Washington State Residents Pressed 2 for Spanish. The Bot Spoke Spanish-Accented English Instead

Apparently for some months, if you called the Washington state version of the DMV, known as the Department of Licensing (DOL) ...
Yahoo Finance

Amazon stock sinks after company touts $200 billion AI spending plans, offers cautious profit outlook

Cloud giant Amazon (AMZN) reported its fourth quarter results after the bell on Thursday as a miss on its Q1 operating income estimate and a massive expansion in capital expenditures for 2026 sent ...
Business Insider

Amazon earnings recap: Stock plunges as capex-spending plans blow away estimates

Amazon earnings are in, and it's not looking good for the stock. Investors were focused on the company's capex-spending forecast of $200 billion for the year, which came in well above the average ...
International Business Times

Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go Store Closures: Full List of Locations Shutting Across the US

Amazon moves away from tech-driven grocery formats towards more traditional supermarket stores. For years, Amazon invested heavily in new grocery formats aimed at transforming in-person shopping. The ...
NBC News

Amazon slashes another 16,000 jobs across the company

Amazon said Wednesday it was slashing another 16,000 jobs across the company in an ongoing bid to restructure the sprawling trillion-dollar firm. "The reductions we are making today will impact ...
NJ.com

Say goodbye to these Amazon stores, company phasing out 72 locations this year

Amazon is shutting down all 72 of its Amazon-branded grocery stores, including Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go. According to the company, it will convert some of those locations into Whole Foods ...
GeekWire

Amazon is ending its palm ID system for retail, Amazon One, as it closes physical stores

Entering an Amazon Go store in Seattle in 2020 by scanning a palm with Amazon One technology. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon is discontinuing its Amazon One palm recognition ID system for ...
kcra.com

Amazon to close Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores, including Sacramento area locations

AMAZON IS CLOSING ITS BRANDED BRICK AND MORTAR GROCERY STORES. ABOUT 70 OF AMAZON GO AND AMAZON FRESH LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. WILL CLOSE, INCLUDING THREE LOCAL STORES IN ROSEVILLE, CITRUS HEIGHTS AND ...
The New York Times

Amazon to Cut 16,000 Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs

The e-commerce giant has been cutting costs while pouring resources into building data centers to compete in the race to dominate artificial intelligence. By Karen Weise Reporting from Seattle Though ...
NBC Chicago

More than a dozen Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores to close in Illinois

More than a dozen grocery stores across Illinois will soon close as Amazon shutters all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh locations. The online retailer said Tuesday in a blog post that it plans to ...
The Verge

Amazon shutters all of its physical Go and Fresh stores

The closures are part of a move to double down on expanding Whole Foods Market. The closures are part of a move to double down on expanding Whole Foods Market. is a news writer covering all things ...