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Amazon announces open beta for ‘New World’ in early September

During the Opening Night Live event at this year’s virtual Gamescom conference, Amazon revealed a new trailer for its upcoming… Read More

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Why Amazon is now pledging to make good on bad third-party products

Amazon has long contended that it shouldn’t be held legally liable for defective products sold by third-party merchants on Amazon.com,… Read More

White House cybersecurity summit to include Amazon’s Andy Jassy, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, and Apple CEO Tim Cook are among the tech executives who’ve been… Read More

Report: Amazon is namely to blame as parents stop naming kids Alexa

“Alexa, STOP!” How many times have you shouted that after unintentionally waking a voice-enabled Amazon device? Now imagine being the… Read More

The circle of life: Amazon reportedly to open department stores in latest physical retail bid

Amazon is making another move into physical retail, this time with plans to open department store-like locations in Ohio and… Read More

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How Amazon could be Earth’s best employer: 5 ideas from a logistics pro turned warehouse worker

Gisela Hausmann had a unique perspective on Amazon when she started a job in 2019 as a front-line worker at… Read More

Walmart takes another page from Amazon, reports 95% increase in U.S. advertising sales

Walmart reported a 95% increase in its U.S. advertising sales in the second quarter, and said its number of active… Read More

Amazon exec Wei Gao, a former technical advisor to Jeff Bezos, latest to leave tech giant

Wei Gao, an Amazon executive who helped lead the company’s grocery efforts, is leaving the Seattle tech giant after more… Read More

Q&A with Amazon Alexa chief Rohit Prasad on the future of ambient computing

When Amazon’s first Alexa-enabled smart speaker debuted in 2014, it was something of a novelty: A voice-activated natural language processing… Read More

U.S. senators question Amazon about its use of palm-reading biometric data

New Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is facing questions about how the company plans to use the data it gathers from… Read More

Census data shows Seattle’s population surge over last decade, fueled in part by tech job growth

Seattle’s population grew by 21% to 737,015 people and King County swelled by more than 300,000 residents since 2010, according… Read More

Ranked: The states where Amazon has invested most in jobs and infrastructure in the past decade

New stats from Amazon reveal the company’s total spending on jobs and infrastructure in each U.S. state from 2010 to… Read More

Livestreaming report: Amazon’s ‘New World’ gains attention as gamers flock to closed beta

Twitch’s growth rate has been slowed but not eliminated in the summer months; Facebook Gaming continues to grow its share… Read More

Amazon opens $1.5B Northern Kentucky air hub, fueling questions about its cargo ambitions

Amazon opened a $1.5 billion air hub in Northern Kentucky, where it plans to process millions of packages a day… Read More

Report: Amazon awarded secret $10B NSA cloud computing contract, Microsoft files protest

Amazon Web Services has received a $10 billion cloud computing contract from the National Security Agency, according to a report… Read More

Amazon will take on greater responsibility for defective products sold by third-party merchants

Amazon will compensate customers up to $1,000 for property damage or personal injury caused by defective products sold by third-party… Read More

Amazon senior cloud exec Charlie Bell is leaving the company after more than 23 years

Charlie Bell, a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team and a longtime linchpin of the company’s cloud business, is leaving… Read More

Amazon and GoPro sue alleged counterfeiters over bogus grips, mounts, and other accessories

Amazon and GoPro are suing nine defendants on allegations that they attempted to sell counterfeit GoPro accessories on Amazon.com, in… Read More

Report: Amazon offering $2M in cash and prizes in lottery for vaccinated frontline workers

In a bid to incentivize more frontline workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Amazon is offering a lottery of cash… Read More

Amid COVID surge, Amazon to require masks for warehouse workers regardless of vaccination status

A day after pushing back the return to an in-person setting for its office workers to the new year, Amazon… Read More

Amazon opening new Fresh grocery store in Seattle as part of property developed by Paul Allen’s Vulcan

Amazon will open its second Amazon Fresh grocery store in the Seattle area next week with a location in the… Read More

Nautilus Biotechnology shares surge 50% on news of Amazon investment

Shares of Nautilus Biotechnology rose by as much as 50% on Thursday morning after a report revealed that Amazon has… Read More

Amazon delays office return to January 2022 as rise of Delta variant thwarts corporate plans

Amazon told employees Thursday that it will delay its timeline for returning to regular work in the office until early… Read More

Amazon maintains big lead over Google and Apple in U.S. smart speaker market, new study says

Amazon has a “dominant share” of the U.S. market for smart speakers, accounting for 69% of devices sold over the… Read More

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This is Amazon’s at-home COVID-19 test kit: We tried it and talked to a testing expert about it

Amazon launched an at-home COVID-19 test kit for U.S. consumers last month, broadening the options for people to get tested… Read More

Amazon pressured Alabama workers and union vote should be redone, labor investigator recommends

Amazon stepped outside allowable guidelines and improperly pressured Alabama warehouse workers against unionizing the Bessemer fulfillment warehouse in April, and… Read More

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Amazon earnings reveal major shift: Total services revenue on track to surpass retail sales

Direct retail sales are poised to represent less than half of Amazon’s business for the first time in its history… Read More

Amazon disputes record $885 million fine from European Union data privacy watchdog

Amazon has been fined a record 746 million euros, or $885 million based on current exchange rates, over alleged violations… Read More

Amazon boosting wages and hiring incentives to keep up in competitive labor market

Amazon is finding it necessary to boost wages and increase its use of incentives to fill some of its open… Read More

Amazon’s advertising business is surging amid industry-wide ad sales boom for tech giants

Amazon’s advertising business continue to grow rapidly as it is now one of the company’s key sources of revenue. In… Read More