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Mar 9, 2020, 8:49 AM

Microsoft, Amazon and others form $2.5M coronavirus response fund

Microsoft, Amazon, and other Seattle-area companies are partnering with nonprofits and governments to launch a relief fund in response to… Read More

Mar 9, 2020, 8:13 AM

Amazon starts selling Amazon Go technology to other businesses

Amazon today unveiled a new business line, selling its “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology to other retailers. Amazon originally developed… Read More

Mar 6, 2020, 4:20 PM

Amazon: Pentagon should have tossed Microsoft’s JEDI bid over ‘noncompliant storage solution’

Amazon claims that Microsoft’s winning bid for the Pentagon’s coveted $10 billion cloud computing contract should have been disqualified after… Read More

Mar 5, 2020, 9:16 AM

Seattle officials unveil plan to tax Amazon, other high-paying companies to fund affordable housing

Seattle City Councilmembers unveiled draft legislation Wednesday that details their plan to tax the city’s highest paying businesses to fund… Read More

Mar 5, 2020, 9:00 AM

Inside ‘Amazon Pop Up’ in Seattle: Tech giant offers themed selection at latest physical retail concept

Amazon is popping open the doors on its latest brick-and-mortar retail concept Friday in Seattle with the arrival of Amazon… Read More

Mar 4, 2020, 11:09 PM

Amazon changes coronavirus plan, tells Seattle area employees to work from home until March 31

Amazon is now asking all of its Seattle-area employees who can do their jobs from home to do so until… Read More

Mar 3, 2020, 5:26 PM

Amazon employee in Seattle tests positive for coronavirus

An Amazon employee at the company’s Seattle headquarters has tested positive for the novel coronavirus spreading across the country, according… Read More

Mar 3, 2020, 7:45 AM

Amazon inks deal to stream New York Yankees baseball games on Prime Video

Amazon is expanding its sports media footprint with a new deal to stream New York Yankees baseball games this season.… Read More

Mar 3, 2020, 5:04 AM

Amazon expands same-day delivery with new network of mini warehouses near cities

Amazon today unveiled its latest initiative to speed up delivery times on millions of items for its growing cadre of… Read More

Mar 2, 2020, 9:38 AM

‘Tax Amazon’ protest draws 400 to company’s HQ in dispute over plan to address homelessness crisis

Protestors descended on Amazon’s headquarters Sunday in a fight to preserve the taxing authority of Seattle and other cities in… Read More

Feb 28, 2020, 2:09 PM

Amazon asks employees to avoid ‘non-essential’ travel to mitigate coronavirus risk

Amazon is asking its employees to defer all “non-essential” travel across the U.S. and abroad in response to the novel… Read More

Feb 28, 2020, 7:03 AM

Jeff Bezos’ education philanthropy starts hiring for first tuition-free preschool in Seattle area

The educational philanthropy that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced in 2018 is now hiring for a variety of roles in… Read More

Feb 28, 2020, 5:32 AM

Report: Walmart set to launch Amazon Prime competitor

Walmart is reportedly close to launching a loyalty program called Walmart+ to rival the popular Amazon Prime offering. Recode reported… Read More

Feb 27, 2020, 5:34 PM

Amazon Web Services VP Adam Bosworth exits, says secret AWS product ‘coming relatively soon’

Adam Bosworth, a veteran tech executive known for his work at companies including Microsoft, Salesforce and Google, is leaving his… Read More

Feb 27, 2020, 2:43 PM

Labor unions ask FTC to look into Amazon for ‘anti-competitive practices’

A coalition of labor unions — including truck drivers, food workers, and service employees — is pressuring the Federal Trade… Read More

Feb 26, 2020, 10:57 AM

Price analysis shows Amazon Go Grocery is already undercutting nearby retail rival

Amazon made headlines Tuesday with the debut of its newest cashierless grocery store concept in Seattle. The opening drew hundreds… Read More

Feb 26, 2020, 9:30 AM

A new Amazon mystery: Clues point to possible location of next grocery store in Seattle

With the opening of the first-ever Amazon Go Grocery store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood the tech giant put to… Read More

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