As Amazon's robot ranks swell, workers worry about their future


by TechSpot

TechSpot— Amazon's use of robots in its fulfillment centers and warehouses goes back more than a decade, but it really started ramping up the numbers in recent times, from 350,000 robots in 2021 to more than 750,000 by June 2023.Read Entire Article

TheJournal.ie—‘Swallows up competition’: Galway bookshop ‘fearful’ for sector’s future ahead of Amazon.ie launch. Online retail giant Amazon is set to launch an Irish website and online store in 2025.

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MediaNama—Microsoft Deploys GenAI Model For US Intelligence Agencies: Here’s What’s Worrying. Accessible by the US government only, the model is supported onto a cloud with an “air-gapped” environment that is isolated from the internet.