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Our coverage on all things Amazon. Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, Amazon is the largest online retailer in the US. Based in Seattle, Washington. Originally an online bookstore, it now sells everything from consumer electronics to food to apparel.
The latest articles around Amazon
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Amazon's electric delivery vans made by Rivian are here, and they're pretty cute
In yet another blow to Big Diesel, Amazon has just unveiled its new electric delivery van designed and built by lauded EV ...
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Amazon debuts Luna, its Twitch-enabled cloud gaming service
Amazon today unveiled Luna, its entrant in the cloud gaming competition. Luna comes complete with Twitch integration and ...
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Amazon's new Echo is a cute glowing orb with faster response times
At a live-streamed hardware event, Amazon revealed its latest line-up of Alexa-powered devices. The Amazon Echo, almost iconic for its cylindrical shape, has now been redesigned as... a big ol' sphere. Or a little ol' sphere, in the case of the Echo Dot. Amazon says it's once again ...
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Labeled 'research' chemicals, doping drugs sold openly on Amazon.com
It’s not for the needle-shy. The drugs are sold in vials, and users reconstitute the powder in sterile water, suck the substance into a syringe, stick the needle under their skin, and blast it into their body. These are peptides, short chains of amino acids that, when ...
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Amazon plans to pump its UK headcount to 40,000 by end of year
Amazon says its headcount in the UK is expected to reach 40,000 by the end of 2020, as the company gears up to open up 7,000 ...
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Amazon relaunches Twitch Prime as Prime Gaming
Amazon today announced it'd be renaming its Twitch-based extras program for Amazon Prime subscribers. So goodbye, Twitch Prime. Hello, Prime Gaming. https://twitter.com/primegaming/status/1292917519779471361 Bezos's baby has been making more of a push into the gaming industry ...
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Amazon will spend $10B to battle Elon Musk in the internet-from-space race
The FCC voted unanimously in favor of Amazon's Project Kuiper, pitting the ecommerce giant squarely against Elon Musk in ...
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How to watch today's antitrust hearing against Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
The CEOs of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook will defend their business practices in front of congress today. Here's how ...
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Has Jeff Bezos ended world hunger? Twitter account skewers Amazon chief's absurd $178B fortune
A 2018 report found solving world hunger would cost $11 billion in extra spending per year. Amazon chief Jeff Bezos just ...
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Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google CEOs to face antitrust committee that owns $100K+ of those companies' stocks
Three of the lawmakers leading an antitrust investigation into the operations of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google own ...
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Unlike other tech giants, Amazon won't say how many workers review posts
A timer started the moment he logged in at his desk. He’d scan a post of a product flagged by someone as counterfeit, search for facts, and decide if the item should be pulled from Amazon’s marketplace. He said he gave the entire investigation about three minutes—and then ...
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How to set up an Amazon Prime Video user profile
Amazon rolled out user profiles for Prime Video globally. Here's a quick primer on how to set them up for friends, family, ...
