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Apr 18, 2018, 10:40 AM

Home Depot will hire 1,000 tech workers this year to stave off challenge from Amazon

The Home Depot said it will hire 1,000 technology workers this year as part of a three-year, $11.1 billion strategic… Read More

Apr 18, 2018, 8:31 AM

Whole Foods ending rewards programs as grocer teases new ties to Amazon Prime

Whole Foods Market will retire its various rewards programs and online accounts May 2, as it continues to integrate with… Read More

Apr 18, 2018, 8:18 AM

Amazon and Best Buy, better together? Smart TV deal is online giant’s latest move into physical retail

Best Buy will sell new TVs running Amazon’s Fire TV Edition in an unusual partnership that will make the electronics… Read More

Apr 17, 2018, 4:36 PM

TLDR: Steve Ballmer’s shareholder meeting for America, the world’s biggest plane, Jeff Bezos’ new social media persona

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Apr 17, 2018, 9:57 AM

Vote for Innovation of the Year: Cashier-less store, synthetic biology, ‘parallel reality,’ and more

A display technology that creates “parallel reality.” A machine learning platform that predicts when patients get sick. And a cashier-less… Read More

Apr 17, 2018, 9:22 AM

Longtime Amazon Web Services customer Netflix said to be cozying up to Google

Netflix was arguably Amazon Web Services’ most important customer during its rise to the top of the public cloud market… Read More

Apr 16, 2018, 4:15 PM

TLDR: Safest helmets in football, Supreme Court & the future of online shopping, 2018 Halo World Championship

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Apr 16, 2018, 1:18 PM

What’s with Jeff Bezos’ bubbly new social media persona?

For years, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been on a dogged mission to dominate everything from e-commerce to space travel,… Read More

Apr 16, 2018, 11:21 AM

Report: Amazon drops plans to sell pharmaceuticals to hospitals

Amazon has dropped a plan to start selling drugs to hospitals, according to a report by CNBC. Reports of Amazon’s interest… Read More

Apr 15, 2018, 10:35 PM

Amazon starts revealing secret formula behind influential ‘Amazon’s Choice’ selections

Amazon is disclosing new details about the previously mysterious criteria behind the “Amazon’s Choice” designation given to selected products on… Read More

Apr 14, 2018, 10:31 PM

Jeff Bezos spends rainy Seattle day whipping up pancakes for Ciara and Russell Wilson

Just another rainy day in Seattle. So what to you do if you’re the richest person on the planet? Make… Read More

Apr 13, 2018, 5:07 PM

TLDR: Trump’s war on Amazon continues, Seattle’s restaurant robot, AI-powered horse monitoring, Seattle’s restaurant robot

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Apr 13, 2018, 8:42 AM

Look out, Amazon: Trump’s USPS task force to review ‘expansion and pricing of package delivery’

President Donald Trump appears to be escalating his war on Amazon. He issued an executive order Thursday that vows to… Read More

Apr 12, 2018, 8:05 AM

Amazon completes Ring acquisition, drops price of original video doorbell under $100

Amazon completed its acquisition of smart-home security company Ring this morning and dropped the price of the Santa Monica, Calif.-company’s… Read More

Apr 11, 2018, 8:12 PM

Protestors in Amazon HQ2 cities around the country demand more transparency in bidding process

Activists from Chicago to Atlanta held demonstrations and town halls Wednesday to demand more transparency from their cities, as local… Read More

Apr 11, 2018, 4:23 PM

TLDR: Day 2 of Zuckerberg’s testimony, protest at Amazon HQ, Snap Spectacles

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Apr 10, 2018, 8:28 PM

Video: Affordable housing activists protest at Amazon HQ, demanding higher taxes on corporations

Amazon is getting used to fielding jabs from politicians. President Donald Trump spent most of last week berating the company.… Read More

Apr 9, 2018, 9:54 AM

Amazon spent close to $23B on R&D in 2017, outpacing fellow tech giants

Amazon powered its prolific 2017, which saw the release of a cavalcade of new products and services, with $22.6 billion… Read More

Apr 6, 2018, 9:37 AM

Washington Post responds to Trump’s attacks on the paper, Amazon, and Bezos

President Donald Trump has been firing shots at Amazon, its CEO Jeff Bezos, and the newspaper he owns for more… Read More

