Play Podcast Jeff Bezos, can you take my return? Inside one of the most unusual Amazon annual meetings ever Play Amazon Prime member Evie Schwerin ordered a Haggadah, the Jewish text traditionally read at Passover Seder, before realizing that she… Read More
Play Podcast How to think like Amazon: New book from former exec helps others learn from tech giant Play Amazon critics will gather outside the tech giant’s shareholder meeting Wednesday morning in Seattle to protest the company’s actions on… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shows enthusiasm for auto industry at all-hands meeting, report says Jeff Bezos has set his sights on yet another industry. The Amazon CEO told employees in March that he’s “very… Read More
Jeff Bezos moves some earth to break ground on new $1.5B Amazon Prime Air hub near Cincinnati Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos hopped into a front-end loader to “move some earth” as the tech giant broke ground Tuesday… Read More
Play Podcast Blue Moon and beyond: How Jeff Bezos plans to take civilization to space, starting with lunar colony Play It’s our choice: a finite world with limited resources, or an infinite universe with unlimited potential. Those were the options… Read More
Jeff Bezos unveils Blue Moon lunar lander and shares updated vision for Blue Origin WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos today laid out the architecture for missions to the moon aimed at supporting… Read More
Company run by world’s 4th richest person invests in company run by world’s richest person Famed investor Warren Buffett has long been a fan of Amazon but never invested in the tech giant, until now.… Read More
Blue Origin sends dozens of payloads to space — and looks ahead to sending people Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, today sent dozens of science experiments and other payloads… Read More
Blue Origin tweets picture from Antarctic expedition, hinting at moon mission Is Jeff Bezos planning to send a lander to the moon’s south pole? It’s possible to leap to that conclusion,… Read More
Stuck on a familiar rant: 2 graffiti stickers illustrate Seattle’s ‘complicated relationship with big tech’ It’s tough to pass any light pole or street sign in Seattle these days without noticing that many of them… Read More
Jeff Bezos challenges retail giants to match (or beat!) Amazon’s $15/hour minimum wage and benefits Amazon last fall raised its minimum wage to $15/hour for its U.S. workers, after facing pressure from Sen. Bernie Sanders… Read More
Jeff Bezos uses annual Amazon letter as antitrust antidote: ‘Third-party sellers are kicking our first party butt. Badly.’ Amazon is getting trounced by third-party sellers on its platform, has weathered some spectacular failures in the process of building… Read More
Early Amazon investor Tom Alberg to leave board, 23 years after betting on Jeff Bezos’ little startup More than 23 years after betting on a small startup called Amazon.com, Tom Alberg, the company’s longest-standing board member, is… Read More
Meow! Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos a satellite copycat — and gets called out The fur is flying in the broadband internet satellite race. It all started when we found out that Amazon was… Read More
Amazon was here: Early employees recall startup days in Seattle building that will soon disappear In a non-descript, four-story building, around the corner from Seattle’s iconic Pike Place Market, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos once sat… Read More
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos finalize divorce; Amazon CEO keeps 75% of couple’s stock Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos have finalized their divorce. The Amazon CEO will receive 75 percent of the couple’s Amazon shares… Read More
Bill Gates, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos fund research to find a better Alzheimer’s diagnosis The richest people in the world are putting some of their fortunes toward finding a better way to diagnose Alzheimer’s… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ security consultant says Saudi government hacked Amazon CEO’s phone The Saudi government hacked into Jeff Bezos’ phone and accessed private information, according to new details shared by the Amazon… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ worlds collide: Cast of ‘The Expanse’ visits Blue Origin’s space turf Science fiction met space fact this week in the Seattle area when the cast of “The Expanse,” the science-fiction jewel… Read More
Play Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Bezos and the bots, DNA data storage, and Seattle startups learn to co-exist with Silicon Valley giants Play Every year, Amazon and Jeff Bezos hold an elite, invitation-only conference called MARS, for Machine learning, Automation, Robotics and Space, which doubles as an… Read More
Jeff Bezos puts that robotic dragonfly at center stage in video clip from Amazon’s MARS conference Find someone who looks at you the way Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos looks at the robotic dragonfly that’s buzzing around… Read More
Jeff Bezos generates new rounds of buzz at Amazon’s mysterious MARS conference Which is more viral, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos getting buzzed by a robotic dragonfly, or Bezos buzzing in Lift Aircraft’s… Read More
WSJ report reveals National Enquirer paid $200K for Jeff Bezos’ racy texts More details have emerged about the public spat between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the National Enquirer. The Wall Street… Read More
Play Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Brave Amazon employee quizzes Bezos; GeekWire Awards preview; Peter Sagal’s input on input Play We’re preparing for the GeekWire Awards, our annual event recognizing the best in Pacific Northwest tech and innovation, coming up… Read More
Author of ‘The Everything Store’ planning new book on Amazon and Jeff Bezos This story has been updated with comments from Brad Stone. One of the first authors to pull back the veil… Read More
Party like it’s $1,999: Jeff Bezos and Robert Downey Jr. will headline re:MARS fest in Vegas Amazon didn’t have to look very far for one of the biggest headliners due to appear at re:MARS, the Seattle-based… Read More
Report: In all-hands meeting, Jeff Bezos says he’s ‘as engaged and focused on Amazon as ever’ When he gathers Amazon employees for an all-hands meeting, Jeff Bezos is probably used to trying to convey what’s on… Read More
‘Momazonians’ want Jeff Bezos to provide backup daycare benefit for Amazon moms “Momazonians” at Amazon want their company to step up when it comes to providing backup daycare services for their children.… Read More
Play Podcast Come on, Amazon! The implications of the tech giant’s abrupt decision to nix its NYC HQ2 Play Amazon spent more than a year looking for its “HQ2,” planning to establish a second headquarters equal to its Seattle… Read More
Amazon’s birthplace for sale: Home where Jeff Bezos started company listed for nearly $1.5M Silicon Valley might have the HP Garage, but Seattle has the Amazon Mailbox. Amazon’s first home, a residential property at… Read More
