Ford turns to Amazon to give used cars sales a boost

A year ago, e-commerce giant Amazon launched its new online car sales business HyundaiNow, Ford is joining forces with a certified used car twist, ford announced On Monday, customers will be able to shop, finance and purchase certified pre-owned Ford vehicles amazon autoThe partnership still keeps the dealerships – a major revenue driver for Ford…

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Why ThredUp and the secondhand retail market is booming in the U.S.

At ThredUp‘s 600,000-square-foot warehouse in Suwanee, Georgia, roughly 40,000 pieces of used clothing are processed each day. The company’s logistics network — four facilities across the U.S. — now rivals that of some fast-fashion giants. “This is the largest garment-on-hanger system in the world,” said Justin Pina, ThredUp’s senior director of operations. “We can hold…

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Big Tech and the AI investment boom in underwater cables

Over 95% of international data and voice call traffic travels through nearly a million miles of underwater communication cables. These cables carry government communications, financial transactions, email, video calls and streaming around the world. The first commercial telecommunication subsea cable was used for telegraphs and was laid across the English Channel between Dover, England and…

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OpenAI and Amazon ink $38B cloud computing deal  

OpenAI has not finished securing the AI ​​infrastructure needed to rapidly scale agentive workloads. ChatGPT-maker said on Monday that it has reached Deal with Amazon Purchasing $38 billion in cloud computing services over the next seven years. OpenAI said it will begin using AWS compute immediately, with the goal of deploying all capacity before the…

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Amazon reportedly plans to cut around 30,000 corporate jobs

Amazon could make the biggest job cuts at the company since 2023. As reported reuters People familiar with the matter said on Monday that up to 30,000 corporate positions could be eliminated starting Tuesday. The job cuts are expected to impact various sectors including human resources, equipment and services, operations and others. Amazon employs approximately…

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Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police

Amazon’s surveillance camera maker Ring announced partnership on Thursday clusterMaker of AI-powered surveillance cameras that share footage with law enforcement. Now, agencies using Flock can request users to ring share footage For assistance in “evidence collection and investigation work”. Swarm cameras work by scanning license plates and other identifying information about the cars they see….

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