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Woke Pixar Animation Studios of Walt Disney to cut 20% of its workforce

January 16, 2024 -

Pixar, renowned for its iconic cinematic franchises such as "Toy Story," "The Incredibles" and "Finding Nemo," faced a slow start with the release of its movie "Elemental" in 2023. Disney, as a whole, has faced criticism for its flop cinematic releases, including "Elemental" (which featured gender fluidity), "Strange World" (centered on a gay love story between two young boys) and "Wish." The company has been accused of abandoning its traditional storytelling over preying on ...

Hollywood studios go on hiring sprees for AI specialists amid ongoing actors’ and writers’ strike

August 02, 2023 -

Major entertainment companies like Disney, Netflix, Amazon, Apple and Sony are on hiring sprees for artificial intelligence specialist jobs as the labor disputes with Hollywood writers and actors continue.

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strikes, which began due to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) refusing to agree on a variety of demands, ...

LIKE CLOCKWORK: Hollywood studios led by Lionsgate re-implement forced masking, daily testing for second round of COVID TYRANNY

August 24, 2023 -

The first Hollywood studio to do so this time around, Lionsgate is leading the charge in requiring all in-office employees at its Santa Monica headquarters to wear a face mask at all times while inside the building, except when alone in an enclosed office or large open workspace, effective immediately.

These same employees will also now be required to shove a large cotton swab laced with who-knows-what up their nasal cavity in "test" for Fauci Flu germs that might be ...

Amazon selling hidden SPY CAMERAS disguised as home accessories

December 19, 2023 -

Several reports have revealed that what seems like home decor could have spy cameras concealed in them. Some recording devices have been built into common items like clothes hooks, which you normally wouldn't worry about since it's just something to hang your clothes or towels on.Amazon offers different home decor items with hidden cameras

Searching on the Amazon website brings up different variations of hidden cameras built into clothes hooks, with many of the products ...

Amazon begins testing drone delivery of medications in Texas

October 24, 2023 -

The company announced on Wednesday, Oct. 18 in a blog post that customers in the small city of College Station, Texas will be eligible to get their prescriptions delivered by a drone within an hour of placing their order. (Related: Amazon to begin testing Digit – a six-foot-tall humanoid robot that might end up REPLACING human warehouse workers.)

Amazon Pharmacy is a full-service pharmacy Amazon launched in 2020 following its acquisition of the pharmaceutical startup ...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos invests $1 billion to DESTROY FARMING

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This investment came in the form of the Bezos Earth Fund's (BEF) $1 billion commitment to "food transformation." BEF Vice Chair Lauren Sanchez, also the tech bigwig's current partner, announced an initial $60 million commitment to establish Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein (BCSPs) as part of the bigger endowment.

She announced this endeavor during the second day of the Aspen Ideas Climate Conference, held from March 11 to 13 in Miami. Sanchez's 10-minute speech on March ...

Amazon prepares army of 750,000 ROBOTS to eliminate HUMAN workers

October 30, 2023 -

In a blog post on Oct. 18, Amazon revealed that its robotics team has begun testing "Digit," a bipedal robot that has started carrying around and stacking boxes at a site south of Seattle.

The company explained that Digit "can move, grasp, and handle items in spaces and corners of warehouses in novel ways." Additionally, the robot's size and shape are suited for buildings that are designed for humans, with Amazon saying that "there is a big opportunity to scale a mobile ...

Amazon’s popular livestreaming platform Twitch to cut 35% of workforce due to financial concerns and mounting losses

January 16, 2024 -

The livestreaming platform, which supports a staggering 1.8 billion hours of live video content per month, has intensified its focus on advertising in recent years. However, nine years after Amazon's acquisition, the platform remains unprofitable.

In a blog post by CEO Dan Clancy on Jan. 10, he acknowledged the "difficult decision" to resize the company. The announcement follows the withdrawal of the company from the South Korean market in December due to high network ...

Amazon delivery drivers stage first-ever WALKOUT as part of strike

June 16, 2023 -

According to reports, the 84 employees currently on strike have held picket lines before. The drivers who work for the Palmdale, California-based Amazon delivery service partner (DSP) Battle-Tested Strategies LLC unionized with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in late April. They have negotiated and ratified a contract with Battle-Tested Strategies, which voluntarily recognized their union.

The drivers, joined by delivery dispatchers, walked out of their delivery ...

Amazon workers in Seattle planning PROTEST against layoffs, return to office orders

May 30, 2023 -

ABC News reported that the protest is planned for May 31, two days after Memorial Day and a week after the tech giant's annual meeting. Plans for the lunchtime walkout were drafted after an RTO mandate requiring employees to show up three days per week. However, the outlet added that the protest is "contingent on at least 1,000 Amazon employees from the company's Seattle headquarters agreeing to participate."

According to the report, more than 20,000 workers have signed ...