Apr 5, 2018, 4:28 PM

TLDR: Twitter suspends 1.2M accounts, Amazon Spheres open to the public, tips for using VR

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Apr 5, 2018, 1:31 PM

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on Trump, Amazon, and tariffs: ‘There is no strategy’

Pramila Jayapal, the congresswoman deemed “Democrats’ fastest-rising star,” pulled no punches when asked about President Donald Trump’s own jabs at… Read More

Apr 5, 2018, 10:49 AM

‘Hey kids, it’s time for dinner!’ Amazon rolls out Alexa Announcements for Echo

That Amazon Echo device in your home is about to get a lot more vocal — using your words. Amazon… Read More

Apr 5, 2018, 8:47 AM

Amazon Key expands nationwide, but controversial in-home package delivery does not

Amazon Key is going nationwide. Amazon said it has expanded the reach of the app — which works with smart locks and… Read More

Apr 4, 2018, 4:15 PM

TLDR: Parallel reality display tech, drone-delivered medical supplies, WA governor defends Amazon

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Apr 4, 2018, 1:06 PM

Amazon Web Services adds new features to SageMaker and makes its AI-powered transcription services generally available

Developers using Amazon SageMaker to build machine-learning applications will now be able to take advantage of new computing resources and… Read More

Apr 4, 2018, 12:11 PM

Amazon Web Services launches AWS Secrets Manager and other new tools, as cloud customers continue to prove they need security help

As companies move more of their workloads into the cloud, too many of them are doing a poor job securing… Read More

Apr 4, 2018, 7:46 AM

Home Depot will hire 1,000 tech workers this year to stave off challenge from Amazon

Whole Foods ending rewards programs as grocer teases new ties to Amazon Prime

Amazon and Best Buy, better together? Smart TV deal is online giant’s latest move into physical retail

TLDR: Steve Ballmer’s shareholder meeting for America, the world’s biggest plane, Jeff Bezos’ new social media persona

Vote for Innovation of the Year: Cashier-less store, synthetic biology, ‘parallel reality,’ and more

Longtime Amazon Web Services customer Netflix said to be cozying up to Google

TLDR: Safest helmets in football, Supreme Court & the future of online shopping, 2018 Halo World Championship

Report: Amazon drops plans to sell pharmaceuticals to hospitals

Amazon starts revealing secret formula behind influential ‘Amazon’s Choice’ selections

Jeff Bezos spends rainy Seattle day whipping up pancakes for Ciara and Russell Wilson

TLDR: Trump’s war on Amazon continues, Seattle’s restaurant robot, AI-powered horse monitoring, Seattle’s restaurant robot

Look out, Amazon: Trump’s USPS task force to review ‘expansion and pricing of package delivery’

Amazon completes Ring acquisition, drops price of original video doorbell under $100

Protestors in Amazon HQ2 cities around the country demand more transparency in bidding process

TLDR: Day 2 of Zuckerberg’s testimony, protest at Amazon HQ, Snap Spectacles

Video: Affordable housing activists protest at Amazon HQ, demanding higher taxes on corporations

Amazon spent close to $23B on R&D in 2017, outpacing fellow tech giants

Washington Post responds to Trump’s attacks on the paper, Amazon, and Bezos

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on Trump, Amazon, and tariffs: ‘There is no strategy’

‘Hey kids, it’s time for dinner!’ Amazon rolls out Alexa Announcements for Echo

Amazon Key expands nationwide, but controversial in-home package delivery does not

TLDR: Parallel reality display tech, drone-delivered medical supplies, WA governor defends Amazon

Amazon Web Services adds new features to SageMaker and makes its AI-powered transcription services generally available

Amazon Web Services launches AWS Secrets Manager and other new tools, as cloud customers continue to prove they need security help

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee defends Amazon, calling Trump attacks ‘unfounded and misguided’

TLDR: Seattle wants to raise Uber and Lyft rates, Blockbuster’s last stand, fact-checking Trump on Amazon

Amazon stock slides 5.2 percent amid broad tech selloff and another tweet from Trump

Analysis: After Amazon’s TenMarks shuts down, what then for K-12 schools and Amazon?