Amazon Tackles Healthcare, Apple Slashes iPhone X Production
Amazon is joining forces with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase to bring their employees better and cheaper healthcare. The three companies will create an independent company solely focused on improving technology to make the healthcare system more efficient. Details are scarce as plans are still in the early stages.
And Apple is reportedly slashing production of its iPhone X due to waning demand. The company was originally planning to produce 40 million iPhone Xs but now will only produce 20 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. This comes just days before Apple is set to report its quarterly earnings.
Netflix on Tuesday outlined how it intends to crack down on the rampant sharing of account passwords in the U.S., its latest bid to reel in more subscribers to its video streaming service as its growth slows.
A group of Amazon workers who are upset about recent layoffs, a return-to-office mandate and the company's environmental impact is planning a walkout at its Seattle headquarters next week.
Shutterstock said Tuesday it’s buying Giphy from Meta Platforms for $53 million, the final step to unwind the deal blocked by British regulators, who prevented the Facebook owner from purchasing the GIF-sharing platform over competition concerns.