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Amazon discreetly visits HQ2 cities in Phase 2 of extraordinary second headquarters competition

Amazon is on tour. The Seattle tech titan is visiting the 20 cities competing for its second headquarters, collecting data and… Read More

The battle between Amazon and Google escalates, this time around Nest

There’s no love lost between Google and Amazon, two of the biggest tech companies on the planet with market values… Read More

Capitalism’s biggest villain? Amazon is dubbed ‘the new Walmart — only worse’ in report

Amazon has usurped Walmart as the unscrupulous capitalist king of industry — at least according to Business Insider. Kate Taylor… Read More

Widespread outage at Amazon Web Services’ U.S. East region takes down Alexa, Atlassian developer tools

Problems with Amazon Web Services’ Direct Connect service took down several customers Friday morning using the cloud leader’s creaky U.S.… Read More

Amazon’s $1B Ring deal ‘probably the biggest miss’ in Shark Tank history

Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka “Mr. Wonderful,” was blown away when he saw Amazon’s agreement to acquire video doorbell… Read More

Could Amazon help Seattle land an NHL team? Ownership group sees arena as tech ‘showcase’

The Seattle SuperSonics played their last game at Key Arena in 2008, a few months after Amazon planted its flag… Read More

What Amazon’s acquisition of Ring means for the smart home market

Amazon’s acquisition of smart doorbell Ring marks a sea change for the smart home market. Amazon has been upping its… Read More

Amazon to acquire Ring video doorbell maker, cracking open the door in home security market

Amazon has reached an agreement to acquire Ring, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based maker of video cameras, doorbells and other smart… Read More

Really, New York is the ‘official’ second headquarters of tech? In Seattle, we say not so fast

Every so often New York makes me mad. No, it’s not the congestion or the people or the Yankees (though… Read More

Pittsburgh goes to court to keep Amazon HQ2 proposal secret

Pittsburgh officials are pushing back on a ruling demanding the city release its proposal for Amazon’s second headquarters. Late Friday… Read More

Amazon closes at $1,500/share for 1st time, marking another financial milestone for tech giant

Amazon stock closed at exactly $1,500 per share today, hitting that milestone for the first time as the tech giant… Read More

HQ2 clue? Pittsburgh leaders optimistic as Amazon announces plans to expand engineering outpost

PITTSBURGH — Local politicians weren’t coy about their desire for Amazon’s second headquarters during a media event Thursday to announce… Read More

Report: Amazon eyes additional Amazon Go stores in Seattle and Los Angeles

Amazon is going ahead with an expansion of its cashier-free convenience store concept Amazon Go, according to a report from… Read More

Robotics pioneer Red Whittaker wants to put a robot on the moon, and land Amazon in his backyard

PITTSBURGH — Asked if he will eventually land a robot on the moon, William “Red” Whittaker doesn’t hold back. “Oh,… Read More

Amazon Studios to adapt Iain M. Banks’ space-opera Culture novel, a ‘huge personal favorite’ of Jeff Bezos

Iain M. Banks’ sweeping Culture science-fiction book series finally has a video home. Amazon Studios announced this morning it’s acquired… Read More

Conservative group’s ad attacks ‘corporate welfare’ deals with Amazon in HQ2 cities

The center-right millennial advocacy group, Generation Opportunity, is targeting Amazon in a new ad that will run in the U.S.… Read More

Amazon Alexa accelerator expands, will host up to 3 startups in London for 2nd cohort

Amazon is now accepting applications for its second Alexa Accelerator cohort. The 13-week program, which launched last year and is run… Read More

New analysis picks Washington, D.C., as frontrunner for Amazon’s HQ2

Another day, another Amazon HQ2 analysis. This time, researchers at Hamilton Place Strategies, an analytic PR consultancy, crunched the numbers… Read More

Amazon plans to more than double its Pittsburgh engineering center with 125 additional jobs

PITTSBURGH — Amazon will add 125 new jobs to its engineering center here, more than doubling its footprint and escalating… Read More

Amazon extends 5% back Prime credit card benefits to Whole Foods purchases

A credit card that gives Amazon Prime customers 5 percent back on all Amazon purchases now offers those benefits for… Read More

We tested Amazon’s new Whole Foods delivery service in Austin, the upscale grocer’s hometown

AUSTIN, Texas — Gray skies, cops on bikes, microbrews and transit turmoil: If Texas’ state capital gets picked as Amazon’s HQ2,… Read More

Is this really a tech ‘tahn’? Pittsburghers talk Seattle, Amazon HQ2, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos

PITTSBURGH — Longtime residents of this city like the idea of Amazon HQ2 in their city, have strong impressions of… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek Podcast: Why Amazon cut hundreds of jobs the same week it became a $700B company

Amazon cut hundreds of jobs this week, but the company is still increasing its workforce overall, and market value continues… Read More

Amazon fires Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor after sexual harassment investigation

Amazon Studios officially fired actor and Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor Thursday following an investigation into sexual harassment allegations, according to… Read More

Amazon will pay $1.2M to settle with EPA over illegal pesticide sales

Amazon has reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over “unregistered and misbranded pesticide products” for sale on the… Read More

Amazon is worth more than Microsoft: Market value surges past $700B, now 3rd largest U.S. company

Amazon’s market value surged to more than $702 billion on Wednesday, making the Seattle-based company the third-largest U.S. public company… Read More

Love — and more Amazon Prime integration — is in the air at Whole Foods with Valentine’s roses deal

The love affair between Amazon and Whole Foods, which was solidified when the tech giant bought the grocery chain last… Read More

Amazon reportedly venturing into healthcare supplies, targeting hospitals and clinics

Amazon is expanding its reach in the healthcare supply market, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Hospital… Read More

County exec on Pittsburgh’s Amazon HQ2 secrecy: ‘You can’t have 1.3M people negotiating a deal’

PITTSBURGH — Rich Fitzgerald is confident he can forge a mutually beneficial partnership between Amazon and Pittsburgh if the region… Read More

Amazon confirms job cuts at Seattle headquarters, hundreds of positions impacted

Fast-growing Amazon is cutting hundreds of staffers as the Seattle-based company makes adjustments in its core consumer retail business. “As… Read More