Tag: Amazon

Amazon faced serious website issues on one of the site’s most important days of the year — Prime Day, when many items are heavily discounted.

Amazon, the online retailing giant founded by Jeff Bezos, is fast approaching capturing 50 percent of the U.S. e-commerce market, according to data research firm eMarketer. 

British anti-Trump activists launched a campaign to push Green Day’s hit 2004 rock song “American Idiot” to the top of the charts, despite the fact that the song was inspired by former president George W. Bush and the Iraq War.

A professor at Kansas State University argues that virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa are sexist because they have female voices.

The latest Subsidy Tracker reveals that some of the most prominent Silicon Valley tech corporations enjoy $840 billion in government subsidies.

Amazon is buying online pharmacy company PillPack for an undisclosed amount. Its stock rose by around 2.5 percent, adding around $20 billion to its value-or ten times what analysts think Amazon paid for PillPack.

Orlando, Florida, is currently debating whether to resume testing Amazon’s “Rekognition” facial recognition system in the city, following complaints and an expired contract with the tech company.

Amazon employees complained to CEO Jeff Bezos about the company’s facial recognition contracts with the U.S. government and police, accusing Bezos of aiding “immoral U.S. policy” and providing a list of demands.

Amazon’s controversial virtual assistant Alexa is being brought to Marriott hotel rooms as part of the company’s “Alexa for Hospitality” program, prompting concerns over guest privacy.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said the technology industry’s problems “are out of control,” before warning that no company is too big to regulate, in an article for Fox News, Tuesday.

Apple says it has reached a multiyear deal with Oprah Winfrey to create original programs for its streaming service.

Over 400 Washington Post employees signed an open letter asking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who also owns the newspaper, for better pay and benefits.

The last generation of conservatives spoke of a “Silent Majority.” Today there exists a “Silenced Majority” whose views are not represented — indeed, are not welcome — in powerful institutions like the mainstream media and elite college campuses.

Amazon has given in to demands from Muslim employees who requested various perks and work changes during Ramadan, which also coincides with Amazon’s biggest sale of the year.

Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Twitter all work with the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), according to a new report.

Facebook has been accused of giving “at least 60” phone manufacturers, including Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft, “extensive” user data.

While speaking with Hugh Hewitt on MSNBC on Saturday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reacted to Google listing Nazism as an ideology of the California Republican Party by stating that “the bias has to stop.” And “individuals need to

A new column the Wall Street Journal argues that companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon are heading towards monopoly status in their respective industries.

Given recent reports of Amazon Echo home assistants recording users without their knowledge, here’s how you can find and delete all comments recorded by the device.

An Amazon echo device reportedly recorded a family’s conversation and sent it to a random person in the device’s contact list without their knowledge.

Amazon banned the popular website Jihad Watch from their Amazon Associates program four years ago, now they have banned another conservative website — Legal Insurrection.

Amazon is reportedly selling bomb-making guides and Islamic extremist books which are banned in British prisons, prompting calls for an official investigation.

William Jacobson, founder of the conservative blog Legal Insurrection, writes that Amazon has terminated his website’s “Amazon Associates” account, which the site used to earn revenue via affiliate links.

Starbucks took the Seattle City Council to task on Tuesday after Monday’s passage of a tax bill that will cost the coffee giant and other big businesses like Amazon millions. 

Amazon has announced a partnership with homebuilder Lennar which will demonstrate Amazon Alexa-controlled model homes to the public, complete with AI-powered locks, heating, and grocery deliveries.

Executives from tech companies such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook are set to attend a discussion on Artificial Intelligence at the White House on Thursday.

Amazon warehouse employees have been known to reportedly urinate in trash cans to avoid being scolded over bathroom breaks, which are frowned upon at the company.

Technology giant Amazon has dropped a Christian non-profit after the Southern Poverty Law Center deemed the organization a “hate group.”

Facebook is joining tech giants such as Amazon and Google in an attempt to place an always listening “home assistant” device in users’ homes.

Amazon has chosen to increase the price of Amazon Prime memberships after reporting a huge quarterly profit.

“AWS had the unusual advantage of a seven-year head start before facing like-minded competition,” Bezos said in a statement.

Amazon, the multinational online retail conglomerate, is importing more foreign workers to the United States to take coveted tech industry jobs than Facebook and Google combined.

Amazon has unveiled “Alexa for Kids,” a version of their Echo home assistant for children.

Amazon is reportedly limiting which users are allowed to review former FBI Director James Comey’s new book A Higher Loyalty.

Former FBI Director James Comey is set to speak at Amazon HQ in Seattle, Washington, on Monday to discuss his new book, A Higher Loyalty.