Up to 18,000 Amazon workers in firing line as it chops cost Look forward to being 'simplified,' staff told in CEO missive Off-Prem05 Jan 2023 | 46
Prime suspect: Amazon to loosen logistics and delivery from EU retail Bold move, Cotton. Let's see how that plays out for them Personal Tech20 Dec 2022 | 10
AWS wins 5-year, $700m+ contract for cloud services to US Navy Much money for Amazon, that is. Bezos heads to dockside after doomed JEDI deal PaaS + IaaS20 Dec 2022 | 3
Amazon to settle Euro antitrust probes by Christmas Cloud souk reportedly ready to play a little more fairly with its own merchants Personal Tech17 Dec 2022 | 5
Amazon, Games Workshop announce Warhammer 40k film deal In the grim darkness of the far future there is only Bezos. Oh, and Henry Cavill Offbeat16 Dec 2022 | 52
Amazon graduate hires told they can't start work until next December 'Challenging economic conditions' blamed for delays, but here's $13,000 for your troubles Off-Prem14 Dec 2022 | 13
Washington DC drags Amazon to court for 'yoinking' driver tips But we already gave them back $62m, web bazaar shrugs Personal Tech07 Dec 2022 | 50
Amazon unfreezes some hiring to expand its datacenter footprint No matter what, the cloud must grow Off-Prem30 Nov 2022 | 1
Judge tells Amazon: Stop retaliating against employees Pioneer Amazon union gets a boost, staffer still get the sack Legal28 Nov 2022 | 8
AWS joins the water positive gang, claims it will be there by 2030 That basically means more H2O returned to the environment than is supplied PaaS + IaaS28 Nov 2022 | 25
Amazon quits India's frenzied edtech market Plenty of top tech CEOs graduated from the country's unis, which are seen as a ticket to prosperity Personal Tech25 Nov 2022 | 1
Too soon? Amazon commissions FTX mini-series Spoiler alert: court proceedings suggest crypto exchange was a mess and investors will be out of pocket Personal Tech24 Nov 2022 | 31
Someone has to say it: Voice assistants are not doing it for big tech Comment Alexa, how does Amazon decide when the grand plan for conversational commerce has failed? Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 228
It would take a 'catastrophic' recession to stop tech spend growth, says IBM boss Tells Economic Club of New York no one he knows is trimming IT budgets Off-Prem18 Nov 2022 | 21
Investor tells Google: Cut costs now and stop paying staff so much Also wants Alphabet to slash losses in Waymo division, buy back shares, lots of them Off-Prem16 Nov 2022 | 70
Amazon founder Bezos to donate 'majority' of $126bn fortune Comment Climate change goals? Tick. Upping wages and improving working conditions for warehouse staff? Come on Jeff, charity begins at home Offbeat15 Nov 2022 | 39
Amazon reportedly considers laying off 10k employees Updated Alexa, do I have a job? Staff in corporate and technology positions in line of fire Personal Tech14 Nov 2022 | 12
Apple and Amazon conspired to raise iPhone and iPad prices, claims class action lawsuit Alleges agreement choked resellers using Amazon Marketplace, eliminated 98% of competition Legal10 Nov 2022 | 11
Microsoft gives away '$400m in cloud support' to Ukraine Freedom isn't free PaaS + IaaS04 Nov 2022 | 12
Amazon freezes corporate hiring amid worsening economic outlook The decision comes as the e-commerce giant stuggles with soaring energy prices and cash-strapped customers Off-Prem03 Nov 2022 | 7
Amazon CEO accused of trampling labor laws with anti-union comments Surely staff organizing is Bias for Action and Think Big on those blasted leadership principles? Personal Tech28 Oct 2022 | 16
Finance watchdog warns of long-term risk Big Tech poses to competition FAGA's interest in payments and lending services has UK's Financial Conduct Authority's attention Personal Tech26 Oct 2022 | 12
Windows Subsystem for Android declared ready for prime time First Look Works well, but selection of available apps is meagre Virtualization21 Oct 2022 | 46
Amazon hit with $1bn claim that secretive Buy Box algorithm screws shoppers Internet mega-souk thinks allegations are a waste of Prime Personal Tech20 Oct 2022 | 29
CEO told to die in a car crash after firing engineers who had two full-time jobs Poll Boss says it was 'stealing' – but what do you think? Offbeat19 Oct 2022 | 228
ULA's Vulcan Centaur to launch in early '23, with lunar lander and first Amazon broadband sats Two down, 3,234 to go for Amazon's Kuiper service as it chases Starlink Networks13 Oct 2022 | 7
Amazon halts work on ‘Scout’ delivery-bot that delivered parcels no faster than humans Meanwhile in China, Alibaba runs 500 delivery-bots and they’ve delivered 10 million items to Easy Street AI + ML07 Oct 2022 | 62
Rather than take the L, Amazon sues state that dared criticize warehouse safety Somebody missed the memo – this internet giant always gets its own way On-Prem05 Oct 2022 | 57
BlackCat malware lashes out at US defense IT contractor In Brief Also, Amazon's Ring footage TV shows draws criticism, US v Soviet spying docs found, and more Security02 Oct 2022 | 12
Amazon lets you rent Ubuntu Pro. Yes, it's Linux on the virtual desktop Insert your Year of Linux joke here, we dare you Virtualization30 Sep 2022 | 7
