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Attention, Earthlings: Jeff Bezos wants everybody to watch this classic video about settling off planet

by Kurt Schlosser on October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 at 1:32 pmComment

Jeff Bezos loves to talk about space. And in a talk about just that on Monday, he encouraged anyone who was listening to go listen to another classic talk about… Read More

Jeff Bezos defends big tech working with Department of Defense, one week after Google drops out of Pentagon contract

by Taylor Soper on October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 at 2:04 pmComment

Don’t expect Amazon to follow Google’s lead when it comes to working with the U.S. Department of Defense. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made a surprise appearance at the Wired 25 conference… Read More

Philanthropy advice from Gates Foundation CEO to Jeff Bezos: ‘There’s no bad generosity’

by Clare McGrane on October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 at 11:11 am1 Comment

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, and now he’s facing a puzzling question: How should he give away some of his many billions?… Read More

Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15/hour, vows to lead push for higher U.S. minimum wage

by Todd Bishop on October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 at 6:35 am 3 Comments

“We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead.” With those words from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the tech giant… Read More

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Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine wins United Launch Alliance’s key multibillion-dollar backing

by Alan Boyle on September 27, 2018October 6, 2018 at 11:04 pm1 Comment

After years of development and months of suspense, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won a high-stakes race to provide United Launch Alliance with its BE-4 rocket… Read More

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Transcript: ‘Chief slowdown officer’ Jeff Bezos shares Amazon management tips

by Alan Boyle on September 19, 2018September 20, 2018 at 9:53 am 2 Comments

When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke today at the Air Force Association’s 2018 Air, Space and Cyber Conference, his head wasn’t just up in the clouds. To be sure, he… Read More

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Jeff Bezos sells the Air Force on Blue Origin rockets and Amazon Web Services

by Alan Boyle on September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 at 9:00 pm1 Comment

Billionaire Jeff Bezos made a subtle sales pitch for Amazon Web Services as well as the New Glenn rockets being built by his Blue Origin space venture today during a… Read More

Amazon employees donate the most money to these political candidates and issues

by Monica Nickelsburg on September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 at 10:31 am 9 Comments

For hundreds of Amazon employees, blue isn’t just the color of the signature staff badges they wear to work. It’s a political identity. Since 2006, 90 percent of the Amazon… Read More

Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff to buy Time magazine for $190M

by Frank Catalano on September 16, 2018September 17, 2018 at 10:50 am1 Comment

The venerable newsmagazine Time, a nearly 100-year-old media institution, is about to have new owners — Marc Benioff, Salesforce chairman and co-CEO, and Lynne Benioff, his wife. If the proposed… Read More

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Jeff Bezos on new foundation, Amazon HQ2 status, Trump media criticism, and why he was fine being second-richest person

by Todd Bishop on September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 at 10:50 am 4 Comments

Jeff Bezos was drawn to focus a large portion of his new $2 billion philanthropic foundation on preschool education because of the “powerful compounding effect” that comes from getting kids… Read More

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TLDR: Bezos Creates “Day One Fund” With $2 Billion

by Brian M. Westbrook on September 13, 2018September 14, 2018 at 5:10 am1 Comment

GeekWire TLDR Daily Rundown: Watch today’s episode with guest host Brian M. Westbrook above, and click the headlines below to read more. Starla Sampaco is on assignment and will return next… Read More

How Jeff Bezos’ new $2B ‘Day One Fund’ stacks up to other tech billionaires’ philanthropy

by Lisa Stiffler on September 13, 2018September 14, 2018 at 10:11 amComment

Jeff Bezos’ donation of $2 billion to his newly announced charitable fund clearly isn’t chump change. But in the world of ultra-rich tech philanthropists, it’s roughly on par — or even… Read More

‘The child will be the customer’: How billionaire Jeff Bezos will bring a key Amazon value to philanthropy

by John Cook on September 13, 2018September 14, 2018 at 5:11 amComment

Customer obsession has driven Jeff Bezos from the day he founded Amazon as a tiny online bookseller. Full text: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reveals long-awaited philanthropic initiative So it’s no… Read More

