freefall, double digit losses in a single session… Bezos building a moat around the entire planet’s shipping… The legacy players looking like ghosts, old models dying in real time… The death of the middleman, one prime truck at a time. Investors dumping transport like it’s a toxic asset. Monopoly power has …
NYC is pushing a bill called the Delivery Protection Act that would basically kill Amazons cheap free delivery model. It forces Amazon to hire all their last mile delivery drivers and warehouse workers directly instead of using contractors. That means way higher costs for Amazon so free or fast delivery could disappear or get a …
Key takeaways Amazon Florida Closure: Amazon plans to temporarily close its Homestead warehouse, laying off about 616 employees from July to September for renovations, with relocation bonuses offered. Facility expected to reopen in 2028 with ~1,000 employees. Tech Sector Cuts: Other major tech companies are also reducing staff due to AI-driven efficiency and restructuring: – …
APRIL 29TH IS A BIG DAY. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, & Meta all have earnings…on the same day. The last time that happened? October 29th, 2020. So the question is…if you had to listen to only one earnings since all of them conflict, which one? For me, it's $META. pic.twitter.com/4Odg52UJz4 — amit (@amitisinvesting) April 21, 2026 …
Amazon is committed to the burning of your fine oak doors https://t.co/uWY6OtfSV6 — Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) April 20, 2026 Our statement on Amazon's suppression of The Camp of the Saints in the United States: pic.twitter.com/JDTE5i4XbH — Vauban Books (@VaubanBooks) April 20, 2026 UPDATE: Amazon has now reportedly removed the hardcover as well https://t.co/Ar7waPKNNE — Jack …
Foreclosure surge sweeps America: 118,000 homes at risk as families buckle under financial strain A fresh wave of foreclosures is sweeping across the United States, with more than 118,000 homes caught up in the crisis in just the first three months of 2026. It is a grim omen – with echoes of the run up …
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a wave of recalls affecting a wide range of consumer products sold on Amazon, citing risks that include choking, poisoning, entrapment, fire, and burn hazards, and urging customers to “stop using them immediately.” The recalls, issued in early April 2026, span toys, household goods, personal care …
Iran just hit an Oracle data center in Dubai and people are still talking about this like it’s a normal retaliation cycle. That doesn’t line up. The IRGC attack on Oracle’s data center in Dubai is not some symbolic target. That is core infrastructure sitting in one of the most important hubs in the region. …
MICROSOFT ABOUT TO SUE OPENAI & AMAZON >be microsoft >invest $1B in openai >gets exclusive azure cloud deal >invest another $10B+ >gets rights to 49% of profits +IP >Azure goes brrrrrr >Altman lies to board, quietly launches ChatGPT >board fires him for being a lying manipulative snake >Satya goes to war for Altman. saves his …
A mother has removed all Amazon Alexa devices from her Texas home after the AI assistant asked her four-year-old daughter what she was wearing. Christy Hosterman, 32, was using the device to help with a dinner recipe last month when her daughter Stella asked it to tell her a silly story, a feature on the …
This is so much worse than you think. > Amazon laid off 30,000 engineers. Then told the ones who survived that their bonuses depend on how much they use AI to write code. So engineers started using AI to push changes faster, because their paycheck literally depends on it. > And then the site went …
Amazon down, orders prices down Amazon prime down Amazon web services down https://downdetector.com/status/amazon/ Data Center Hunter: Iran Expands Drone Target List, From AWS To Microsoft Facilities https://t.co/nyf42P4POa — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 5, 2026 Iranian state-affiliated media says the IRGC has targeted Microsoft data centers in the Gulf region with kamikaze drones, days after IRGC drone …
You really shouldn’t give AI free rein to do anything it wants on your system. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reportedly suffered from a couple of outages due to misbehaving AI agents. According to the Financial Times, the most recent interruption happened in December last year, when its Koiro AI coding tool decided to erase …
Tech layoffs aren’t really about AI. From the inside, the warning signs were there long before ChatGPT. I spent seven years at Amazon, including five as a senior manager. I watched the company slowly change in ways most people outside never see. This video isn’t a rant. It’s a personal, insider view of how big …
