Sep 8, 2021, 9:07 AM From Go to go bigger, Amazon bringing cashierless ‘Just Walk Out’ tech to two Whole Foods stores Amazon is bringing more of its technology to Whole Foods Market, announcing Wednesday that the “Just Walk Out” cashierless experience… Read More
Sep 7, 2021, 6:30 AM Interview: Rep. Pramila Jayapal on why her new legislation might make Amazon an illegal monopoly Few lawmakers have gotten Amazon’s attention like the one who hails from the company’s hometown, Rep. Pramila Jayapal. The 7th… Read More
Sep 2, 2021, 10:27 PM Here’s how the #ADayOffTwitch strike impacted viewer hours on Amazon-owned Twitch Sept. 1 saw a day-long strike by some of the most popular streamers on Twitch, and according to numbers released… Read More
Sep 2, 2021, 10:40 AM As Amazon booms in California, cities want state to fix ‘tremendous inequity’ in sharing of tax revenue Some California cities are calling on the state to return to a more equitable method of sharing tax revenue generated… Read More
Sep 1, 2021, 9:37 AM Amazon plans 20% jump in global corporate and tech roles by adding 55k jobs in latest hiring spree Amazon is looking to fill 40,000 corporate and tech jobs across more than 220 locations in the United States, the… Read More
Aug 31, 2021, 10:21 AM Report: Amazon expanding into live audio Amazon Music is leading an effort to expand the company into live audio, joining the likes of Clubhouse, Twitter, Facebook… Read More
Aug 30, 2021, 9:05 AM A welcome interloper? Amazon Fresh opens in Seattle’s historic and changing Central District To some longtime residents of Seattle’s Central District, a grocery store stocked like the one Amazon opened recently in the… Read More
Aug 27, 2021, 2:06 PM Amazon will offer ‘buy now, pay later’ option via partnership with Affirm Customers shopping on Amazon.com will be able to buy more products in monthly payments thanks to a new partnership with… Read More
Aug 26, 2021, 5:00 PM Amazon cloud exec Charlie Bell’s new Microsoft job puts non-compete deals back in the spotlight What exactly will longtime Amazon executive Charlie Bell do at Microsoft? It’s possible that even Bell doesn’t know the precise… Read More
Aug 26, 2021, 3:12 PM Former Amazon grocery leader Wei Gao lands at event management company Hopin Wei Gao is hopping to Hopin. The longtime Amazon executive who helped lead the company’s grocery efforts just took a… Read More
Aug 25, 2021, 5:54 PM Cloud wars: Former Amazon Web Services leader Charlie Bell reportedly joins rival Microsoft Longtime Amazon Web Services leader Charlie Bell has reportedly taken a job at Microsoft. Bell, a member of Amazon’s senior… Read More
Aug 25, 2021, 1:26 PM Amazon announces open beta for ‘New World’ in early September During the Opening Night Live event at this year’s virtual Gamescom conference, Amazon revealed a new trailer for its upcoming… Read More
Aug 25, 2021, 6:22 AM Why Amazon is now pledging to make good on bad third-party products Amazon has long contended that it shouldn’t be held legally liable for defective products sold by third-party merchants on Amazon.com,… Read More
Aug 24, 2021, 9:01 AM White House cybersecurity summit to include Amazon’s Andy Jassy, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, and Apple CEO Tim Cook are among the tech executives who’ve been… Read More
Aug 19, 2021, 8:39 AM Report: Amazon is namely to blame as parents stop naming kids Alexa “Alexa, STOP!” How many times have you shouted that after unintentionally waking a voice-enabled Amazon device? Now imagine being the… Read More
Aug 19, 2021, 8:19 AM The circle of life: Amazon reportedly to open department stores in latest physical retail bid Amazon is making another move into physical retail, this time with plans to open department store-like locations in Ohio and… Read More
Aug 19, 2021, 6:30 AM How Amazon could be Earth’s best employer: 5 ideas from a logistics pro turned warehouse worker Gisela Hausmann had a unique perspective on Amazon when she started a job in 2019 as a front-line worker at… Read More
Aug 17, 2021, 7:27 AM Walmart takes another page from Amazon, reports 95% increase in U.S. advertising sales Walmart reported a 95% increase in its U.S. advertising sales in the second quarter, and said its number of active… Read More
Aug 16, 2021, 2:35 PM Amazon exec Wei Gao, a former technical advisor to Jeff Bezos, latest to leave tech giant Wei Gao, an Amazon executive who helped lead the company’s grocery efforts, is leaving the Seattle tech giant after more… Read More
Aug 15, 2021, 11:12 AM Q&A with Amazon Alexa chief Rohit Prasad on the future of ambient computing When Amazon’s first Alexa-enabled smart speaker debuted in 2014, it was something of a novelty: A voice-activated natural language processing… Read More
Aug 13, 2021, 10:39 AM U.S. senators question Amazon about its use of palm-reading biometric data New Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is facing questions about how the company plans to use the data it gathers from… Read More
Aug 13, 2021, 8:09 AM Census data shows Seattle’s population surge over last decade, fueled in part by tech job growth Seattle’s population grew by 21% to 737,015 people and King County swelled by more than 300,000 residents since 2010, according… Read More
Aug 13, 2021, 6:14 AM Ranked: The states where Amazon has invested most in jobs and infrastructure in the past decade New stats from Amazon reveal the company’s total spending on jobs and infrastructure in each U.S. state from 2010 to… Read More
Aug 12, 2021, 10:50 PM Livestreaming report: Amazon’s ‘New World’ gains attention as gamers flock to closed beta Twitch’s growth rate has been slowed but not eliminated in the summer months; Facebook Gaming continues to grow its share… Read More
Aug 11, 2021, 8:48 AM Amazon opens $1.5B Northern Kentucky air hub, fueling questions about its cargo ambitions Amazon opened a $1.5 billion air hub in Northern Kentucky, where it plans to process millions of packages a day… Read More
Aug 11, 2021, 7:59 AM Report: Amazon awarded secret $10B NSA cloud computing contract, Microsoft files protest Amazon Web Services has received a $10 billion cloud computing contract from the National Security Agency, according to a report… Read More
Aug 10, 2021, 10:29 AM Amazon will take on greater responsibility for defective products sold by third-party merchants Amazon will compensate customers up to $1,000 for property damage or personal injury caused by defective products sold by third-party… Read More
Aug 9, 2021, 6:58 PM Amazon senior cloud exec Charlie Bell is leaving the company after more than 23 years Charlie Bell, a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team and a longtime linchpin of the company’s cloud business, is leaving… Read More
Aug 9, 2021, 10:40 AM Amazon and GoPro sue alleged counterfeiters over bogus grips, mounts, and other accessories Amazon and GoPro are suing nine defendants on allegations that they attempted to sell counterfeit GoPro accessories on Amazon.com, in… Read More
Aug 9, 2021, 10:05 AM Report: Amazon offering $2M in cash and prizes in lottery for vaccinated frontline workers In a bid to incentivize more frontline workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Amazon is offering a lottery of cash… Read More
