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Read More »‘It’s like on Amazon’: Illegal drugs advertised online, delivered by Canada Post
It’s like Amazon for hard drugs: cocaine, heroin and ecstasy, paid for with credit cards and e-transfers, delivered by Canada Post. For weeks, CBC Ottawa and Radio-Canada exchanged messages with nearly a dozen people who have been buying these drugs online. Eventually one came forward, offering to talk about their …
Read More »Brazil’s climate credentials tested by search for oil off Amazon coast
At the river dock in Oiapoque, a frontier city near Brazil’s northern coast, Cleidiney Ribeiro steers his river boat into the water. “Progress is coming to Oiapoque,” he says with optimism, as he motors out an hour and a half to where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean. Cleidiney Ribeiro …
Read More »Amazon cutting 14,000 corporate jobs to spend more on AI
Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere. CEO Andy Jassy, who has aggressively sought to cut costs since becoming CEO in 2021, said in June that he anticipated generative AI would reduce Amazon’s corporate workforce …
Read More »From Amazon to Lockheed Martin, these companies are helping build Trump’s contentious White House ballroom
The Democrats are promising to investigate how President Donald Trump and his administration moved ahead with a White House demolition that has proceeded at a rapid pace, as Americans have posted “RIP East Wing 1902-2025” on social media platforms. The East Wing was essentially fully gone by Thursday, after construction …
Read More »Amazon Web Services outage hits several major apps, websites
Amazon’s cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday, causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world and disrupting services for several popular websites and apps including Fortnite and Snapchat. AWS provides on-demand computing power, data storage and other digital services to companies, governments and individuals. …
Read More »Amazon launches first batch of Kuiper internet satellites to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink
Amazon’s first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit on Monday night, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX’s thousands of Starlinks. The United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carried up 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites, named after the frigid fringes of our solar …
Read More »Amazon among bidders to acquire TikTok as deadline looms for a buyer to be found
As the weekend deadline for TikTok to find a buyer approaches, bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up. Amazon and, separately, a consortium led by OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely are the latest to throw their hats into the ring for TikTok. The site faces an April 5 …
Read More »We’re back with a new in-vets-tigation; Amazon closure: CBC’s Marketplace cheat sheet
Miss something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday. How the corporatization of vet clinics is driving up prices across the country How easy is it to spot a corporate-branded vet clinic? Watch here as CBC …
Read More »Amazon is ending remote work. Its employees hope the company reconsiders
It’s back to the office full time for the majority of Amazon employees across the globe, but for some who work for the tech giant and online retailer it’s not a welcome change. “The people on my team are very upset about this,” said CJ Felli, a system development engineer at …
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