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Jeff Bezos

What gives? Tech giant Amazon finally boosts its philanthropic rep in its hometown

Amazon has been making headlines recently — and not just for the stories you’d expect. The Seattle-based tech giant is providing housing… Read More

Video: Amazon makes first Prime Air drone package delivery, offers glimpse of new design

Amazon said this morning that it completed its first-ever package delivery from a Prime Air drone to a customer in Cambridge, England,… Read More

A first look inside the cutting-edge Bezos Family Immunotherapy Clinic

Stephanie Florence is the image of optimism. She is a blonde, bubbly, professional photographer from Lewiston, Idaho, who has a… Read More

Amazon snow

Amazon biospheres make for a pretty picture as storm left giant snowballs in downtown Seattle

Too bad someone at Amazon didn’t think to get a lighted Christmas tree into the biospheres during last week’s snowstorm… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Satya Nadella among tech leaders reportedly set to meet with Donald Trump this week

A who’s who of tech leaders are reportedly heading to New York City to meet with president-elect Donald Trump Wednesday.… Read More

Bill Gates, Jack Ma and others form $1B venture fund to invest in cutting-edge energy technologies

Bill Gates and other technology industry leaders have established a $1 billion venture fund to invest in companies developing cutting-edge energy… Read More

New Shepard photo op

Blue Origin’s rocketeers get holiday photo op with scorched New Shepard spaceship

How many holiday parties let you get your picture taken with a fully reusable rocket ship that’s been to space… Read More

Bezos and Blue Origin

John Glenn hails Jeff Bezos’ space feats in letter written days before astronaut’s death

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos accepted yet another award tonight for his Blue Origin space effort, but the prize he treasured… Read More

Blue Origin construction site

Jeff Bezos shows how Blue Origin’s orbital rocket factory is taking shape in Florida

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is showing off the “extraordinary progress” being made on the Florida factory where Blue Origin’s New… Read More

The Grand Tour premiere breaks Amazon viewership records, drives Prime sign-ups

I guess we know why Amazon paid $250 million for the Top Gear guys’ newest project, The Grand Tour. Amazon said the… Read More

Blue Origin's EDM machine at work

Billionaire Jeff Bezos gets all geeky over Blue Origin’s robotic rocket drilling machine

Building a rocket ship may sound romantic, but there are a lot of nitty-gritty details behind the work – and that’s… Read More

Amazon ad

Jeff Bezos tweets his love for touching Amazon ad showing friendship between priest and imam

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos doesn’t tweet a lot, but on Thursday he was moved to share a new television commercial for… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos email reaffirms Amazon’s commitment to ‘tolerance and diversity’ after Trump win

Jeff Bezos has responded to what he called a “heartfelt email” from an employee representing Amazon’s Affinity Group Leaders who… Read More

Sarah Bird

LinkedIn and Moz CEOs react to Donald Trump’s presidential election win

As Donald Trump’s presidential victory continues to sink in, and his plans start coming together, more heads of technology companies… Read More

Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook urges employees to move forward in response to Donald Trump’s election win

Now that everyone has had some time to process the shocking presidential election victory of Donald Trump, reactions are trickling… Read More

Jeff Bezos congratulates Donald Trump, wishes him ‘great success’ despite president-elect’s past threats against Amazon

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who once joked about blasting Donald Trump into space, congratulated the new president-elect in a tweet… Read More

Jeff Bezos

What will President Trump mean for Amazon and Jeff Bezos?

As Donald Trump began his march to the White House last year, he became embroiled in numerous feuds. One that got a… Read More

Technophobe in Chief: Trump’s lack of tech experience deepens divide with industry

Donald Trump may be known for his no-hold-barred approach on Twitter, but technology is largely a foreign concept to the U.S. president-elect. “Mr. Trump, who… Read More

Apollo F-1 engine

Get an exclusive video tour of the Museum of Flight’s Apollo moon rocket artifacts

It’s been almost a year since Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos unveiled pieces of the Saturn V rocket engines that propelled… Read More

Risk-takers: How a bet by the Bezos family is fueling a new effort to cure cancer

Back in 2009, immunotherapy was considered a long shot. The process involves reprogramming a patient’s T cells, important elements of the… Read More

Fred Hutch unveils first-of-its-kind Immunotherapy Clinic, named after Bezos family

To many, immunotherapies — treatments that use a patient’s immune system to fight cancer— sound like something from an episode of… Read More

O'Neill cylinder

Where does Jeff Bezos foresee putting space colonists? Inside O’Neill cylinders

SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to settle humans on Mars. Others talk about a Moon Village. But Seattle billionaire Jeff Bezos has… Read More

‘Failure and innovation are inseparable twins’: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos offers 7 leadership principles

You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you. Be stubborn on your vision, but flexible on details. Failure is… Read More

Forever young: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos backs biotech startup developing anti-aging therapies

Is Jeff Bezos looking for the fountain of youth? Possibly, if his latest investment provides any clues. The billionaire founder… Read More

Blue Origin coat of arms

Gradatim Ferociter! Jeff Bezos explains Blue Origin’s motto, logo … and the boots

You can’t buy stuff from billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture on Amazon just yet, but just wait: Sixteen… Read More

Amazon delivery drone

Jeff Bezos: Amazon drones will find landing spots using symbols printed out by customers

Amazon’s delivery drones will be able to fly up to 20 miles at speeds faster than 50 mph, and find their landing… Read More

Apollo 11 command module

Apollo 11 moon ship may go on tour for 50th anniversary – and stop by Seattle

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is laying the groundwork for a 50th-anniversary traveling exhibit featuring Apollo 11 space hardware,… Read More

Image: Wilson and Bezos

The inside story behind Jeff Bezos’ alien cameo on ‘Star Trek Beyond’

When “Star Trek Beyond” comes out on DVD next week, you can freeze-frame on the big-name cameo appearance that zipped… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Video: Jeff Bezos shares big ideas, from Amazon’s drone landing pads to a 10,000-year clock

Someday, you’ll be printing out a landing pad to guide an Amazon drone to its delivery, or maybe taking a… Read More

Jeff Bezos sees a big future for Amazon Echo, Alexa and AI in health care

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos thinks Alexa, the virtual assistant that powers Echo devices, could be a useful tool for health… Read More

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