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GeekWire Podcast: Breaking the IPO glass ceiling; Who succeeds Bezos?; TikTok’s ticking clock

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. When Athira Pharma filed with the Nasdaq for a… Read More

Amazon tears into Trump after Pentagon reaffirms Microsoft as winner of $10B JEDI cloud contract

[Updated at 3 p.m. Pacific on Friday, Sept. 4.] Amazon issued a searing response Friday to the Department of Defense’s… Read More

Who will (eventually) replace Jeff Bezos? Amazon succession mystery deepens with key exec’s exit

Jeff Wilke, the flannel-wearing CEO of Amazon’s vast consumer business, has been described as a natural business leader and the… Read More

The $200 billion man: Jeff Bezos crosses into new territory as Amazon’s stock surge fuels riches

Jeff Bezos crossed into new billionaire territory on Wednesday with another surge in Amazon stock that pushed the CEO’s net… Read More

Amazon expands ‘Project Zero’ anti-counterfeit program that Bezos cited in antitrust hearing

Amazon is taking its “Project Zero” anti-counterfeit program to seven additional countries, expanding a program designed to help brands fight… Read More

Jeff Bezos forms LLC that may signal progress on mysterious $10 billion climate change initiative

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has remained tight-lipped about his $10 billion climate change initiative since announcing it six months ago.… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sells around $3 billion in Amazon stock

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold approximately $3 billion in stock in transactions starting on Monday, according to regulatory filings made… Read More

Watch Jeff Bezos and internet pioneer Vint Cerf get fooled by card tricks from illusionist David Blaine

Jeff Bezos may work some sort of magic every day — or at least his company does — by getting… Read More

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Big Tech’s big week: Historic antitrust hearing and record profits put industry giants in spotlight

Big Tech spent back-to-back days in the national spotlight this week between a long-anticipated Congressional hearing and second-quarter earnings reports.… Read More

Amazon doubles quarterly profits to $5.2B, crushes expectations in ‘highly unusual quarter’

Amazon posted $5.2 billion in profits in the second quarter, doubling its bottom line from the same quarter a year… Read More

Jeff Bezos calls social media a ‘nuance destruction machine’ during antitrust hearing, with Mark Zuckerberg on the call

Don’t expect Amazon to roll out a social media platform anytime soon. Speaking at an antitrust hearing that often waded… Read More

What we learned about the antitrust case against Amazon from Jeff Bezos’ time in the Congressional hot seat

A wide-ranging antitrust hearing Wednesday with top tech CEOs skewed more toward grandstanding than substance, but there were a few… Read More

Amazon releases CEO Jeff Bezos’ opening statement ahead of landmark antitrust hearing

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will point to the “strikingly large and extraordinarily competitive” global retail market in his opening statement… Read More

Early member of Amazon Kindle team shares lessons learned from working with Jeff Bezos

Learn and adapt. Cannibalize yourself. Just because something ain’t broke, doesn’t mean you can’t make it better. These are some… Read More

Jeff Bezos is richer than ever, topping $171B and illustrating wealth gap as Amazon’s stock soars

Amazon’s soaring share price has pushed CEO Jeff Bezos’ net worth to more than $171 billion, a new record that… Read More

Greenpeace slams Amazon’s Climate Pledge Arena as a ‘meaningless and costly PR stunt’

A certain Muppet once told us it’s not easy being green. It’s not easy to get the approval of Greenpeace… Read More

How Amazon, Uber and others are commemorating Juneteenth in honor of emancipation

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is encouraging employees to cancel meetings and “take some time to reflect, learn and support each… Read More

Amazon’s ‘Climate Pledge’ gets its first additional signatories: Verizon, Infosys and RB

Telecom giant Verizon, tech powerhouse Infosys, and Lysol and Calgon parent Reckitt Benckiser (RB) have become the first global companies… Read More

Report: Amazon to be hit with antitrust charges as soon as next week over third-party seller data

European regulators are set to file antitrust charges against Amazon over the alleged use of third-party seller data to compete… Read More

‘Amazon isn’t going away, and neither are we.’ Employee group presses ahead on climate and race

An Amazon employee group has taken some hits recently, but vows to keep fighting for members concerned about the company’s… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos posts customer’s racist message, calls him a ‘customer I’m happy to lose’

As part of its vaunted leadership principles, Amazon likes to say it starts with the customer and works backwards to… Read More

Lights, camera, Amazon: Should the tech giant buy Seattle’s iconic Cinerama movie theater?

Seattleites love coming in out of the rain for a movie. Especially if there is chocolate popcorn. So when news… Read More

What to expect as Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting goes virtual for the first time

Amazon’s response to COVID-19 will be under a microscope Wednesday morning as the company holds its shareholder meeting virtually for… Read More

60 Minutes shows Amazon’s virus-killing robot; says company uses AI to enforce social distancing

Amazon is developing a robot that would roll through grocery stores and distribution centers, using banks of ultraviolet light to… Read More

Amazon VP quits over employee firings, saying they were ‘designed to create a climate of fear’

Tim Bray “snapped.” The Amazon vice president and distinguished engineer left the company on May 1 — a historic day… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon faces the pandemic; Startup funding slump; How to reopen your office

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s sales rose 26% in the first quarter as… Read More

House lawmakers want Jeff Bezos to testify on antitrust issues, claiming deputy mislead Congress

Federal lawmakers are asking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to testify before Congress about the company’s competitive tactics against third-party sellers… Read More

Amazon sales rise 26% to $75B; profits plunge 30%; Bezos calls crisis ‘hardest time we’ve ever faced’

Amazon’s net sales rose 26% to $75.5 billion in the first quarter, exceeding Wall Street’s expectations as people around the… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: How science and politics are influencing the debate over post-pandemic life

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast: As numbers on COVID-19 improve, the debate begins over… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos calls for regular COVID-19 testing ‘on a global scale across all industries’

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that testing everyone regularly for COVID-19 — not just his own employees — will be… Read More