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 ‘Ghost Work’ explores the ups and mostly downs of the hidden gig economy Chances are the last time you ordered something, chatted with customer service, or looked something up online, you didn’t give… Read More
May 14, 2019, 2:54 PM Jeff Bezos moves some earth to break ground on new $1.5B Amazon Prime Air hub near Cincinnati Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos hopped into a front-end loader to “move some earth” as the tech giant broke ground Tuesday… Read More
May 13, 2019, 11:52 PM Challenging Amazon, Walmart unveils one-day delivery on more than 200k items Amazon put the retail world on notice when it announced plans to evolve its core Prime shipping time from two… Read More
May 13, 2019, 10:37 AM Amazon offers its employees funding to quit and start their own package delivery companies Amazon employees who quit their jobs to start their own package delivery companies will be eligible for up to $10,000… Read More
May 13, 2019, 10:30 AM Amazon contributing $3M to Seattle U’s Center for Science and Innovation to expand STEM reach Amazon is making a $3 million contribution toward Seattle University’s new Center for Science and Innovation — a push that… Read More
May 13, 2019, 8:51 AM Amazon rolling out package-packing machines that could automate warehouse jobs Amazon is rolling out machines that could automate boxing up orders across the company’s network of warehouses and phase out … Read More
May 12, 2019, 10:00 AM We tested the Bay Area’s knowledge of Seattle tech, with some predictable and surprising results The two most valuable companies in the world are tech corporations — do you know what they are? And do… Read More
May 9, 2019, 6:51 AM Amazon pays $700,000 as part of pact with Washington state AG to crack down on toxic school supplies nationwide Editor’s note: This story has been updated with details from Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s announcement at 11:47 PM on Thursday.… Read More
May 8, 2019, 6:45 AM Amazon’s Blink unveils new security camera with ‘exclusive’ chip and two-year battery life Amazon’s acquisition of video doorbell and security camera company Ring last year got lots of attention, thanks in part to… Read More
May 7, 2019, 11:52 AM Google unveils Nest Hub Max with 10-inch display, escalating rivalry with Amazon Alexa and Echo Google showed a new device called Nest Hub Max, with a 10-inch display and a built-in camera, stepping up its… Read More
May 7, 2019, 10:39 AM For the 1st time, a new Amazon Go store accepts cash as lawmakers push cashless retail bans Amazon today opened its 12th Amazon Go store, and its first in New York City. But there’s something about this… Read More
May 7, 2019, 9:04 AM Amazon reportedly wants news publishers to expand internationally — and it’s willing to pay Amazon wants to pay some of the biggest names in American publishing to expand internationally. That’s according to Vox’s Peter… Read More
May 4, 2019, 10:43 AM In Seattle visit, presidential hopeful Andrew Yang calls on Amazon to admit job loss from automation Updated below with Amazon response. U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a startup entrepreneur from New York known for his data-driven… Read More
May 3, 2019, 10:23 AM Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie: If Amazon Web Services is the Yankees, we’re the Red Sox As Microsoft began to realize its entire cloud service was offline Thursday, executive vice president Scott Guthrie was comparing his… Read More
May 3, 2019, 9:43 AM Company run by world’s 4th richest person invests in company run by world’s richest person Famed investor Warren Buffett has long been a fan of Amazon but never invested in the tech giant, until now.… Read More
May 2, 2019, 10:02 AM Amazon’s new Prime number: Why the tech giant is shifting its core shipping benefit to one-day delivery Amazon’s first quarter earnings report last week presented analysts and investors with a financial mystery. The company’s profits were much… Read More
May 1, 2019, 3:38 PM Investors double down on Downstream as Seattle startup helps more brands target their Amazon ads Investors like what they see with Downstream’s traction. The Seattle startup that helps brands with their Amazon advertising strategies has… Read More
May 1, 2019, 1:11 PM For the first time, Amazon’s own online sales make up less than half of its entire business For the first time in Amazon’s history, the company’s first-party online retail sales represented less than half of its overall… Read More
Apr 30, 2019, 2:42 PM Washington state greenlights delivery robots on sidewalks Autonomous delivery robots will soon be allowed on Washington state’s sidewalks. On Tuesday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill… Read More
Apr 30, 2019, 8:13 AM Amazon is doubling its Denver workforce, continuing to grow in HQ2 runner-up cities Amazon plans hire 400 tech workers in Denver, Colo., more than doubling the tech giant’s presence in the region. The… Read More
Apr 29, 2019, 4:14 PM Amazon’s migration to Bellevue kicks into overdrive with big new office lease Amazon leased a pair of office towers in Bellevue, Wash., just a week after buying a huge development site in… Read More
Apr 29, 2019, 11:42 AM Amazon starts hiring for HQ2, plans to grow to 400 in Northern Virginia by end of year Amazon HQ2 is accepting applications. The Seattle tech company posted five job listings over the weekend for its new Arlington,… Read More
