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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.

Jeff Bezos explains Amazon’s bet on Project Kuiper satellites — and copes with an onstage protest

LAS VEGAS — For the first time in public, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explained the rationale for his risky Project… Read More

Alexa gets smarter about combining AI skills, starting with dinner and a movie

LAS VEGAS — Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant will soon get savvier about juggling its thousands of skills — starting with… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gets a laugh out of his round with a robotic arm at re:MARS conference

LAS VEGAS — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ handshake is at least as firm as a robotic hand’s grip. I found… Read More

Seattle is the ‘landlord’ of the internet, thanks to Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud prowess

Depending on the day, Amazon and Microsoft are the two most valuable companies in the U.S., and a big part… Read More

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Amazon Robotics unveils two new breeds of robots for its fulfillment centers

LAS VEGAS — Amazon says there are now 200,000 robots working alongside 300,000 people at its distribution facilities around the… Read More

Amazon's Jeff Wilke with drone

Amazon shows off new all-electric Prime Air drone that will start delivering packages ‘within months’

LAS VEGAS — Amazon’s drone ambitions took another step forward today as the tech giant revealed its latest delivery drone… Read More

See it in person or watch online as Amazon’s latest rare corpse flower is set to bloom inside Spheres

The latest rare specimen inside Amazon’s Spheres is set to put on its final show, as a blooming corpse flower… Read More

Cockroach Labs founders

Another open-source database company will tighten its licensing strategy, wary of Amazon Web Services

Cockroach Labs, the New York-based database company behind the open-source CockroachDB database, will change the terms of the license agreement… Read More

Amazon adds $250K to fund it created for Seattle students, increasing access to summer programs

Several months after announcing a $2 million grant to aid Seattle school students with the creation of the “Right Now… Read More

Amazon and Google stocks tumble as tech world braces for increased antitrust scrutiny

Shares in Amazon and Google are diving Monday morning on reports that U.S. regulators are gearing up to take a… Read More

Amazon one-ups Walmart on one-day shipping, will offer 10M products via accelerated Prime program

Saying that every day is “Day 1” at Amazon might still be a popular mantra at the company, but today… Read More

Amazon to boost advertising business with acquisition of assets from ad tech company Sizmek

Amazon has acquired parts of a global ad tech company to bolster its rapidly growing advertising business. Amazon said Friday… Read More

Amazon as a wireless carrier? Company reportedly wants to buy Boost Mobile from T-Mobile and Sprint

Amazon wants to buy a mobile wireless service. Reuters reported Thursday that the tech giant is interested in acquiring prepaid… Read More

Why the looming end-of-support deadline for Windows Server 2008 is an enormous cloud migration opportunity

Deadlines have a way of getting your attention. On January 14th, 2020, Microsoft will stop providing security updates for Windows… Read More

Why this early Amazon investor is backing an effort to shake up the Seattle City Council

One of the biggest names in Seattle tech is a founding member of a new political action committee that wants… Read More

Amazon Web Services’ infrastructure czar Peter DeSantis now part of Amazon’s inner circle, according to report

Peter DeSantis, who oversees the massive cloud computing infrastructure that Amazon Web Services has built in becoming the world’s leading… Read More

Amazon dumps controversial security firm at Seattle HQ in favor of union-backed contractor

Amazon is ending its contract with embattled security contractor Security Industry Specialists (SIS) in favor of two union-backed firms. SIS… Read More

New Amazon feature lets users tell Alexa to delete recent voice recordings and commands

Amazon is stepping up its privacy options for its voice assistant and digital brain Alexa, as tech giants look to… Read More

Amazon unveils new compact Echo Show smart display for $90, shipping next month

Amazon today revealed the latest version of the Alexa-powered Echo Show smart display: a smaller model at a much lower… Read More

Amazon shoots down reports of reduction in bulk orders from small wholesale suppliers

Editor’s Note: Post and headline updated with comment from Amazon Amazon today denied a report that it is preparing to… Read More

Amazon shareholder proposals on climate and facial recognition won about 30 percent of vote

Updated below with full results and news release from Amazon employees who backed climate resolution. Amazon announced this week that… Read More

With Amazon’s HQ2 on the way, a housing boom begins in Northern Virginia, echoing Seattle

The HQ2 housing rush has begun. With the first of 25,000 new Amazon employees set to arrive in just a… Read More

Amazon real estate chief: ‘I want to change the way that people work within the four walls’

Amazon doesn’t just innovate on behalf of customers. The tech giant also comes up with new ideas to help its… Read More

Podcast

Jeff Bezos, can you take my return? Inside one of the most unusual Amazon annual meetings ever

Amazon Prime member Evie Schwerin ordered a Haggadah, the Jewish text traditionally read at Passover Seder, before realizing that she… Read More

Amazon is reportedly building a wellness device that senses emotions in your voice

Amazon is reportedly working on a health and wellness device that is worn on the wrist and can read human… Read More

Walmart targets Amazon Fire tablets with new line of low-cost devices starting at $64

Walmart has released its long-rumored set of low-cost tablets, the latest challenge in the retail giant’s multi-faceted battle with Amazon.… Read More

Amazon says millions of custom Alexa voice apps have come out of no-code Skill Blueprints program

Amazon has counted on others to spread Alexa everywhere — first developers, then device makers, and most recently everyone else.… Read More

Shareholders reject efforts to rein in Amazon’s sale of facial recognition tech to law enforcement

Amazon will continue to sell its facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies without oversight after two shareholder resolutions were… Read More

Amazon shareholders reject all 11 annual meeting proposals, including employee-backed climate plan

Amazon shareholders voted down all 11 independent resolutions presented at the company’s annual meeting Wednesday, including a climate change push… Read More

Scammers impersonate Amazon customer support in new scheme as robocalls surge

Americans received 26.3 billion spam calls in 2018, roughly 80 times the entire population of the United States. Robocalls and… Read More

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