Full text: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reveals long-awaited philanthropic initiative

by Taylor Soper on September 13, 2018September 14, 2018 at 5:11 am1 Comment

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday revealed a new $2 billion philanthropic initiative called “Bezos Day One Fund” that will help tackle homelessness and childhood education. It’s a long-awaited… Read More

Jeff Bezos unveils $2B ‘Day One Fund’ focusing on homeless families and preschool education

by Lisa Stiffler & Todd Bishop on September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 at 6:03 pmComment

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has unveiled his eagerly-awaited philanthropic initiative, announcing a new “Bezos Day One Fund” that will focus on efforts to help homeless families and improve preschool education,… Read More

Extra casual Wednesday at Amazon as Jeff Bezos wears pajamas to board meeting — for a cause

by Kurt Schlosser on September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 at 12:31 pmComment

View this post on Instagram Why am I wearing pajamas to an Amazon board meeting? September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month and each year Amazon partners with @ACCOrg to raise… Read More

Amazon HQ2 speculation swirls as Jeff Bezos heads to DC

by Monica Nickelsburg on September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 at 10:17 amComment

Mr. Bezos is going to Washington, with the eyes of the nation on him. The Amazon CEO arrives in Washington, D.C., this week for a series of talks and appointments.… Read More

Beyond the cloud: Amazon Web Services hiring engineers for ‘big, audacious space project’

by Tom Krazit on September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 at 1:42 pmComment

According to two recently deleted job postings on the internet, where nothing can ever really be deleted, Amazon Web Services is hiring technical engineers to develop cloud services for satellites… Read More

The multibillion-dollar question: What in the world (or universe) will Jeff Bezos do with his riches?

by Lisa Stiffler on September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 at 7:25 am1 Comment

Jeff Bezos transformed the modern economy, using disruptive thinking to reshape how people buy products and read books, and how companies access computing and deliver goods. Now, the 54-year-old founder… Read More

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Rocket envy? Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceship launches a double entendre

by Alan Boyle on September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 at 6:27 pmComment

It’s hard to top the risque rocket scene in “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” but Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket has also spawned its share of comparisons to… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos contributes $10M to With Honor PAC’s effort to elect veterans to Congress

by Monica Nickelsburg on September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 at 11:13 am 2 Comments

Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, are donating $10 million to With Honor, a cross-partisan, veteran-focused super PAC. The donation, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, is the Amazon… Read More

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TLDR: Paul Allen’s $100K donation to help GOP, Amazon briefly becomes $1T company, latest philanthropic efforts by Amazon

by Starla Sampaco on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 at 5:48 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one Amazon briefly tops $1T market cap, joining Apple among most valuable… Read More

Jeff Bezos on Amazon’s potential as an advertising behemoth and ‘working 2 or 3 years into the future’

by Nat Levy on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 at 12:28 pm1 Comment

In addition to being a retail giant, a cloud leader and a grocery heavyweight, Amazon is rapidly ascending to the top of the advertising world as well, and that carries… Read More

Jeff Bezos hints at how Amazon’s two HQs could work together across time zones

by Monica Nickelsburg on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 at 10:17 am1 Comment

It has been almost a year since Amazon surprised the world with plans for a second North American headquarters, with no word yet about where it will end up. But… Read More

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TLDR: Amazon stock hits $2K, Microsoft’s new parental leave policy, Google debunks Trump video

by Starla Sampaco on August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 at 3:42 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Amazon stock hits $2,000, and why one analyst thinks it is on the road to a $2.5 trillion valuation Microsoft contractors to get 12 weeks of paid… Read More

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TLDR: Bernie Sanders targets Amazon, Uber & Lyft want to offer dockless bikes, WeWork Labs startup incubator to open in Seattle

by Starla Sampaco on August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 at 4:11 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Amazon calls Bernie Sanders’ crusade for warehouse workers ‘inaccurate and misleading’ Seattle could greenlight 3 bikeshare services as early as next week, weighing applications from Uber, Lyft… Read More

