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A Chip Party to Lift Apple’s Spirits

By Nick Wingfield · Dec 27, 2022 5:00pm PST
There’s going to be a party in Taiwan on Thursday—and not a moment too soon for Apple’s sake. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the chipmaking wizard, is having an event to celebrate the start of mass production of chips using a cutting-edge technique called the 3-nanometer process. Using the new technique, TSMC will be able to jam more... There’s going to be a party in Taiwan on Thursday—and not a moment too soon for Apple’s sake....
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Photos by Bloomberg; Amazon. Art by Mike Sullivan

The Four Amazon Projects Jassy Might Cut Next

By Paris Martineau, Mark Di Stefano and Nick Wingfield · Mar 23, 2022 6:18am PDT
Earlier this month, Amazon said it would close dozens of bookstores, pop-up shops and other brick-and-mortar outlets, ending a detour into a part of physical retailing that had caused some head-scratching in recent years. Those aren’t likely to be the last of the quixotic Amazon experiments that the company’s CEO, Andy Jassy, scales... Earlier this month, Amazon said it would close dozens of bookstores, pop-up shops and other...
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The People With Power at Airbnb After Shakeup

By Cory Weinberg · Jul 20, 2020 7:01am PDT · 1 comment
In 2017, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky restructured the fast-growing travel company to more closely resemble Amazon, a company whose handling of diverse business lines he had long admired. Reflecting Airbnb’s expansion into new areas, he created four separate product divisions and brought in a top Amazon executive to lead home rentals, the... In 2017, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky restructured the fast-growing travel company to more closely...
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Amazon’s No-Fly Zone: Drone Delivery Largely Grounded Despite Splashy Launch

By Theo Wayt · Feb 1, 2023 11:04am PST · 2 comments
Amazon in December announced with great fanfare that, after nearly a decade of work, it had finally launched drone delivery in the U.S., in two towns in California and Texas. But by mid-January, Amazon Prime Air had made deliveries to fewer than 10 houses, according to people who worked on the project. Despite what Amazon has said publicly about... Amazon in December announced with great fanfare that, after nearly a decade of work, it had...