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Amazon's Super Bowl Gag Isn't Landing Well With Workers

Making Chris Hemsworth 'Chief Heartthrob' on company's org chart irks many amid layoffs

(Newser) - Amazon briefly added a superhero to its organizational chart, and some workers weren't amused. On Thursday, employees logging into Amazon's internal directory found Chris Hemsworth listed as "Chief Heartthrob" for Alexa devices, complete with an Amazon email, a side gig as a "bar raiser" (an internal...

Amazon Stock Drops After AI Spending Plans Unveiled

Company plans to pour $200B into capital investments including AI infrastructure

(Newser) - Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit. But shares fell 11% in after-hours trading on Thursday as investors appeared to be spooked by the Seattle-based tech company's plans to increase capital spending by...

January Layoffs Surge to Highest Level Since 2009

Layoff surge and weak hiring signal employers' pessimism about the 2026 economy

(Newser) - Challenger, Gray & Christmas says last month was the worst January for layoffs since the tail end of the Great Recession. Employers outlined plans to cut 108,435 jobs in January, according to the outplacement firm—more than double a year ago and triple December's total. It was the...

Watch Out, Amazon: Spotify to Offer Physical Books

Bookshop.org partnership will link audiobook listeners to independent bookstores

(Newser) - Spotify is about to test whether a music app can also move paper and ink. Beginning this spring, the streaming giant will let paying subscribers in the US and UK buy print books directly inside its app, in a new partnership with online retailer Bookshop.org. The move builds on...

Amazon Yanks Melania From Cinema After Marquee Joke

Movie house in suburban Portland carried the documentary, but only briefly

(Newser) - A movie theater known for its wise-cracking marquees apparently went a little too far in the eyes of Amazon. When it booked the Melania documentary about the first lady, the independent Lake Theater & Cafe in suburban Portland channeled Sun Tzu's The Art of War and put this up...

To Challenge Amazon, Walmart Bets on Trendier Home Goods
Walmart Just Got
a Lot More Chichi
Jan 31, 2026 1:52 PM CST

Walmart Just Got a Lot More Chichi

Retailer leans into more upscale offerings to draw in more affluent shoppers, take on Amazon

(Newser) - A $1,699 De'Longhi espresso machine isn't the first thing most people associate with Walmart, and that's exactly the point. The retailer is quietly reshaping its home aisle—think ocher velvet chairs, pastel air crockpots, and higher-end appliances—as it tries to pull in wealthier shoppers and...

Given 'Recent Developments,' South Africa Drops Melania

Distributor says it wasn't pressured to pull the documentary from theaters

(Newser) - A high-profile documentary about Melania Trump will no longer debut in South African cinemas this week, after the film's distributor there reversed course. Filmfinity executive Thobashan Govindarajulu said Wednesday the company had decided not to proceed with a theatrical rollout of Melania in South Africa, citing unspecified "recent...

Hours After Email Goof, Amazon Confirms Big Layoffs

Errant AWS email reveals 'Project Dawn' job cuts ahead of official notice

(Newser) - Amazon appears to have tripped over its own layoff script. On Tuesday, some Amazon Web Services staffers received an email that referenced a new round of layoffs that had occurred—a day before the company officially announced it was cutting 16,000 positions. The BBC reports the email that went...

Pulling Back From Amazon, UPS Will Cut Up to 30K Jobs

Cuts will come largely in delivery and warehouse, to cut costs, boost profits

(Newser) - United Parcel Service is getting smaller again. The package giant said on Tuesday that it expects to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs in 2026, largely in delivery and warehouse roles, as it pushes to cut costs and improve profits. That follows a far bigger reduction last year, when UPS...

Amazon Gives Up on Its Go, Fresh Stores

Most of them will close within a few days

(Newser) - Amazon says it is closing all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh locations, as the online behemoth focuses on its grocery delivery, Whole Foods Market and a new "supersized" store concept. The Seattle-based online retailer said in a blog post Tuesday that it plans to convert some of...

