Amazon, facing suit over use of driver tips, launches driver tipping feature

Amazon this week revealed a new way for customers to thank their delivery drivers — but those drivers could be due for an apology too.

On Wednesday, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) rolled out a feature that will give delivery drivers an additional $5 when a customer tells his or her Alexa device, “Alexa, thank my driver.”

Amazon — not the customer — will make the payment to the driver who delivered that customer’s most recent package. The feature will apply to the first million thank-you’s, and the five...

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Daily Infographic: Planned Amazon layoffs could hamper e-commerce, logistics

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Planned Amazon layoffs could hamper e-commerce, logistics

Twitter, Meta and now Amazon are engaging in mass layoffs as the tech industry contends with a massive downturn.

According to a Monday report in The New York Times, the e-commerce giant is planning the largest layoff in company history, cutting around 10,000 jobs. The cuts, people familiar with the matter told the Times, will mainly focus on the company’s devices organization, which houses the company’s struggling Alexa business.

But sources said that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is also planning major...

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Los despidos previstos de Amazon podrían dificultar el comercio electrónico y la logística 

Twitter, Meta y ahora Amazon están llevando a cabo despidos masivos en un momento en el que la industria tecnológica se enfrenta a un descenso masivo. 

Según un informe publicado el lunes en The New York Times, el gigante del comercio electrónico está planeando el mayor despido en la historia de la compañía, recortando alrededor de 10.000 puestos de trabajo. Los recortes, dijeron al Times personas familiarizadas con el asunto, se centrarán principalmente en la organización de dispositivos de la...

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