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Amazon is working on a secret project called 'Kiro,' a new tool that uses AI agents to streamline software coding
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Amazon revamps pay structure to favor 'consistently high-performing' employees
Amazon revamps its compensation to reward its best employees, aligning with Big Tech trends of performance prioritization and cost control.
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Tenants are being charged eviction fees even if they don't get evicted
Some are fighting back with lawsuits that argue a court needs to approve these legal and administrative charges.
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'Juice this hog': How real estate companies supersized renter fees
What started out as fees for luxury amenities morphed into a juggernaut to charge tenants extra — even for the act of paying rent.
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The FTC says company that pitched financial freedom scammed people out of $1 billion
The financial training platform said it could help subscribers make money. Some got soaked instead, the feds say.
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LlamaCon was supposed to be Meta's big AI party. All I saw was why its competitors are ahead.
Meta's LlamaCon 2025 showcased AI ambitions and gained Wall Street's praise, but developers found it lacking compared to competitors.
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Here are the top challenges for job seekers and hiring managers in Canada
A survey from Indeed highlights the need for smarter hiring.
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Microsoft CFO hypes up AI agents in an internal memo about Q3 earnings
CFO Amy Hood touted Microsoft's 50th anniversary and AI agents in an internal memo about the quarter.
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AWS preps staff for customer concerns over tariffs, data risks, and possible foreign cloud restrictions by Trump
Amazon's cloud business seems less exposed to tariffs than its e-commerce operation. And yet, AWS is advising staff on potential customer questions.
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Google Cloud executive and former ads boss Jerry Dischler says he will depart the company
Jerry Dischler, who previously steered Google's ads business, said he plans to depart the company.
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Microsoft is trying to simplify how it sells Copilot AI offerings, internal slides reveal
The software giant offers many different tools and services with the Copilot name. Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff wants to simply this.
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The CEO of this software giant explains how he stayed off DOGE's chopping block
ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott reveals how the company avoided the DOGE impact, with its US public sector business growing over 30% year-over-year.
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First, Microsoft tapped the AI data center brakes. Now analysts are worried about Amazon.
Some analysts think AWS is entering a "digestion phase" similar to Microsoft, pausing some data center deals amid signs of market moderation.
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The top companies you want on your résumé if you work in cybersecurity, according to recruiters
Business Insider spoke to six cybersecurity recruiting experts to hear which companies are considered the top names to have on your résumé.
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Fintech startup Ryft just raised $7.3 million to help marketplaces split payments. Here's its pitch deck.
The UK fintech startup says its platform helps banks and platforms split complex payments across multiple parties in real time.
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Stargate developer Crusoe could spend $3.5 billion on a Texas data center. Most of it will be tax-free.
The city of Abilene approved an 85% property tax abatement for data center developer Crusoe.
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Here's how the UK government is driving global projects while filling up the order books of UK companies
The UK's export credit agency is propelling major projects in developing economies, from solar energy in Türkiye to flood prevention in Angola, and unlocking opportunities for UK suppliers.
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Meta loses its AI research head, as billions in investments hang in the balance
Joelle Pineau will leave the company in May. Pineau's successor remains unclear.
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Meta loses two execs overseeing the company's largest markets and key advertising verticals
Two senior Meta executives, announce their departures this week, after over a decade, marking a significant leadership transition at the tech giant.
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How a focus on societal health can help drive national growth
Businesses are taking steps to empower communities and drive societal impact.
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Why Tesla is at a tipping point
Tesla has had a tumultuous few weeks, and the company is at a tipping point.
Inside Nvidia's annual developer festival, where AI meets Denny's pancakes and Taiwan-style night markets
Nvidia's packed San Jose conference starred Jensen Huang at breakfast. Merch, lines, and robots were everywhere.
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What Google bosses are telling staff about its big $32 billion Wiz deal
Top executives at Google highlight the $32 billion Wiz acquisition, the company's largest deal ever, amid a critical time for AI and cybersecurity.
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Microsoft is replacing its chief people officer as it rethinks performance reviews. Read CEO Satya Nadella's email.
The change has come after nearly 2,000 employees deemed low-performers were fired by Microsoft in January and February.
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Tech employees are getting the message: Playtime's over
The tables have turned for tech employees as performance pressure and proclamations of "efficiency" and "intensity" replace perks and pampering.
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Amazon employees are warning customers about DeepSeek privacy concerns — and pushing Amazon's own AI instead
DeepSeek's impact has rippled across Amazon product updates, sales pitches, and development efforts, according to internal documents and sources.
