Engineer sues Amazon for not covering work-from-home internet, electricity bills And no, I'm not throwing out this lawsuit, says judge Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 139
Amazon accused of obstructing probe into deadly warehouse collapse Updated House Dems demand documents from CEO on facility hit by tornado – or else On-Prem02 Jun 2022 | 34
Datacenter boom going bust over labor, materials shortages Two years on and there's still not enough stuff to go around--or people Off-Prem02 Jun 2022 | 9
Tech hiring freeze doesn't mean people won't leave Comment Work culture is irrevocably changed. Businesses that don't see that are in for a rough ride Bootnotes02 Jun 2022 | 65
Amazon not happy with antitrust law targeting Amazon Updated We assume the world's smallest violin is available right now on Prime Personal Tech01 Jun 2022 | 27
Smart homes are hackable homes if not equipped with updated, supported tech People forget IoT gadgets aren't dumb appliances. gear needs to be fed security, bug fixes Edge + IoT01 Jun 2022 | 112
Big Tech loves talking up privacy – while trying to kill privacy legislation Study claims Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft work to derail data rules Personal Tech27 May 2022 | 15
Amazon investors nuke proposed ethics overhaul and say yes to $212m CEO pay Workplace safety, labor organizing, sustainability and, um, wage 'fairness' all struck down in vote Off-Prem26 May 2022 | 88
Amazon puts 'creepy' AI cameras in UK delivery vans Updated Big Bezos is watching you AI + ML24 May 2022 | 142
Lawmakers launch bill to break up tech giants' ad dominance Running ad auctions while also buying and selling ads may be outlawed for large firms Legal19 May 2022 | 5
Corporate investments are a massive hidden source of carbon emissions Just because companies are publicly decreasing carbon footprints doesn't mean their cash isn't doing the opposite On-Prem19 May 2022 | 18
Amazon to spend $12b on five more datacenters in Oregon You have died of dystopia PaaS + IaaS06 May 2022 | 16
After historic win, Amazon workers at another NYC warehouse reject unionization Campaigners again say web giant again held mandatory anti-union meetings Personal Tech03 May 2022 | 16
AWS a bright spot in subdued set of Q1 results for Amazon Cloud shrugs off woes of retail parent while advertising cash also increased PaaS + IaaS29 Apr 2022 | 1
$10b National Security Agency contract re-awarded to AWS Microsoft won, Amazon complained. Amazon won, Microsoft complained. Amazon won... again PaaS + IaaS28 Apr 2022 | 10
Study: How Amazon uses Echo smart speaker conversations to target ads Updated Web giant milks advertisers with data harvested from digital assistant Research27 Apr 2022 | 167
Amazon to spend 11 days of annual profit developing robot warehouse workers Who will win? Staff unions or $1bn of venture capital? Personal Tech21 Apr 2022 | 14
Amazon opens MASSIVE AI speech dataset so Alexa can speak your language Goal is to make natural language processing available in all the world's tongues AI + ML20 Apr 2022 | 10
Big Apple Apple Store workers hope to form union Amazon staff success spurs similar spirit in NYC for a sporting share of super-profits Personal Tech19 Apr 2022 | 19
Indian giant Tata fluffs its lines as it takes on Amazon and Walmart Shouldn't a company from the same stable as Tata Consulting Services do better with a day one traffic flood? Software11 Apr 2022 | 7
Amazon books rocket flights for its Kuiper broadband internet satellites Amazingly SpaceX isn't on the list Networks05 Apr 2022 | 15
Amazon internal chat app that censored talk of unions and ethics may 'never launch at all' Filter list reportedly would block 'living wage,' 'pay rises,' 'restroom,' etc Applications05 Apr 2022 | 41
Amazon warehouse workers in New York unionize in historic win against web giant White House chimes in: Folks 'in every state must have a free and fair choice' to unionize Legal01 Apr 2022 | 99
Amazon to spend £1.8bn on UK infrastructure over next 2 years Won't reveal how much of that is actually being spent on data centers, though PaaS + IaaS18 Mar 2022 | 13
Amazon pressed to be more transparent about tax Investors hope to take resolution to shareholder meeting Off-Prem07 Mar 2022 | 5
Amazon cuts credit for charities to access web services Exclusive Cloud giant will spread its largesse more widely – and thinly – amongst non-profits PaaS + IaaS07 Mar 2022 | 22
Amazon Alexa can be hijacked via commands from own speaker Updated This isn't the artificial intelligence we were promised Security03 Mar 2022 | 64
Lost Ark: A pulpy Korean MMO-lite for idle hands The RPG Approach with caution Offbeat26 Feb 2022 | 6
Amazon, Visa strike global truce on credit card charges Payment card processing fees will fall away in some regions PaaS + IaaS17 Feb 2022 | 47
Amazon stretches working life of its servers an extra year, for AWS and its own ops Updated Cloud colossus accounts for lion's share of Amazonian profits Off-Prem04 Feb 2022 | 44
Jeff Bezos adds some more overheads to his $485m yacht by taking down historic bridge Rotterdam can't get over it Bootnotes03 Feb 2022 | 141
'Admin error': AWS in dead company data centre planning application snafu in Oxfordshire Northants man surprised to hear former biz address used On-Prem13 Jan 2022 | 69
Alexa and Webex to hitch a ride around the Moon on Artemis I – what could possibly go wrong? How far's the Moon now? ... Here's 'How Soon Is Now?' from your Spotify playlist Science05 Jan 2022 | 15
