...Amazon just announced that 5000 warehouse workers in Staten Island will be offered new roles in a company warehouse in Seattle because their previous warehouse in Staten Island will be completely automated with robots and AI systems. The pilot program in the newly automated Staten Island warehouse requires only a small number of staff to oversee the operations. It will be a model for all future warehouses and distribution centers. If those affected employees choose not to accept the relocation package from Staten Island to Seattle, the company will consider that a "voluntary resignation". They have exactly 2 weeks to decide.
History has a way of repeating itself.

The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Happy Vertical People Transporters were talkative elevators (lifts) in the offices of Hitchhiker's Guide... and they were afraid of heights.

Broadly speaking, there are three different "categories" of Amazon employees: corporate, distribution, and AWS.
AWS has been, until recently, the golden children because they were so very profitable.
Distribution are all the people who work in the distribution centers, including all the sorters and warehouse people. These are the lowest paid of the group, and the only folks who get free Prime as a benefit.
Corporate is, generally, everyone else, to include the app developers, software developers, Devices and Services, Kuiper, app security, and building management.
An employee of one of those groups simply cannot go into a facility of the other - corporate personnel cannot just randomly go into distribution centers, and vice versa.
There are other categories, but that should answer your question.

If Amazon's other product offerings are any guide (e.g. Echo, FireTV, Fire Tablet), I would expect them to redirect traffic directly to their website with obtrusive advertising while you are a captive audience on the aircraft. "I'm sorry, there is a TWO PURCHASE MINIMUM to continue to use this internet connection."

Now that I think about it through a cynical lens, it is the perfect business model: they're getting licensing money from JetBlue and AirBus, and then they get the coercive purchases from the airline travelers. BRILLIANT!

I'm not defending Amazon (or anyone else that can revoke access to digital content when the licenses change or the servers get shut down - I'm looking at you Nintendo!). However, it seems to me that we need a new word to describe this type of transaction. It certainly is NOT "buying" the movie, which implies ownership in perpetuity. On the other hand, it isn't "rental", because a person has unfettered access to the digital content for an extended period of time. "Rental" implies that it will be returned to the owner after a defined period of time.
It just sounds like we are long past the time where we need a new word to describe this middle ground of "more than a rental" but "not as permanent as outright ownership" for digital content. That will be far, far, far easier than getting Amazon (and all the other players in this space) to not take advantage of us and a word like this would add an element of "truth in advertising".

The Enola Gay is currently sitting in the National Air and Space Museum near Dulles airport outside of Washington DC.
The aircraft, Bockscar, that dropped the second nuclear weapon, Fat Man, are currently sitting at the National Museum of the United States Air Force just outside of Dayton, Ohio.
There are many emotions that develop when standing next to the actual physical aircraft (and the decommissioned weapons) - it makes all the facts of the event somewhat more tangible. Visiting those museums is totally worth it if you are into history or technology.

In case anyone forgot, before joining Blue Origin as CEO, Dave Limp was the head of Amazon's devices org, leading the groups that developed the Kindle and FireTablet. Ask yourself if those pushed boundaries of technology and expanded the state of the art. Blink, Ring, and eero were all acquisitions - no credit there.

First, in the Amazon press release, the state, "For a significant portion of the workforce, some form of remote and hybrid work is here to stay, particularly in industries such as customer service, technical support, and health care." That's after Amazon has taken an aggressive position AGAINST remote and hybrid workers within their own company.

Second, IIRC, the thin-client model gets rolled out every 15 to 20 years, only to be re-discovered that it isn't that great (as others have commented).

Third, this thin-client runs on FireOS, which is a (somewhat under-funded, poorly refined) branch of Android. I cannot think of any corporate entity that would saddle their customer service or tech support teams with a glorified tablet.

Three strikes, eh?

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According to this article , the Agilex line is the new generation after the Stratix, which was legacy Altera. I would guess that, since the 2015 acquisition of Altera, Intel has poured cash into integrating or updating FPGAs to a smaller feature size. This plan to spin off what appears to be the Altera assets (no mention of the Stratix, Arria, or Cyclone families) suggests to me that Intel 1) couldn't figure out how to integrate FPGAs into their processors; 2) couldn't figure out how to get the FPGAs to play nice with UEFI; or 3) didn't see enough profits in keeping them in the fold.

Here's hoping the Agilex, Stratix, Arria, and Cyclone families stay together... a family that stays together, programs together.

Romanes eunt domus!

Managers need to watch their employees work to make sure they are working. Managers do not (typically) know how to communicate or how to develop actionable goals.
Leaders don't need to watch their employees work; leaders are able to trust their employees to be professional and get their work done correctly and in a timely manner. Leaders need to be skilled in developing measurable goals and communicating expectations.
Working from home requires employees to maintain their professionalism and do their job.
Sadly, there are many managers at Amazon and few true leaders. And there are many employees who have forgotten how to be professional.

Also keep in mind that for the most part, Amazon employs a lot of software designers and engineers. Most of the positions being eliminated will be this kind of talent. Yes, unemployment is scary - I've been there multiple times, both by stupid decisions on my part and similar corporate decisions made outside of my control. On the other hand, these are precisely the jobs that are in high demand across the country. I doubt many of them will be unemployed for long. Will they get the same perks as they had with Amazon? Probably not. Will it require them to relocate to another part of the country? Maybe. Will they still be able to put food on the table? Most certainly.