Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 10 of 242

Sep 25, 2024, 12:12 PM

Survey by Blind finds 91% of Amazon employees not happy about return-to-office policy

An overwhelming majority of Amazon employees are not happy about the company’s mandate to return to the office five days… Read More

Sep 22, 2024, 10:07 AM

Can Amazon change how we watch football? Testing ‘Prime Vision’ on Thursday Night Football

More than 25 years after the debut of the yellow first down line in an NFL broadcast, the quest to… Read More

Sep 21, 2024, 8:10 AM

Podcast: Amazon’s quest to become a startup again; Plus, 6 years of progress in driverless cars

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s decision to bring its employees back to the office five days a week… Read More

Sep 20, 2024, 1:17 PM

23 years and 65 million square feet later, Amazon’s global real estate leader is retiring

John Schoettler, the Amazon global real estate leader who oversaw the extraordinary growth of the company’s footprint for more than… Read More

Sep 20, 2024, 10:42 AM

Jeff Bezos is starry eyed on Amazon with glowing review of fiancée’s children’s book about space

Nothing like a 5-star Amazon review on your new book from the guy who created the company. Jeff Bezos gave… Read More

Sep 20, 2024, 6:00 AM

Thoughts on Amazon’s full return to the office from a CEO who knows the value — and the trade-offs

As a former big-tech exec who’s now running a startup, Vijaye Raji understands Andy Jassy’s desire to have employees in… Read More

Sep 19, 2024, 9:59 AM

Amazon’s full return to the office will further slow Seattle’s already tough commute

Love it or hate it, remote work was good for Seattle’s traffic problem. With Amazon’s announcement this week that it… Read More

Sep 18, 2024, 1:34 PM

Contestants sue YouTuber MrBeast and Amazon over alleged conditions on reality competition show

Contestants in the planned Prime Video reality TV series “Beast Games” are suing YouTube star MrBeast and Amazon, alleging workplace… Read More

Sep 18, 2024, 10:27 AM

Amazon to offer free Prime benefits to U.S. hourly warehouse workers starting next year

Hourly workers at Amazon who fulfill orders for millions of Prime members have always needed to pay if they wanted… Read More

Sep 17, 2024, 9:29 AM

‘The way we were’: Amazon tries to rekindle its future by rediscovering a spark from the past

Amazon went through a one-way door against its will. Now it wants to go back. And the future of the… Read More

Sep 16, 2024, 4:29 PM

Amazon’s new back-to-office mandate fuels debate over remote work and productivity

In his memo sent Monday notifying corporate workers about returning to the office five days per week, Amazon CEO Andy… Read More

Sep 16, 2024, 3:52 PM

A ‘home run’ or a ‘cowardly’ decision? Amazon’s new in-person work policy elicits cheers and jeers

Some Amazon employees may not be happy, but January can’t come soon enough for many of the Seattle organizations and… Read More

Sep 16, 2024, 10:28 AM

Amazon ‘will return to being in the office the way we were’ before the pandemic, CEO tells employees

Amazon expects employees to start working from the office in the same way as they did prior to the global… Read More

Sep 12, 2024, 12:30 PM

Amazon plans pay increases and routing technology improvements for delivery firms

Amazon says it’s investing another $2.1 billion in its Delivery Service Partner program, including steps to boost financial outcomes for… Read More

Sep 10, 2024, 7:30 AM

Amazon’s AI feature for NFL broadcasts predicts which defensive players will blitz the quarterback

AI seems to be everywhere these days — even on the screen during live NFL games. Amazon is kicking off another… Read More

Sep 7, 2024, 8:34 AM

E Ink’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ moment: The technology behind the digital notepad’s transition to color

E Ink writing tablets are some of my favorite devices. I got started with the Amazon Kindle Scribe, and ended… Read More

Sep 4, 2024, 6:52 AM

Challenged by Amazon, reMarkable unveils new ‘Paper Pro’ color tablet

After four years of development, reMarkable unveiled the reMarkable Paper Pro, its next-generation writing tablet, featuring its first color display… Read More

Sep 3, 2024, 5:00 AM

Amazon expands ‘Just Walk Out’ tech at Seahawks games and other stadiums across the country

Seattle Seahawks fans will have more “Just Walk Out” options at Lumen Field this season thanks to the addition of… Read More

Aug 30, 2024, 8:32 PM

Amazon hires Covariant founders, inks licensing deal with AI startup in latest ‘reverse acquihire’

Amazon is hiring three of the founders from Covariant, a Bay Area startup that develops AI for advanced warehouse robotics… Read More

Aug 30, 2024, 2:27 PM

Amazon.com checkout goes down in extended outage for many users

Users reported a widespread outage of the checkout system on Amazon.com starting Friday afternoon. “There’s a technical issue which is… Read More

Aug 30, 2024, 9:21 AM

Claude meets Alexa: Amazon will reportedly use Anthropic’s AI to help power its voice assistant

Amazon will make its Alexa voice assistant more conversational with help from Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence technology, Reuters reported Friday… Read More

Aug 30, 2024, 7:28 AM

A portrait of tech and art together: Seattle school makes colorful new home in an Amazon HQ tower

In the same building where software engineers labor in front of computers to write code and build products, artists are… Read More

Aug 29, 2024, 3:24 PM

Amazon shuts down return center at former Fresh Pickup spot near Starbucks HQ in Seattle

In the bottom floor of a building at Starbucks’ headquarters in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood, Amazon once operated its Amazon Fresh… Read More

Aerial view of Amazon's satellite processing facility in Florida

Aug 22, 2024, 8:34 PM

Amazon says it’s devoting another $19.5M to Project Kuiper satellite facility in Florida

Amazon plans to build a secondary support facility for its Project Kuiper satellite processing center at Kennedy Space Center in… Read More

Aug 22, 2024, 8:37 AM

AWS exec explains how AI agents are driving a radical shift in the world of coding

In an era where AI is reshaping industries at breakneck speed, Doug Seven finds himself at the forefront of a… Read More

Aug 21, 2024, 11:49 AM

Software firm sues Amazon in contract dispute over Emirates VR experience at Dubai Airshow

A VR demo at the Emirates booth during the 2023 Dubai Airshow is the subject of a lawsuit filed by… Read More

Aug 20, 2024, 1:33 PM

Amazon’s new Prime Video animated series will feature stories set in 15 video game worlds

Amazon announced a new adult-animated anthology series coming to Prime Video with original stories set within the worlds of a… Read More

Aug 16, 2024, 1:09 PM

Amazon to acquire Perceive for $80M from Xperi, expanding its AI technology for edge devices

Amazon has reached an agreement to acquire chip maker and AI model compression company Perceive, a San Jose, Calif.-based subsidiary… Read More

Aug 7, 2024, 9:31 AM

Driven away: Overloaded by Amazon, rural delivery companies reach the end of the road

ORLAND, Calif. — Two of the three independent delivery companies based at the Amazon facility on the outskirts of this… Read More

Aug 1, 2024, 3:28 PM

Amazon looks to reduce costs to compete more aggressively on price as consumer habits shift

Amazon is making a concerted effort to lower its costs, aiming to offer more products at a lower average selling… Read More