Amazon dumps NYC headquarters and its promised 25,000 jobs

Amazon wants Alexa to be everywhere, and it needs more voice data to feed and 'train' it so that talking to the assistant feels like talking to a friend. — Reuters

Amazon abruptly dropped plans for a big new headquarters in New York that would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city, reversing course after politicians and activists objected to the nearly US$3bil (RM12bil) in incentives promised to what is already one of the world's richest, most powerful companies.

"We are disappointed to have reached this conclusion – we love New York," the online giant from Seattle said in a blog post announcing its withdrawal.