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Capital One hacking suspect Paige Thompson appears in court, ordered to remain in custody

A federal judge in Seattle ordered Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee accused of hacking Capital One and dozens of… Read More

Amazon responds to investigation revealing thousands of banned and unsafe items on its marketplace

Amazon’s marketplace for third-party sellers has become a huge part of its business, making up nearly 60 percent of gross… Read More

Jeff Bezos’ first job ad for Amazon turns 25 — here’s why it’s ‘very weak’ by modern standards

A modern analysis of Jeff Bezos’ first-ever job ad for Amazon, posted 25 years ago today, shows that the ad… Read More

Report reveals new details about Bezos’ influence on Amazon bid for Pentagon cloud contract

Amazon’s bid to build the Pentagon’s war cloud has been mired in accusations of favoritism since the beginning. But a… Read More

Amazon to double presence in Portland, Ore., adding 400 new tech roles

Amazon is growing its Portland, Ore. tech team by 400 people and moving into a new 84,000 square foot office… Read More

Jeff Bezos shows up on stage at Amazon’s epic employee concert, helps introduce Katy Perry

It was quite a Tuesday night for thousands of Amazon employees in Seattle as the tech giant took over CenturyLink… Read More

Amazon HQ2 becomes nation’s most competitive region for home buyers as Seattle market cools

Amazon hasn’t broken ground on its first HQ2 building in Northern Virginia yet but its plans to build a 25,000-person… Read More

Amazon passes French digital tax on to sellers as Trump admin investigates toll on tech industry

Amazon is raising the fees it charges third-party sellers in France by 3 percent in direct response to the country’s… Read More

Why everyone is talking again about the Amazon ‘ambassadors’ who talk up warehouse conditions

For more than a year, Amazon has been marshaling an army of ambassadors to defend conditions inside its warehouses, but… Read More

Amazon continues physical retail expansion with plans for new bookstore in Nashville and 4-star store in Boston

Amazon’s brick-and-mortar portfolio is about to get even bigger. The tech giant said Thursday it will open an Amazon Books… Read More

Walmart’s next-day delivery now available to 75% of U.S. population, escalating shipping race with Amazon

Walmart and Amazon are locked in a race to bring one-day shipping to the masses, and today Walmart hit a… Read More

Amazon launching donation program for third-party sellers’ excess inventory

Amazon will launch a new program to let its third-party sellers in the U.S. and U.K. donate unsold items rather… Read More

Amazon HQ is getting a new store: Inside the tech giant’s new ‘4-star’ shop in its hometown

The windows outside the ground floor of Amazon’s new re:Invent tower in Seattle are carefully blocked, shielding the bustling activity… Read More

Civil rights activists up in arms over Amazon update adding fear detection to facial recognition tech

Amazon’s latest update to its Rekognition software is renewing an outcry from civil rights groups over facial recognition technology. Amazon… Read More

Bernie Sanders echoes Trump accusation that Amazon influences Washington Post coverage

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ ownership of The Washington Post is uniting two ideologically opposed politicians frustrated with the newspaper’s media… Read More

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Platform Power: Amazon, Facebook, Google, and the hidden forces driving the world’s top businesses

Amazon, Uber, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and many other big companies have something in common. They’re all platforms, providing underlying technologies… Read More

US lawmakers raise questions about ‘misleading’ Amazon’s Choice recommendations

Shopping on Amazon.com can be overwhelming. A search for an everyday item frequently yields tens of thousands of results. Inundated… Read More

Senators urge Amazon, Google, eBay to crack down on unauthorized sales of gun accessories

A handful of Senate Democrats sent letters to Amazon, Google, and eBay Friday urging the companies to better enforce their… Read More

Amazon seeks to root out any ties to 8chan, as tech firms grapple with implications of extremist sites

Amazon’s cloud powers vast swaths of the internet, so perhaps it was only a matter of time until the debate… Read More

Amazon’s Treasure Truck wheels and deals into four more U.S. cities three years after Seattle launch

Amazon’s Treasure Truck keeps on truckin’. Two years after expanding on its quirky, Seattle-only deals-on-wheels idea, Amazon announced Wednesday that… Read More

Amazon wins patent for spoilage-sniffing refrigerator … but don’t hold your breath

Years after making its application, Amazon has won a patent for a refrigerator that uses cameras and chemical sensors to… Read More

Rollin’ down the street … After test ride near Seattle, Amazon delivery robot Scout adds California to mix

Here in the Pacific Northwest, we’re proud in a grumpy sort of way about our aversion to California imports, mainly… Read More

Amazon introduces Alexa speed controls, letting users determine how quickly voice assistant talks

If only we could do this with certain people in our lives! Alexa will speak up to two times slower… Read More

FedEx cutting shipping ties with Amazon as delivery competition escalates

FedEx said it is ending a ground shipping deal with Amazon, the shipping giant’s latest move to distance itself from… Read More

Amazon lays out a technology to guide delivery agents with augmented reality

Efficient package delivery is one of the keystones of Amazon’s retailing business, and a newly issued patent opens up a… Read More

Senator Wyden wants answers from Amazon on Capital One hack

A U.S. senator from Oregon wants Amazon to explain the role it played in a hack that exposed sensitive data… Read More

Amazon seeks FCC’s go-ahead to test mobile broadband devices in Silicon Valley

Amazon is seeking the Federal Communications Commission’s approval for a six-month test of mobile radio devices and networking software –… Read More

Earmuffs, Alexa! Amazon to let users opt out of human review of voice recordings, amid scrutiny

Amazon became the latest tech giant to let users of its voice assistant opt out of human review of their… Read More

Goodbye, Dash: Amazon will end support for geeky shopping gadgets

Amazon Dash, an IoT attempt by the tech giant to help customers quickly restock household items, is officially going bye-bye.… Read More

eBay accuses Amazon of illegal scheme to poach e-commerce sellers in new lawsuit

E-commerce heavyweight eBay is suing rival Amazon, alleging that managers at the Seattle tech giant conspired to poach e-commerce sellers… Read More