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Apple and Google are coming for your carApple and Google are coming for your car
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Big Tech’s big car ambitions have antitrust advocates worried.

By Sara Morrison
Amazon fired Chris Smalls. Now the new union leader is one of its biggest problems.
Technology

What’s next for the face of America’s new labor movement.

By Shirin Ghaffary
Technology
Amazon’s surprising new delivery partners: Rural mom-and-pop shopsAmazon’s surprising new delivery partners: Rural mom-and-pop shops
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The e-commerce giant is recruiting local businesses in Alabama, Mississippi, and Nebraska as part of a secretive new delivery program.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Amazon’s worker union just lost in New York City. Where does it go from here?Amazon’s worker union just lost in New York City. Where does it go from here?
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The loss at an Amazon sort center in Staten Island comes a month after a historic win at a nearby warehouse.

By Jason Del Rey
The Amazonification of the American workforce
The Highlight

The e-commerce giant’s labor issues expose the complicated truth about getting what we want when we want it.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Congrats! You formed a union. Now comes the hard part.Congrats! You formed a union. Now comes the hard part.
Technology

The boring, crucial work that happens now that Starbucks and Amazon have unionized.

By Rani Molla
How a bunch of Starbucks baristas built a labor movement
Technology

Inside Starbucks’s successful 21st-century union drive.

By Rani Molla
Technology
America finally gets an Amazon unionAmerica finally gets an Amazon union
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Amazon wanted to make former employee Chris Smalls the face of labor activism. He just handed Amazon its first US union.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Why Amazon is paying nearly $9 billion for MGM and James BondWhy Amazon is paying nearly $9 billion for MGM and James Bond
Technology

Amazon isn’t competing with Netflix, but it is spending billions trying to figure out Hollywood. Maybe 007 can help.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Amazon is raising the price of Prime despite shipping hurdlesAmazon is raising the price of Prime despite shipping hurdles
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The Prime membership fee is increasing to $139 annually, or $15 for those who pay monthly.

By Jason Del Rey
The true cost of Amazon’s low prices
Technology

Critics say the “everything store” does too much. Is 2022 the year antitrust hawks come for Amazon?

By Sara Morrison
Big Tech’s employees are one of the biggest checks on its power
Technology

Inside the growing whistleblower movement that’s holding tech giants accountable for their missteps.

By Shirin Ghaffary
Technology
The history of the metal box that’s wrecking the supply chainThe history of the metal box that’s wrecking the supply chain
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Shipping containers, explained by a historian.

By Rebecca Heilweil
The case against Big Tech
Technology

Will Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Google survive the antitrust onslaught? And will Microsoft face it at all?

By Shirin Ghaffary and Sara Morrison
Technology
NASA gave Jeff Bezos money to build his office park in spaceNASA gave Jeff Bezos money to build his office park in space
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Blue Origin thinks all kinds of companies will want some space in space.

By Rebecca Heilweil
Technology
Amazon’s strategy to squeeze marketplace sellers and maximize its own profits is evolvingAmazon’s strategy to squeeze marketplace sellers and maximize its own profits is evolving
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“Amazon is the only winner here.”

By Sara Morrison
Shipping is broken. Here’s how to fix it.
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Holiday season shipping is making supply chain problems worse, but there’s hope for next year.

By Rebecca Heilweil
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The complicated promise of Amazon’s space internetThe complicated promise of Amazon’s space internet
Technology

Project Kuiper, the company’s satellite-based broadband service, is finally getting off the ground.

By Adam Clark Estes
Technology
No, the supply chain mess is not a war on ChristmasNo, the supply chain mess is not a war on Christmas
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Despite what conservatives say, Joe Biden is not trying to ruin the holiday shopping season.

By Rebecca Heilweil
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Supply chain havoc is getting worse — just in time for holiday shoppingSupply chain havoc is getting worse — just in time for holiday shopping
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The most popular holiday gifts might not arrive in time for the holidays, even if you order now.

By Rebecca Heilweil
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Jeff Bezos commits $1 billion to conservation as Amazon destroys the worldJeff Bezos commits $1 billion to conservation as Amazon destroys the world
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The former Amazon CEO said his recent trip to space further inspired him to protect the planet.

