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In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.

Amazon toots its charitable horn for the holidays with gifts to nonprofits

As part of its holly jolly makeover, Amazon this week wrapped up a season of philanthropic giving locally and abroad.… Read More

How does Amazon deliver in under 2 hours? Watch as we track an order from Prime Now Hub to doorstep

Procrastinators everywhere are relying on Amazon Prime to get those last-minute Christmas gifts under the wire. In some cities, like… Read More

Corrected: Amazon encourages customers to reuse their boxes for shipping Goodwill donations

[Correction, Dec. 27: The original version of this story incorrectly stated which organization is covering the cost of the shipping. Goodwill… Read More

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A room with a changing view: Seattle artist watches as Amazon grows up and up around her

From the living room of her Seattle apartment, Melissa Anne McClain has a window on the rapidly changing city that she… Read More

Amazon reportedly building app to connect truckers with shippers, possibly putting pressure on Convoy

Amazon is increasingly spending time on technology to revolutionize the supply chain, so a report out today from Business Insider… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Prints.ly’s online marketplace helps you buy museum-quality prints from top photographers

Artists and photographers who want to sell their work as high-quality physical prints have a new tool at their disposal.… Read More

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Golden tickets in Amazon Prime Now bags reward hundreds of customers with free stuff

They may not have won a trip to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, but hundreds of lucky Amazon Prime Now customers did… Read More

Amazon Echo is backordered until January — but here’s how to get it before Christmas

The Amazon Echo is a popular holiday gift this year — so much so that the device is backordered on… Read More

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Amazon drone deliveries in England show how small steps add up to a big deal

Amazon’s multimillion-dollar effort to deliver goods via drone currently has just two customers in the English countryside, but this could well… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos says Trump administration ‘should make innovation one of its key pillars’ after tech summit

During Donald Trump’s campaign Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos joked that he’d like to jettison the Republican frontrunner into space on one… Read More

Will Microsoft leave Seattle? How Amazon’s growth could force the region’s other tech giant out of the urban core

In 2007, Microsoft planted a flag in Seattle, announcing its intention to have approximately 1,400 employees spread around seven locations in the city.… Read More

What gives? Tech giant Amazon finally boosts its philanthropic rep in its hometown

Amazon has been making headlines recently — and not just for the stories you’d expect. The Seattle-based tech giant is providing housing… Read More

Amazon Web Services expands yet again, this time in London, as cloud movement thrives

Amazon Web Services has opened a London region, offering UK-based companies and their end-users lower latency than they may have… Read More

Competition between Amazon and Netflix heats up as Prime Video expands to 200 countries

Amazon Prime Video is now available in more countries than Netflix. The Seattle tech titan announced today that it will… Read More

Wynn Las Vegas to equip 4,748 hotel rooms with Amazon Echo: It’s ‘seamlessly delicious,’ Steve Wynn says

Alexa, open the curtains? You may soon be able to ask that question when traveling to the Wynn Las Vegas… Read More

Video: Amazon makes first Prime Air drone package delivery, offers glimpse of new design

Amazon said this morning that it completed its first-ever package delivery from a Prime Air drone to a customer in Cambridge, England,… Read More

A first look inside the cutting-edge Bezos Family Immunotherapy Clinic

Stephanie Florence is the image of optimism. She is a blonde, bubbly, professional photographer from Lewiston, Idaho, who has a… Read More

Amazon gobbles up big Microsoft-occupied office building in Seattle

Amazon has done it again. The ever-growing online retail giant leased another big office building in Seattle, the 320,000-square-foot Westlake Terry… Read More

Amazon wins design patent for removable gift card stickers

The holidays are just around the corner, and shoppers everywhere are asking themselves a question almost as old as Christmas… Read More

Why the data center isn’t dead yet: Explaining the rise of the ‘pragmatic hybrid cloud’

Amazon Web Services’ recent re:Invent conference in Las Vegas highlighted the excitement and momentum that public-cloud computing is generating these… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Satya Nadella among tech leaders reportedly set to meet with Donald Trump this week

A who’s who of tech leaders are reportedly heading to New York City to meet with president-elect Donald Trump Wednesday.… Read More

Amazon inches past Netflix in Golden Globe nominations for the first time

Amazon bested top competitor Netflix in Golden Globe nominations for the first time this year. The two streaming services would… Read More

Guest post: The biggest trends at the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference

The momentum continues to build and scale in leaps and bounds. That was the overwhelming observation and feeling at the… Read More

Amazon denies reported plans for 2,000 grocery stores, spars with union over automation

Amazon has denied reports that the company is considering as many as 2,000 brick-and-mortar grocery stores around the U.S. Earlier this… Read More

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Week in Geek: Amazon’s grocery store, Microsoft + LinkedIn, and T-Mobile’s new number

The new Amazon Go store in Seattle was the buzz of the tech world this week, promising extreme convenience at… Read More

Moving to the cloud requires (and attracts) scarce, expensive talent, say 3 big AWS users

Moving to Amazon Web Services is proving pricey for Matson, a Honolulu-based shipping company that last month announced it has abandoned its… Read More

Ready to be tracked at the grocery store? Amazon’s mini-mart raises new questions for digital privacy

As an online retail giant, Amazon can use its engineering prowess and the vast capabilities of the digital world to track… Read More

Amazon list of 2016’s best-selling books proves ‘the power of Potter is still strong’

The fundamental drive to read is the desire to be transported to some place new — and like Harry Potter… Read More

GE’s new LED table lamp comes with Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant inside

Amazon is aiming to put its Alexa virtual assistant pretty much anywhere. Next up: a high-tech table lamp. GE this morning unveiled… Read More

Prime Air pilots to protest outside Amazon’s Seattle HQ for better working conditions from carriers

A group of pilots that fly Amazon’s Prime Air delivery jets will land in Seattle Wednesday to protest short-staffing and what they… Read More

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