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Amazon

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

First glimpse of Amazon’s new robotaxi: Zoox autonomous vehicle spotted during video shoot

Isn’t it always the urban video shoot that spoils the big car reveal? Zoox, the self-driving taxi company acquired by… Read More

Amazon teams up with YETI in lawsuit against alleged counterfeiters

Amazon and YETI filed a lawsuit that accuses two U.S.-based defendants of selling counterfeit YETI products on Amazon. The case… Read More

Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals

Microsoft is rolling out new cloud technologies for wrangling, protecting and analyzing large amounts of corporate data, escalating its competition… Read More

After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention

Kicking off the annual Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference this week, AWS CEO Andy Jassy pointed to a major milestone… Read More

Amazon’s safety claims fail to convince critics in government amid holiday shopping rush

Amazon has consistently defended its safety record following exposés by the Center for Investigative Reporting over the past year documenting… Read More

Amazon Web Services to offer macOS on-demand in the cloud, in new appeal to Apple developers

Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising… Read More

Amazon to stream NFL game on Dec. 26 exclusively on Prime Video; playoff game also confirmed

Amazon’s streaming schedule is getting busier in the later weeks of the NFL season as the tech giant and the… Read More

Amazon details cause of AWS outage that hobbled thousands of online sites and services

A “relatively small addition of capacity” to the Amazon Kinesis real-time data processing service triggered a widespread Amazon Web Services… Read More

Amazon Web Services outage affects Adobe, Roku, Twilio, Flickr, others

Amazon Web Services suffered an outage Wednesday that affected several applications and services that rely on Amazon’s cloud computing platform.… Read More

Walter Isaacson likens Bezos to Einstein and Jobs, calls out Trump for ‘corrupt’ treatment of Amazon

Much of the content in the new book, “Invent & Wander,” will be familiar to those who follow Jeff Bezos… Read More

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‘This company was invented for the pandemic’ — Scott Galloway on Amazon in a ‘Post Corona’ world

Amazon’s big move into the pharmacy business last week wasn’t a surprise at all, and it’s just part of a… Read More

Amazon prevails over eBay in lawsuit accusing Seattle company of poaching third-party sellers

Amazon has prevailed over eBay in a lawsuit that accused the Seattle tech giant of poaching e-commerce sellers through eBay’s… Read More

Spotted: Amazon robot maps sidewalks north of Seattle, laden with cameras and sensors

While I was out on an ordinary drive through Everett Saturday morning I spotted something interesting: An unmarked six-wheeled robot being driven down the sidewalk on Broadway… Read More

Seattle Seahawks’ deep dive into analytics starts with a ‘data lake’ built by Amazon Web Services

It’s trendy these days to turn to sports data analytics for a deep dive into how a team is set… Read More

Amazon names best books of 2020, with ‘timely and powerful’ criminal justice memoir atop list

Is there a better time to stay in and catch up on all the reading you meant to get to… Read More

Amazon focuses on another use for Alexa as Echo Frames smart glasses are now available

Amazon’s vision of how people will continue to use its voice assistant Alexa includes Echo Frames, a smart glasses product… Read More

Amazon Pharmacy: Online drugstore and Prime Rx discounts extend tech giant’s reach into healthcare

Updated at 12:30 p.m. Pacific. Tuesday. Amazon will offer prescription medications for home delivery through a new online drugstore, promising… Read More

Amazon’s Fire TV finally getting HBO Max, months after launch of new streaming service

Almost six months after the launch of the new HBO Max streaming service, the platform is now coming to Amazon’s… Read More

Amazon beefs up machine learning in Alexa to predict ‘latent goals’ that aren’t directly expressed

Alexa is getting smarter. Amazon’s voice assistant in the U.S. can now predict “latent goals,” or potential requests that a… Read More

Europe accuses Amazon of misusing third-party retail data, opens new ‘Buy Box’ investigation

Amazon’s antitrust problems just hopped the pond. European competition authorities, in preliminary findings issued Tuesday morning, accused the Seattle-based tech… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Biden’s Seattle tech bundlers; Amazon’s smart shelf; Where’s Gabe Newell?

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: Just before the election, Joe Biden’s campaign released a… Read More

Amazon disavows Mississippi police program that plans to use Ring cameras for real-time surveillance

Amazon is distancing itself from a pilot program launched by police in Jackson, Miss., that will use residents’ doorbell cameras… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ annual Amazon stock sales eclipse $10B for the first time

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ total annual stock sales have topped $10 billion for the first time. Bezos just sold more… Read More

Amazon to restore small Elephant Car Wash sign and display piece of Seattle history on its campus

The Elephant Car Wash is disappearing from its iconic perch just blocks from Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, but a piece… Read More

New Amazon ad pays tribute to human spirit as it kicks off holiday season in the midst of pandemic

“The show must go on” for Amazon as the tech giant gears up for a huge holiday shopping season in… Read More

Podcast

Tech in 2020 and beyond: The economy, Amazon, antitrust and the potential impact of the election

The past year has brought a pandemic, a national reckoning over race, plus antitrust investigations and charges against major tech… Read More

Amazon’s first $100B quarter? Jeff Bezos says signs point to ‘unprecedented’ holiday sales

Amazon is set to break revenue records this holiday quarter as it spends heavily on hiring and delivery capacity to… Read More

Amazon hires 248,500 people in Q3 as Jeff Bezos challenges large employers to raise minimum wage

Amazon is on a massive hiring spree as it tries to meet rising e-commerce demand that has accelerated due to… Read More

Amazon crushes Q3 expectations, sets record with $96.1B in revenue and $6.3B in profits

Amazon sailed past expectations for its third fiscal quarter as the company continues to meet rising demand for its products… Read More

Robo-commerce: Amazon’s auto-reordering Dash Smart Shelf goes on sale for $19.99

Amazon’s latest take on e-commerce automation is making its public debut, just in case it wasn’t easy enough already to… Read More

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