King Charles Has an Amazon Documentary Coming Out
Coming Soon
on Amazon:
King Charles
video
Jan 27, 2026 4:02 PM CST

Coming Soon on Amazon: King Charles

Monarch documentary stresses that 'harmony' can help save the planet

(Newser) - Can it be that, like many baby boomers, King Charles III feels misunderstood? That might sound like a strange question for a man with his own PR team and easy access to any journalist in the realm. But 16 years after he wrote a book explaining his vision for saving...

Friday a Big Test for Amazon's $75M Bet on Melania Trump

First lady's documentary opens in theaters around the US

(Newser) - One film sure to draw much attention upon its release on Friday will be Melania , a documentary about first lady Melania Trump's return to the White House. The film from Amazon MGM Studios will actually debut Thursday night at the Kennedy Center , newly rebranded as the Trump Kennedy Center,...

Blue Origin Unveils Rival to Starlink
Blue Origin Unveils
Rival to Starlink
Jan 22, 2026 10:01 AM CST

Blue Origin Unveils Rival to Starlink

TeraWave constellation targets high-speed connectivity for businesses and governments

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos is doubling down on space with thousands of internet satellites. Blue Origin on Wednesday unveiled TeraWave, a planned communications network built on 5,408 satellites that will target businesses, data centers, and government agencies. The system will use spacecraft in both low and medium Earth orbits and is...

Amazon Plans a Brick-and-Mortar Behemoth

Suburban Chicago location will combine groceries, general goods, online fulfillment

(Newser) - Amazon's next brick-and-mortar bet is anything but small: it's planning a suburban Chicago store big enough to outsize the typical Walmart—or two Targets. The company on Monday won approval to build a roughly 230,000-square-foot "big-box" site on what ABC7 describes as "a 35-acre bean...

Melissa Gilbert to Judge: 'Take Care of My Sweet Husband'

Meanwhile, actor is edited out of Amazon MGM rom-com following child sex abuse charges

(Newser) - Timothy Busfield is being excised from an upcoming Amazon MGM rom-com as a criminal case against him moves forward. The 68-year-old actor and director will be edited out from the film You Deserve Each Other after authorities in New Mexico charged him with sexually abusing a child, Variety reports.
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Amazon Distributing $1.5B to Prime Customers
Amazon Sending Refunds to
Some Prime Customers
in case you missed it
Jan 10, 2026 5:50 AM CST

Amazon Sending Refunds to Some Prime Customers

Refunds of up to $51 target millions enrolled through deceptive design

(Newser) - Amazon is about to start sending out refunds to some of its customers, courtesy of a massive federal settlement, CT Insider reports. The company is distributing $1.5 billion in refunds after the Federal Trade Commission accused it of using design tricks on its website and app to nudge people...

Amazon Is Turning Its Workers Into 'Badgers'

New dashboard tracks badge swipes to pinpoint when workers come in, how long they stay

(Newser) - Amazon's return-to-office push now comes with a new label: what kind of "badger" you are. The company has rolled out an expanded internal dashboard that lets managers track not just whether corporate employees come into the office, but also how many hours they spend there and which buildings...

'Little Angels' Are First Insects to Win Legal Rights

New ordinances in Peru protect stingless bees, key pollinators in the Amazon rainforest

(Newser) - Stingless bees in Peru's Amazon are now more than just pollinators—they're legal subjects with rights, in what advocates say is the first such protection for insects anywhere. Two municipalities, Satipo in the Junin region and Nauta in Loreto, have passed ordinances recognizing native stingless bees' rights "...

Amazon: More N. Koreans Are Trying to Wheedle Their Way In

Amazon has blocked 1.8K suspected North Korean job applicants

(Newser) - Amazon says it isn't just sifting through resumes—it's blocking alleged North Korean operatives trying to get on the payroll. In a Dec. 19 LinkedIn post , Amazon chief security officer Stephen Schmidt said the company has prevented more than 1,800 suspected workers tied to North Korea from...

Melania Will Premiere at Rebranded Kennedy Center

Brett Ratner film follows first lady in 20 days before 2025 inauguration

(Newser) - Melania Trump's new documentary has landed a splashy premiere venue: the newly rebranded Trump-Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The Brett Ratner-directed film, Melania, tracks the first lady over the 20 days before the 2025 presidential inauguration and was made with her cooperation, per the Hollywood Reporter . A trailer released...

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