Mar 23, 2021, 10:25 AM Amazon Games hires ‘Rainbow Six’ devs to head up new development studio in Montreal Amazon Games announced on Tuesday that it’s opened a new internal studio in Montreal. The studio, simply called Amazon Games… Read More
Mar 22, 2021, 12:52 PM Who is Lina Khan? Biden’s FTC commissioner pick is an antitrust expert and Amazon critic The news: President Joe Biden on Monday announced his intent to nominate Lina Khan as commissioner of the Federal Trade… Read More
Mar 18, 2021, 2:04 PM In new NFL deal, Amazon to be exclusive home for ‘Thursday Night Football’ at a reported $1B per year Amazon is going deep in its relationship with the National Football League, signing on for a new 10-year deal that… Read More
Mar 18, 2021, 1:04 PM Florida space officials discuss satellite factory with ‘Project Kraken,’ but it’s not Project Kuiper An unnamed space company may have picked up a code name with Seattle connotations during negotiations for a satellite factory… Read More
Mar 18, 2021, 10:20 AM GeekWire’s new ‘Day 2’ podcast scrutinizes Amazon’s impact on tech, business and the world It feels sometimes like the “enemy hordes are at the gates,” an Amazon shareholder told Jeff Bezos at the company’s… Read More
Mar 17, 2021, 8:36 AM Amazon will expand Amazon Care telemedicine service nationwide to all companies Amazon announced Wednesday that it will expand its Amazon Care healthcare service to non-Amazon employees, first in Washington state and… Read More
Mar 15, 2021, 8:19 AM COVID-19 e-commerce report: Pandemic boosted online shopping spending by $183B New data from Adobe puts a number on the huge pandemic-driven acceleration of e-commerce over the past year. Some key… Read More
Mar 12, 2021, 3:35 PM Jeff Bezos says no thanks to Bernie Sanders’ request to testify on income inequality Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will not testify at a Senate Budget Committee hearing on income inequality next week — a… Read More
Mar 12, 2021, 7:24 AM Republican Senator Marco Rubio unleashes blistering attack on Amazon, says he stands with union effort and criticizes company’s ‘woke’ culture It wasn’t a huge surprise when President Joe Biden earlier this month voiced support for Amazon warehouse workers’ unionization efforts… Read More
Mar 10, 2021, 8:41 AM Amazon throws support behind low-carbon fuel standard bill in Washington state Melissa Santos is a reporter for Crosscut, where this story first appeared. Amazon is embracing the adoption of a low-carbon fuel standard… Read More
Mar 9, 2021, 8:49 AM Amazon leases another Bellevue office tower as it makes room for planned 25k employees in city Amazon is making room for some of the 25,000 employees it plans to add in Bellevue, Wash., announcing Tuesday that… Read More
Mar 7, 2021, 3:19 PM Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott marries Seattle science teacher MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist whose fortune is tied to the early days of Amazon, has married Seattle science teacher… Read More
Mar 5, 2021, 3:06 PM Tech meme wars: Shopify takes a shot at Amazon over alleged copycat products The Amazon vs. Shopify battle just got a little more juicy. Shopify’s sassy social media team — or, SaaSy, if… Read More
Mar 4, 2021, 6:29 AM Amazon Halo users get option to connect with Alexa devices for personal health updates via voice Amazon Halo users will be able to ask Echo speakers and other Alexa-enabled devices for updates on their activity scores,… Read More
Mar 3, 2021, 8:27 PM Amazon opening cashierless Fresh grocery in London, its first physical retail store outside U.S. Amazon is taking its physical retail ambitions and grocery store technology overseas, opening an Amazon Fresh store in the United… Read More
Mar 3, 2021, 12:13 PM Amazon releases surprise Alexa app for Microsoft Xbox, with voice controls and video features Amazon is bringing new voice control capabilities to Microsoft’s gaming consoles with the surprise release of a new “Alexa for… Read More
Mar 3, 2021, 8:00 AM Parler unleashes 15-count lawsuit on Amazon, alleging defamation, bullying and bias for Twitter Parler wasn’t ending its fight against Amazon Web Services last night when it abruptly dropped its suit seeking to require… Read More
Mar 2, 2021, 6:00 AM Amazon Web Services inks deal with the PGA Tour, its latest cloud computing sports deal Amazon Web Services continues to expand its reach into the sports world. The latest deal, announced Tuesday, is with the… Read More
Mar 1, 2021, 5:59 AM Biden issues pointed reminder about union rights amid pivotal vote by Amazon employees An Amazon website called “Do It Without Dues” urges workers at its Bessemer, Ala., warehouse to “KNOW THE FACTS” about… Read More
Feb 27, 2021, 9:52 AM Inside Amazon’s ‘Labor Awakening’: Journalist Erika Hayasaki on her New York Times Magazine story What happens when Amazon becomes an integral part of the economy and culture of a community? And what does the… Read More
Feb 27, 2021, 8:28 AM Amazon Kids adds new browser setting control to give children access to more sites Amazon has added a new browser setting to Amazon Kids that lets parents give their children wider access to the… Read More
Feb 24, 2021, 6:00 AM Amazon donating $15M to Code.org to create AP computer science course with inclusive focus Amazon is making a $15 million donation to Code.org to help the Seattle nonprofit launch a new Advanced Placement computer… Read More
Feb 23, 2021, 10:31 AM Internal memo: Key Amazon exec Jeff Blackburn officially leaving, hinting at new role elsewhere Another Jeff is moving on from his longtime Amazon executive role, filling out the picture of what has become a… Read More
Feb 22, 2021, 5:08 PM Riveter CEO and husband dispute FBI’s seizure of their bank accounts in AWS kickback investigation Update: In a court filing on Jan. 10, 2024, federal prosecutors vacated the prior guilty pleas of Christian Kirschner and… Read More
Feb 21, 2021, 8:31 AM Amazon’s new approach to ‘Human Capital’ is a telling takeaway from its annual regulatory report Customers are still No. 1 at Amazon, but the tech giant now wants it to be known, officially, that employees… Read More
Feb 20, 2021, 1:42 PM Alexa-enabled printer, Amazon’s first product from Kickstarter-like program Build It, hits preorder goal Amazon on Wednesday announced Build It, a Kickstarter-like program that lets you preorder potential products that the company will only… Read More
Feb 19, 2021, 10:15 AM Will Bezos bounce? Amazon CEO’s departure plan sharpens debate over ‘billionaire tax’ in Wash. state When Jeff Bezos announced plans to step down as Amazon CEO later this year, critics of a plan to tax… Read More
Feb 18, 2021, 11:44 AM Here’s what makes Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg generational leaders, according to a former exec A passion for product. Constant curiosity. And a great sense of humor. These are some of the leadership qualities exhibited… Read More
Feb 18, 2021, 10:10 AM California eclipses Washington as Amazon’s biggest state for jobs, with 153k employees and counting Amazon topped 153,000 full- and part-time employees in California as of the fourth quarter of 2020, rapidly outpacing the more… Read More
Feb 17, 2021, 9:54 AM Former AWS real estate managers, accused of taking millions in kickbacks, challenge Amazon’s motives amid FBI investigation Update: In a court filing on Jan. 10, 2024, federal prosecutors vacated the prior guilty pleas of Christian Kirschner and… Read More
