The Verge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Selling electric delivery vans to commercial fleet customers other than Amazon could help Rivian make a lot more money in the near term, as the market for these vehicles is still wide open. Amazon and Rivian announced that they were collaborating on an electric delivery van in 2019. And some were listening.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2022

(Amazon Photo). Customers looking to tip their Amazon delivery driver can get a little help in doing so from Alexa. The $5 comes at no cost to the customer, and Amazon said in a blog post that it will run the promotion for the first 1 million thank-you’s received. Starting this week in the U.S.,

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GeekWire

AUGUST 16, 2023

Amazon’s fulfillment center in Spokane, Wash. GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries announced an $85,800 fine against Amazon, alleging that the company knowingly put workers at risk of injury at its Spokane, Wash., fulfillment center. That is categorically false.”

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TechSpot

MAY 23, 2023

According to Amazon, it is nearly 50 percent faster than the company's next fastest tablet. It is powered by a 2.2 GHz octa-core processor (MediaTek's MTK8188J – two Arm Cortex A78 cores and six Arm Cortex A55 cores) alongside 4 GB of memory. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

JANUARY 9, 2021

A group of Amazon employees is demanding the company sever its relationship with social networking site Parler and stop providing web hosting services to the platform. The group of Amazon employees includes many higher-skilled workers at the company, including data scientists and software developers. Enough is enough.

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GeekWire

APRIL 13, 2021

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding one of its so-called “upskilling” programs to people outside of the company who are interested in acquiring training for roles in software engineering. Building on that coursework foundation and graduate success, Amazon is now bringing the program to students outside Amazon.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 9, 2021

Charlie Bell, a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team and a longtime linchpin of the company’s cloud business, is leaving the company after more than 23 years. AWS is led by CEO Adam Selipsky, who rejoined Amazon to replace Jassy after his tenure as CEO of Tableau Software in Seattle.

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Vox

JUNE 17, 2022

Amazon is facing a looming crisis: It could run out of people to hire in its US warehouses by 2024, according to leaked Amazon internal research from mid-2021 that Recode reviewed. Amazon spokesperson Rena Lunak didn’t refute the contents of the internal report Recode obtained but declined to comment on it.

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GeekWire

MARCH 17, 2021

(Amazon Image). Amazon announced Wednesday that it will expand its Amazon Care healthcare service to non-Amazon employees, first in Washington state and then nationwide later this year. Amazon will also expand the in-person at-home care component of the service in multiple cities.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Cameron James, an Amazon vice president who most recently worked on the company’s physical retail stores, left the Seattle company this week after more than 14 years in a variety of roles. ” He described his experiences and opportunities at Amazon as “nothing short of life-changing.”

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 27, 2021

An electric Amazon delivery van is spotted at the Rivian service center in Bellevue, Wash., Rivian , the electric vehicle maker that has attracted major backing from Amazon, is trying to attract more engineers in the Seattle region based on job openings posted on the company’s website. GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Several Chinese companies have filed a class-action complaint against Amazon for banning them from the Amazon marketplace over their use of paid reviews, a new complaint filed on September 13th claims. Amazon has a strict policy forbidding “incentivized reviews,” which it instituted in 2016.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2021

Amazon HQ in Seattle. Amazon has surpassed 75,000 employees in the Seattle region, a new milestone that reflects the tech giant’s continued growth in its hometown over the past decade. Amazon’s first affordable housing investment in the region will be in Bellevue, Wash., GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser).

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Inside an Amazon fulfillment center in Dupont, Wash. Amazon on Thursday announced the first five companies selected to receive investments from its Climate Pledge Fund , a $2 billion initiative revealed in June to support innovations that will help the Seattle-based cloud computing and online shopping behemoth reduce its carbon emissions. “The

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Amazon is in the crosshairs again during a new segment on union busting from “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” ” The HBO show took on the tech giant as part of a lengthy explainer on the tactics companies employ to discourage workers from unionizing. to organize nearly 6,000 warehouse workers last spring.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy at the GeekWire Summit. Amazon posted profits of $14.3 Amazon posted profits of $14.3 The company also announced a $20 increase in its annual Prime membership fee , to $139 from $119 previously. Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud division, posted $17.8 billion, from $6.9

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Amazon slammed Elon Musk’s SpaceX as a serial rule-breaker on Wednesday amid an enduring fight over the two companies’ plans to build rivaling satellite networks. Try to hold a Musk-led company to flight rules? Try to hold a Musk-led company to health and safety rules? Photo by Mark Wilson / Getty Images.

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GeekWire

JULY 21, 2023

A group of seven tech companies made a series of voluntary commitments with the White House to develop AI responsibly and manage the risks posed by the burgeoning technology. Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI are part of the group, and will meet at the White House on Friday.

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The Verge

MARCH 17, 2021

Amazon will offer its health program, Amazon Care, to other companies and its employees based outside of Washington state, the company announced today. Amazon launched the program for its Seattle-area employees in 2019. Now, it’s opening the program to other companies based in Washington state.

