Amazon kills plans for Stargate series reboot

The startup's own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day.

The company is reducing its workforce as it exits 22 countries, reduces management layers, and invests in its infrastructure to scale its platform.

U.K. regulators are requiring Google offer a tool allowing website publishers to opt-out of generative AI search features. The option will be tested in the UK then rolled out globally.

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