Spotify expected to lay off staff this week
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More cost cutting

Spotify is planning to announce layoffs this week, according to a new report by Bloomberg as a way for the company to cut costs.

Amazon --  a dangerous place to work claims watchdog
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Health and Safety, Amazon has heard about it

Amazon is in trouble with the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, which claims the company violated safety laws and failed to keep workers in three warehouses safe.

Film yourself opening Amazon packages
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iPhone buyer got dog food instead

Consumers are being warned to film themselves opening Amazon deliveries after a Salisbury man's £1,300 iPhone was switched for a packet of dog food.

16 TB SSDs for $100 too good to be true
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Yeah, it is too good to be true

Amazon has been having problems with partners who insist on “supplying” well reviewed 16 TB SSDs on its site for just $100.

Amazon employees claim they were told to "work around" dead employee
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He is not getting better, get back to work

Amazon employees at a Colorado fulfillment centre claim they were told to “walk over a dead body” after a co-worker suffered a fatal heart attack.

Amazon increases job cuts
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It is what Musk would do 

Big Tech seems to be singing from the same hymn sheet when it comes to the coming downturn -- the only solution is to fire staff.

Axeman arrives at Intel
Published in News
09 December 2022

Axeman arrives at Intel


Couple of hundred employees set to lose their jobs next month

A couple of hundred Intel employees are about to be thrown out into the cold and the snow while manufacturing employees worldwide being offered unpaid leave.

Amazon fake GPU saga
Published in Graphics
08 December 2022

Amazon fake GPU saga


Canadian bought Zotac GeForce RTX 3060 Ti made of putty

Amazon and a Canadian customer fought over a refund for a $690 graphics card earlier this year after the online retailer sent him a card made of putty.

Pentagon surrenders and divides cloud project among four big tech outfits
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Saves on court cases later 

The Pentagon is divvying up $9 billion in cloud contracts between Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon, presumably to avoid one of the megatech companies getting offended and suing.

Amazon wants to put its cloud into space
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Don't have to worry about boundaries 

Amazon is thinking about shoving some of its cloud into space.