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Amazon will implement the most significant job cuts in the company’s history.
According to the New York Times, the company will lay off as many as 10,000 employees, possibly beginning this week. However, that figure could fluctuate, employees familiar with the matter anonymously told the publication.
The employees work on Amazon’s devices, including Alexa, retail, and human resources.
The news comes just around the holiday season, a significant time for Amazon, which recently released some early Black Friday deals.
Amazon isn’t the only tech company to issue layoffs. Last week, Meta announced its most extensive layoffs, citing a changing landscape. More recently, contracted Twitter employees around the world, many of which were responsible for content moderation were let go.
Seems like Monday is the best day to score deals on Anker accessories. The company has once again discounted some of its most popular chargers, cables and portable chargers, some to the tune of 50 percent.
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The Bezos-owned company published a blog post about how the Alexa personality team develops jokes and songs for the virtual assistant. I’ve likely read too many press releases over the years, but there’s just something about how random this one is that makes it a parody of itself.
The concept of the article seems to be written with the dull tone of any other fundamental PR pitch, but with jokes as the concept instead of some Amazon coding incentive. This means we get gems like this throughout, “Jokes that meet a high bar push to production,” and “a Friday afternoon joke review session.”
At first glance, this seems like a fun job, but the more I think about being stuck on the Amazon campus writing jokes for a robot, the more that ideal fills me with a fear I can’t describe.
And to top it all off, the company is even selling a joke book with 99 Alexa jokes and asks you if this blog post has improved your view of Amazon at the end of the post. If you’ve got to ask, the answer is no.
Overall, it’s just funny to think that Amazon is paying a team of engineers to”write” jokes and feed them into a machine that’s about as entertaining as a seven-year-old with a copy of 99 The Funniest Joke Book Ever!
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A few Alexa joke samples I got when I asked for jokes (not edited)
“A lot of people ask me if they’d look good with facial hair. If you mustache the question, the answer is no.”
“How many soccer players does it take to change a light bulb? I’m not sure, but it would be a lot less if they could use their hands.”
“What do you call a store that sells only bagels and donuts? Hole foods.”
(This was actually presented again)”A lot of people also me if they’d look good with facial hair. If you mustache the question, the answer is no.”
“What’s the Easter Bunny’s favourite kind of music? Hip Hop!”
“What has two wings, a tail and breaths fire? A chicken with heartburn.”
Anker has some sweet deals this morning that could be an indication of what to expect for Black Friday. Savings of up to 25 percent off chargers, portable chargers, cables and audio gear are listed below.
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The WH-1000XM5 are really comfortable and has two processors that control multiple microphones, and an auto noise cancelling optimizer that does its job by optimizing the volume based on weather conditions and environment.
The XM5s feature 30mm specially designed drivers for better sound, and four beamforming microphones calibrated to only pick up your voice. Other features include ‘350 Reality Audio,’ allowing you to be immersed into the sound, and a new 360 Spatial Sound app.
The biggest benefit is its 30 hour battery life, which you can get three hours after just three minutes of charging.
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Amazon is continuing the love and discounting products. This time around its the popular Fire TV Sticks with various models on sale by up to 50 percent off.
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