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

FTC sues Amazon as the company has become a monopoly using damaging strategies. The Amazon lawsuit will be taken to court, and the tech giant looks like it is confident in building a strong case to defend their actions. The FTC contends that this provision stifles competition by providing numerous benefits.

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2020

Amazon SVP of Worldwide Operations Dave Clark in front of an Amazon last-mile delivery van. Amazon will pay $500 million in bonuses to frontline workers and delivery partners confronting risks and high demand during the pandemic. 1,000 for all front-line Amazon and Whole Foods Market leaders.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 26, 2021

The longtime Amazon executive who helped lead the company’s grocery efforts just took a new role as the first chief operating officer at Hopin, a London-based event management software provider. Gao left Amazon this summer after more than 16 years at the tech giant. Wei Gao is hopping to Hopin. billion valuation. ”

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Computerworld Vertical IT

APRIL 25, 2023

Amazon Store, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, Wikipedia and YouTube are just some of the 17 companies the EU Commission designated VLOP in its announcement Tuesday. The VLOSEs are Bing and Google Search. To read this article in full, please click here

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The Verge writes that several Chinese companies filed the class-action complaint against Amazon on September 13. The retailer has long waged war on sellers who use paid reviews and recently said it had shut down 3,000 online merchants linked to 600 Chinese electronics brands for paid feedback and similar activities.

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GeekWire

JUNE 24, 2021

Dorothy Li , a 23-year Amazon vet who helped launch game-changing innovations such as Prime to Kindle, is the latest experienced executive to join Convoy’s leadership team. Convoy is one of a handful of privately-held companies in the Seattle region valued at more than $1 billion, raising $400 million at a $2.7 Dorothy Li.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 12, 2021

Amazon Consumer CEO Jeff Wilke on stage at the 2017 GeekWire Summit. Former Amazon leader Jeff Wilke is among the investors in a new digital advertising company operating as a subsidiary of CivicScience , a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong). based consumer intelligence startup.

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GeekWire

MAY 11, 2021

“Amazon Unbound,” out Tuesday from Simon & Schuster, is the follow-up to journalist Brad Stone’s 2013 book, “The Everything Store.” Looking at the numbers, Bezos recognized that an increase in Amazon’s advertising revenue was masking problems in its core e-commerce business.

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GeekWire

JUNE 16, 2020

Protestors carried signs that read ‘Tax Amazon’ on the company’s campus during the 2018 ‘head tax’ fight. It would levy a tax on salaries exceeding $150,000 annually at Seattle’s largest companies. Companies with annual payroll exceeding $1 billion would pay a 1.4%

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GeekWire

MARCH 7, 2022

Amazon confirmed Monday morning that it has acquired Veeqo , a software company based in the United Kingdom that offers inventory and fulfillment tools for e-commerce sellers on Amazon.com and other platforms. The acquisition continues a trend of Amazon building out its e-commerce infrastructure beyond its core platform.

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GeekWire

MARCH 3, 2021

Amazon is being called out again for allegedly copying the product of a company that sells on Amazon, but rather than taking legal action, San Francisco-based Peak Design is taking to YouTube. Amazon even named its bag Everyday Sling, before changing the name to Amazon Basics Camera Bag. Amazon reminded us of that.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

(Amazon Photo). The news: New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday evening, accusing the tech giant of failing to protect workers from COVID-19. ” It also accuses Amazon of illegally retaliating against employees who complained about the company’s COVID-19 response. .”

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Forrester IT

JANUARY 6, 2021

With the news that Haven — the joint venture from Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) — plans to shut down operations at the end of February, traditional health insurers and business process outsourcing firms (BPOs) may be breathing a sigh of relief. Celebrants beware — this is a temporary reprieve.

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The Verge

AUGUST 21, 2020

Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer division, is planning to retire in the first quarter of 2021, the company announced in a regulatory filing on Friday. Wilke oversees several of Amazon’s high-priority business lines and was considered a possible successor to CEO Jeff Bezos.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2022

A rendering of a new Amazon Go store format planned for Mill Creek, Wash. Amazon Image). Amazon Go is going where customers live, not just where they work. The high-tech convenience store model that Amazon first introduced in January 2018 is headed to the suburbs with a new format, the company announced Tuesday.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

” Amazon’s big move into the pharmacy business last week wasn’t a surprise at all, and it’s just part of a larger plan to reinvent a trillion-dollar industry. Scott Galloway: If there’s one that was invented for a pandemic, hands down it’s Amazon. There’s Amazon. Decade of growth.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Amazon investors want an audit of the company’s workplace safety | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The resolution calls for the audit to be conducted with input from Amazon employees and experts in workplace safety and surveillance. Amazon did not reply to a request for comment from The Verge about the proposal.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Amazon has prevailed over eBay in a lawsuit that accused the Seattle tech giant of poaching e-commerce sellers through eBay’s own messaging platform. The first lawsuit, filed in California state court, only named Amazon as a defendant while the second, filed in federal court, included names of three Amazon managers. eBay Photo.

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