Tech Brew Ride Home The Amazon Layoffs
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Jan 28, 2026 Big tech layoffs and store reshuffling at a major retailer. A crypto firm quietly hoarding huge amounts of gold. A phone with pixel-level privacy screen tech. Talk of a rocket company's IPO timing tied to strange calendar choices. Massive AI-driven fundraising and forecasts at an AI company. Astronomers using AI to flag 1,400 odd objects in old space images.
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Amazon's Second Mass Layoff
- Brian McCullough recounts Amazon's announcement cutting 16,000 jobs as a scheduled follow-up to prior layoffs.
- The company says restructurings unfinished in October prompted this second round while still hiring in strategic areas.
Tether's Massive Gold Hoard
- Tether has amassed roughly 140 tons of gold and is buying one to two tons per week, influencing global gold prices.
- Its strategy blurs crypto and traditional markets as it stores bullion itself and plans to compete with banks in gold trading.
Pixel-Level Privacy For Galaxy S26
- Samsung will introduce a pixel-level privacy display on the Galaxy S26 to block shoulder surfing via hardware.
- The feature likely uses dedicated OLED tech and will be customizable per app and input fields.