Oct 21, 2019, 4:56 PM Tech Moves: Google names ex-Cortana chief to lead G Suite; Twitch hires ex-Zynga exec as CMO — Amazon-owned Twitch hired Doug Scott as chief marketing officer of the live streaming platform, based out of San Francisco.… Read More
Oct 21, 2019, 9:29 AM Bernie Sanders slams Amazon over hometown political spending as Seattle elections become a national issue Sen. Bernie Sanders became the latest federal lawmaker to zero in on local Seattle elections Monday morning, slamming Amazon’s hometown… Read More
Oct 19, 2019, 2:48 PM Warren denounces Amazon for ‘trying to tilt the Seattle City Council elections’ with $1.45M It’s unusual for an east coast senator and presidential candidate to wade into local politics in a city on the… Read More
Oct 19, 2019, 7:23 AM Will Amazon’s $1.45M bid to shake up Seattle politics backfire, or work exactly as planned? Amazon took a million-dollar gamble this week, betting a last-minute cash infusion will help elect a new Seattle City Council… Read More
Oct 17, 2019, 10:42 AM Seattle officials and activists protest at Amazon HQ over $1.45M effort to ‘buy our City Council’ On a rainy Seattle Thursday, a group of politicians and activists huddled under a bright orange canopy that matched the… Read More
Oct 16, 2019, 11:56 AM Univ. of Washington researchers make futuristic baby monitors from smart speakers Alexa could soon be the ultimate baby monitor. Researchers at the University of Washington created a speaker system that is… Read More
Oct 16, 2019, 9:30 AM Amazon Alexa Accelerator Demo Night: Read about the 8 startups that pitched voice-related tech Amazon’s voice technology has made some big leaps over the past two years — and so have the startups participating… Read More
Oct 16, 2019, 7:30 AM Watch out, Coachella? Amazon gets into music festival business, releases lineup for ‘Intersect’ An impressive lineup of musicians will be assembling in the desert in December for a two-day festival, but it’s not… Read More
Oct 16, 2019, 4:55 AM Amazon’s Alexa can now pay utility, phone and cable bills in India For the first time, Amazon is combining its digital payments platform with Alexa to let users in India pay their… Read More
Oct 15, 2019, 8:15 PM Democrats slam consolidation and power in Big Tech during presidential debate Democrats running for president in 2020 spent nearly 15 minutes debating Big Tech during the latest debate Thursday, the most… Read More
Oct 15, 2019, 6:08 PM Amazon claims apparel industry group is undermining its fight against counterfeit products Amazon responded Tuesday to the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) with claims of its own after the industry trade… Read More
Oct 15, 2019, 4:26 PM Benioff: Amazon’s Seattle tax fight stoked tech industry opposition to S.F. homeless initiative Marc Benioff’s new book, “Trailblazer,” is the story of the Salesforce co-founder and co-CEO’s emergence as an accidental activist on… Read More
Oct 15, 2019, 10:23 AM Amazon gives $1M to group seeking to upend Seattle City Council in upcoming election Amazon is dramatically increasing its financial commitment to reshape politics in its hometown, in a move that signals a big… Read More
Oct 15, 2019, 9:41 AM Amazon gaining on Google in search advertising market share Google is still king of search ad revenue but Amazon is coming for the throne. That’s according to a new… Read More
Oct 15, 2019, 8:15 AM It’s true: Amazon has been profitable for nearly two years, even without AWS cloud windfall Amazon has compiled a run of record profits over the last few years. There’s a perception that the highly profitable,… Read More
Oct 14, 2019, 4:14 PM Bernie Sanders calls out Amazon’s hometown tax battle in plan to overhaul corporate America Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign unveiled an ambitious plan to reform corporate America on Monday. The proposal holds one company… Read More
Oct 14, 2019, 9:35 AM Amazon makes second $1M gift to Wikimedia Endowment, to help power online encyclopedia Amazon has doubled up on its commitment to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, as a new $1 million gift from the… Read More
Oct 14, 2019, 9:01 AM Report: Amazon’s rapid expansion in Bellevue could reach 4.8M square feet and power ‘spectacular’ growth for Seattle suburb Amazon spent most of the last decade gobbling up every available piece of real estate in Seattle, helping power a… Read More
Oct 10, 2019, 2:35 PM Amazon exec Dave Limp expects Project Kuiper satellites to boost sales and cloud Why is Amazon planning to put thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit? Part of the motivation is to expand… Read More
Oct 10, 2019, 2:07 PM Amazon lays out positions on privacy, immigration, climate, and other issues on new policy page Amazon laid out its positions on a wide range of issues in a new web page that surfaced Thursday, bringing… Read More
Oct 10, 2019, 11:46 AM Q&A: Jay Carney on the Trump White House, Amazon antitrust scrutiny, and working for Bezos Managing public relations for the most powerful country in the world, or one of the most powerful companies, is not… Read More
Oct 9, 2019, 3:06 PM What Obama and Bezos have in common — from the man who’s called both ‘boss’ The list of similarities between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and President Barack Obama is not long. But the two leaders… Read More
Oct 9, 2019, 2:44 PM Amazon considered stricter privacy settings after criticism over handling of voice recordings After it faced public backlash against the practice of using people to review voice recordings from Alexa devices, Amazon gave… Read More
Oct 9, 2019, 12:55 PM Amazon-owned Twitch ‘shocked and saddened’ after synagogue shooting streams on its platform A shooting at a synagogue in Germany that resulted in the deaths of two people was live-streamed on Amazon’s Twitch,… Read More
Oct 9, 2019, 7:02 AM Amazon’s advertising arm is getting so big it held a major conference for brands Amazon’s advertising division is quickly becoming an important pillar of the company, and another sign of its growth came last… Read More
Oct 8, 2019, 4:11 PM LIVE: FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra at the GeekWire Summit In the year and change that Rohit Chopra has served on the Federal Trade Commission, he’s quickly emerged as one… Read More
Oct 7, 2019, 6:00 AM Amazon unveils new Kindle e-reader for kids and refreshes Fire HD 10 tablet Amazon today unveiled a new version of its Kindle e-reader designed specifically for kids and an updated version of the… Read More
Oct 1, 2019, 10:11 PM Amazon’s Project Kuiper and OneWeb raise the curtain higher on their satellite plans Filings with the Federal Communications Commission are providing fresh details about the plans being laid by Amazon and OneWeb to… Read More
Oct 1, 2019, 10:44 AM Your move, Amazon: UPS Flight Forward wins FAA approval as drone delivery airline UPS says its drone delivery subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward, has received certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate as… Read More
Oct 1, 2019, 7:37 AM Amazon reportedly leases more than a dozen sites in Los Angeles for rapid grocery expansion Amazon’s grocery push is kicking into high gear, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. WSJ reports… Read More
