Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab, ​which hires hundreds of thousands of workers every year for the holiday rush, on Tuesday introduced new software ‌meant to speed up the process by excising a sizable chunk of the human element: the face-to-face job interview.

In recent weeks, Microsoft (MSFT) executives instructed managers at key divisions, such as Azure cloud and North American sales, to halt new hiring, according to three employees with direct knowledge of the decision.

Tesla is hiring to support founder Elon Musk’s newly announced plan to make the company the largest U.S. manufacturer of solar energy components, according to online posts by senior executives.

South Korea’s top conglomerates, Samsung Group, SK Group, and Hyundai Motor Group, have announced plans to hire thousands of workers this year in response to President Lee Jae Myung’s call to address declining youth employment.

The Indian government has sought a detailed report from Tamil Nadu state following media reports that Apple supplier Foxconn was allegedly rejecting married women for iPhone assembly jobs.