You geeks have inherited the Earth, but what are you going to do with it? Opinion Historians a thousand years hence will talk about us. Let's not muff it Personal Tech27 Dec 2021 | 97
Luxembourg judge hits pause on Amazon's daily payments of disputed $844m GDPR fine Box shifter argues it's not clear what it is supposed to change Personal Tech20 Dec 2021 | 42
India takes Amazon’s biggest local e-tail alliance out of its shopping cart Regulator says US giant lied about deal with Future Coupons, which responded by stabbing Amazon in the front Legal20 Dec 2021 | 15
Oh no, here we go again, groans the internet as AWS runs into IT problems. Briefly this time If you're wondering why you couldn't access a website, app, or service for about 30 minutes today, this may be it PaaS + IaaS15 Dec 2021 | 7
Midwest tornado destroys Amazon warehouse, killing six after worker 'told not to leave' Updated More than eighty feared dead across multiple US states hit by super storms On-Prem13 Dec 2021 | 44
Is it decadent that I use four different computers each day, at different times? Review Amazon's latest Kindle Paperwhite sees Reg hack's fondleslab get a rest Personal Tech13 Dec 2021 | 94
Amazon fined €1.13bn by Italy's antitrust authorities for abusing its power 'Use our logistics service or don't. It'll cost you either way.' Legal10 Dec 2021 | 27
Amazon Appstore melts over Android 12 'Snow Cone' Running the latest version of Android? Appstore apps no longer work Software02 Dec 2021 | 16
Amazon accused of grossly underreporting COVID-19 cases to US labor agency 'Yes, we had nearly 20,000 cases last year but only 27 were directly work-related. Honestly.' On-Prem01 Dec 2021 | 26
AWS unveils Graviton3 Arm chips and more. But the real story is the slide from IaaS to packaged solutions Re:Invent CEO Adam Selipsky takes the stage in Vegas – and may be on a collision course with customers PaaS + IaaS01 Dec 2021 | 5
If at first Amazon doesn't let you succeed, try, try again: Warehouse workers given second chance at union vote US watchdog tosses previous result in the trash after election fairness slammed Personal Tech30 Nov 2021 | 24
Apple, Amazon fined to the tune of €200m for colluding over Beats headphones sales Trillion-dollar giants vow to appeal against penalties that amount to just a few hours of profit Personal Tech24 Nov 2021 | 34
Amazon India execs questioned after sellers allegedly use site to smuggle marijuana Updated Ganja believe it? Seller claimed to sell 'Stevia leaves', but shifted a tonne of wacky 'baccy before being busted Security22 Nov 2021 | 22
Amazon tells folks it will stop accepting UK Visa credit cards via weird empty email Updated January cutoff postponed... for now cardholders can keep buying things they can't afford Personal Tech17 Nov 2021 | 302
AWS adds Linux app streaming alongside Windows to 'greatly lower' cost Savings are exaggerated, but there is more to this than price Off-Prem17 Nov 2021 | 4
Amazon cuts a relatively tiny check to disappear claims it broke the law by withholding COVID-19 data from staff Settlement is little more than a minor cost-of-business expense Personal Tech16 Nov 2021 | 4
Workplace surveillance booming during pandemic, destroying trust in employers At the same time, Brit MPs call for tighter regulations on AI snooping Networks12 Nov 2021 | 32
UK aims for 'openness and fairness' in its AI Strategy – unless we're talking about favoured contractors Or the government itself, of course AI + ML11 Nov 2021 | 12
Amazon hasn't launched one internet satellite yet, but it's now planning a fleet of 7,774 Low Earth orbit is going to be chockablock with broadband-beaming birds Networks05 Nov 2021 | 59
JEDI mind tricks: Google said Pentagon contract didn't align with company values. Now it's chasing another defence gig Don't Be Evil... unless... PaaS + IaaS04 Nov 2021 | 12
140,000-plus drivers sent $60m in compensation checks after Amazon 'stole their tips' One lucky bod gets $28,000, on average it's a few hundred bucks each Personal Tech03 Nov 2021 | 68
SQL Server on Linux: Canonical offers official support, AWS Babelfish helps users move to Postgres Amazon tech requires fork of PostgreSQL, is not fully compatible with SQL Server Databases02 Nov 2021 | 33
Amazon aims to launch prototype broadband internet satellites by Q4 2022 – without Bezos' Blue Origin Meanwhile, SpaceX already has 1,000+ orbiting Starlink birds Networks02 Nov 2021 | 24
Microsoft wins JEDI contract, Amazon complains. Amazon wins NSA contract, watchdog says Microsoft right to moan US Government Audit Office upholds Redmond's protest PaaS + IaaS01 Nov 2021 | 12
New World: Grindy? Check. Repetitive? Check. Fun? We hate to say it... but check The RPG Goddamn it, Jeff Bezos' lot can make a passable MMORPG after all Columnists30 Oct 2021 | 31
AWS still growing like a weed but Amazon's retail empire hit by soaring labour, supply chain costs CFO warns of $4bn in extra costs in the Christmas quarter SaaS29 Oct 2021 | 2
Sovereignty? We've heard of it. UK government gives contract to store MI5, MI6 and GCHQ's data to AWS Hands up who wants to do that info migration Storage26 Oct 2021 | 79
Amazon warehouse workers in New York to labor watchdog: We want our union vote Updated Unions face test on Staten Island after defeat in Bessemer, Alabama Legal25 Oct 2021 | 15
Non-profit's IT manager accused of embezzling $400k by buying gear, services from his own fake companies Boss used org's credit card to buy stuff from Amazon, Square accounts he set up, say prosecutors On-Prem25 Oct 2021 | 23