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Amazon Prime Video will soon come with ads, or a $2.99 monthly charge to dodge them
Amazon Prime Video will include advertising during shows and movies starting early next year, joining other streaming services that have added different tiers of subscriptions. Members of Amazon Prime can pay $2.99 per month in the U.S. to keep their service ad-free, the company...
2 Chainz says joint-Lil Wayne album is done, talks new 'Amazon Music Live' season
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s no secret that rap superstar 2 Chainz considers Lil Wayne an inspiration, and now that admiration for the “Tha Carter” series icon has translated into another official joint album that he says will be out before 2023 ends. “We have two videos shot,...
Amazon unveils a 'smarter and more conversational' Alexa amid AI race among tech companies
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has unveiled a slew of gadgets and an update to its popular voice assistant Alexa, infusing it with more generative AI features to better compete with other tech companies who've rolled out flashy chatbots. During a demonstration at the company's second...
Amazon plans to hire 250,000 workers for holiday season. Target says it will add nearly 100,000
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said on Tuesday that it will hire 250,000 full- and part-time workers for the holiday season, a 67% jump compared to last year. Target announced separately it will add nearly 100,000 seasonal roles during the holidays, the same number as it did last year. ...
Amazon driver in serious condition after being bitten by rattlesnake in Florida
PALM CITY, Fla. (AP) — An Amazon driver is in serious condition after being bitten by a rattlesnake while making a delivery to a Florida home, officials said Tuesday. The woman placed a box next to the home’s front door Monday evening when the eastern diamondback snake jumped out...
Amazon says its increasing pay for contracted delivery drivers
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon says it’s boosting pay for contracted drivers who deliver millions of packages to customers every day. The company announced at a conference for delivery firms this week that it will invest $440 million over the next year to increase pay rates for drivers....
Amazon to require some authors to disclose the use of AI material
NEW YORK (AP) — After months of complaints from the Authors Guild and other groups, Amazon.com has started requiring writers who want to sell books through its e-book program to tell the company in advance that their work includes artificial intelligence material. The Authors Guild...
Kroger and Albertsons sell hundreds of stores in a bid to clear merger of the 2 largest US groceries
Kroger and Albertsons will sell more than 400 stores and other assets for about $1.9 billion, seeking to clear a path for a merger with antitrust regulators reviewing a deal that would unify two of the nation's largest grocery chains. The 413 stores, along with QFC, Mariano’s and...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail. September 6, 2023. Editorial: Jim Justice suddenly cares about labor? Labor Day is one of those holidays that can sometimes go by without much thought in the collective consciousness of the country. To many, it’s more a...
EU targets Apple, Amazon, Meta and other Big Tech in next phase of digital crackdown
LONDON (AP) — Six Big Tech companies including Amazon, Apple and Microsoft faced fresh pressure Wednesday from the European Union, which moved to counter their digital dominance with far-reaching rules aimed at giving users more choices and making competition fairer. Google parent...
