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Starring Ring doorbells, Alexa gadgets, and Blink cameras.
Jeff Bezos gave an estimated 0.1 percent of his wealth in 2018.
On this episode of Reset, learn the fascinating reason a lot of products you buy online make a pit stop in rural Roundup, Montana.
Jeff Bezos’s company filed a legal claim on Friday to protest “interference” in the Department of Defense’s decision.
Soon, when you buy Nike stuff on Amazon, it will no longer come directly from Nike.
Advice from two veterans of Amazon and Hulu.
The win by the socialist Kshama Sawant is the latest salvo in an increasingly contentious battle between Amazon and local Seattle officials.
Billionaires make calls just like us.
Amazon’s money may help defeat its biggest political foe, but its chosen candidates are not expected to have a majority on the city council.
Jay Carney’s latest misstep was an offensive tweet calling out World Series umpires.
Grocery delivery is a notoriously tough business, so how is Amazon eliminating its delivery fee?
The Amazon CEO has pushed back on environmental criticisms and concerns over Amazon’s treatment of its sellers.
“The quota system pushes you to really not work at a pace that’s normal, but at a pace where you’re almost running for the entire 10 hours.”
Microsoft is trying to crush Slack and Zoom by essentially giving away Teams for free.
And what about the environment?
“With no oversight and accountability, Amazon’s technology creates a seamless and easily automated experience for police to request and access footage without a warrant, and then store it indefinitely.”
In 2019, everyone’s a streamer, which means everyone’s a competitor.
Flash-sale site Zulily is showing price comparisons in a bold move.
The tech giant’s hope is that federal lawmakers will adopt much of its draft legislation.
Amazon unveiled 15 new gadgets during an event at its Seattle headquarters on Wednesday.
Organizers want to see the company promise to make zero emissions, drop contracts with fossil fuel companies, and stop funding climate change deniers.
The new Amazon PayCode service is the company’s latest attempt to court Walmart shoppers.
One out of 10 products pages you visit on Amazon comes from sponsored content, a 3 percentage point jump up from last year.
Away’s co-founders said onstage at Code Commerce 2019 that people who buy competing luggage products on Amazon aren’t Away’s target customers.
The company is set to lose $1 billion this year in its attempts to compete with Amazon. That’s not a problem, says the Walmart executive who’s supposed to compete with Amazon.
Smith says it doesn’t matter if you’re not as responsible for breaking things as someone else — if you can be part of the solution, you should.
Organizers want to see the company reduce its carbon footprint, cancel contracts with fossil fuel companies, and stop lobbying for politicians who deny climate change.
Its social app Neighbors makes Ring more effective on criminals — and customers.
Is that good? Is that bad? It’s definitely unusual.
It’s part of the e-commerce giant’s ongoing public relations campaign to quash unions and rewrite the narrative around its workforce.
New York state has launched an investigation into what happened at Capital One.
The workers recently filed a complaint with the Illinois State Department of Labor.
Companies like DoorDash and Amazon have been accused of dipping into the tip jar. On Tuesday night, DoorDash reversed its policy.
Government regulators are, yet again, stepping up scrutiny on Big Tech.
Despite increasing criticism, Amazon refuses to acknowledge many of the unintended consequences its rise to dominance has spawned.
Here are our counterpoints to the points Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook made during their House antitrust hearing.
People only steal content if they think it’s good. That’s bad news for Amazon Prime Video.
Amazon’s Ring was a Prime Day bestseller. Get ready for more neighborhood surveillance and fear-based social media.
Amazon has to do more than pay a $15 minimum wage to keep workers happy.