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Amazon Cuts 16,000 More Jobs Amid Rising AI Competition

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By Hellmuth Tromm and Jacob Reid

January 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC

Good morning. Amazon is shedding a lot more jobs as Wall Street braces for Mag7 earnings. On the Fed front, all eyes are on Jerome Powell. And we’ll tell you what men’s birth control may soon look like. Listen to the day’s top stories.