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Amazon stops field tests and scales back work on Scout, its home delivery robot program

Amazon is scaling back its work on Scout, the package delivery robot that looks like a cooler on wheels. “During… Read More

Amazon plans to hire 150k workers to help with holiday rush across fulfillment network

Amazon is getting ready for the holiday shopping rush with plans to hire 150,000 workers across its operations network, the… Read More

How Amazon’s tech and logistics prowess may disrupt healthcare — and spark concern

As Amazon makes bigger moves into healthcare and turns its efficiency machine on medicine, some experts say the industry could… Read More

Amazon makes first investments in outside VC firms, puts $150M to underrepresented founders

Amazon announced a new diversity-related initiative called Amazon Catalytic Capital that will provide funding to underrepresented entrepreneurs. The $150 million… Read More

Report: Amazon freezes corporate hiring for its retail business for remainder of year

Amazon is freezing hiring for corporate roles in its retail business, according to a report from The New York Times… Read More

Amazon sues Washington state regulators, alleging Constitutional violation in warehouse safety case

Amazon sued the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) on Monday, asking a federal judge to declare that… Read More

Amazon renames discounted tier of Prime to Prime Access

Amazon has a new name for its discounted Prime membership tier: Prime Access. The offering, first unveiled in 2017, is… Read More

Analysis: The impact of Google Stadia shutdown on Amazon, Xbox, and other cloud gaming initiatives

With its Stadia service, Google tried to make an early break into cloud-based video game publishing and development, but an… Read More

Warren, Jayapal, and other federal legislators ask FTC to oppose Amazon’s iRobot acquisition

Amazon’s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot faces opposition from federal lawmakers including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep.… Read More

Amazon boosts average starting hourly pay to $19 for front-line workers as union campaigns escalate

Amazon, facing an unprecedented push by labor unions inside its vast fulfilment network, says it will an spend an additional… Read More

Amazon’s new Halo Rise bedside device tracks sleep with radar sensor, low-power radio signals

Amazon unveiled a new bedside sleep-tracking device, Halo Rise, expanding its lineup of consumer health devices beyond wristbands for the… Read More

Amazon unveils a new $340 ‘Kindle Scribe’ e-reader that doubles as a digital notebook

Amazon started its fall devices event this morning by unveiling a new version of its Kindle e-reader, called Kindle Scribe,… Read More

Amazon sets two-day ‘Prime Early Access Sale’ for Oct. 11-12, hoping to spark early holiday shopping

Amazon confirmed that it will hold a new online shopping event Oct. 11-12, exclusive to Prime members — seeking to… Read More

Amazon reveals Fire HD 8 upgrades as company sees strong growth in tablet market share

Amazon announced the latest upgrades to its lineup of Fire HD 8 tablets on Wednesday, promising thinner, lighter and faster… Read More

Teamsters members and national leaders march on Amazon HQ, escalating union campaign

Teamsters leaders including Sean O’Brien, general president of the union, brought their campaign to organize Amazon warehouse and logistics workers… Read More

Amazon says it had ‘biggest three hours of signups’ for Prime during first exclusive NFL stream

Amazon is already seeing some fruits from its massive investment in live NFL streaming. The company reported the “biggest three… Read More

Internal memo: PillPack founders will leave Amazon at the end of the month

PillPack co-founders TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen will leave Amazon, four years after the tech giant acquired the online pharmacy… Read More

Was Amazon ready for some football? Tech giant passes test on first exclusive NFL stream

Amazon took center stage in the sports universe Thursday as the tech giant streamed its first exclusive NFL game —… Read More

Beyond Amazon.com: Tech giant’s new Worldwide Stores CEO on its next big bets in e-commerce

There’s a common theme running through some of Amazon’s announcements at its annual conference for sellers in Seattle this week:… Read More

Amazon will let sellers send email messages to more customers in expansion of marketing tools

Amazon plans to give third-party sellers a series of new marketing tools, including the ability to send emails to customers… Read More

Amazon faces new antitrust lawsuit filed by California AG alleging anticompetitive practices

California filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Wednesday that accuses the Seattle tech giant of violating antitrust laws. Amazon has… Read More

Amazon to put $450M into delivery program for driver retirement, tuition matches, better pay

Amazon will further test the limits of its relationships with the independent companies that deliver its packages throughout much of… Read More

Amazon releases upgraded Kindle and Kindle Kids devices for first time in three years

Amazon unveiled enhanced versions of its Kindle and Kindle Kids e-readers on Tuesday, the first time the tech giant has… Read More

Heather MacDougall, Amazon VP in charge of workplace health and safety, is departing

Heather MacDougall, Amazon’s vice president of Global Workplace Health and Safety, is departing the company after 3 1/2 years to… Read More

Nearly 400 workers in Washington state will be laid off due to Amazon Care shutdown

Almost 400 workers based in Washington state will be laid off as a result of the company’s decision to shut… Read More

Amazon will buy Belgium-based Cloostermans to boost warehouse robotics operations

Amazon will acquire Cloostermans, a Belgium-based warehouse machinery company, in the latest expansion of the e-commerce giant’s warehouse robotics. The… Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on the future of work: Still experimenting, not yet mandating return to office

Amazon is continuing to leave return-to-work decisions in the hands of group and team leaders and not, at this point,… Read More

Mark Cuban looks to turn the tables on Amazon in prescription drugs: ‘Their margin is my opportunity’

Amazon built an e-commerce empire by cutting prices for customers, surviving for years on the mere promise of future profits… Read More

Amazon battles ‘Lord of the Rings’ trolls by pausing ability to review new Prime Video series

The characters in Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” are busy enough fighting trolls and Orcs… Read More

Why it’s so tough for labor unions to organize Amazon Prime drivers

Tooling around town in dark blue Prime uniforms and vans, many of the drivers who deliver packages for Amazon might… Read More