Sad female worker carrying her belongings while leaving the office after being fired Isbjorn | Istock | Getty Images Layoffs have been a defining feature of the job market in 2025, with several major companies announcing thousands of job cuts driven by artificial intelligence. In fact, AI was responsible for almost 55,000 layoffs in the…
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI is in discussions with Amazon about a potential investment and an agreement to use its artificial intelligence chips, CNBC confirmed…
Amazon and Google introduced a jointly developed multi-cloud networking service on Sunday to meet growing demand for reliable connectivity, the companies said in a statement, at a time when even brief internet disruptions can cause major outages. The initiative will enable customers to establish private, high-speed links between the two companies’ computing platforms in minutes…
The busiest shopping day of the year is coming to a close. With almost every major retailer offering their best sales of the year, you’ve got only a few hours left to shop Black Friday deals. Those Ugg clogs you’ve been dreaming about? The AirPods at the top of your wishlist? The Lego set that…
Dr Werner Vogels, CTO and VP of Amazon. Despite the amplified narrative that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will make software developers obsolete, the era of the professional developer is not over. This is one of the key technology predictions by Dr Werner Vogels, CTO and VP of Amazon.com, for 2026 and beyond. Now an annual…
The most direct competitor to Starlink, Amazon.com’s Project Kuiper, has changed its name to Amazon Leo. According to a statement on Thursday, the “Leo” in the new name refers to low-Earth orbit, aligning the brand more closely with the type of service it provides to its customers. “Like most early Amazon projects, the programme needed…
Project Kuiper terminal on a rooftop. Image: Amazon Amazon is moving closer to establishing a physical footprint for its Project Kuiper satellite internet network in Africa, advertising for a new technical business development manager focused on acquiring and developing ground infrastructure sites across the continent. And it’s specifically indicated it’s looking for South African talent….
Amazon South Africa has introduced a new feature allowing customers to select a preferred delivery slot, significantly increasing convenience just ahead of the busy Black Friday and Christmas shopping periods. Read: Nvidia becomes first $5-trillion company amid AI boom “Customers in major cities can now select their preferred morning, afternoon or evening delivery slots, offering…
Following the conclusion of its corporate restructuring last week, which included waiving Microsoft’s right of first refusal to be its exclusive compute provider, OpenAI has moved quickly to diversify its cloud infrastructure. The AI giant has just finalized a new, massive multi-year partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), reportedly valued at $38 billion. Read: Nvidia…
The announcement comes less than week after Amazon laid off 14,000 people. OpenAI has signed a new deal valued at $38bn with Amazon that will allow the artificial intelligence giant to run AI workloads across Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure. The seven-year deal announced on Monday is the first big AI push for the…