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Google shook up its Cloud sales strategy unit, internal memo reveals
An internal memo reveals Google Cloud's strategy overhaul, including team consolidation to increase sales productivity.
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The AI data center boom will create new jobs. Most won't be at Amazon, Microsoft, Google, or Meta.
Data centers contributed 4.7 million jobs to the US economy between 2017 and 2023, a PwC study found. Most of them aren't direct tech jobs.
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Amazon VP who oversaw flagship AI product is leaving after a big shake-up
Amazon's AI shake-up sees VP Baskar Sridharan leave, as AWS consolidates Bedrock team and forms a new Agentic AI unit
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A top Amazon tech exec emailed its CEO: Don't buy the hype about Microsoft's 'breakthrough'
Amazon executives and employees have been frustrated by Microsoft's recent quantum claims, questioning the true significance of its new chip.
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Broadcom just proved Nvidia will be looking over its shoulder for a while longer
Broadcom's custom AI chips appeal to cloud companies as a cheaper option for high-volume AI work.
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Amazon is spending $100 billion on data centers this year. Energy firm GE Vernova will help power a slice of it.
The companies have signed a strategic agreement to help power Amazon's rapidly growing fleet of data centers.
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Amazon is working on a new 'reasoning' AI model that competes with OpenAI and Anthropic
The move will put the cloud-computing giant in closer competition with OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Amazon's investments in Anthropic are now worth a cool $14 billion
Amazon initially backed Anthropic in 2023. The move has reaped huge rewards for the cloud giant.
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In the biggest market for data centers, Big Tech flashes cash and influence
A Big Tech and private equity-backed data center group donated $165,500 to Virginia lawmakers.
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Amazon makes Zoom the 'standard' app for internal meetings and starts using Microsoft 365 tools, internal memo shows
Amazon transitions to Zoom for internal meetings, replacing Chime, and begins integrating Microsoft 365 tools, according to an internal memo.
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Amazon CEO says cloud business would have grown faster if it had more AI chips, power, and server components
AWS's growth is slowed by AI chip shortages and server constraints, CEO Andy Jassy said, as the company plans significant capital investment.
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An Ohio data center plans to build a natural gas plant as the AI boom creates an electricity strain
Developers for Powerconnex have notified Ohio regulators of plans to build a 120 MW natural gas plant to power a data center next door.
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Exxon Mobil CEO says natural gas can meet surging data center demand on a faster timeline than nuclear power
Exxon Mobil is building a natural gas power plant and implementing carbon capture technology to power AI data centers.
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Microsoft's performance-based job cuts begin, termination letters show: Ousted workers lose healthcare, and some say they get no severance
The termination letters say healthcare benefits will stop immediately.
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Microsoft CEO tries to assure investors DeepSeek is good for business as scrutiny of AI spending mounts
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's model led to increased scrutiny on Microsoft's AI spending.
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Microsoft CFO tells employees in an internal memo to 'focus' amid AI news like DeepSeek and Stargate
Microsoft CFO Amy Hood had a message for Microsoft employees amid the DeepSeek and Stargate news, internal memo shows.
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Big AWS customers, including Stripe and Toyota, are hounding the cloud giant for access to DeepSeek AI models
Many Amazon cloud clients want to test and evaluate DeepSeek's AI capabilities, according to an internal AWS document obtained by BI.
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An on-site natural gas plant will help power Stargate's first data center, public filings show
Developers for Stargate, the $500B AI infrastructure project by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, will establish a natural gas plant in Abilene, Texas.
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Stargate's first data center is underway in Texas. Public filings show how much it will cost to build.
Stargate's first data center campus in Texas, a joint venture by Oracle, OpenAI, and SoftBank, could cost an estimated $1.1 billion.
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Amazon resumes new US green-card applications for foreign workers, leaked memo shows
Amazon planned to resume US green-card applications for foreign workers on January 6, a leaked memo said.
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Amazon has a new way of checking whether employees are really coming into the office five days a week
The company has told most employees to work in the office five days a week, starting in January.
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Amazon's full RTO is off to a bumpy start. Some staff complain of a lack of space and theft. And they're still on video chats.
In January, Amazon required most employees to start working from an office five days a week. The transition has not been smooth for some.
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Microsoft lays off employees in security, experiences and devices, sales, and gaming — separate from performance cuts
The layoffs are separate from cuts targeting underperforming employees across the company, a spokesperson confirmed.
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