Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 jobs, or nearly 10% of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/companies/amazon-30000-corporate-job-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #amazoncom #jobs #ai
Amazon.com said it had largely contained fallout from a widespread internet outage that caused turmoil among thousands of sites globally. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/tech/amazon-aws-outage-worldwide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #amazoncom #aws #tech #apps
Amazon's cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage, causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world and disrupting services for several popular websites and apps including Fortnite and Snapchat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/20/tech/websites-apps-dark-amazon-outage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #amazoncom #tech #cloud
The rapid data center build-out is driving sales and stock prices of companies from Caterpillar to Trane, but the digital gold rush won’t last forever. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/18/world/ai-bubble-bursting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #caterpillar #siemens #microsoft #alphabet#metaplatforms #amazoncom #xai #blackstone
If there’s any lesson to take from the AI spending plans issued by the world’s largest technology companies over the past two weeks, it’s to never underestimate the fear of missing out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/02/big-tech-ai-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #microsoft #amazoncom #meta #apple #google #ai #markets #investments #stocks
Global environmental lobby Greenpeace has added its voice to protests against this week's celebrity wedding in Venice between American technology billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist Laura Sanchez. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/greenpeace-bezos-wedding-venice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #greenpeace #italy #venice #amazoncom #jeffbezos