Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 47 of 245

Sep 28, 2020, 7:22 AM

Amazon expanding in Canada, will add another 3,000 jobs in Vancouver and 500 in Toronto

Amazon is growing its footprint north of the border as the tech giant spreads its corporate footprint beyond Seattle and… Read More

Sep 27, 2020, 10:28 PM

Amazon Prime Day set for Oct. 13-14 after pandemic-related delay

Amazon’s annual shopping extravaganza will take place Oct. 13-14, the company announced late Sunday. The event was delayed this year… Read More

Sep 26, 2020, 8:55 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s flying security camera, and Microsoft’s $7.5B gaming deal

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Ring, the Amazon-owned smart doorbell and security company, unveiled… Read More

Sep 26, 2020, 8:28 AM

Amazon gives customers a way to immediately delete Alexa voice recordings — here’s how to do it

Privacy was front-and-center for Amazon at the company’s big devices and services event this week. The most noteworthy privacy-related announcement… Read More

Sep 25, 2020, 7:29 AM

Analysis: Amazon makes another bid for relevance in the games industry with Luna streaming service

Amazon announced Thursday, with a strange lack of ceremony, that it’s making an attempt to break into the cloud-based gaming… Read More

Sep 24, 2020, 2:14 PM

Drone home: Amazon’s new Ring indoor security camera gives flight to new privacy concerns

Amazon drones will probably be zipping around outside your house to drop off packages before too long. But before that… Read More

Sep 24, 2020, 1:57 PM

Breonna Taylor case sparks Amazon Web Services CEO to call for police ‘culture change’

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy, who has been at the center of the debate over the use of Amazon… Read More

Sep 24, 2020, 12:47 PM

‘Alexa, I’m being pulled over’: Amazon-owned Ring unveils new security devices for the car

Ring is coming to the car. The Amazon-owned company revealed new car security products and services as part of Amazon’s… Read More

Sep 24, 2020, 12:30 PM

Amazon unveils spherical Echo speakers, flying indoor security camera, and cloud gaming service

Amazon unveiled a new lineup of spherical Echo devices, an autonomous flying indoor Ring security camera, a new cloud gaming… Read More

Sep 23, 2020, 12:57 PM

Is this Amazon’s next store? Long-rumored site in Seattle area signals larger grocery ambitions

This is either an Amazon store, or someone is stealing the tech giant’s architecture. Given the minimal probability of the… Read More

Sep 23, 2020, 10:21 AM

Amazon appeals product liability ruling to CA Supreme Court, citing ‘potentially vast blast radius’

Amazon is asking the California Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling in a landmark product liability case, seeking… Read More

Sep 23, 2020, 9:39 AM

Amazon launches sustainable product search tool to help shoppers make greener choices

Amazon is launching a new tool to help shoppers select items that are deemed more environmentally friendly. Products will earn… Read More

Sep 22, 2020, 1:07 PM

Amazon stops sale of so-called ‘Prime Bike’ and calls out fitness company for peddling ‘partnership’

Update, Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. PT: A stationary bicycle made by the exercise gear company Echelon and sold on Amazon as… Read More

Sep 22, 2020, 8:11 AM

Bezos Academy, funded by Jeff Bezos’ $2B ‘Day One Fund,’ launches first free school in Seattle area

The Day 1 Academies Fund is gearing up to open the inaugural school in its new network of full scholarship… Read More

Sep 21, 2020, 9:49 AM

Amazon adds Tile to Sidewalk wireless network; says Echo devices can serve as bridges; explains bandwidth sharing

Tracking technology company Tile will offer a device and experience that works with the upcoming Amazon Sidewalk neighborhood wireless network… Read More

Sep 18, 2020, 12:09 PM

Justice Dept. indicts six in scheme to bribe Amazon employees and gain marketplace advantage

A grand jury in the Western District of Washington has indicted six people in a multi-million dollar scheme to bribe… Read More

Sep 17, 2020, 7:17 PM

Internal documents say U.S. Postal Service made $1.6B profit on Amazon deliveries in FY2019

The U.S. Postal Service generated $1.6 billion in profit from Amazon in its 2019 fiscal year, on $3.9 billion in… Read More

Sep 17, 2020, 4:09 PM

Testing Amazon Kitchen: Here’s our hot take on the tech giant’s first hot food bar at Amazon Go Grocery

Amazon does deliveries, cloud computing, voice technology, and e-readers pretty damn well. The company’s hot food game, though, could use… Read More

Sep 17, 2020, 11:36 AM

Amazon defends partnerships with oil industry as Washington governor seeks to rein it in

Amazon’s sustainability chief defended the company’s partnerships with fossil fuel companies Thursday during an Axios virtual event with Washington Gov.… Read More

Sep 17, 2020, 8:38 AM

Amazon reveals first 5 companies to receive investments from its $2B Climate Pledge Fund

Amazon on Thursday announced the first five companies selected to receive investments from its Climate Pledge Fund, a $2 billion… Read More

Sep 15, 2020, 8:32 AM

Amazon launches ‘Luxury Stores’ to bring high-end fashion brands to Prime shoppers on mobile

Maybe it’s time to get out of the quarantine sweatpants. Amazon has launched its Luxury Stores shopping experience, bringing high-end… Read More

Sep 14, 2020, 8:44 AM

Amazon to hire 100,000 new operations workers in latest spree fueled by pandemic demand

Amazon plans to hire an additional 100,000 full- and part-time workers across its operations network in the U.S. and Canada… Read More

Sep 10, 2020, 10:23 AM

Esports star ‘Ninja’ is back on Amazon’s Twitch months after Microsoft’s Mixer shut down

Twitch’s biggest streaming star is back. Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, the professional gamer who jumped from the Amazon-owned platform last year… Read More

Sep 9, 2020, 1:54 PM

Amazon adds former NSA and U.S. Cyber Command leader Keith Alexander as board director

Amazon today elected Keith Alexander, a retired four-star general of the U.S. Army, as it newest board director. Alexander was… Read More

Sep 9, 2020, 10:45 AM

Amazon Halo team hints at larger ambitions, with ‘full roadmap’ of health devices and experiences

Amazon’s new Halo tracker and service are just the start of a “full roadmap of new and innovative devices and… Read More

Sep 9, 2020, 8:52 AM

Here are the six new stats Amazon will help the NFL track during the upcoming football season

Fans might not be able to engage in football by attending NFL games in person at the start of the… Read More

Sep 9, 2020, 12:01 AM

Amazon opens new Go Grocery store in Microsoft’s neighborhood, as their retail tech rivalry grows

Amazon is opening its second Amazon Go Grocery store Wednesday, this one in Redmond, Wash., bringing its larger cashierless store… Read More

Sep 8, 2020, 10:46 AM

Seattle startup’s ‘TalkSocket’ combines Alexa and PopSockets, launches on Kickstarter for $49

A Seattle startup is partnering with PopSockets to turn the popular smartphone grip into a miniature Amazon Alexa device. Known… Read More

Sep 5, 2020, 8:57 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Breaking the IPO glass ceiling; Who succeeds Bezos?; TikTok’s ticking clock

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. When Athira Pharma filed with the Nasdaq for a… Read More

Sep 4, 2020, 12:25 PM

Amazon tears into Trump after Pentagon reaffirms Microsoft as winner of $10B JEDI cloud contract

[Updated at 3 p.m. Pacific on Friday, Sept. 4.] Amazon issued a searing response Friday to the Department of Defense’s… Read More