ORWELLIAN: Amazon CENSORED books critical of COVID-19 injection at Biden admin’s behest

February 07, 2024 -

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government (House WFG Subcommmittee), disclosed this in a thread on the X platform. His committee had reportedly discovered this censorship effort following the release of emails subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee (HJC), which Jordan also chairs.

"Never-before-released internal emails subpoenaed by [the HJC] reveal that the Biden White House pressured Amazon to ...

FTC sues Amazon for illegal conduct and a long list of monopolistic practices

September 27, 2023 -

The FTC is asking the court to consider forcing the online retailing giant to sell some of its assets as the federal government accuses Amazon and other Big Tech companies of monopolizing the most lucrative parts of the internet. (Related: Senators call for FTC investigation into Google over YouTube ads that violate children's privacy.)

Amazon, a company started by Jeff Bezos in 1994 with the help of a nearly $250,000 loan from his parents, is now worth around $1.3 ...

Starbucks teams up with Amazon to launch BIOMETRIC payment system in certain locations

May 17, 2023 -

According to Reclaim the Net, the program will be launched in selected Starbucks stores in the city of Edmonds in Washington state. The pilot of the Amazon One system will serve as a bellwether to determine whether older people will embrace the new technology.

As of writing, the use of the biometric payment system at Starbucks locations remains voluntary and other payment options are still available. But reception of Amazon One has been mixed so far, with attendants reporting ...

END OF THE ROAD: Digital freight startup founded by ex-Amazon execs suspends operations

October 23, 2023 -

Despite raising an impressive $260 million in a funding round just last year, which valued the company at a significant $3.8 billion, Convoy has been grappling with the impacts of a dwindling demand in the freight industry over the past year.

This has prompted the company to explore alternative paths, potentially including the sale of its cutting-edge technology.

In an email sent to its employees on a Wednesday, Convoy conveyed its decision to halt the acceptance ...

Biden regime told Amazon to CENSOR books critical of COVID jabs, government weaponization committee finds

February 16, 2024 -

Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Oh.) relayed the findings on X, explaining that "never-before-released internal emails subpoenaed by [the judiciary committee] reveal that the Biden White House pressured Amazon to censor books that expressed views the White House did not approve of."

On March 2, 2021, Slavitt "fired off an email demanding to know who he and his White House colleagues could talk to at the company about 'the high levels of propaganda and misinformation and disinformation ...

Amazon shuts down man’s “smart” home after automated doorbell allegedly committed an act of “racism”

June 16, 2023 -

The Amazon Ring doorbell device locked Jackson out of his own home after the Amazon device, and possibly several others, caught him saying something that the company found to be "offensive" and "politically incorrect." Jackson wrote the following in a piece for Medium:

"On Wednesday, May 31, 2023, I finally regained access to my Amazon account after an unexpected and unwarranted lockout that lasted nearly a week, from Thursday, May 25. This wasn't just a simple inconvenience, ...

Amazon workers across Europe staged a WALKOUT on Black Friday to protest measly pay, working conditions

November 29, 2023 -

The "Make Amazon Pay Day" initiative – a campaign coordinated by the UNI Global Union – made the call for strikes from Black Friday. Industrial action was planned in more than 30 countries, including the U.S., on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday – when many retailers slash their prices to boost sales until Monday. (Related: Amazon becomes first company ever to lose $1 trillion in market value.)

"There will also be protests in Australia, Brazil, India, etc. We ...

New Amazon CEO faces FTC lawsuit over alleged anti-competitive practices under his predecessor Jeff Bezos

October 04, 2023 -

The FTC formally filed the complaint on Sept. 26 following a four-year probe on the e-commerce giant. It accused Amazon of penalizing sellers who offer lower prices on other platforms, altering search results to favor paid ads, and promoting its own brands over others. Moreover, the company used its position to raise prices, overcharge third-party sellers, and suppress competition.

While the FTC's investigation was initiated during Bezos' tenure, Jassy is now in the ...

Amazon-owned Ring agrees to multimillion settlement with FTC over privacy violations – including SPYING ON CHILDREN

June 05, 2023 -

In a May 31 statement, the FTC said Amazon agreed to settle out of court to avoid being charged by the federal government. The amount involved in the settlement will be used for consumer refunds, it also noted.

A separate report pointed out that the e-commerce giant would be shelling out a total of $30.8 million to settle with the FTC. The additional $25 million was in relation to its Alexa voice assistant storing children's voices and location data, violating child privacy ...

Israeli spy chief BLOWS HIS COVER after authoring a book published on Amazon about AI-driven warfare

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Unit 8200 is the Israeli Defense Forces' (IDF) top military intelligence unit. Who commands it is one of the most closely guarded secrets within the IDF and is considered one of the most powerful positions within the military.

Yet, in a massive security oversight, this commander authored a book and published it on Amazon, allowing British news outlet the Guardian to peel back the layers of anonymity and expose the controversial spy chief as Brig. Gen. Yossi Sariel, formerly ...