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Why Amazon can’t stop coronavirus price gougersWhy Amazon can’t stop coronavirus price gougers
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Packs of Purell hand sanitizer are as high as $350 on Amazon, and the company is struggling to deal with the problem.

By Jason Del Rey
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Amazon’s bestselling products read like a coronavirus prep guideAmazon’s bestselling products read like a coronavirus prep guide
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As shoppers stock up, Amazon is scrambling to block scammers and schemes.

By Jason Del Rey
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What the Ring hacks tell us about tech’s backward approach to securityWhat the Ring hacks tell us about tech’s backward approach to security
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It’s not your fault if you get hacked. Blame tech companies for not forcing you to be more secure.

By Rani Molla
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Walmart is quietly working on an Amazon Prime competitor called Walmart+Walmart is quietly working on an Amazon Prime competitor called Walmart+
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Amazon Prime has devastated traditional retail. Walmart is about to fight back.

By Jason Del Rey
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Apple, Facebook, and Google stocks are falling after surge in coronavirus casesApple, Facebook, and Google stocks are falling after surge in coronavirus cases
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The world’s biggest tech companies are coming to terms with how their businesses are being impacted by the global outbreak.

By Shirin Ghaffary and Rani Molla
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Amazon is opening a supermarket with no cashiers. Is Whole Foods next?Amazon is opening a supermarket with no cashiers. Is Whole Foods next?
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The new Amazon Go store concept debuts on Tuesday in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

By Jason Del Rey
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Amazon tells Sanders and Warren that warehouse workers can pee whenever they wantAmazon tells Sanders and Warren that warehouse workers can pee whenever they want
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In a response to 15 US senators, Amazon defended its warehouse working conditions.

By Jason Del Rey
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Alexa records you more often than you thinkAlexa records you more often than you think
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You’re not imagining it. Smart speakers inadvertently listen to you all the time.

By Sara Morrison
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Apple and Google are reportedly mulling big changes amid antitrust scrutiny. Is Amazon next?Apple and Google are reportedly mulling big changes amid antitrust scrutiny. Is Amazon next?
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Apple is considering letting iPhone users change the default browser and email apps on their phones.

By Jason Del Rey
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What Jeff Bezos isn’t telling us about his $10 billion climate pledgeWhat Jeff Bezos isn’t telling us about his $10 billion climate pledge
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The Amazon CEO is being vague about some very big questions.

By Theodore Schleifer
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Donating $10 billion isn’t the best way for Jeff Bezos to fight climate changeDonating $10 billion isn’t the best way for Jeff Bezos to fight climate change
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Amazon is a mega-polluter. Cleaning house at the company should be the CEO’s top priority.

By Sigal Samuel
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Ring is finally requiring a basic security feature to help prevent hacksRing is finally requiring a basic security feature to help prevent hacks
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Mandatory two-factor authentication is coming soon to your home surveillance system.

By Sara Morrison
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Walmart paid Wall Street investors $12 billion last year to keep them happy. Amazon paid $0.Walmart paid Wall Street investors $12 billion last year to keep them happy. Amazon paid $0.
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One of Amazon’s biggest advantages over Walmart is Walmart’s own success.

By Jason Del Rey
Amazon can’t end fake reviews, but its new system might drown them out
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The company’s new one-tap star rating feature seeks to get more customer feedback ... from actual customers.

By Jason Del Rey
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Jeff Bezos’s first employee: Amazon “scares me”Jeff Bezos’s first employee: Amazon “scares me”
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“On one hand I’m proud of what it became,” Shel Kaphan says. “But it also scares me.”

By Jason Del Rey
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Antitrust officials ordered Facebook, Amazon, and others to disclose 10 years of merger docsAntitrust officials ordered Facebook, Amazon, and others to disclose 10 years of merger docs
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Unwinding past deals, while seemingly unlikely, is on the table.

By Jason Del Rey
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Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to Jeff Bezos: Overhaul Amazon’s “profit-at-all-costs culture”Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to Jeff Bezos: Overhaul Amazon’s “profit-at-all-costs culture”
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Fifteen senators want Amazon to publish worker injury reports. Amazon wants them to come take a warehouse tour.

By Jason Del Rey
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Big Tech opponent Bernie Sanders raises more money from Big Tech employees than anyone elseBig Tech opponent Bernie Sanders raises more money from Big Tech employees than anyone else
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Sanders, an avowed democratic socialist, has been highly critical of tech companies. Their employees don’t seem to mind.

By Theodore Schleifer and Rani Molla
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Why Congress’s antitrust investigation should make Big Tech nervousWhy Congress’s antitrust investigation should make Big Tech nervous
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The House probe puts pressure on the FTC and DOJ in their own investigations of Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook.

