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Dec 13, 2016, 11:50 AM

A first look inside the cutting-edge Bezos Family Immunotherapy Clinic

Stephanie Florence is the image of optimism. She is a blonde, bubbly, professional photographer from Lewiston, Idaho, who has a… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 9:02 AM

Amazon gobbles up big Microsoft-occupied office building in Seattle

Amazon has done it again. The ever-growing online retail giant leased another big office building in Seattle, the 320,000-square-foot Westlake Terry… Read More

Dec 13, 2016, 8:53 AM

Amazon wins design patent for removable gift card stickers

The holidays are just around the corner, and shoppers everywhere are asking themselves a question almost as old as Christmas… Read More

Dec 12, 2016, 12:55 PM

Why the data center isn’t dead yet: Explaining the rise of the ‘pragmatic hybrid cloud’

Amazon Web Services’ recent re:Invent conference in Las Vegas highlighted the excitement and momentum that public-cloud computing is generating these… Read More

Dec 12, 2016, 11:21 AM

Jeff Bezos and Satya Nadella among tech leaders reportedly set to meet with Donald Trump this week

A who’s who of tech leaders are reportedly heading to New York City to meet with president-elect Donald Trump Wednesday.… Read More

Dec 12, 2016, 10:38 AM

Amazon inches past Netflix in Golden Globe nominations for the first time

Amazon bested top competitor Netflix in Golden Globe nominations for the first time this year. The two streaming services would… Read More

Dec 11, 2016, 12:45 PM

Guest post: The biggest trends at the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference

The momentum continues to build and scale in leaps and bounds. That was the overwhelming observation and feeling at the… Read More

Dec 9, 2016, 1:13 PM

Amazon denies reported plans for 2,000 grocery stores, spars with union over automation

Amazon has denied reports that the company is considering as many as 2,000 brick-and-mortar grocery stores around the U.S. Earlier this… Read More

Dec 9, 2016, 11:44 AM

Week in Geek: Amazon’s grocery store, Microsoft + LinkedIn, and T-Mobile’s new number

The new Amazon Go store in Seattle was the buzz of the tech world this week, promising extreme convenience at… Read More

Dec 8, 2016, 2:01 PM

Moving to the cloud requires (and attracts) scarce, expensive talent, say 3 big AWS users

Moving to Amazon Web Services is proving pricey for Matson, a Honolulu-based shipping company that last month announced it has abandoned its… Read More

Dec 7, 2016, 10:40 AM

Ready to be tracked at the grocery store? Amazon’s mini-mart raises new questions for digital privacy

As an online retail giant, Amazon can use its engineering prowess and the vast capabilities of the digital world to track… Read More

Dec 7, 2016, 10:24 AM

Amazon list of 2016’s best-selling books proves ‘the power of Potter is still strong’

The fundamental drive to read is the desire to be transported to some place new — and like Harry Potter… Read More

Dec 7, 2016, 6:13 AM

GE’s new LED table lamp comes with Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant inside

Amazon is aiming to put its Alexa virtual assistant pretty much anywhere. Next up: a high-tech table lamp. GE this morning unveiled… Read More

Dec 6, 2016, 10:55 AM

Prime Air pilots to protest outside Amazon’s Seattle HQ for better working conditions from carriers

A group of pilots that fly Amazon’s Prime Air delivery jets will land in Seattle Wednesday to protest short-staffing and what they… Read More

Dec 6, 2016, 8:37 AM

The votes are in: Goodreads reveals 20 best books of 2016

If you’re looking for a holiday read or you want to gift a great book to a loved one, consider… Read More

Dec 5, 2016, 1:17 PM

‘Good Girls Revolt’ executive producer ‘flabbergasted’ over Amazon cancellation as fans rally around axed series

Amazon’s abrupt cancellation of the critically acclaimed series “Good Girls Revolt” has struck a nerve with feminists and fans in… Read More

Dec 5, 2016, 11:42 AM

How ‘Amazon Go’ works: The technology behind the online retailer’s groundbreaking new grocery store

Amazon this morning unveiled its first convenience store, a high-tech retail location called “Amazon Go,” currently in a private beta testing in… Read More

Dec 5, 2016, 10:53 AM

The end of grocery checkers? Amazon’s high-tech store points to the future of physical retail

First there were supermarket shelves. Then barcode scanners, then self-checkout lines, then online shopping. Amazon’s move to take the grocery… Read More

Dec 5, 2016, 10:05 AM

Online grocery wars: Fred Meyer expanding drive-up service this week in Amazon country

Fred Meyer will open a new drive-up grocery location this Wednesday at its store in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood — expanding its “ClickList” service… Read More

Dec 5, 2016, 7:09 AM

Amazon to open first ‘self-driving’ grocery store, with no checkout lines, in Seattle in early 2017

Amazon just unveiled details of a new brick-and-mortar convenience store that will let shoppers pick up items off the shelves… Read More

Dec 3, 2016, 4:03 PM

Video: Marshawn Lynch drives Amazon Treasure Truck, autographs bags of Skittles and Beast Mode Amazon Echo devices

Ex-Seahawks star running back Marshawn Lynch was at CenturyLink Field in Seattle today, but this time he was there to… Read More

Dec 3, 2016, 11:00 AM

Ex-NFL star Marshawn Lynch teams up with Amazon to drive the Treasure Truck, autograph ‘Beast Mode’ Echo devices

The Treasure Truck is going Beast Mode. Amazon’s deals-on-wheels truck has a cool offering for customers today with an extra special guest:… Read More

Dec 2, 2016, 11:29 AM

Week in Geek: New Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson has deep roots in tech

Howard Schultz will be replaced as Starbucks CEO by longtime technology executive Kevin Johnson, a veteran of Microsoft and other… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 11:43 AM

AWS cheat sheet: Here are the key re:Invent announcements to know about today

LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services unleashed another wave of technologies today at its re:Invent conference during a keynote by… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 10:58 AM

Seattle-based Apple team will use drones to improve Maps app in bid to catch up to Google

Apple is doubling down on its Maps app, assembling a team of robotics and data-collection experts to quickly update conditions… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 10:17 AM

Amazon debuts Pinpoint to help mobile developers engage users with targeted push notifications

For developers, building an app is hard enough. Actually getting people to use a product is another story. That’s why Amazon… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 10:15 AM

Amazon enables AWS CodeBuild, a managed service to build applications

While many developers use build servers running in AWS, typically those build environments are deployed, configured and managed by the… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 9:59 AM

Amazon unveils AWS X-Ray and Personal Health Dashboard to help monitor application health in the cloud

Developers who deploy applications on AWS now have a new set of tools from Amazon to help them monitor and… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 9:33 AM

Amazon Web Services unveils ‘Shield’ to protect sites from crippling online attacks

A little more than a month after a massive online assault took down Reddit, Netflix, Twitter and other major online properties,… Read More

Dec 1, 2016, 9:24 AM

AWS serves up new Chef integration, boosting Seattle-based software automation startup

LAS VEGAS — This morning at the fifth annual re:Invent user’s conference, Seattle-based software-automation firm Chef announced that the full capabilities… Read More