Feb 25, 2020, 12:01 AM Inside ‘Amazon Go Grocery’: Tech giant opens first full-sized store without cashiers or checkout lines Amazon Go is going full grocery. Two years after launching a chain of convenience stores without cashiers or checkout lines,… Read More
Feb 24, 2020, 10:46 AM Is Alexa always listening? New study examines accidental triggers of digital assistants The listening capacity of digital assistants like Alexa and Siri has become a major privacy sticking point in the last… Read More
Feb 23, 2020, 8:03 AM Elizabeth Warren takes aim at Amazon’s taxes again during speech at Seattle rally Sen. Elizabeth Warren called out Amazon in its own backyard at a rally in Seattle on Saturday evening. The Democratic… Read More
Feb 22, 2020, 8:16 AM GeekWire Podcast: Bezos fields criticism despite $10B climate pledge; Seattle braces for The Big One; and more Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. PBS’s Frontline profiled the Amazon empire and painted a… Read More
Feb 21, 2020, 6:00 AM Report: Amazon will pull products from third-party sellers that claim to treat coronavirus Amazon is removing products for sale in its marketplace that claim to treat or protect against coronavirus, according to an… Read More
Feb 19, 2020, 3:21 PM House lawmakers question Ring about partnerships with police Federal lawmakers are asking Amazon to provide details on Ring’s partnerships with local police dating back to 2013. The U.S.… Read More
Feb 19, 2020, 10:52 AM Jeff Bezos wants to curb climate change via $10B fund — but is money his most powerful tool? Jeff Bezos’ surprise pledge this week to donate $10 billion of his personal fortune to non-profits fighting climate change is… Read More
Feb 19, 2020, 4:57 AM Amazon launches on-demand virtual healthcare service for Seattle-area employees Amazon employees can now take advantage of a new on-demand healthcare service that blends virtual medicine and in-house/office visits. The… Read More
Feb 18, 2020, 11:32 PM The definitive account of Amazon’s perilous ambition: Key scenes from PBS’s epic investigation The highly-anticipated PBS Frontline documentary about Amazon’s historic 25-year ascension aired Tuesday evening. The two-hour episode, Amazon Empire: The Rise… Read More
Feb 17, 2020, 10:33 AM Jeff Bezos launches $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund, kicking off his own effort to fight climate change Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he’s launching a $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund that will issue grants aimed at addressing… Read More
Feb 15, 2020, 6:07 AM GeekWire Podcast: We (almost) hacked the election; Amazon vs. Trump; cashless stadiums Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast: Voting online is fast, convenient and also … vulnerable.… Read More
Feb 14, 2020, 3:11 PM Amazon stops working with several small delivery contractors, forcing companies to lay off hundreds Amazon is ending relationships with a number of small delivery contractors across the U.S., forcing companies to lay off hundreds… Read More
Feb 13, 2020, 11:33 AM Judge blocks Microsoft from working on Pentagon’s $10B JEDI contract pending Amazon’s lawsuit A federal judge has paused work on a hotly contested cloud contract that the Defense Department awarded to Microsoft in… Read More
Feb 12, 2020, 12:56 PM Whip it good! Amazon patents a launch system for snapping payloads into the air — or even into orbit Never let it be said that Amazon Prime Air VP Gur Kimchi thinks small: His latest patent lays out a… Read More
Feb 12, 2020, 9:39 AM Video: Amazon PR chief Jay Carney on deposing Trump, worker conditions and political flak Amazon’s top spokesperson addressed a number of controversies surrounding the tech company in an interview Wednesday with CNBC. The Obama… Read More
Feb 10, 2020, 4:41 PM Senators Sanders, Warren and others demand Amazon overhaul ‘profit-at-all costs culture’ More than a dozen high-profile U.S. Senators are urging Amazon to change its workplace culture and implement new safety measures… Read More
Feb 10, 2020, 2:51 PM Can Amazon really depose Trump? Explaining the tech giant’s rare legal move in $10B cloud dispute The relentless ambition that brought customers same-day delivery and a new category of home speakers apparently extends to Amazon’s legal… Read More
Feb 10, 2020, 8:49 AM Amazon asks to depose Trump in lawsuit challenging Pentagon’s award of major cloud contract to Microsoft Amazon is asking a federal judge for permission to depose President Donald Trump and Defense Department officials to prove bias… Read More
Feb 10, 2020, 8:17 AM Amazon-owned Audible and major publishers settle lawsuit over audiobook translation feature Amazon-owned Audible and a group of major book publishers settled a copyright lawsuit filed last year over a feature called… Read More
Feb 10, 2020, 5:34 AM Amazon pulls out of Mobile World Congress tech event due to coronavirus, no word from Microsoft Amazon is the latest tech giant to pull out of the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona later this… Read More
Feb 8, 2020, 7:40 AM GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s real HQ2; Iowa caucus tech fallout; augmented reality at the ballpark Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. Amazon’s second headquarters may be closer to Seattle than… Read More
Feb 6, 2020, 2:54 PM Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ stock sales reach nearly $4B over past week, latest filings show Update, Feb. 7: Bezos sold another 283,632 shares Friday, worth more than $579 million, according to new filings. This brings the… Read More
Feb 6, 2020, 10:52 AM Yes, Virginia, there is an Amazon HQ2, but it’s actually 10 miles outside of Seattle When Amazon coined the term “HQ2” and announced plans to open a second North American headquarters, the company promised it… Read More
Feb 6, 2020, 6:57 AM Amazon to bring 15,000 employees to Bellevue as rapid expansion in Seattle-area city continues Amazon said it plans to expand its headcount to more than 15,000 people in Bellevue, Wash., the growing city 10… Read More
Feb 5, 2020, 10:11 AM Reading Amazon’s mind: Subtle changes in annual report hint at tech giant’s strategies and plans Amazon’s 2019 was about as eventful as it gets. The tech giant plowed billions into an ambitious one-day shipping promise,… Read More
Feb 5, 2020, 6:00 AM Amazon opens registration for re:MARS 2020, starring Jeff Bezos and Hollywood’s Jon Favreau How do you follow up on Iron Man? The answer for Amazon’s second annual re:MARS conference is to bring the… Read More
Feb 4, 2020, 3:29 PM Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sells more than $1.8B in stock, new regulatory filings show Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than $1.8 billion in stock in transactions starting on Friday, according to regulatory filings… Read More
Feb 4, 2020, 2:09 PM Amazon and Microsoft back proposed business tax in breakthrough for fight against homelessness The Seattle-area business community is throwing its weight behind a proposal to tax high-paying companies in the region to fund… Read More
Feb 3, 2020, 8:48 AM Trump’s new executive order targets counterfeits on Amazon and other e-commerce sites President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday seeking to crack down on the import of counterfeit goods and contraband… Read More
Feb 3, 2020, 8:34 AM Report: How blockbuster tax deals for Tesla and Boeing influenced Amazon’s HQ2 search A report from Bloomberg reveals new details about Amazon’s thinking throughout the HQ2 search process and how its secretive approach… Read More
