Jul 5, 2022, 11:59 AM Amazon rolls out fleet of e-cargo bikes to make deliveries in the UK Amazon is rolling out a fleet of e-cargo bikes and on-foot delivery staff in the United Kingdom as part of… Read More
Jul 2, 2022, 7:47 PM Bezos reignites Biden inflation feud, says president is misdirecting public or misunderstanding market Updated below with White House response. Jeff Bezos called out President Joe Biden for telling gas station owners to lower… Read More
Jun 30, 2022, 7:39 AM Former Amazon senior leader Alicia Boler Davis lands at Alto Pharmacy as CEO Alicia Boler-Davis, previously a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team, will become CEO at Alto Pharmacy in September. Boler Davis… Read More
Jun 29, 2022, 12:01 AM Amazon analytics service will use shopper data to give brands product insights in physical stores Amazon has spent years building technology to reshape how shoppers use its physical retail stores. Now the company is introducing… Read More
Jun 23, 2022, 1:37 PM Amazon invests $23M to build 568 homes in Seattle as part of affordable housing initiative Amazon is investing $23 million to support the construction of 568 homes in Seattle as part of its Housing Equity… Read More
Jun 23, 2022, 11:12 AM How this Amazon cloud device made it to the International Space Station, and what it did in orbit LAS VEGAS — Axiom Space tested an Amazon Web Services Snowcone cloud device in orbit in April during the first… Read More
Jun 23, 2022, 10:07 AM More AI for devs: Amazon unveils CodeWhisperer machine-learning ‘coding companion’ LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services showed a new service that uses machine learning to generate code suggestions for software… Read More
Jun 22, 2022, 6:17 PM Amazon previews Alexa capability that synthesizes a person’s voice from less than a minute of audio LAS VEGAS — A short video of a child asking Alexa to have his grandma read the Wizard of Oz… Read More
Jun 22, 2022, 9:32 AM Internal memo: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on senior exec departures, ‘s-team’ diversity Amazon CEO Andy Jassy addressed the news that the company is losing two of its most senior Black executives, including… Read More
Jun 22, 2022, 7:57 AM Amazon’s Zoox completes ‘critical checkpoint’ in robotaxi testing and rollout LAS VEGAS — Zoox, the robotaxi company acquired by Amazon for more than $1 billion in 2020, says it has… Read More
Jun 22, 2022, 6:46 AM With new warehouse robots, Amazon looks to invent its way out of its safety problems LAS VEGAS — Amazon unveiled a new fleet of robots and automated systems, including the first fully autonomous robot that… Read More
Jun 21, 2022, 1:39 PM Two Amazon senior Black execs will depart in latest leadership shuffle A pair of top Black leaders at Amazon who helped oversee the company’s e-commerce operations are departing: Alicia Boler-Davis, senior… Read More
Jun 21, 2022, 10:01 AM Amazon names new CEO of Worldwide Stores, 17-year company veteran Doug Herrington Doug Herrington, a veteran of Amazon’s consumer business, will be promoted to the new role of CEO of Worldwide Amazon… Read More
Jun 18, 2022, 10:21 AM What the rest of us can learn from Bezos’ big mistake … and other lessons in ‘career self-care’ In many ways, Jeff Bezos would seem to have it all. But when is enough enough? In a new book,… Read More
Jun 18, 2022, 7:27 AM Former AWS engineer found guilty of wire fraud and computer intrusions in 2019 Capital One hack An ex-Amazon Web Services engineer accused of a massive hack in 2019 was found guilty of seven federal crimes on… Read More
Jun 16, 2022, 1:35 PM Lawsuit alleges Amazon uses Alexa interactions for ad targeting without users’ knowledge or consent Amazon’s Alexa is the target of a new lawsuit alleging that the company is using information gathered from users of… Read More
Jun 14, 2022, 4:51 PM Amazon adds former Seattle Seahawks star Richard Sherman to broadcast team on Prime Video Richard Sherman earned a reputation as a vocal player during his celebrated NFL career. Now the former Seattle Seahawks star… Read More
Jun 13, 2022, 6:51 AM Amazon will finally deliver packages via drone for the first time in the U.S. later this year Nearly a decade after first revealing its plan to deliver items via drones, Amazon is finally putting its technology to… Read More
Jun 11, 2022, 7:09 AM What this software engineering leader learned working peak season at an Amazon warehouse Philip Su, a software engineering leader turned non-profit founder, decided to shake up his life last fall — seeking an… Read More
Jun 9, 2022, 8:08 AM Augmented reality and shopping: Testing Amazon’s new virtual shoes feature Amazon is making it easier to “try before you buy” — virtually, at least. The tech giant on Thursday launched a… Read More
Jun 8, 2022, 8:05 AM Former Amazon consumer chief Dave Clark lands at Flexport as CEO Longtime Amazon executive Dave Clark, who announced plans to leave the tech giant last week in an abrupt departure, has… Read More
Jun 6, 2022, 12:19 PM Amazon hosting 15,000 interns this year, its largest class ever, using a mostly hybrid model Amazon will host more than 15,000 interns from across the world this year, setting the stage for its largest class… Read More
Jun 6, 2022, 10:49 AM Amazon’s Great Reshuffle: Consumer CEO’s exit continues exec shakeup Dave Clark, an Amazon veteran of more than 23 years, and the CEO of the company’s worldwide consumer business for… Read More
Jun 6, 2022, 8:42 AM Amazon shares rise 5% in initial surge after first stock split in more than two decades Amazon at less than $130 a share? No, the market hasn’t completely cratered — today is the first day of… Read More
Jun 3, 2022, 9:30 AM Dave Clark, Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO, leaves abruptly after 23 years with tech giant One of Amazon’s longtime leaders, Worldwide Consumer CEO Dave Clark, is leaving the company to pursue unspecified “other opportunities” in… Read More
Jun 2, 2022, 10:35 AM Amazon Games inks publishing pact with indie studio Disruptive for new action-adventure title Amazon Games will publish an upcoming, unnamed project from Disruptive Games, an indie game developer based in Berkeley, Calif., the… Read More
Jun 1, 2022, 4:00 PM Amazon sued for ending free Whole Foods delivery as Prime benefit A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Amazon breached its contract with Prime members last year when it stopped offering… Read More
May 31, 2022, 10:46 AM Amazon Cloud Cam, 2017-2022: Tech giant pulls the plug on its homegrown security camera Truth be told, it took me a while to find my old Amazon Cloud Cam at the bottom of a… Read More
May 29, 2022, 3:37 PM Photos: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle Amazon hosted New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday at its Seattle headquarters, where she met with Amazon Web… Read More
May 28, 2022, 10:42 AM What Amazon’s plan to improve worker safety reveals about the company’s true nature Addressing the issue of warehouse worker safety in response to a shareholder question this week, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy described… Read More
