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Mar 12, 2017, 11:51 AM

‘Transparent’ director Jill Soloway wants to create a VR film with Amazon that shows a ‘post-matriarchal revolution’

AUSTIN, TX. — Jill Soloway wants people to feel what the world would be like in a post-matriarchal revolution —… Read More

Mar 10, 2017, 10:56 AM

Amazon scoops up yet another Seattle office building as it continues to juice downtown construction boom

Amazon has inked a lease for another new office building in Seattle, the latest sign that the online retail giant has no… Read More

Mar 10, 2017, 10:38 AM

Millennials’ favorite place to buy clothes online is, believe it or not, Amazon

Amazon is, apparently, very on-trend. Last year, the coveted millennial demographic bought more clothing from the online retailer than any other… Read More

Mar 9, 2017, 9:07 AM

Amazon Web Services makes another acquisition and then evidence of it disappears

Amazon Web Services appears to have acquired Do.com, a San Francisco-based startup that aims to streamline meetings, for its new… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 5:21 PM

Microsoft says Google’s cloud reliability claim vs. Azure and Amazon Web Services does not compute

A comment today by Google’s top cloud executive, taking a subtle jab at Amazon Web Services, isn’t sitting well with Microsoft for… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 10:17 AM

Amazon to open 10th brick-and-mortar bookstore, second in Seattle region, later this year

Amazon is opening another brick-and-mortar bookstore in 2017 — its 10th such retail location — in downtown Bellevue, Wash. Building… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 10:09 AM

Google Cloud touts new customers, reliability and machine learning — says it’s ‘here for real’

Google is on a mission to become a leading option for businesses making the shift to the cloud, and in the wake of… Read More

Mar 8, 2017, 9:00 AM

Instacart raises $400M at a reported $3.4B valuation as it battles Amazon for grocery delivery supremacy

Grocery delivery startup Instacart has raised a $400 million round as it battles Amazon and others for grocery delivery supremacy. Previous… Read More

Mar 7, 2017, 12:13 PM

Amazon launches Prime in Mexico, offering video streaming and free shipping for $46 per year

Amazon has launched Prime in Mexico, expanding its subscription membership service to cover all of North America. The membership will immediately include… Read More

Mar 7, 2017, 10:12 AM

Inspired by Amazon? Mysterious ‘Relocated Joe’ action figure spotted at Seattle Goodwill

Relocated Joe … the hero Seattle deserves? In case you need further evidence that the tech industry is reshaping Seattle… Read More

Mar 7, 2017, 8:41 AM

Amazon hands over Alexa data in Arkansas hot tub murder case, but 1st Amendment questions remain

Amazon has dropped its motion to protect audio recordings and other records for an Echo belonging to the suspect in a 2015… Read More

Mar 6, 2017, 5:14 PM

Amazon Web Services makes another deal, acquiring Thinkbox media rendering tech company

Amazon Web Services has acquired Thinkbox Software, which makes technology used by media and entertainment architects and engineers to manage render farms… Read More

Mar 6, 2017, 9:01 AM

Amazon closes cable store that resold packages from Comcast and Frontier

Amazon has shuttered its “cable store,” where it resold bundles of cable, internet and telephone services. The store launched last… Read More

Mar 5, 2017, 5:22 PM

Amazon Education GM leaves; company says it ‘remains committed’ to K-12 technology

Rohit Agarwal, general manager for Amazon’s K-12 Education unit, has left the Seattle-based tech giant. His exit comes about three… Read More

Mar 4, 2017, 4:06 PM

In new immigration twist, U.S. suspends option to pay for faster H-1B visa processing

Companies that bring software engineers and other highly skilled workers into the U.S. under H-1B visas will not be able to pay for… Read More

Mar 3, 2017, 10:58 AM

Report: Amazon eyes new Alexa-powered devices that can make phone calls

Amazon is working on Alexa-powered devices with voice-activated phone calling capabilities, according to a report from Recode. Citing unnamed sources, Recode… Read More

Mar 2, 2017, 1:06 PM

Amazon establishes Alexa Fund Fellowship to support universities researching voice technology

Amazon Thursday announced the Alexa Fund Fellowship, a program designed to fund and support researchers and universities working on voice… Read More

Mar 2, 2017, 9:43 AM

Amazon explains big AWS outage, says employee error took servers offline, promises changes

Amazon has released an explanation of the events that caused the big outage of its Simple Storage Service Tuesday, also… Read More

Mar 2, 2017, 9:38 AM

Amazon’s pilot season kicks off March 17 — here are 5 new shows up for review

Amazon Studios has a new lineup of pilots and starting March 17, the company will ask customers to help decide… Read More

Mar 2, 2017, 5:42 AM

Amazon plans massive solar energy installations on fulfillment center rooftops

Amazon is pledging to install solar energy systems on 50 of its fulfillment center rooftops around the world by 2020, starting with… Read More

Mar 2, 2017, 5:28 AM

Amazon Web Services cloud migration service 2nd Watch raises $19M

2nd Watch, which helps large organizations such as Crate & Barrel, Condé Nast, Coca-Cola North America and Lenovo build and… Read More

Mar 1, 2017, 5:27 PM

Amazon quiet on big AWS outage, but an explanation could come soon

UPDATE: Amazon has released an explanation of what caused the big outage this week and has started putting safeguards in… Read More

Mar 1, 2017, 9:13 AM

Amazon quietly kills a program that rewards high-volume affiliate sellers, in favor of flat commission structure

Amazon is eliminating a program that rewards websites with a commission based on the number of products people buy when… Read More

Feb 28, 2017, 3:14 PM

Amazon Web Services outage reveals critical lack of redundancy across the internet

The digital snow day is over, as Amazon Web Services has fixed the issues with its Simple Storage Service, or… Read More

Feb 28, 2017, 10:48 AM

Update: AWS cloud storage back online after outage cripples popular sites

An outage of Amazon Web Services’ Simple Storage Service (S3) impacted sites across the internet Tuesday. Continue reading for our story and… Read More

Feb 28, 2017, 9:12 AM

Report: Amazon plans to bring Alexa and cloud-based deep learning tools to call centers

Amazon is gearing up to disrupt another industry, and this time it’s call centers. Amazon Web Services developing a suite of… Read More

Feb 27, 2017, 2:43 PM

Startup Spotlight: LevelTen Energy makes it easier for corporations to buy clean power

Big companies are increasingly seeking out renewable energy to cope with carbon emissions caps and keep their budgets more stable,… Read More

Feb 27, 2017, 1:26 PM

Mysterious object appears at Amazon’s drive-up grocery store in Seattle — but when will it open?

Yes, this is ANOTHER update on Amazon’s future drive-up grocery store in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood — and, no, it still… Read More

Feb 27, 2017, 8:06 AM

Amazon-owned streaming giant Twitch to start selling video games

Twitch is adding an e-commerce element to its game streaming platform. The Amazon-owned company announced today that it will sell video… Read More

Feb 26, 2017, 5:59 PM

Amazon wins 3 Oscars in a first for streaming studio — and Jeff Bezos gets a fun shout-out

Amazon Studios won its first-ever Academy Awards on Sunday night, taking home three Oscar statues in what was a historic… Read More