Apr 17, 2020, 1:46 PM Dispute between Microsoft and Amazon over JEDI cloud contract is delayed The protracted saga over a $10 billion Defense Department contract that pits Microsoft and Amazon against each other will be… Read More
Apr 17, 2020, 8:32 AM Amazon employees organize virtual walkout over firings, warehouse conditions Current and former Amazon employees are encouraging tech workers at the company to participate in a “virtual walkout” next week… Read More
Apr 16, 2020, 1:35 PM Amazon CEO claims grocery delivery cuts carbon emissions by 43% compared to traditional shopping Amid an annual letter dominated by the coronavirus crisis, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made a bold claim about sustainable shopping… Read More
Apr 16, 2020, 8:20 AM Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos calls for regular COVID-19 testing ‘on a global scale across all industries’ Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that testing everyone regularly for COVID-19 — not just his own employees — will be… Read More
Apr 15, 2020, 3:50 PM Amazon ‘bid high and lost’ on JEDI, Microsoft says after release of DoD watchdog report Microsoft took aim at Amazon in a blog post Wednesday, accusing its rival of seeking an unfair advantage as the… Read More
Apr 15, 2020, 9:37 AM DoD watchdog affirms JEDI award to Microsoft over Amazon, calls bias claims unfounded A new report by the Defense Department’s inspector general found no evidence that President Donald Trump improperly influenced the award… Read More
Apr 14, 2020, 2:13 PM First Amazon warehouse worker dies of COVID-19 as fulfillment center outbreaks mount The first known COVID-19 death among Amazon’s workforce occurred two weeks ago, the company said Tuesday. An operations manager at… Read More
Apr 14, 2020, 8:54 AM Amazon fires two employees who called for climate change reform and better warehouse conditions Amazon fired two highly visible employee activists who regularly criticize the company’s position on climate change and conditions inside its… Read More
Apr 14, 2020, 8:19 AM Amazon stock hits an all-time high as tech giant now valued at $1.1 trillion Shares of Amazon reached an all-time high Tuesday morning as the Seattle tech giant deals with unprecedented demand due to… Read More
Apr 13, 2020, 8:42 AM Here’s what Amazon is doing to increase capacity for surging online grocery demand orders Amazon is putting new online grocery customers on a waitlist and is reducing hours at some physical Whole Foods stores… Read More
Apr 13, 2020, 8:20 AM Amazon fills 100k warehouse worker jobs, plans to hire 75k more to meet pandemic-driven demand Amazon added 100,000 new warehouse workers over the past month to help fulfill the surge in orders by customers sheltering… Read More
Apr 11, 2020, 8:54 AM GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates on the future of work; Vicis reborn; Nintendo meets Lego Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. Bill Gates talks about how work will change after… Read More
Apr 9, 2020, 2:58 PM Amazon redirects some employees to build out COVID-19 testing capacity for its front-line workers With thousands of its own workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic as warehouse workers, delivery personnel, grocery… Read More
Apr 8, 2020, 1:57 PM Senate Democrats grill Amazon on warehouse worker firing, COVID-19 procedures A group of Democrats in the U.S. Senate sent a letter to Amazon on Wednesday questioning the company’s rationale for… Read More
Apr 7, 2020, 2:45 PM COVID-19 crisis sparks ‘inflection point’ for online grocery — and huge revenue for Amazon More people are ordering groceries online due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, leading to a permanent consumer purchasing shift —… Read More
Apr 4, 2020, 8:27 AM GeekWire Podcast: How COVID-19 is squeezing Amazon; Good news stories; Farewell, John Legere Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. Amazon is under pressure as workers in dozens of… Read More
Apr 2, 2020, 6:19 PM Amazon responds after leaked memo reveals company’s PR strategy against warehouse worker Amazon’s logistics chief penned a blog post Thursday, hours after a leaked memo revealed an unflattering glimpse into the company’s… Read More
Apr 2, 2020, 10:44 AM Amazon faces unprecedented challenges as dozens of warehouses grapple with COVID-19 outbreaks At least 30 of the fulfillment centers that power Amazon’s e-commerce business have outbreaks of COVID-19, according to local news… Read More
Mar 30, 2020, 10:42 AM Amazon starts temperature screening amid outcry over warehouse worker exposure to COVID-19 Amazon will begin screening employee temperatures at warehouses in New York and Seattle this week amid growing unrest about workers’… Read More
Mar 28, 2020, 10:49 AM Amazon employee at Seattle-area warehouse tests positive for COVID-19 A worker at Amazon’s Seattle-area warehouse in Kent, Wash. tested positive for COVID-19. This is the first known COVID-19 case… Read More
Mar 28, 2020, 9:56 AM GeekWire Podcast: Coronavirus hits tech economy; life under lockdown; a poem for our new era Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. Seattle’s latest week under the cloud of the coronavirus… Read More
Mar 27, 2020, 2:25 PM Amazon shareholders submit 10 resolutions on environment, equity, lobbying and other issues Amazon shareholders plan to press for a range of corporate reforms at the company’s annual meeting in May. Amazon released… Read More
Mar 26, 2020, 5:46 PM Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges to help WHO flood the world with coronavirus test kits Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the World Health Organization’s director-general are trading ideas on how to get the COVID-19 pandemic… Read More
Mar 24, 2020, 3:52 PM Package safety: COVID-19 is ‘stable’ on cardboard for 24 hours, but risk of transmission is low Should you be worried about transmitting COVID-19 from packages that arrive at your doorstep? As people rely more heavily on… Read More
Mar 24, 2020, 10:45 AM Amazon calls DoD review of Microsoft JEDI win too narrow, urges sweeping reevaluation of bids For months Amazon has been pleading with a federal court to order the Department of Defense to review its decision… Read More
Mar 23, 2020, 4:59 PM Amazon settles non-compete lawsuit involving AWS sales exec who joined Google Cloud Amazon settled a lawsuit involving a former Amazon Web Services sales executive who joined rival Google Cloud last year. Amazon… Read More
Mar 21, 2020, 4:37 PM Internal memo: Jeff Bezos tells Amazon employees he’s ‘wholly focused’ on the COVID-19 crisis Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he has turned all of his attention to the impact of COVID-19, the tech giant’s… Read More
Mar 21, 2020, 8:42 AM GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates on COVID-19, gig workers in peril, and more on the coronavirus crisis Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. It was another tumultuous week in Seattle, the epicenter… Read More
Mar 20, 2020, 5:54 PM Amazon calls accusations ‘simply unfounded’ after senators question warehouse worker protection U.S. senators are scrutinizing Amazon’s handling of its warehouse workers amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Four legislators sent a letter to… Read More
Mar 20, 2020, 10:37 AM Amazon pledges $20 million to accelerate COVID-19 diagnostic testing Amazon is pledging $20 million to accelerate diagnostics, research and testing in the fight against COVID-19. The company announced the… Read More
