Amazon will likely eliminate around 14,000 corporate jobs by early next year as part of ongoing efforts to reduce costs, according to a note Morgan Stanley sent to clients that Slashdot has reviewed. Brian Nowak of Morgan Stanley estimated Amazon could cut approximately 13,800 manager positions by the end of Read more…
The companies behind the streaming industry, including smart TV and streaming stick manufacturers and streaming service providers, have developed a “surveillance system” that has “long undermined privacy and consumer protection,” according to a report from the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) published today and sent to the Federal Trade Commission Read more…
800,000 tons of rock have been excavated from a South Dakota research facility — part of a multi-year process “to help answer some of physics’ biggest questions,” writes America’s Energy Department. “The caverns they excavated will hold a massive particle detector and accompanying equipment.” Along with partners from more than Read more…
Amazon launched “cashierless checkout” stores In 2018 but by 2020 it was licensing the “Just Walk Out” technology to other stores in airports, hospitals, and stadiums. In April, Amazon announced it was removing cashierless checkout from its U.S. Fresh stores and Whole Foods locations… In place of Just Walk Out, Read more…
In the initial sales pitch to Hezbollah two years ago, the new line of Apollo pagers seemed precisely suited to the needs of a militia group with a sprawling network of fighters and a hard-earned reputation for paranoia… Best of all, there was no risk that the pagers could ever Read more…
China Telecom, one of the largest wireless carriers in mainland China, says that it has developed two large language models (LLMs) relying solely on domestically manufactured AI chips. If the information is accurate, this is a crucial milestone in China’s attempt at becoming independent of other countries for its semiconductor Read more…
The detailed photographs all surfaced in search results produced by the systems of DRN Data, a license-plate-recognition (LPR) company owned by Motorola Solutions. The LPR system can be used by private investigators, repossession agents, and insurance companies; a related Motorola business, called Vigilant, gives cops access to the same LPR Read more…