Amazon slashes more than 18,000 jobs

Layoffs are never easy regardless of the circumstance, but they are particularly bad when they come in waves. That’s exactly what’s happening at Amazon. On Wednesday, less than two months after the U.S.’ second largest employer reportedly moved to cut around 10,000 employees in its devices and books divisions, CEO Andy Jassy says it will…

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Amazon finally removes Neo-Nazi items from sale after being accused of ‘monetising hateful’ symbols

Amazon has removed Nazi items from its site after being called out by a Jewish human-rights group. The Simon Wiesenthal Center blasted Amazon for “monetising” Nazi and white supremacist paraphernalia by allowing third-party sellers to sell swastika pendants and neo-Nazi face masks. In a blog post, the organisation urged Amazon to immediately remove and stop…

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