Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 24 of 236

Amazon preps for a ‘multi-robot’ world: RoboRunner cloud service builds on its own warehouse tech

The concept of “multi-cloud” has become widely accepted in the tech industry, as companies use different cloud vendors for various… Read More

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama will redo union vote after NLRB orders new election

The National Labor Relations Board is calling for a new union election at an Amazon fulfillment warehouse in Bessemer, Ala.,… Read More

Amazon cloud chief Adam Selipsky hints at new directions for AWS as re:Invent begins

Amazon Web Services this week is holding its first re:Invent conference without Andy Jassy at the helm of the tech… Read More

Amazon VP of physical retail stores leaves company after 14 years

Cameron James, an Amazon vice president who most recently worked on the company’s physical retail stores, left the Seattle company… Read More

Ship out of luck? 2021 holiday season will put Amazon’s workforce strategy to the test

Amazon has spent billions of dollars to expand its fulfillment capacity and develop its own package delivery network in recent… Read More

Amazon settles for $2.5M with Washington AG over pesticide sales by third-party merchants

Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 million and to institute a series of reforms to prevent the unlicensed sales of regulated… Read More

Return of the JEDI: Pentagon’s multicloud sequel puts Microsoft and Amazon in leading roles

The U.S. Department of Defense is soliciting bids from multiple companies to upgrade its technology capabilities with the benefit of… Read More

AWS launches Skills Center in Seattle, boosts efforts to give free cloud training to 29M people

Amazon on Thursday is opening the doors to its first Amazon Web Services Skills Center in downtown Seattle. The 8,000-square-foot… Read More

Starbucks and Amazon are opening a store together in New York City, with more in the works

Two of Seattle’s retail icons are collaborating on a store for the first time. The first “Starbucks Pickup with Amazon… Read More

Amazon doesn’t rock, artists and others say, in call to reject palm-scanning tech at Red Rocks venue

“Put your hands in the air, wave ’em like you just don’t care!” someone said, somewhere, once. But musicians and… Read More

Amazon’s new packaging for cold and frozen food is made from layers of recyclable paper

Amazon is taking plastic liners, bubble bags, and some of the consumer guilt out of grocery deliveries. The company says… Read More

Amazon will start reporting COVID case numbers in California to settle AG’s investigation

In a legal settlement described as the first of its kind in the nation, Amazon agreed to disclose the number… Read More

Segment on union busting from John Oliver rips Amazon and tactics other companies use

Amazon is in the crosshairs again during a new segment on union busting from “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.”… Read More

Livestreaming report: ‘New World’ hits top 5 on Twitch and ‘virtual YouTubers’ on the rise

Twitch’s audience numbers have begun to tick back up now that summer’s over; “virtual YouTubers” are pulling in surprisingly big… Read More

Amazon board member Thomas Ryder to retire after 20-year run

Longtime Amazon board member Thomas Ryder is stepping down effective Dec. 31, the company announced this week. Ryder joined the… Read More

Forget porch pirates, our Ring camera captured video of a cat escaping a coyote in Seattle

Hold on to your cats, Seattle. It’s common these days to see viral videos of people pilfering packages from porches,… Read More

Burned by counterfeits, Amazon and Weber grill rogue sellers in suit over bogus BBQ covers

Amazon and Weber filed suit against 12 third-party sellers, alleging that they marketed counterfeit grill covers with the Weber logo… Read More

Amazon customers will be able to pay with Venmo next year

Starting next year Amazon customers will be able to pay on Amazon.com and Amazon’s mobile shopping app via Venmo, the… Read More

COP26 updates: Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy, Gates Foundation and Amazon tout climate efforts

Day two of the United Nations COP26 climate talks brought news of recently forged partnerships and new funding commitments from… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Facebook’s virtual reality, Amazon’s new reality, and Microsoft’s big milestone

This week on the GeekWire Podcast … We dissect Amazon’s earnings, offering our take on Andy Jassy’s take on the… Read More

Amazon discloses 20% stake in electric vehicle startup Rivian, makers of future delivery van

As it waits on its order of tens of thousands of delivery vans, Amazon revealed Friday that it has a… Read More

Amazon: Labor now ‘primary capacity constraint’ even as workforce approaches 1.5 million

The availability of workers became Amazon’s primary challenge in keeping packages moving smoothly through its system in the third quarter,… Read More

Amazon delivers big earnings miss, Jassy warns Q4 will bring ‘several billion dollars of additional costs’

Amazon’s profits plunged to $3.2 billion in the third quarter, dropping by nearly half year-over-year, and CEO Andy Jassy told… Read More

Amazon earnings preview: Wall Street expects lower profits as tech giant boosts spending

Is the cost of hiring workers and bolstering its fulfillment network taking a toll on Amazon’s bottom line? Wall Street… Read More

Bellevue’s boom: City’s tech industry is poised to eat Seattle’s lunch

When Apptio launched in 2007, early employees debated whether the enterprise software startup should establish its headquarters in Seattle or… Read More

Amazon’s $2B climate fund director on the role of innovation in reversing tech giant’s rising emissions

Amazon launched its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund in June 2020 and has already invested hundreds of millions of dollars… Read More

Here are the latest recipients of Amazon’s $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund

In September 2019, Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos announced the company’s ambitious Climate Pledge, setting a goal of achieving net-zero carbon… Read More

Climate Pledge Arena: Here’s what Seattle Kraken fans think of the new arena name

Climate Pledge Arena doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. But Seattle Kraken fans we spoke with on Saturday seemed indifferent… Read More

‘I got a beer in 8 seconds’: Testing Amazon’s cashierless tech at an NHL game inside Climate Pledge Arena

Grabbing a bite or a drink at a Seattle sporting event without waiting in line is now a reality. Amazon’s… Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: Antitrust bills risk ‘very serious unintended consequences’ for sellers

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says online sellers should consider the implications of U.S. antitrust legislation that could force the company… Read More