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May 29, 2019, 6:00 AM

Amazon unveils new compact Echo Show smart display for $90, shipping next month

Amazon today revealed the latest version of the Alexa-powered Echo Show smart display: a smaller model at a much lower… Read More

May 28, 2019, 9:53 AM

Amazon shoots down reports of reduction in bulk orders from small wholesale suppliers

Editor’s Note: Post and headline updated with comment from Amazon Amazon today denied a report that it is preparing to… Read More

May 24, 2019, 3:09 PM

Amazon shareholder proposals on climate and facial recognition won about 30 percent of vote

Updated below with full results and news release from Amazon employees who backed climate resolution. Amazon announced this week that… Read More

May 24, 2019, 9:53 AM

With Amazon’s HQ2 on the way, a housing boom begins in Northern Virginia, echoing Seattle

The HQ2 housing rush has begun. With the first of 25,000 new Amazon employees set to arrive in just a… Read More

May 23, 2019, 12:00 PM

Amazon real estate chief: ‘I want to change the way that people work within the four walls’

Amazon doesn’t just innovate on behalf of customers. The tech giant also comes up with new ideas to help its… Read More

May 23, 2019, 10:46 AM

Jeff Bezos, can you take my return? Inside one of the most unusual Amazon annual meetings ever

Amazon Prime member Evie Schwerin ordered a Haggadah, the Jewish text traditionally read at Passover Seder, before realizing that she… Read More

May 23, 2019, 9:19 AM

Amazon is reportedly building a wellness device that senses emotions in your voice

Amazon is reportedly working on a health and wellness device that is worn on the wrist and can read human… Read More

May 23, 2019, 8:08 AM

Walmart targets Amazon Fire tablets with new line of low-cost devices starting at $64

Walmart has released its long-rumored set of low-cost tablets, the latest challenge in the retail giant’s multi-faceted battle with Amazon.… Read More

May 23, 2019, 7:00 AM

Amazon says millions of custom Alexa voice apps have come out of no-code Skill Blueprints program

Amazon has counted on others to spread Alexa everywhere — first developers, then device makers, and most recently everyone else.… Read More

May 22, 2019, 1:17 PM

Shareholders reject efforts to rein in Amazon’s sale of facial recognition tech to law enforcement

Amazon will continue to sell its facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies without oversight after two shareholder resolutions were… Read More

May 22, 2019, 9:36 AM

Amazon shareholders reject all 11 annual meeting proposals, including employee-backed climate plan

Amazon shareholders voted down all 11 independent resolutions presented at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday, including a climate change push… Read More

May 22, 2019, 8:05 AM

Scammers impersonate Amazon customer support in new scheme as robocalls surge

Americans received 26.3 billion spam calls in 2018, roughly 80 times the entire population of the United States. Robocalls and… Read More

May 22, 2019, 8:00 AM

How Amazon Web Services’ Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec is preparing for a data explosion

One of the only certainties about the future of enterprise computing is that more data will be collected, processed, and… Read More

May 22, 2019, 7:34 AM

How to think like Amazon: New book from former exec helps others learn from tech giant

Amazon critics will gather outside the tech giant’s shareholder meeting Wednesday morning in Seattle to protest the company’s actions on… Read More

May 21, 2019, 2:05 PM

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shows enthusiasm for auto industry at all-hands meeting, report says

Jeff Bezos has set his sights on yet another industry. The Amazon CEO told employees in March that he’s “very… Read More

May 21, 2019, 8:27 AM

More than 7,600 Amazon employees demand action on climate change in advance of annual meeting

A record number of Amazon employees are pressuring the company to get serious about climate change. More than 7,600 software… Read More

May 18, 2019, 7:49 AM

Minecraft meets the real world, Amazon pays its employees to quit, and the scooter saga continues

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Four years after acquiring Minecraft, Microsoft this week unveiled its most ambitious effort yet… Read More

May 17, 2019, 9:14 AM

Amazon leads $575M funding round for Uber Eats competitor Deliveroo

Amazon’s restaurant delivery business pulled out of the U.K. late last year, and now the tech giant is backing one… Read More

May 17, 2019, 9:08 AM

Amazon’s healthcare joint venture, Haven, loses COO Jack Stoddard

Nine months after joining Haven, the healthcare joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, COO Jack Stoddard has… Read More

May 15, 2019, 9:10 AM

Amazon Fire TV hits 34M users, widening lead against top competitor Roku

Amazon’s Fire TV streaming media player now has 34 million users, an increase of 4 million since the last time… Read More

May 15, 2019, 9:00 AM

Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and other tech giants pledge to crack down on violent extremism in ‘Christchurch call to action’

A who’s who of U.S. tech and social media giants is joining forces with international leaders to fight the violent… Read More

May 14, 2019, 4:00 PM

Amazon unveils new compact Echo Show smart display for $90, shipping next month

Amazon shoots down reports of reduction in bulk orders from small wholesale suppliers

Amazon shareholder proposals on climate and facial recognition won about 30 percent of vote

With Amazon’s HQ2 on the way, a housing boom begins in Northern Virginia, echoing Seattle

Amazon real estate chief: ‘I want to change the way that people work within the four walls’

Jeff Bezos, can you take my return? Inside one of the most unusual Amazon annual meetings ever

Amazon is reportedly building a wellness device that senses emotions in your voice

Walmart targets Amazon Fire tablets with new line of low-cost devices starting at $64

Amazon says millions of custom Alexa voice apps have come out of no-code Skill Blueprints program

Shareholders reject efforts to rein in Amazon’s sale of facial recognition tech to law enforcement

Amazon shareholders reject all 11 annual meeting proposals, including employee-backed climate plan

Scammers impersonate Amazon customer support in new scheme as robocalls surge

How Amazon Web Services’ Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec is preparing for a data explosion

How to think like Amazon: New book from former exec helps others learn from tech giant

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shows enthusiasm for auto industry at all-hands meeting, report says

More than 7,600 Amazon employees demand action on climate change in advance of annual meeting

Minecraft meets the real world, Amazon pays its employees to quit, and the scooter saga continues

Amazon leads $575M funding round for Uber Eats competitor Deliveroo

Amazon’s healthcare joint venture, Haven, loses COO Jack Stoddard

Amazon Fire TV hits 34M users, widening lead against top competitor Roku

‘Ghost Work’ explores the ups and mostly downs of the hidden gig economy

Jeff Bezos moves some earth to break ground on new $1.5B Amazon Prime Air hub near Cincinnati

Challenging Amazon, Walmart unveils one-day delivery on more than 200k items

Amazon offers its employees funding to quit and start their own package delivery companies

Amazon contributing $3M to Seattle U’s Center for Science and Innovation to expand STEM reach

Amazon rolling out package-packing machines that could automate warehouse jobs

We tested the Bay Area’s knowledge of Seattle tech, with some predictable and surprising results

Amazon pays $700,000 as part of pact with Washington state AG to crack down on toxic school supplies nationwide

Amazon’s Blink unveils new security camera with ‘exclusive’ chip and two-year battery life