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2,400 Amazon employees laid off in Washington as company shifts $100B toward AI

Amazon's ongoing layoffs in Washington state highlight a stark shift in priorities, with public records showing nearly 2,400 job cuts over the past year. These reductions, affecting engineers, ...
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Seattle mayor says Microsoft and Amazon have a ‘moral obligation’ to give back to the city

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has a message for his city’s tech giants: it’s time to reinvest in the community. Harrell, speaking at an event Wednesday hosted by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, said ...
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Amazon layoffs threaten Seattle’s payroll tax and holiday sales revenue

(The Center Square) – Amazon is laying off 2,303 Washington-based employees, with 1,887 in Seattle alone. It's a move projected to deal a multimillion-dollar blow to the city’s tax revenues. The e ...
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Amazon to deliver essentials, groceries in 30 minutes in parts of Seattle, Philadelphia

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amazon logo outside an Amazon warehouse in Manchester Dec 1 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Monday it is testing ultra-fast ...
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Seattle’s tech paradox: Amazon’s layoffs collide with the AI boom — or is it a bubble?

Image created by Google Gemini based on the audio of this week’s GeekWire Podcast. This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Why is Amazon laying off 14,000 people in the middle of an AI boom — and is it ...