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Amazon Aims for ‘Fast and Faster' in India as Quick Commerce Surges

Amazon Aims for ‘Fast and Faster' in India as Quick Commerce Surges

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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world. Today, Sankalp Phartiyal looks at the task ahead for Amazon as it tries to keep pace with local upstarts offering far faster delivery in the hotly competitive Indian market.
Meta's AI restructure: Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta's AI efforts will fall under a new group called Meta Superintelligence Labs. 'I believe this will be the beginning of a new era for humanity, and I am fully committed to doing what it takes for Meta to lead the way,' Zuckerberg wrote in an internal post.
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