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October 10, 2018

After backlash, Amazon to boost pay for longtime workers

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, facing a backlash from longtime warehouse workers who say its $15 hourly minimum wage wouldn't benefit them, will now get a bigger raise.

October 10, 2018

Amazon drops secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women

Bias in machine learning may be problematic even for tech giants like Amazon who are at the forefront of this field.  A new report from Reuters shows the e-commerce company had to get rid of an internal project used to vet job applications after the recruiting tool displayed an inherent bias against women.

October 8, 2018

Amazon sent 'charity' donations to group led by 'hardcore Islamist,' report says

Amazon has allowed its U.K. users to donate money to a group whose key figure has espoused hardline Islamist beliefs described as "misogynistic, racist and homophobic" and called for a global Islamic caliphate, the Times of London reported Monday.

October 7, 2018

DHS backs Apple, Amazon denial of China 'spy' chips report

The Department of Homeland Security said this weekend it had "no reason to doubt" denials from Apple and Amazon of a report that Chinese spies placed surveillance chips in their server hardware. 

October 3, 2018

Amazon announces $50 4K-capable Fire TV Stick

Amazon just unveiled its first sub-$50 media streamer capable of streaming 4K content.

October 2, 2018

Ignore Amazon's self-serving calls to raise the federal minimum wage

Rather than allowing its small business competitors to follow in its footsteps and raise base wages when feasible, Amazon is deploying its public policy team to try to raise the labor costs of other businesses by force of law. 

September 24, 2018

Tech giants use AI to fight famine in coordination with international groups

Google, Amazon and Microsoft are linking arms with international organizations to use artificial intelligence to identify and prevent famines.

September 21, 2018

Amazon's new gadgets are just another data-collection scheme

To use the title of Brad Stone's seminal book about the nation's largest online retailer, Amazon is so much "The Everything Store" that it can be a little hard to remember when it was just a bookstore.

September 20, 2018

Amazon announced a $60 Alexa-enabled microwave

Has Amazon been taking meetings with Jack Donaghy?

September 20, 2018

Amazon's Jeff Bezos touts Blue Origin rockets, Web Services at Air Force event

Jeff Bezos made a pitch for Amazon Web Services and his space venture Blue Origin’s New Glenn rockets during an appearance at the Air Force Association’s annual conference on Wednesday.