Amazon is laying off 14,000 corporate employees. The company said it's cutting roles to help make the company leaner and less bureaucratic, while it looks to invest in generative artificial intelligence. The layoffs are expected to ultimately be the ...

Amazon is laying off another 16,000 corporate employees globally, the company confirmed Wednesday morning, the second phase in a restructuring that now totals 30,000 positions — adding up to the largest workforce reduction in the company’s history.

Amazon will double down on the Whole Foods brand, killing two of its own physical retail experiments in the process. The online retail giant said Tuesday that it will close all of its Amazon Go convenience stores and Amazon Fresh brick-and-mortar grocery ...

Amazon moved to buy satellite communications company Globalstar for $10.8 billion on Tuesday in order to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink service. The announcement demonstrates how the technology company is committed to increasing its footprint in space,

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has been pushing to reduce bureaucracy across the company. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon confirmed Tuesday that it is cutting about 14,000 corporate jobs, citing a need to reduce bureaucracy and become more efficient in the ...

SEATTLE — Even as Amazon reports record earnings, the company is eliminating thousands of positions. Wednesday, the company announced it was laying off 16,000 corporate employees to streamline operations and free up money for investments into artificial ...

Amazon is laying off about 16,000 corporate workers in its latest push to reduce bureaucracy. It marks the second round of mass job cuts at the company since last October. A day earlier, some employees in Amazon's cloud unit received an email sent in an ...

When Amazon announced this week that it’s shutting down Amazon Go, its 8-year-old chain of cashierless convenience stores, the news did not come as a shocker. Almost two years ago, the company shuttered all its Go stores in San Francisco, along with some ...

Amazon has today announced it is merging with satellite internet provider Globalstar Inc. to bolster Leo, its Starlink rival. Globalstar isn’t a household name but you do know its work, as it provides Apple’s emergency satellite connectivity for compatible iPhones and Watches.

Amazon.com is facing a new labor challenge, this time from small-business owners who run the company’s package-delivery network. A group calling itself DSPs for Equitable and Fair Treatment, or Deft, went public on Black Friday, saying its goal is to ...

Amazon is buying the company that makes your iPhone's satellite features work. The acquisition puts Amazon at the center of Apple's satellite features and sets the stage for a future where "no service" is a thing of the past.