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People's First Orders On Amazon Will Make You Drunk With Nostalgia
"I love how even my very first Amazon order includes an impulse purchase."
A Self-Published Book By Mackenzie Lueck's Alleged Killer Is No Longer Available On Amazon
At least two characters die by being burned alive, according to a plot description for the book.
“Amazon’s Choice” Does Not Necessarily Mean A Product Is Good
A review of dozens of Amazon’s Choice products by BuzzFeed News found listings with troubling product defects and warnings, as well as review manipulation.
Amazon Refused To Scan My (Almost) Nude Body
I’ve only dreamed of two things: $25 and Jeff Bezos seeing my near-nudes.
Amazon Prime Members Can Now Get One-Day Shipping On Millions Of Items
Prime members in the continental US can get more than 10 million items within one day, Amazon said Monday.
Amazon Filed A Patent To Record You Before You Even Say "Alexa"
Amazon Echo devices could one day capture, process, and record audio spoken before the wake word for commands like “Play some music, Alexa.”
Amazon Shareholders Rejected Employees' Call To Respond To Climate Change
Shareholders on Wednesday rejected a proposal backed by 7,700 employees to come up with a climate change plan.
Amazon Now Has A Web Form For People To Report Abuses Of Its Facial Recognition Tech
"This yet again underscores the urgent need for Amazon to get out of the surveillance business. They simply do not know what they are doing," said civil liberties attorney Matt Cagle.
A Huge Pile Of Unsold Food From Amazon Go Was Found In A Seattle Landfill
Asked about the trash with its logo on it, Amazon told BuzzFeed News that community partners who have received donated, unsold food may have discarded a heap of its individually packaged meals and grocery items.
Amazon Will Make One-Day Shipping Free For All Prime Members
Amazon plans to spend $800 million to expand Prime from a two-day to a one-day shipping standard.
Some Amazon Sellers Are Paying $10,000 A Month To Trick Their Way To The Top
An emerging black market offers Amazon sellers pricey ways to cheat the marketplace and mislead customers, according to documents obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Amazon Echo Owners Say They Can't Listen To Some Audio Snippets Accidentally Recorded By Alexa
An Amazon spokesperson said the issue is "a bug" and it's rolling out a fix early next week.
A Team At Amazon Is Listening To Recordings Captured By Alexa
An Amazon spokesperson said that "an extremely small sample of Alexa voice recordings" is annotated.
Activists Are Demanding Amazon’s Help In The Fight Against Anti-LGBT Laws In Tennessee
Amazon plans to open a new office building in Nashville, where legislators are considering banning same-sex couples from adopting.
Here's Elizabeth Warren's Plan To Break Up Huge Tech Platforms Like Facebook, Google, And Amazon
Warren would classify tech companies with global revenue of $25 billion or more as "platform utilities" and attempt to break them up via antitrust laws.
Amazon Removed Anti-Vax Documentaries From Prime Video
Anti-vax documentaries have disappeared from search results on the platform, and appear to no longer be available to Prime members for free streaming.
A Dead Whale Was Found In The Amazon Jungle And No One's Quite Sure How It Got There
It was found about 50 feet away from the ocean, so how did it get there?
Primaries Are Where Politics Happens Today, And That's Why The Amazon Deal Died
The old cliché is all politics is local. Today, our most meaningful politics happens during the primaries — and that's what doomed Amazon in New York.
Opinion: Beating Back Amazon Is Just The Beginning
It's a victory for working people, but it can’t be our high water mark. Our fight against corporate power will get bigger, bolder, and go national.
Opinion: Amazon Shows It's Time For States To Stop The Corporate Welfare Bidding Wars
For decades, New York and other states engaged in economic cage matches to see who can offer the most lavish welfare packages to corporate giants. Enough.
Opinion: Losing Amazon Is The Biggest Unforced Error In NYC's Economic History
Contrary to what newcomers may believe, gentrification and congestion weren't always the city's biggest problems. Sometimes we wondered if lost jobs would ever come back.
Amazon Filed A Patent Application For Tech That Could Link You To Your Identity And Job
The Rekognition technology could one day scan your face, identify who you are, use visual cues to figure out the kind of work you do, and potentially track you as you move around.
We Asked New Yorkers For Their Messages To Jeff Bezos After Amazon Scrapped Its HQ Plans
"Dear Jeff, I'm glad I was spared the dick pics. Please find another community to extort."
Amazon Canceled Its Plan To Build A Second Headquarters In New York City
Residents and several local lawmakers strongly opposed the deal that would have brought another Amazon HQ to Long Island City in Queens. The company said it won't reopen the search for another location.
Amazon Bought A Router Company You've Never Heard Of. It's A Huge Deal.
Experts are concerned about what Amazon’s acquisition of Eero means for consumer privacy.
Amazon's Jeff Bezos Claims The National Enquirer Tried To Blackmail Him Over Dick Pics
"Rather than capitulate to extortion and blackmail, I’ve decided to publish exactly what they sent me, despite the personal cost and embarrassment they threaten."
Amazon Recorded Video Of A Seller's Face For Identification Purposes
“We will record a 5-second video of your face. ... To proceed, enable access to your webcam.”
Stolen Artwork Is All Over Amazon — And Creators Want The Company To Do Something About It
Independent artists, who aren’t afforded the same protection as big brands on Amazon, say that fighting copyright infringement by third-party sellers is never-ending. They want that to change.
Amazon Dash Buttons Have Been Deemed Illegal In Germany For Giving Shoppers Basically No Information
Amazon’s Dash buttons do not provide enough information about the products that consumers are ordering or the price, the court ruled Thursday.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos And His Wife, MacKenzie, Are Getting A Divorce
The National Enquirer says its plans to publish salacious details of Jeff Bezos' alleged involvement with a former TV anchor.