Amazon.com on Friday announced it is trimming jobs at its Alexa voice assistant unit, citing "shifting" business priorities and a greater focus on generative artificial intelligence.
Amazon.com has cut around 180 jobs in its games division, at least the second round of layoffs in under a week by the online retailer and digital streaming provider in a broader restructuring, an email viewed on Monday by Reuters showed.
Raj Thakur, one of those sacked by Amazon, has only 60 days from the date he was laid off to get re-employed in the US, by an employer to take him on on H-1B non-immigration short-term visa for foreign workers.