Amazon accused of singling out, harassing union organizers Bosses' bad behavior may, just may, have derailed crucial warehouse vote Bootnotes23 Sep 2022 | 42
You've heard of the cost-of-living crisis, now get ready for the cost-of-working crisis As employers herd staff back to the office with few perks, workers are concerned about what it'll cost them On-Prem22 Sep 2022 | 116
Amazon adds 2.7 gigawatts of renewable energy to its operations But the question remains whether it is polluting more or less Off-Prem21 Sep 2022 | 1
Amazon 'punishes' sellers who dare offer lower prices on other marketplaces Super Cali goes ballistic, says it's all atrocious Personal Tech15 Sep 2022 | 60
Amazon CEO says company will slow hiring rate, no hard return to office planned Anyone fancy renting some office space? PaaS + IaaS08 Sep 2022 | 2
Amazon expands end-to-end video encryption to battery-powered Ring devices Whether this works as advertised is key Personal Tech07 Sep 2022 | 10
Amazon drivers unionize after AI sends them on 'impossible' routes Being subcontractors, their working conditions ain't our problem – US giant's stance Personal Tech06 Sep 2022 | 60
E-commerce pros tie the knot in Amazon-themed wedding From the department of 'what fresh hell?' Offbeat05 Sep 2022 | 5
Amazon fails to overturn New York City union election National Labor Relations Board says company had not met the burden of proof for its objections Legal02 Sep 2022 | 34
EA shares volatile on the back of unconfirmed rumor of Amazon bid Somebody set us up the bomb Personal Tech26 Aug 2022 | 9
Amazon has repackaged surveillance capitalism as reality TV Column Smile! You're on Candid Doorbell – and the joke's on us all Personal Tech24 Aug 2022 | 195
More datacenters coming to Ireland, despite energy concerns South Dublin County Council ban on buildouts set to be overturned by government PaaS + IaaS15 Aug 2022 | 34
AWS takes a shot at the private 5G network Well, more like 4G LTE right now, and you'll probably need someone to put up the radio Networks12 Aug 2022 | 1
Alibaba mimics Amazon by slashing jobs after poor results Covid lockdowns, Chinese regulations and SEC threats make Alibaba's job numbers worrying Off-Prem09 Aug 2022 | 4
Tiers before bedtime: AWS updates Lambda pricing structure 'Time to update your spreadsheets,' expert says of 'inscrutable' changes Devops08 Aug 2022 | 3
Amazon to buy Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7b Updated Bezos empire continues to clean up, but did it pick the proper postulates? Personal Tech05 Aug 2022 | 65
Amazon's carbon footprint spread 18% in 2021 How's that renewable energy transition going? Off-Prem03 Aug 2022 | 6
AWS still growing amid talk of global economic woes No stopping the cloud computing division but losses mount on retail side as consumers catch a cold PaaS + IaaS29 Jul 2022 |
Amazon buys US healthcare chain One Medical for $3.9bn It now owns your store, your doctor, and your shopping history. What's next? Personal Tech21 Jul 2022 | 28
Alexa Live 2022: Stretching possibilities for voice AI at home New Matter integrations, financial incentives for well-written Skills, and future plans are all on display today Software21 Jul 2022 | 3
Amazon sues 10,000 Facebook Group admins for offering fake reviews Good luck deciding which toxic monopolist deserves your sympathy in this fight Cyber-crime20 Jul 2022 | 46
Amazon gave Ring video to cops without consent or warrant 11 times so far in 2022 Updated Got no time for that red tape in an emergency, says exec Security14 Jul 2022 | 43
Competition regulators probe Amazon's Marketplace and Microsoft's buy of Activision Blizzard Tech giants under scrutiny by the Competition and Markets Authority Legal07 Jul 2022 | 6
Bank of Google? Not exactly. But fintech's future is in Big Tech's ecosystems Comment Silicon Valley and financial institutions may be increasingly inseparable Personal Tech05 Jul 2022 | 10
Amazon can't channel the dead, but its deepfake voices take a close second Megacorp shows Alexa speaking like kid's deceased grandma Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 22
Amazon shows off robot warehouse workers that won't complain, quit, unionize... Mega-corp insists it's all about 'people and technology working safely and harmoniously together' Science22 Jun 2022 | 60
Amazon fears it could run out of US warehouse workers by 2024 Internal research says the hiring pool has already dried up in a number of locations stateside Personal Tech22 Jun 2022 | 81
Threat of cross-border data tariffs looms over WTO Some countries call for moratorium to be lifted, tech industry not keen on potential costs Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 21
Alibaba Cloud challenges AWS with its own custom smartNIC Who'll board the custom silicon bandwagon next? Networks14 Jun 2022 |
AWS says it will cloudify your mainframe workloads Buyer beware, say analysts, technical debt will catch up with you eventually Off-Prem09 Jun 2022 | 10
Amazon’s Kindle bookstore to quit China Local authorities insist the next chapter is not a collapse in foreign investment Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 24