Amazon is starting to charge a fee for some returns amid a crisis that's costing retailers millions every year

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Tech employees should expect more debloating even after 330,000 jobs got wiped

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Tech companies have already carried out mass layoffs but could have further to go.

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Amazon, Meta, and other tech giants are cutting middle management to be more efficient. It's a risky move that could backfire.

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Salesforce is one of many big tech firms that is flattening its organizational structure.

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OpenAI has become synonymous with the generative AI boom, but it has a weakness that its competitors are already starting to exploit

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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has become the de facto face of the generative AI boom. But his company has many challenges to go..

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Leaked Amazon memo shows plans to reduce employee stock awards in 2025

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Welcome back to another day of tech news.  

See 5 homes — from tiny sheds to not-so-tiny domes — that you can buy on Amazon from $8,800

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A 1,290-square-foot prefabricated home made of spruce being sold on Amazon for $125,900.

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Google's AI chatbot Bard is still being rushed

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Happy hump day! We've made it to the middle of the week where Monday is well behind us and the weekend is coming closer into view.  

I'm contemplating if I want to dive into one of my guilty pleasures over the weekend, reality TV. One of my favorite shows is Love is Blind, a Netflix show that rolled out its fourth season in March. 

Amazon's pricey 'Lord of the Rings' show saw only 37% of viewers complete the series, a new report says

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Amazon's "The Rings of Power" series only had a 37% completion rate in the US, according to a report.

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Amazon gave 'small business' and 'Black-owned business' badges to companies that were neither, report says

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Amazon reportedly gave "Small Business" and "Black-Owned Small Business" badges (right) to companies that don't fit that criteria.

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Elon Musk's $1 million Twitter bounty

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Welcome back to another edition of 10 Things in Tech. My colleague Diamond Naga is still out, leaving me, Asia Martin, to fill in this week.

If there's one thing I enjoy sharing with people, it's my fondness for hiking and the great outdoors. We're now in the full swing of Spring where temperatures are typically comfortable and plants are blossoming for the first time this year. (Sorry to you allergy sufferers.)

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