Tag: Amazon

Amazon Australia struggles to back boss’s AI claim

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Amazon’s local policy leaders could not name a single use of generative AI by the company in Australia or what datasets it would be trained on, despite its global...

Tech consultants caught in redundancy wave

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Tech job redundancies are continuing across the economy, with Accenture, the consulting arm of IBM, and Amazon the latest to confirm cuts. The cuts add to the job losses...

Senate inquiry to probe Big Tech influence in Australia

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A new Senate inquiry will examine the nature and extent of the influence of foreign-owned Big Tech companies Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Amazon have on the Australian market...

Amazon acquired a large healthcare company. Should we worry?

Posted on   |  by Mohiudinn Ahmed and Paul Haskell-Dowland
This week Amazon announced plans to fork out US$3.9 billion (A$5.6 billion) to acquire US healthcare company One Medical. One Medical reportedly provides primary care on a membership basis...

ACCC ‘closely’ monitors Amazon’s EU antitrust issues

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Amazon is offering to halt the online selling and marketing practices in Europe that regulators allege are anti-competitive, hoping to bring an end to a two-year investigation and avoid...

Microsoft shareholders push for better tax transparency

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Investors managing more than $506 billion in assets will push tech giant Microsoft to provide greater transparency of its tax practices around the world, including in Australia. Pensions &...