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Amazon unveils ‘Sequoia’ warehouse robotics system and starts testing Agility’s Digit robot

Amazon announced a new robotic system dubbed Sequoia, designed to let employees pick and place products in their ergonomic “power… Read More

Inside Amazon’s Rivian electric van: A greener, quieter ride — and a sliding door fit for Star Trek

For 25 years, my dad delivered packages for UPS in one of the company’s classic, boxy, brown trucks. His route… Read More

Report: Amazon will use Microsoft 365 cloud productivity tools in $1B ‘megadeal’

Amazon has committed more than $1 billion to license Microsoft 365 cloud productivity software for 1 million of its corporate… Read More

UK regulator puts Amazon and Microsoft on notice with details of cloud investigation

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) outlined the scope of its planned investigation into major public cloud platforms, singling… Read More

Amazon, Expedia, Glassdoor, and others form coalition to fight fake reviews

A newly formed coalition of companies from e-commerce, travel, employment and other sectors plans to work together against a common… Read More

Amazon’s Project Kuiper prototype satellites are ‘stable in orbit’ and collecting key data

Amazon said two prototype satellites launched on Friday on a test mission of the company’s Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation are… Read More

Amazon partners with Petco in latest expansion of return drop-off footprint

Amazon is teaming up with another retail competitor to offer customers more places to return products. The Seattle retailer confirmed… Read More

Amazon CEO calls attacks on civilians in Israel ‘shocking,’ says company will support relief efforts

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy called the attacks against civilians in Israel “shocking and painful to watch” in a post on… Read More

She helped lead the fight against Amazon’s return to office — and then had to leave a job she loved

Pamela Hayter just wanted someone at Amazon to answer “the why.” After more than eight years at the tech giant,… Read More

Atlas V launch with Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites

Atlas V rocket launches prototype Amazon satellites to test Project Kuiper network

Amazon’s first satellites were launched today on a mission aimed at testing out the hardware and software for the Seattle… Read More

Amazon begins shifting 2,000 employees from Seattle to new Bellevue office towers

Amazon has moved about half of a planned 2,000 employees from Seattle to Bellevue, Wash., where the company ultimately plans… Read More

Amazon pulls the plug on Amp, the live-audio app it launched last year to ‘reimagine radio’

Amazon is pulling the plug on Amp, the audio app it launched last year to let users DJ their own… Read More

Report: FTC alleges Amazon tested price increases as part of secret ‘Project Nessie’

The Federal Trade Commission alleges that Amazon’s “Project Nessie” was designed to gauge the impact of its product price increases… Read More

Testing Amazon’s new cashierless clothing shop at Lumen Field that uses RFID technology

In a small corner of Lumen Field, Amazon is putting a new spin on its cashierless “Just Walk Out” shopping… Read More

FTC’s case against Amazon hinges on internal messages and secrets yet to be revealed

What lurks beneath all that blacked-out text? That’s the immediate question for anyone reading the Federal Trade Commission’s landmark antitrust… Read More

FTC targets alleged secret Amazon pricing algorithm ‘Project Nessie’ in antitrust complaint

The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Amazon alleges, for the first time publicly, that the company used a secret… Read More

FTC and 17 states sue Amazon for maintaining alleged monopoly power that stifles competition

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general filed suit against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging that the Seattle-based tech… Read More

Departing Amazon exec Dave Limp will become CEO at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture

Blue Origin has confirmed that Dave Limp, who is leaving his post as Amazon’s senior vice president of devices and… Read More

Amazon pours up to $4B into AI startup Anthropic, escalating rivalry with Microsoft and Google

Amazon will invest up to $4 billion and take a minority stake in Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company… Read More

Interview: UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt visits Amazon and Microsoft; talks AI, China, economy

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, the United Kingdom’s chief financial minister, visited Seattle on Friday as part of a West Coast tour… Read More

Where’s Astro? Amazon addresses home robot’s absence from annual devices event

Amazon’s Astro home robot was introduced at the company’s fall Devices & Services event two years ago. Last year, Astro’s… Read More

Amazon to add commercial breaks to Prime Video shows and movies

Amazon is ready to interrupt Prime Video programming to bring commercial breaks to its streaming shows and movies, the company… Read More

Amazon unveils new AI features in quest to make Alexa ‘superhuman’

It was tough, as usual, to keep up with the announcements coming out of Amazon’s fall Devices & Services event… Read More

Amazon previews Alexa ‘Let’s Chat’ feature for Echo devices, building on generative AI technology

Amazon this morning showed a new feature, dubbed “Let’s Chat” driven by generative artificial intelligence, designed to make its Alexa… Read More

Should Amazon be ‘pumped’ to land Panos Panay? A closer look at longtime Microsoft devices leader

Microsoft developed its first Surface tablet more than a decade ago under strict secrecy to give then-CEO Steve Ballmer the… Read More

Amazon to hire 250k U.S. holiday workers, up 100k from last year, projecting strong shopping season

Amazon says it will seek to hire 250,000 people for the holiday season, a significant increase from past years, citing… Read More

Amazon adds RFID capability to ‘Just Walk Out’ to enable cashierless shopping for clothing and more

Amazon is adding a new wrinkle to “Just Walk Out,” combining its cashierless retail technology with RFID capability so that… Read More

Report: Departing Microsoft exec Panos Panay set to lead Amazon’s Alexa and Echo business

Amazon is expected to name Panos Panay, the longtime Microsoft Windows and Devices leader, as the new executive in charge… Read More

Former Intuit CEO Brad Smith joins Amazon board

Brad Smith, the former Intuit CEO and current president of Marshall University, has joined the Amazon board of directors. The… Read More

Amazon investing $40M in Seattle and elsewhere to help moderate-income families afford homes

Amazon is investing $40 million to help moderate-income families purchase homes in the Seattle area as well as other regions… Read More