Employees

Amazon is laying off 16,000 employees as AI battle intensifies

New York — Amazon is laying off 16,000 employees, the company’s second round of large-scale job reductions in three months as it fights to improve its standing in the battle for AI supremacy. In a blog post Wednesday, the company said it needed to reduce red tape to increase its decision-making speed. “We’ve been working …

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Egypt Independent January 29, 2026

Two Microsoft employees fired for pro-Palestine sit-in

Two Microsoft employees fired for pro-Palestine sit-in Two Microsoft employees were fired on Wednesday after taking part in a sit-in

Middle East Eye August 29, 2025

‘You never want to leave:’ TikTok employees raise concerns about the app’s impact on teens in newly unsealed video

New York — Current and former TikTok employees have raised concerns internally about how the app’s popular algorithm could hurt young users’ mental health, a newly unsealed video presented as evidence in a North Carolina lawsuit against the company shows. The comments stand in contrast to repeated public statements by the company that it believes …

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Egypt Independent August 21, 2025

Amazon says it will reduce its workforce as AI replaces human employees

Amazon is warning its employees that artificial intelligence will help the company have a smaller workforce in the future. In a blog post Tuesday that was sent out earlier to employees, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that efficiency gains from AI would allow the company to eventually have a reduced human workforce. “As we roll …

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Egypt Independent June 19, 2025