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In a memo to employees, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AI "will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains" over time (Steve Kopack/NBC News)
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Amazon expects to cut corporate jobs as it relies more on AI
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Tuesday that the company expects artificial intelligence "will reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains" over time.

Television City is partnering with Interwoven Studios to offer production services to social media influencers in LA, amid a slump in film and TV production (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)
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How TV City, a Major L.A. Soundstage Owner, Hopes to Weather a Filming Slump: Bring In Influencers
Owner Hackman Capital Partners has partnered with Interwoven Studios to welcome influencers into its soundstages. It's already hosted big-names like Logan Paul, Jake Shane and FaZe Clan.

Russia becomes third-largest gas supplier to EU: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/16/russia-becomes-thirdlargest-gas-supplier.html

Dead Amstrad ALT-286 becomes something new #Amstrad

Dead Amstrad Becomes Something New
When you run into old hardware you cannot restore, what do you do? Toss it? Sell it for parts? If you’re [TME Retro], you hide a high-end mini PC inside an Amstrad-shaped sleeper build. The d…

Google Search's AI Mode gets Gemini 2.5 Pro and new deep research capabilities; Google also expands an AI-powered business calling feature to all users in US (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/16/goog

Google rolls out AI-powered business-calling feature, brings Gemini 2.5 Pro to AI Mode | TechCrunch
The new business calling feature uses AI to call local businesses on your behalf, for information about availability and pricing.

Jensen Huang says "I don't think I changed" Trump's mind on the US' China export rules, and "it's my job to inform the president about what I know very well" (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/business/nvidia-j…

Nvidia C.E.O. Treads Carefully in Beijing
Jensen Huang, the chipmaker’s chief executive, is trying to balance his company’s interests as the United States and China compete for supremacy in artificial intelligence.

Disney and Amazon partner to let media buyers using Amazon's DSP have better tools to target consumers on ad-tier programming across Disney , Hulu, and ESPN (Erik Hayden/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Disney, Amazon Ink Deal to Expand Advertising Partnership
The pact unlocks more opportunities for brands using Amazon's Deliver Service Partner to reach consumers watching Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN content.

Microsoft begins testing a Windows 11 feature for sharing the entire desktop with Copilot Vision; it requires first entering a special mode in the Copilot app (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
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Microsoft begins testing sharing your desktop with Copilot on Windows 11 — allows AI to view and chat about what's on your screen
First announced earlier this year, sharing your desktop with Copilot on Windows 11 is now in testing with insiders across all preview channels.

The Meta AI app now shows a warning prompt before users share content to the public feed, after reports of users accidentally sharing chats with personal info (Katie Notopoulos/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-pu

Meta AI adds an extra step to prevent embarrassing overshares
Meta has added a new warning before you can post to Meta AI's public feed. It comes after BI reported that people appeared to be posting accidentally.

AWS rolls out Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, meant to help businesses create a network of AI agents that analyze internal data, write code, and take on other tasks (Rachyl Jones/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/07/16/2025

Amazon launches AI agent-building platform for businesses to help boost productivity
The product launch comes amid high anxiety among workers about job cuts due to AI.