Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 73 of 244

Apr 3, 2019, 4:55 PM

New court filing details why Amazon tore up its film distribution agreement with Woody Allen

Amazon said in a new court filing Wednesday that it ended a deal to finance and distribute films by Woody… Read More

Apr 3, 2019, 2:39 PM

Welcome home, Amazon: Bellevue mayor lauds company’s ‘transition’ from Seattle to nearby city

Bellevue officials weren’t coy with their feelings about Amazon’s decision to move thousands of Seattle-based employees to their city. GeekWire… Read More

Apr 3, 2019, 1:10 PM

Mayor Durkan says Amazon moving employees to Bellevue is ‘a good thing for Seattle’

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan seems unfazed by news that Amazon plans to shift thousands of jobs to Bellevue, Wash. GeekWire… Read More

Apr 3, 2019, 10:31 AM

Exclusive: Amazon moving thousands of employees out of Seattle, relocating key division to nearby city

Amazon plans to relocate its entire Seattle-based worldwide operations team to Bellevue, Wash., by 2023, adding thousands of employees to… Read More

Apr 3, 2019, 10:31 AM

Top AI researchers call on Amazon to stop selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement

A group of artificial intelligence researchers — including this year’s winner of the Turing Award — issued a joint statement… Read More

Apr 2, 2019, 9:00 AM

Walmart and Google team up for new voice-powered shopping experience in battle against Amazon

Walmart today unveiled a new partnership with Google’s virtual assistant to let customers shop via voice command, the latest integration… Read More

Apr 2, 2019, 12:01 AM

Three Washington girls among 100 winners of first ‘Amazon Future Engineer’ $40,000 scholarships

Amazon revealed 100 lucky winners who will receive the first “Amazon Future Engineer” scholarships as part of the tech giant’s… Read More

Apr 1, 2019, 1:14 PM

Amazon to cut prices on hundreds of Whole Foods items this week

Amazon will slash prices on hundreds of items at Whole Foods Market stores across the U.S. starting on Wednesday and… Read More

Mar 30, 2019, 9:28 PM

Jeff Bezos’ security consultant says Saudi government hacked Amazon CEO’s phone

The Saudi government hacked into Jeff Bezos’ phone and accessed private information, according to new details shared by the Amazon… Read More

Mar 30, 2019, 10:20 AM

GeekWire Podcast: How Microsoft is boxing Amazon into a corner on privacy and taxes

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft is putting Amazon into a difficult position by advocating a tax increase on… Read More

Mar 29, 2019, 12:32 PM

Amazon developing a free, ad-supported video news app for Fire TV, report says

Fire TV users may soon be getting their news from Amazon. The company plans to debut a free app for… Read More

Mar 28, 2019, 2:33 PM

Amazon’s newest Twitch Prime perk: Up to a year of free Nintendo Switch Online access

Amazon added another goodie to Twitch Prime, a series of benefits for gamers, up to a free year of the… Read More

Mar 28, 2019, 8:55 AM

Amazon hiring 800 in HQ2 runner-up Austin

Amazon is hiring 800 new tech workers in Austin and expanding into a new 145,000-square foot office in the Texas… Read More

Mar 27, 2019, 11:29 AM

Amazon Web Services unveils pre-packaged containers that make deep learning models easier to run

Customers of Amazon Web Services looking for easier ways to get their deep-learning models into production will be able to… Read More

Mar 27, 2019, 10:24 AM

Why Microsoft is backing a major tax hike on itself … and Amazon

Microsoft is making an extraordinary habit of inviting regulation of itself, at least when the software giant has a say… Read More

Mar 27, 2019, 10:00 AM

Amazon’s Twitch launches Squad Stream feature to let up to 4 streamers play together

Up to four game streamers on Twitch can now broadcast their points of view within the same window thanks to a… Read More

Mar 25, 2019, 5:57 PM

Supreme Court rejects Amazon-owned Zappos’ appeal in long-running data breach dispute

A lawsuit against Amazon-owned Zappos will continue after the U.S. Supreme Court shot down an appeal from the online shoe… Read More

Mar 23, 2019, 9:22 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Bezos and the bots, DNA data storage, and Seattle startups learn to co-exist with Silicon Valley giants

Every year, Amazon and Jeff Bezos hold an elite, invitation-only conference called MARS, for Machine learning, Automation, Robotics and Space, which doubles as an… Read More

Mar 22, 2019, 2:15 PM

New court filing details why Amazon tore up its film distribution agreement with Woody Allen

Welcome home, Amazon: Bellevue mayor lauds company’s ‘transition’ from Seattle to nearby city

Mayor Durkan says Amazon moving employees to Bellevue is ‘a good thing for Seattle’

Exclusive: Amazon moving thousands of employees out of Seattle, relocating key division to nearby city

Top AI researchers call on Amazon to stop selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement

Walmart and Google team up for new voice-powered shopping experience in battle against Amazon

Three Washington girls among 100 winners of first ‘Amazon Future Engineer’ $40,000 scholarships

Amazon to cut prices on hundreds of Whole Foods items this week

Jeff Bezos’ security consultant says Saudi government hacked Amazon CEO’s phone

GeekWire Podcast: How Microsoft is boxing Amazon into a corner on privacy and taxes

Amazon developing a free, ad-supported video news app for Fire TV, report says

Amazon’s newest Twitch Prime perk: Up to a year of free Nintendo Switch Online access

Amazon hiring 800 in HQ2 runner-up Austin

Amazon Web Services unveils pre-packaged containers that make deep learning models easier to run

Why Microsoft is backing a major tax hike on itself … and Amazon

Amazon’s Twitch launches Squad Stream feature to let up to 4 streamers play together

Supreme Court rejects Amazon-owned Zappos’ appeal in long-running data breach dispute

GeekWire Podcast: Bezos and the bots, DNA data storage, and Seattle startups learn to co-exist with Silicon Valley giants

Pinterest cut a deal with Amazon Web Services that requires it to spend $750 million with the cloud leader by 2023

Jamie Dimon says NY antagonists of Amazon HQ2 ‘made a mistake’ as AOC defends her position

With its Elasticsearch distribution, Amazon Web Services sends more shockwaves through open-source software

Amazon unveils refreshed Kindle e-reader with new front light, raises price to $89

WSJ report reveals National Enquirer paid $200K for Jeff Bezos’ racy texts

Elizabeth Warren calls out Amazon for promoting in-house brands on rivals’ product pages

GeekWire Podcast: Brave Amazon employee quizzes Bezos; GeekWire Awards preview; Peter Sagal’s input on input

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Politics and big tech, history of filmmaking, and a blockchain conference

Report: Amazon testing new program that connects outside investors with startups that use AWS

Author of ‘The Everything Store’ planning new book on Amazon and Jeff Bezos

Party like it’s $1,999: Jeff Bezos and Robert Downey Jr. will headline re:MARS fest in Vegas

Inside Amazon’s ‘Haven’ healthcare joint venture with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase