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☆ The FTC says Jeff Bezos and Amazon execs used Signal to talk business — and it wants to know more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon execs used messaging app Signal to discuss business matters, the Federal Trade Commission said. The agency wants to know if execs told Amazon staff to delete messages, and when to use Signal. AdvertisementAmazon's top executives used the encrypted messaging app Signal to discuss "sensitive business matters," the Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on Thursday. The founder said, "Are you on signal messaging app? "Amazon also recognizes that sellers believe 'that it has become more difficult over time to be profitable on Amazon,'" the FTC filing stated.

Persons: execs, —, Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy, David Zapolsky, Jeff Wilke, Dave Clark, Tim Doyle, Mike Hopkins, Carlo Bertucci, Amazon's, Zapolsky Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, Amazon, Service, FTC, Amazon MGM Studios

☆ Jo Ann Callis’ uncomfortable portrait of femininity has resonated for four decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Though she made the image four and a half decades ago, “Woman with Blue Bow” seems strikingly contemporary — a timeless symbol on the strictures of femininity. Though Callis and her body of work fits neatly within this cohort, it’s not a label that Callis adopted, then or now. Callis' early color work explored restriction and desire at the height of the feminist art movement. Jo Ann Callis/Courtesy ROSEGALLERYThe red imprint on the model’s neck, alluding to discomfort, was not actually caused by the bow, Callis explained, but was rather an illusion thanks to makeup. It’s just one of the many nuances in her color work that she would not have been able to pull off in black and white.

Persons: Jo Ann Callis, Del Cielo, ” Callis, Callis, ”, “, Cindy Sherman, Hannah Wilke, Ana Mendieta, it’s, It’s, William Eggleston’s, Eggleston, David Lynch, Paul Outerbridge, That’s, Alfred Hitchcock, Sofia Coppola, ” Coppola, “ You’re Organizations: CNN, Museum of Modern Locations: Rosegallery, Santa Monica , California, China

☆ Apple asked Amazon to block rival ads. Insider found evidence of this special treatment, while others suffer from 'junk ads'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Other companies's product pages are cluttered with a mix of ads and product recommendations from competitors or sometimes irrelevant brands. The latest Apple product pages on Amazon have none of this extra marketing. In contrast, Amazon search results for other brands, such as Samsung and Sony, show at least two or three sponsored ads from rivals. At the time, Apple also asked Amazon to make its product pages clean, without any non-Apple product recommendations. By providing "accurate, relevant and qualitative content on Apple Product pages," Apple has been able to address much of the counterfeit issues on Amazon, the iPhone maker said.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Apple, Jeff Wilke, Kaziukenas, Amazon's, Wilke, Bose, it's, I'm, —, Bezos, Amazon Organizations: Amazon, Federal Trade Commission, Samsung Galaxy, Microsoft, Samsung, Apple, Sony, House, Committee, LG, Galaxy, FTC, Adidas

☆ Your employer may be quiet quitting on you
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Some bemoaned it as quiet quitting; others celebrated it as a much-needed correction to the toxic demands of hustle culture. But employees, it turns out, aren't the only ones distancing themselves from the office: Employers are quiet quitting on the whole idea of traditional full-time employment. If workers are going to be remote, the thinking seems to go, why not get the cheapest remote workers available? That ruled out contractors, because contractors work remotely. And that could be a huge problem for everyone, given America's insistence on tying basic benefits to full-time employment.

Persons: Nicholas Bloom, Slack, they're, —, Gen Zers, It's, Bloom, they'll, Jessica Schultz, she's, Schultz, They're, it's, Liz Wilke, Aki Ito Organizations: Atlanta Fed, Stanford University, McKinsey Locations: American

☆ A Bear That Looked Like a Raccoon and Had a Dangerous Appetite
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Carolyn Wilke | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some 30 million years ago, a primitive bear roamed near a river in what is now North Dakota. A male, he probably looked like a raccoon and might have eaten like an otter. The skeleton includes the baculum, a penis bone found in many mammals that is rarely preserved. In an article published earlier this month in The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Dr. Wang’s team noted details of the creature’s features from his teeth to the tips of his toes. “It’s a small side branch, but it’s a very important side branch,” Dr. Wang said.

Persons: “, ”, Xiaoming Wang, Wang’s, Dr, Wang Organizations: of Los, Paleontology Locations: North Dakota, of Los Angeles County

☆ Is This Octopus Having a Nightmare?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Carolyn Wilke | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Costello the octopus was napping while stuck to the glass of his tank at the Rockefeller University in New York. A minute later, Costello scuttled along the glass toward his tank’s sandy bottom, curling his arms over his body. “This was not a normal octopus behavior,” said Dr. Ramos, who is now at the University of Vermont. Perhaps Costello was having a nightmare, he and a team of researchers speculated. They shared this idea and other possible explanations in a study uploaded this month to the bioRxiv website.

☆ Ex-Amazon consumer chief Jeff Wilke backed a $4 million round in preventative healthcare startup AERA Health after seeing this 12-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Swiss-German startup has raised $4.25 million for its preventative healthcare platform. AERA Health will offer consumers a mix of digital and in-person treatments and personalized health plans. A startup that aims to bring preventative and personalized healthcare plans to individuals has just secured $4.25 million in funding. Swiss-German startup AERA Health is tapping into the burgeoning field of preventative medicine and longevity — tailing Spotify founder Daniel Ek's recent foray into the sector. This holistic data gives the startup — and any clinicians working collaboratively with it — a starting point to guide their patients through their personalized health plans.