By Jason Del Rey
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Amazon now has more than 150 million Prime members across the worldAmazon now has more than 150 million Prime members across the world
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Can government investigations and activist protests slow the Prime machine?

By Jason Del Rey
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How Amazon’s Ring is creating a surveillance network with video doorbellsHow Amazon’s Ring is creating a surveillance network with video doorbells
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Here’s everything we know about Amazon’s video doorbell and the controversies surrounding it.

By Rani Molla
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Hundreds of Amazon employees plan to risk their jobs this week by violating company policyHundreds of Amazon employees plan to risk their jobs this week by violating company policy
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Workers say Amazon threatened to fire employees who criticized its environmental policies; now, they’re planning to speak out en masse.

By Shirin Ghaffary
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The dark underbelly of Amazon Prime VideoThe dark underbelly of Amazon Prime Video
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Nearly two-thirds of the videos on Amazon’s streaming service are user-generated content. Lots of them are ... odd.

By Rani Molla
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6 reasons smaller companies want to break up Big Tech6 reasons smaller companies want to break up Big Tech
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As antitrust investigations into Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook ramp up, execs from Sonos, PopSockets, and Tile testified before Congress.

By Jason Del Rey
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Amazon Ring sales nearly tripled in December despite hacksAmazon Ring sales nearly tripled in December despite hacks
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It’s going to take more than a few high-profile video hacking incidents to slow connected security camera sales.

By Rani Molla
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Amazon’s Ring blamed hacks on consumers reusing their passwords. A lawsuit says that’s not true.Amazon’s Ring blamed hacks on consumers reusing their passwords. A lawsuit says that’s not true.
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Plaintiffs suing the company say they created unique passwords but were hacked anyway.

By Rani Molla
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A “new” Amazon waffle maker came with an old crusty-looking waffle already in itA “new” Amazon waffle maker came with an old crusty-looking waffle already in it
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Buying from Amazon is still a crap shoot.

By Jason Del Rey
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Amazon threatened to fire employees who spoke out against its environmental policiesAmazon threatened to fire employees who spoke out against its environmental policies
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Amazon is reprimanding employees who spoke to the press about its work with oil and gas companies.

By Shirin Ghaffary
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All those hacks got Amazon’s Ring suedAll those hacks got Amazon’s Ring sued
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Knock, knock! Who’s there? A lawsuit.

By Sara Morrison
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Amazon wants to patent technology that could identify shoppers by their handsAmazon wants to patent technology that could identify shoppers by their hands
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The system could someday be used in Amazon Go or Whole Foods stores.

By Jason Del Rey
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Amazon warehouse workers doing “back-breaking” work walked off the job in protestAmazon warehouse workers doing “back-breaking” work walked off the job in protest
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Workers lifting hundreds of boxes a day say they fear being fired for missing work.

By Shirin Ghaffary
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One of Amazon’s first employees says the company should be broken upOne of Amazon’s first employees says the company should be broken up
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Jeff Bezos hired Paul Davis to build Amazon’s website. Now Davis wants to break it up.

By Jason Del Rey
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Simple changes to Amazon’s Ring could protect users from hacksSimple changes to Amazon’s Ring could protect users from hacks
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Typical Ring users don’t take extra steps for security. The company needs to require them.

By Rani Molla
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Amazon’s new area of domination: its own package deliveryAmazon’s new area of domination: its own package delivery
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That growth has come with controversy.

By Jason Del Rey
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Amazon, Apple, and Google are working together so that your smart home works betterAmazon, Apple, and Google are working together so that your smart home works better
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You’ll someday be able to use whichever smart home devices you want, regardless of which smart assistant you use.

By Rani Molla
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Consumer groups issue product warning for Amazon Ring after latest video hackConsumer groups issue product warning for Amazon Ring after latest video hack
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This is only the latest controversy for the video doorbell company.

By Rani Molla
How robots are transforming Amazon warehouse jobs — for better and worse
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Amazon is leading a robotics race that will have a seismic impact on the warehouse industry, which employs more than 1.1 million Americans today.

By Jason Del Rey
Where the US government is using facial recognition technology to surveil Americans
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This map shows how widespread the use of facial recognition technology has become.

By Shirin Ghaffary and Rani Molla
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Jeff Bezos finally added 2 more women to Amazon’s senior leadership team — joining 19 menJeff Bezos finally added 2 more women to Amazon’s senior leadership team — joining 19 men
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Amazon fashion group leader Christine Beauchamp and Amazon advertising executive Colleen Aubrey are now two of three women on the “S-team.”

By Jason Del Rey
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Amazon Prime one-day shipping apparently doesn’t mean one-day deliveryAmazon Prime one-day shipping apparently doesn’t mean one-day delivery
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Prime customers are outraged by holiday shipping delays.

By Jason Del Rey