Wow, why is Buffett & team selling out of these massive names? https://t.co/oWLHPOhKzx — Jon Brooks (@jonbrooks) February 17, 2026 ‼️The largest US stock buyer since 2009 is STEPPING BACK: Combined buybacks by Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle fell to $12.6 billion in Q4 2025, the lowest in 7 YEARS. This marks the 3rd …
Amazon shares sunk more than 9% on Friday after the company’s hefty spending forecast surprised investors who were already wary that the artificial intelligence boom is at risk of becoming a bubble. The e-commerce company on Thursday was the latest tech giant to announce plans for a massive increase in capital expenditures, after Google parent …
ADP National Employment Report And What the Headline Misses About Today’s Labor Market ADP says private employers added 41,000 jobs in December, framing it as a rebound. But when you slow down and look at where those jobs came from, the picture changes. Nearly all of the net… pic.twitter.com/D1zs99G6CR — EndGame Macro (@onechancefreedm) January 27, …
Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs The e-commerce giant has been cutting costs while pouring resources into building data centers to compete in the race to dominate artificial intelligence. Though business has been booming, Amazon said on Wednesday that it was laying off 16,000 more corporate employees as it looked to …
Washington Post journalists have begged the newspaper’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos to spare their jobs – while his wife Lauren Sanchez flaunted expensive couture outfits at Paris Fashion Week. Up to 300 Post staffers are set to be affected by job cuts as CEO Will Lewis transforms the paper and reverse millons of dollars in …
BREAKING: Amazon is planning a second round of job cuts next week as part of its broader goal of trimming some 30,000 corporate workers, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters https://t.co/ruqu8iV0DX pic.twitter.com/kcEtrCR9Xt — Reuters (@Reuters) January 22, 2026 ⚡️The system is eating itself. When Amazon, UPS, Intel, and others start cutting this deep …
Amazon is planning a second round of job cuts next week as part of its broader goal of trimming about 30,000 corporate workers, according to two people familiar with the matter. The company in October cut about 14,000 white-collar jobs, about half of the 30,000 target first reported by Reuters. The total this time is …
As Americans’ wallets start to feel the weight of tariffs, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the bill is soon coming due. “You start to see some of the tariffs creep into some of the prices,” Jassy said in an interview with CNBC at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. “Some sellers are deciding …
Amazon, $AMZN, AWS CEO says replacing young employees with AI is "one of the dumbest ideas," and bad for business: "At some point, the whole thing explodes on itself." — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) December 30, 2025 Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI: byu/TonyLiberty inFluentInFinance
Morgan Stanley: “We note that battery storage could experience significantly greater demand than we currently forecast stemming from the data center opportunity. DC developers have increasingly expressed a desire to use BESS in a variety of applications from backup, load following to getting online with the grid quicker. In its most recent earnings call, FLNC …
A Los Angeles County pet owner is desperately searching for her cat after an Amazon delivery driver was seen on surveillance video carrying the animal away last week. In the video, posted to Facebook and shared with KTLA, a person wearing an Amazon vest places a package on the front porch of the home in Lakewood before …
JUST IN: Amazon launches its new Trainium3 AI chip to rival Nvidia and Google, and says it’s more "cost effective" than Nvidia's. The Trainium3 chip has up to 4.4× higher performance and 4× more memory bandwidth. byu/TonyLiberty inFluentInFinance Amazon stock surged after the tech giant unveiled its new in-house AI chip, Trainium3. The company claims …
Black Friday is almost here, and as shoppers gear up for one of the biggest retail events of the year, companies are issuing warnings as concerns over cybercriminals rise. This includes online retail giant Amazon, which has shared advice to over 300 million active users ahead of the sales that cybercriminals may try to access …
This news is totally insane CEOs of Walmart and Amazon want Americans to receive stimulus again. They want it so bad! h/t @LockedUpLarry