☆ Amazon has gutted the safety teams for its ambitious drone delivery program, as employees warn of stepped-up pressure to meet delivery goals
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Amazon launched its Prime Air drone delivery program ten years ago. Prime Air's safety teams have been hit hard by Amazon's far-reaching layoffs, employees said. The drone safety team cuts, combined with stepped-up pressure to meet delivery targets, have generated new concerns about the potential dangers the program poses and thrown into question Amazon's stated commitment to safety, the employees said. Prime Air has previously faced criticism from employees who say the pressure from executives to meet ambitious goals for drone delivery has at times superseded safety considerations. Even before the layoffs, Prime Air was struggling, this employee added.

☆ Amazon's drone delivery unit hit with layoffs just as 10-year-old project finally launches
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Annie Palmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Two employees said Carbon, who replaced Prime Air co-founder Gur Kimchi, was hired to turn Prime Air into a real business with a sensible budget. Sources with knowledge of Prime Air said cuts in the drone delivery business were expected considering the division's many struggles. Monica Williams, a College Station resident, poses with a Prime Air drone at a community event in July. College Station residents also expressed concern about the prospect of drones harming the deer, foxes and birds that are native to the area. "As we continue to expand, we will update you when drone delivery is available for your household."

☆ Frustrated Tweetbot and Twitterrific users say they're prepared to quit Twitter after access was revoked
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tweetbot and Twitterrific users say they're angry that Twitter cut access to third-party apps. All users Insider spoke to said they were considering leaving Twitter. Insider spoke to various users of the third-party apps, who were unimpressed about the suspension. Twitter is 'clunky'Meanwhile, users on Twitterrific were also impacted by Twitter's suspension of third-party apps. Paul Wilke, who said he's used Twitterrific for around ten years, said he was disappointed about the news.

☆ Historic Artemis I mission is just beginning its lunar journey
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The Artemis I mission launched on its journey to the moon Wednesday. NASAHours after the launch of Artemis I, the Orion spacecraft began to share its impressive views from space. The Artemis I mission is speeding along on a 25.5-day journey that will loop around the moon and return to Earth on December 11. Across the universeA newborn star is at the heart of a new James Webb Space Telescope image that looks like an hourglass. NASA/ESA/CSA/STScIAn awe-inspiring new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the gas and dust released by a chaotic newborn star.

☆ Andy Jassy officially starts as Amazon CEO today. Insiders describe his 'CHOP' meetings, micromanagement, and 'Nice' emails.
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Eugene Kim | Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

On July 5, Andy Jassy officially became Amazon CEO, succeeding Jeff Bezos, who steps into the position of executive chairman. When Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy has a big decision to make, it usually comes at the Chop. "If you go to a Chop meeting with Andy, you better be ready," one former senior-level employee told Insider. Though he's one of the longest-serving executives at Amazon and a close confidant of CEO Jeff Bezos, Jassy still remains relatively little-known outside tech circles. Early on in the pandemic, Jassy told AWS employees that "the world is relying on Amazon," according to an email seen by Insider.

Persons: Andy Jassy, Jeff Bezos, Jassy, Andy, —, Dan Ives, Bezos, It's, Jassy's, Steve Ballmer, Satya Nadella, Travis Kalanick, he's, Dave Matthews, Rothschild, Scott Chancellor, who's, let's, Jeff, Taimur Rashid, AWS's, Rashid, it's, Tim Bray, Bray, Marc Benioff, Salesforce, Chancellor, MARK RALSTON, He's, Trump, Donald Trump's, Jeff Wilke, it'll, didn't, Ashley Stewart, Eugene Kim Organizations: Amazon, Amazon Web, Seattle, Charterhouse, Wedbush Securities, Services, AWS, they're, Harvard, New York Times, Redis Labs, Amazon ., Getty, Lawmakers, Defense Department, Microsoft, Black, Google, Netflix, Black Employee Network, African, Lambda, Web Services Locations: Parma, Jassy, manila, Bezos, AFP, DynamoDB

„Am ales acea dată pentru că are o semnificaţie sentimentală pentru mine, ziua în care Amazon a fost înfiinţat în 1994, exact acum 27 de ani”, a declarat Bezos, miercuri, la adunarea anuală a acţionarilor Amazon, care a avut loc online, potrivit g4media.roAmazon a anunţat în februarie că Bezos se va retrage în acest an. Bezos va deveni preşedintele executiv al consiliului de administraţie al Amazon şi ar urma să dedice mai mult timp unor iniţiative precum Bezos Earth Fund, compania sa de nave spaţiale Blue Origin, The Washington Post şi Amazon Day 1 Fund. Compania a păstrat tăcerea faţă de planurile de succesiune la conducerea sa, dar analiştii au anticipat că fie Jassy, fie Jeff Wilke, care s-a retras din funcţia de şef al diviziei de consum la nivel global a Amazon, în august anul trecut, va fi eventualul succesor al lui Bezos.

Persons: Bezos, Jeff Organizations: Amazon, Blue, Washington Post Locations: Amazon

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