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Apr 27, 2021, 12:37 AM

Amazon expands service that delivers groceries inside your garage

The news: Amazon is expanding its Key In-Garage Grocery Delivery service to more than 5,000 U.S. cities and towns. It… Read More

Apr 24, 2021, 6:37 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Municipal broadband; capital gains tax; Amazon’s take on soccer super league

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Washington state is poised to make a significant change… Read More

Apr 23, 2021, 2:31 PM

Amazon holding vaccination event for thousands of workers at fulfillment center south of Seattle

Amazon is expecting thousands of its operations employees at a COVID-19 vaccination event on Monday at the company’s fulfillment center… Read More

Apr 22, 2021, 11:51 AM

Amazon reportedly bringing cashierless tech to its larger grocery store format

Amazon is reportedly bringing its cashier-less technology to the company’s full-size grocery store format. Bloomberg uncovered planning documents for an… Read More

Apr 21, 2021, 10:42 AM

Amazon’s antitrust adversary: What Lina Khan’s Senate hearing reveals about Big Tech’s future

A decades-long policy of lax regulation of the technology industry could be coming to a close — and Lina Khan… Read More

Apr 21, 2021, 8:42 AM

Amazon adding its palm-reading ID system as a payment option at Whole Foods store in Seattle

Amazon is bringing its palm-reading biometric identification system to a Whole Foods store in Seattle, the company announced Wednesday, expanding… Read More

Apr 20, 2021, 2:00 PM

Inside the booming market for buying Amazon sellers: Secrets and insights from an acquirer

Over the past two years, dozens of heavily-funded investment firms have formed with a singular purpose: Buying small companies that… Read More

Apr 20, 2021, 1:26 PM

Amazon criticizes European soccer ‘Super League’ as anticompetitive, says Prime Video not involved

Stepping into the international dustup about a proposed “European Super League” of elite soccer teams, Amazon declared Tuesday that the… Read More

Apr 20, 2021, 8:17 AM

Amazon opening first hair salon in London in bid to test new technology and sell more beauty products

Hold onto your hats, Amazon is opening its first-ever hair salon in London. It’s yet another new line of business… Read More

Apr 19, 2021, 3:16 PM

Amazon cancels ‘Lord of the Rings’ MMO in latest hiccup for company’s gaming ambitions

Amazon has sent its free-to-play Lord of the Rings game off to the Undying Lands. The news broke over the… Read More

Apr 19, 2021, 11:55 AM

Amazon unveils 9 clean energy projects, says it will power company with 100% renewables by 2025

Amazon on Monday announced nine new wind and solar energy projects, bringing its total number of renewable projects to 206.… Read More

Apr 19, 2021, 10:34 AM

Video: Jeff Bezos gives Washington governor a tour of homeless shelter attached to Amazon HQ

Jeff Bezos played host to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in a recent tour of the Mary’s Place family shelter that… Read More

Apr 19, 2021, 6:00 AM

Union organizers file formal objections over Amazon’s opposition campaign in Alabama

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on Monday formally accused Amazon of illegal and coercive activity in the weeks… Read More

Apr 15, 2021, 10:05 AM

Here’s why Jeff Bezos quoted a 1986 book about human evolution in his shareholders letter

The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins’ bestselling 1986 book that skewers the notion of intelligent design while celebrating the rational science… Read More

Apr 15, 2021, 7:43 AM

Amazon now has 200 million Prime members, Bezos reveals in annual shareholders letter

The news: In his annual shareholders letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said that the company has surpassed 200 million Prime… Read More

Apr 15, 2021, 7:02 AM

Read Jeff Bezos’ shareholders letter: Amazon founder focuses on employee welfare, comments on union vote

The news: Jeff Bezos penned his final shareholders letter as Amazon’s CEO and used the annual tradition to comment on the… Read More

Apr 14, 2021, 12:36 PM

Amazon sets 2021 diversity goals and releases new workforce data on gender and race

The news: Amazon released new data on the racial and gender makeup of its workforce and outlined plans to increase… Read More

Apr 14, 2021, 9:04 AM

Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, Nordstrom join corporate push for fair elections

Four Seattle-area corporate giants on Wednesday joined hundreds of companies pushing back against voting restriction legislation currently being proposed in… Read More

Apr 13, 2021, 6:33 PM

Bezos Earth Fund again poaches the leader of a grant recipient to help run its organization

The Bezos Earth Fund has hired Charlotte Pera as vice president for Strategy and Programs for the $10 billion effort… Read More

Apr 13, 2021, 5:00 AM

Amazon expanding ‘upskill’ training for software developer roles to workers outside of company

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding one of its so-called “upskilling” programs to people outside of the company who… Read More

Apr 10, 2021, 9:46 AM

Day 2: Amazon defeated the union in Alabama, but did it win on the larger stage?

Amazon warehouse employees voted against unionization in Bessemer, Ala., in a victory for the company and a defeat for organized… Read More

Apr 10, 2021, 8:31 AM

Why Amazon and Jeff Bezos are backing a corporate tax rate hike

Jeff Bezos surprised some Amazon critics and followers this week by throwing his weight behind a federal corporate tax hike… Read More

Apr 9, 2021, 8:41 AM

Amazon employees vote against union vote by wide margin; union to file objection

In a public defeat for organized labor, a sizable majority of Amazon warehouse employees voted against unionization in Bessemer, Ala.… Read More

Apr 8, 2021, 12:29 PM

Amazon on verge of thwarting union vote in Alabama; remaining ballots to be counted Friday

Amazon appears well on its way to thwarting an attempt to unionize workers at its Bessemer, Ala. plant with the… Read More

Apr 7, 2021, 8:24 PM

Amazon’s Twitch updates policies to address ‘severe off-service misconduct’

Twitch users may now face punitive measures by the service for actions that occurred offline, on other platforms, or before… Read More

Apr 7, 2021, 11:56 AM

Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

— Former Amazon Web Services and Microsoft executive Teresa Carlson will join Splunk in the new role of president and… Read More

Apr 6, 2021, 8:30 PM

Amazon union vote: Here’s how the ballots will be counted this week

The unionization votes are now in the hands of the National Labor Relations Board and the two factions have completed… Read More

Apr 6, 2021, 3:02 PM

Jeff Bezos says Amazon is ‘supportive of a rise in the corporate tax rate’

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos today endorsed the Biden administration’s call for a higher corporate tax rate to help pay for… Read More

Apr 5, 2021, 10:21 AM

Amazon illegally fired labor advocates, federal board rules

The National Labor Relations Board said that Amazon illegally fired two Seattle-based employees who criticized the company for its climate… Read More

Apr 5, 2021, 8:41 AM

These startups are solving Amazon’s potty problem, helping delivery drivers find relief on the go

Amazon stepped into an unexpected public relations mess recently when company officials claimed that its workers would never have to… Read More