By Rebecca Heilweil
Technology
The Amazon union drive isn’t over yetThe Amazon union drive isn’t over yet
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A unionization effort might get another chance, thanks to Amazon’s mailbox shenanigans.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
Welcome to the age of billionaire joyrides to spaceWelcome to the age of billionaire joyrides to space
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Blue Origin launched its first flight with humans aboard, including billionaire Jeff Bezos.

By Rebecca Heilweil
Money
How big business exploits small businessHow big business exploits small business
Money

Companies like Facebook and Uber say they’re supporting small businesses while squashing them.

By Emily Stewart
Technology
Big Tech has a battle ahead over antitrust regulation — and it’s going to get messyBig Tech has a battle ahead over antitrust regulation — and it’s going to get messy
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Industry groups are ramping up their fight against regulation.

By Shirin Ghaffary
Technology
Lina Khan will be chair of the Federal Trade CommissionLina Khan will be chair of the Federal Trade Commission
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Democrats and Republicans came together to confirm the antitrust expert to the FTC.

By Rebecca Heilweil
Technology
MacKenzie Scott gives away billions, againMacKenzie Scott gives away billions, again
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With a recent $2.7 billion announcement, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos has donated $8.5 billion in less than a year.

By Sara Morrison
Amazon’s Black employees say the company’s HR department is failing them
Technology

In interviews with Recode, dozens of Amazon employees detailed allegations of racial bias and discrimination.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
What you need to know about the House’s opening bid to rein in Big TechWhat you need to know about the House’s opening bid to rein in Big Tech
Technology

The bills have the beginnings of bipartisan support, but will likely need even more to actually pass.

By Shirin Ghaffary and Sara Morrison
Technology
Your Echo is now sharing your internet with your neighbors. Here’s how to opt out.Your Echo is now sharing your internet with your neighbors. Here’s how to opt out.
Technology

Where the (Amazon) Sidewalk ends.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
Amazon is changing the dates for Prime Day againAmazon is changing the dates for Prime Day again
Technology

The company-created shopping event is slated for June 21 and 22, Amazon announced.

By Jason Del Rey
You should be suspicious of benevolent big business
Technology

When a company weighs in on politics, look at its bottom line.

By Emily Stewart
Technology
How a small antitrust lawsuit against Amazon could mean big things for Big TechHow a small antitrust lawsuit against Amazon could mean big things for Big Tech
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DC’s attorney general is suing Amazon over a controversial policy.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
How a mailbox could get the Amazon union vote overturnedHow a mailbox could get the Amazon union vote overturned
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A failed union drive may get new life because of the company’s insistence on installing a mailbox.

By Sara Morrison
Technology
Amazon internal messages show the FTC is prodding the tech giant to punish fake-review schemersAmazon internal messages show the FTC is prodding the tech giant to punish fake-review schemers
Technology

One of the takedowns involves the large Chinese electronics brand Mpow.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Amazon hit by 5 more lawsuits from employees who allege race and gender discriminationAmazon hit by 5 more lawsuits from employees who allege race and gender discrimination
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The women allege their managers retaliated against them.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Amazon employees say you should be skeptical of Jeff Bezos’s worker satisfaction statAmazon employees say you should be skeptical of Jeff Bezos’s worker satisfaction stat
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It’s difficult to get honest feedback from workers who fear retaliation.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Amazon will let you pay with your palm in some Whole Foods storesAmazon will let you pay with your palm in some Whole Foods stores
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And, it hopes, at other retailers’ stores in the future.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Jeff Bezos seems to be reckoning with his legacy in the wake of the Amazon union driveJeff Bezos seems to be reckoning with his legacy in the wake of the Amazon union drive
Technology

The outgoing CEO is vowing to make Amazon “Earth’s Best Employer.”

By Jason Del Rey
Politics
How America’s one-click obsession is warping the future of workHow America’s one-click obsession is warping the future of work
Politics

Alec MacGillis on Amazon and the hidden costs of its dominance.

By Sean Illing