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Amazon movie theaters? Tech giant vying to acquire Landmark chain, report says

by Todd Bishop on August 15, 2018August 16, 2018 at 6:05 pmComment

Amazon wants to acquire Landmark Theatres, expanding its presence in the movie business and adding another brick-and-mortar chain to its growing physical footprint, according to a Bloomberg News report. Landmark… Read More

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TLDR: Amazon crushes profit expectations, Trump targets Twitter in a tweet, Lego Hogwarts Castle

by Starla Sampaco on July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 at 5:16 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Amazon’s record quarter: $2.5B in profits is biggest ever as tech giant comes up just short on sale Trump targets Twitter, his favorite communication platform, following reports… Read More

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Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship hits new heights in escape test flight

by Alan Boyle on July 18, 2018July 21, 2018 at 12:24 am1 Comment

As Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos watched, his Blue Origin space venture sent its reusable New Shepard spaceship to its highest-ever altitude today during a successful test of a rocket motor… Read More

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TLDR: Prime Day problems & protests, regulating bikeshare in Seattle, Microsoft asks government to regulate facial recognition

by Starla Sampaco on July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 at 4:20 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Updated: Amazon Prime Day off to a rocky start as users report issues with e-commerce website Prime Day protests call for Amazon boycott, but avoiding the tech… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Attention, Earthlings: Jeff Bezos wants everybody to watch this classic video about settling off planet

Jeff Bezos defends big tech working with Department of Defense, one week after Google drops out of Pentagon contract

Philanthropy advice from Gates Foundation CEO to Jeff Bezos: ‘There’s no bad generosity’

Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15/hour, vows to lead push for higher U.S. minimum wage

Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engine wins United Launch Alliance’s key multibillion-dollar backing

Transcript: ‘Chief slowdown officer’ Jeff Bezos shares Amazon management tips

Jeff Bezos sells the Air Force on Blue Origin rockets and Amazon Web Services

Amazon employees donate the most money to these political candidates and issues

Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff to buy Time magazine for $190M

Jeff Bezos on new foundation, Amazon HQ2 status, Trump media criticism, and why he was fine being second-richest person

TLDR: Bezos Creates “Day One Fund” With $2 Billion

How Jeff Bezos’ new $2B ‘Day One Fund’ stacks up to other tech billionaires’ philanthropy

‘The child will be the customer’: How billionaire Jeff Bezos will bring a key Amazon value to philanthropy

Full text: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reveals long-awaited philanthropic initiative

Jeff Bezos unveils $2B ‘Day One Fund’ focusing on homeless families and preschool education

Extra casual Wednesday at Amazon as Jeff Bezos wears pajamas to board meeting — for a cause

Amazon HQ2 speculation swirls as Jeff Bezos heads to DC

Beyond the cloud: Amazon Web Services hiring engineers for ‘big, audacious space project’

The multibillion-dollar question: What in the world (or universe) will Jeff Bezos do with his riches?

Rocket envy? Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceship launches a double entendre

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos contributes $10M to With Honor PAC’s effort to elect veterans to Congress

TLDR: Paul Allen’s $100K donation to help GOP, Amazon briefly becomes $1T company, latest philanthropic efforts by Amazon

Jeff Bezos on Amazon’s potential as an advertising behemoth and ‘working 2 or 3 years into the future’

Jeff Bezos hints at how Amazon’s two HQs could work together across time zones

TLDR: Amazon stock hits $2K, Microsoft’s new parental leave policy, Google debunks Trump video

TLDR: Bernie Sanders targets Amazon, Uber & Lyft want to offer dockless bikes, WeWork Labs startup incubator to open in Seattle

Amazon movie theaters? Tech giant vying to acquire Landmark chain, report says

TLDR: Amazon crushes profit expectations, Trump targets Twitter in a tweet, Lego Hogwarts Castle

Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship hits new heights in escape test flight

TLDR: Prime Day problems & protests, regulating bikeshare in Seattle, Microsoft asks government to regulate facial recognition

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