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"Jury Duty" Is The Best New Comedy Of The Decade — Here's Everything You Need To Know Before Watching The Finale
Jury Duty is created by the same producers as The Office — and it might be even funnier.

Mass Layoffs Are Happening At Amazon
About 10,000 people could lose their jobs.

These Amazon Deals Are Already Live Ahead Of Early Access Prime Day
Early Access Prime Day isn’t until Oct. 11, but Amazon already has deals galore if you can’t wait to shop.

Kids Yell “Poop” At Alexa, And These Musicians Profit
“Alexa, play ‘Poopy Stupid Butt’ again.”

Amazon Is Pushing Hard Into Healthcare. Here’s What That Could Mean For You.
The online giant’s recent purchases of pharmacies and healthcare clinics signal its intentions to break into a space in serious need of attention.

It's Amazon Prime Day, And People On Twitter Are Having Some Hilarious Reactions To It
"The 'Scholastic Book Fair' to 'Prime Day' arc of the millennial generation."

How Amazon Exported American Working Conditions To Europe
After Amazon workers in Germany began striking, the company expanded eastward, where looser labor laws brought record productivity.

Amazon Is Constructing A Headquarters On Indigenous Land In South Africa. A Court Ordered It To Stop.
US tech companies seeking to expand their footprint are running into speed bumps across the continent.

Amazon Workers In New York Say They Were Fired For Union Organizing
In charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board, four workers say Amazon illegally terminated them for protesting job conditions.

Amazon Workers In New York Have Voted To Unionize
Meanwhile, the final result of a union election at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama could be weeks away.

Amazon Workers In Alabama Are Worried A Union Victory Will Make Their Lives Worse
As workers mail in ballots for a second union vote in Bessemer, Amazon has convinced some that collective bargaining could worsen their circumstances.

Would You Have Sex In Front Of Astro, Amazon’s New Robot Dog?
The most important question about Amazon's newest innovation.

Amazon Sellers Are Price Gouging Horse Dewormer Because People Want To Eat It
A $7 horse deworming treatment is commanding prices as high as $45 on Amazon thanks to unfounded claims that it is a cure for COVID.

Amazon’s “Cinderella” Is The Fun Kind Of Bad
This new take on a classic tale is a worthy addition to the long list of Cinderella adaptations.

Amazon Billionaire Jeff Bezos Rode A Dick Into Space And The Jokes Make Themselves At This Point
"Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos really played 'just the tip' with outer space."

Telegram And Amazon Are Hosting Fake Vaccine Card Merchants
Fake vaccine card merchants are rampant on Telegram. Meanwhile, fake vaccine card listings continue to fall between the cracks on Amazon, despite a ban on them.

You've Definitely Never Seen The Amazon Rainforest Like This
These otherworldly images show the huge impact humans have had on the Amazon rainforest.

This Company Monitors Prisoners In Xinjiang. It Won An “Innovation” Award At An Event Sponsored By Amazon.
The Chinese government’s use of prisons and detention camps in Xinjiang is part of what the US and other countries have called a genocide.

Amazon Has Defeated The Union Drive In Alabama
Around 3,200 Amazon workers cast ballots in the pivotal election, which marked the closest that one of the company’s US warehouses has come to unionizing.

Here's What It's Like To Work At Amazon
“They’re killing people mentally and physically. They just push, push, push.” (An excerpt from Billionaires: The Lives of the Rich and Powerful.)

The US Labor Board Isn’t Strong Enough To Protect Workers From Amazon. Some Union Organizers Want To Go Around It.
In the lead-up to the biggest union vote in Amazon’s history, the company has already shown it can break the rules and get away with it.

Amazon Is Pushing Readers Down A "Rabbit Hole" Of Conspiracy Theories About The Coronavirus
Amazon is promoting COVID conspiracy books around the world.

After 27 Years, Jeff Bezos Will Step Down As CEO Of Amazon
He will be replaced by Andy Jassy, who is currently CEO of Amazon Web Services.

Amazon Will Suspend Hosting For Pro-Trump Social Network Parler
Amazon's suspension of Parler's account means that unless it can find another host, once the ban takes effect on Sunday Parler will go offline.

This Fired Worker Said Amazon Retaliated Against Her. Now The Company Is Facing Charges.
One of the half-dozen Amazon employees fired following worker protests during the height of the coronavirus pandemic will get a hearing before the National Labor Relations Board.

Amazon Just Released A Ring Camera That Flies Around Your House
It also released a new Ring car alarm, a car cam to monitor break-ins, a new version of the Echo, and more.

Amazon Said Its Memo Forcing Employees To Delete The TikTok App Was An "Error"
Citing "security risks," the company had said TikTok must be deleted for Amazon employees to access their work email accounts.

Amazon, IBM, And Microsoft Won’t Say Which Police Departments Used Their Facial Recognition Technology
Activists are worried about several key questions that remain unanswered.

Amazon Is Suspending Police Use Of Its Facial Recognition Tech For One Year
The company is joining IBM, but it doesn't mean Amazon is totally out of the facial recognition business.

Working At The Amazon Warehouse Was Always Painful. Now It's Terrifying.
In the best of times, the work I did at the Amazon warehouse left me aching and numb. Now, going to work is just terrifying.