The thesis that “every other corporate leader looks to copy this blueprint, they must rent the infrastructure from AWS” overstates AWS’s position. Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure all compete for enterprise AI workloads. AWS is the largest cloud provider, not the only one.

James Hwang was laid off by Amazon in October. He says the job market has felt like a "brick wall" he can't break through.

Questions have been raised about the exorbitant price tag as well as the $35 million marketing campaign that Amazon launched to promote the film.

Across the 22 California stores that are slated to close, 3,855 workers will face possible layoffs.