Amazon worker claims he was fired for leading a strike
Smalls worried over coronavirus safety conditions
Chris Smalls, an Amazon fulfilment center employee, claims the company fired him after he led a strike at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, over coronavirus safety conditions.
Billionaire Amazon boss begs for more money for sick staff
Even though his business is making a killing
While Amazon is seeing its business go through the roof as people locked in houses need deliveries, its boss claims he can’t afford to pay his staff sick leave.
Speech recognition systems understand white people
They are more like us
Speech recognition systems from five of the world's biggest tech companies -- Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM and Microsoft -- make far fewer errors with users who are white than with users who are black.
Amazon stops shipping non-essential products to Italy and France
My back stretcher has been delayed
Amazon will stop shipping non-essential products to consumers in Italy and France, the company said on Saturday, representing an escalation in the e-commerce giant’s response in regions hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
Amazon to hire 100,000 workers
Online orders surge
Amazon.com is hiring 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the United States to deal with a surge in online orders, as many consumers have turned to the web to meet their needs during the coronavirus outbreak.
Amazon and Google ramp up data gathering from speakers
Smart speakers require continuous status-change updates from devices
Since 2019 smart speakers from Amazon, Google have been requiring continuous status-change updates from devices.
US DoD reconsiders JEDI deal
Microsoft may not get it after all
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking court permission to reconsider certain aspects of its decision to award a $10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft.
Google is putting out Amazon’s Fire
Smart telly makers must agree to ignore Amazon
Amazon’s efforts to expand the Fire TV platform to smart TVs and cable set-top boxes have failed because Google has long prevented consumer electronics manufacturers from doing business with the online book seller.
Amazon boss spends $10 billion to fight climate change
Hacks off Trump who says that Climate Change is a scam
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he's launching a $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund that will issue grants aimed at addressing climate change.
Amazon wants verification to get handy
Our hands will betray us
From our "what can go possibly wrong with that idea" department, Amazon is working to allow customers to connect their credit card information into its hands.