Jeff Bezos

Amazon’s First Automated Brick-and-Mortar Store Opens to the Public on Monday

Amazon’s first Amazon Go, a kind of grocery store without cashiers or a checkout line, will open to the public in Seattle on Monday in the first stage of an experiment that could usher in a new era of shopping. Go uses a network of cameras and sensors to dynamically monitor customers and automatically bill…

Commerce Tom McKay Jan 21

Yes, Your Amazon Echo Is an Ad Machine

Did a loved one buy you an Amazon Echo over the holidays? Sorry about that. But now, in addition to well-founded fears about surveillance and security, you’ve got a new problem: ads. CNBC reports that Amazon is in discussions with huge companies that want to promote their goods on Echo devices. Proctor & Gamble as…

Commerce Adam Clark Estes Jan 2

A Glimpse Inside CamperForce, Amazon’s Disposable Retiree Laborers

In September, Jessica Bruder’s Nomadland—excerpted here—took us inside one of the strangest and most cutthroat of Amazon’s business practices: CamperForce. Composed almost entirely of retirees living out of motorhomes performing seasonal labor, CamperForce workers are expected to perform physically demanding tasks despite their advanced age. https://gizmodo.com/amazons-last-mile-1820451224 The story of CamperForce has now been adapted into…

Commerce Avery Ellis Dec 20

Blue Origin Named Its Space Flight Dummy ‘Mannequin Skywalker’

Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company Blue Origin performed another test of its New Shepard rocket in West Texas yesterday, this time with an updated, big-windowed crew capsule. On board that capsule? A test dummy dubbed “Mannequin Skywalker.” You know… like Anakin Skywalker? From Star Wars? Get it? Okay. Bezos may be a vampiric oligarch but a…

Tech News Avery Ellis Dec 13

Jeff Bezos Is Tragically No Longer Worth $100 Billion

On Black Friday, Amazon CEO and richest man in the world Jeff Bezos—famous for both his dominance of the entire online retail market and pivot to rock-hard biceps—hit a net worth of $100 billion, according to a Bloomberg analysis. Alas, the brightest stars burn shortest, and this tale of hubris has collided with a tragic…

Commerce Tom McKay Nov 29

Jeff Bezos Is Now Allegedly Worth $100 Billion

Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, Washington Post owner, and Blue Origin founder, had a pretty good Thanksgiving this year per Bloomberg, which estimated this week that Black Friday sales on Amazon had put him over the $100 billion personal wealth mark. According to Bloomberg, Adobe Analytics data show online purchases were 18.4 percent higher than last…

Commerce Tom McKay Nov 25

Amazon’s Last Mile

Who delivers Amazon orders? Increasingly, it’s plainclothes contractors with few labor protections, driving their own cars, competing for shifts on the company’s own Uber-like platform. Though it’s deployed in dozens of cities and associated with one of the world’s biggest companies, government agencies and customers alike are nearly oblivious to the program’s existence. In terms…

Commerce Avery Ellis Nov 16

238 Thirsty Cities to Amazon: Stimulate Me, Daddy

The proposal deadline has come and gone on Amazon’s unusually public search to plant a second headquarters in one of North America’s metropolitan areas. Among other factors, Amazon’s stated “preference” for candidates cities with a population over 1 million should have whittled possible HQ2 locales down to a few dozen. Instead, the final tally of…

Tech News Avery Ellis Oct 23

Amazon Just Got Nailed for Allegedly Evading $300 Million in EU Taxes

The European Union’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager issued a recovery order against Amazon on Wednesday over hundreds of millions of euros in back taxes the company avoided by routing its finances through Luxembourg. “Luxembourg gave illegal tax benefits to Amazon. As a result, almost three quarters of Amazon’s profits were not taxed,” Vestager said in…

Commerce Tom McKay Oct 4

Couple Grifts Amazon Out of $1.2 Million in Electronics

Any retailer budgets for broken goods, shoplifting, and other losses, and Amazon is no different. But because of the volume of sales and a customer-forward policy, the gargantuan online marketplace appears to rarely investigate claims of broken or unreceived goods, opting instead to replace or refund—no questions asked. That’s how Indiana couple Erin and Leah…

Tech News Avery Ellis Oct 2

The 8 Cities Least Likely to Land Amazon’s New Headquarters

Amazon, as you may have heard, needs another base of operations. Rather than pick the best geographic location, Jeff Bezos dangled a substantial carrot in front of North America’s metropolitan centers: $5 billion in investment, and up to 50,000 jobs. Over 100 urban centers have already bent over backwards to submit their most enticing proposals…

Tech News Avery Ellis Sep 20

The Competition to Host Amazon’s Second Headquarters Is On

Jeff Bezos and friends are on a bit of a spending spree. Amazon just announced that it’s looking to drop a cool $5 billion on a “second headquarters” that will employ as many as 50,000 workers. In characteristically splashy fashion, the company also announced that cities across North America will get to bid on the…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Sep 7

Well, It’s Official: FTC Gives Green Light for Amazon to Buy Whole Foods

The Federal Trade Commission, the US government body in charge of consumer protection and investigating anti-competitive marketplace practices, has announced that it will not stand in the way of Amazon’s plan to merge with Whole Foods. In a statement posted to the FTC’s website on Wednesday, acting director Bruce Hoffman wrote the agency had investigated…

Commerce Tom McKay Aug 23

Amazon Is Being Sued for Alleged Cruel Discrimination Against Transgender Employee

According to a recently filed lawsuit, a married couple faced persistent, cruel, and grotesque abuse at an Amazon shipping facility, and human resources did nothing to help. The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two former employees who allege that they faced sexual harassment and discrimination during…

Commerce Jennings Brown Aug 10

Jeff Bezos Surges Ahead of Bill Gates to Become World’s Richest Rich Guy [Update: Not Anymore]

Last night, Amazon share prices surged and Microsoft shares dipped, allowing Jeff Bezos to surpass Bill Gates in new worth, dethroning Emperor Clippy to become the king of the rich nerds for the first time. At the close of trading on Wednesday, Bezos—CEO of Amazon, owner of The Washington Post, and founder of Blue Origin…

Tech News Jennings Brown Jul 27

Jeff Bezos in Instagram Debut: ‘I Am Fun’ [Updated]

Commercial space tourism company Blue Origin, and its overlord Jeff Bezos, have been pretty quiet over the last few months. But last week, the Amazon founder made his first Instagram post, which appears to show the billionaire stranded on the roof of his own rocket facility in Florida. Because he is Fun. Haha. The video…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta Jul 26

At This Point, Amazon Can Crush a Company Just By Filing for a Trademark

Amazon is an unstoppable beast, consuming all industries that are ripe for disruption and unfortunate enough to cross its path. On Monday, its latest victim was the struggling food delivery service Blue Apron. https://gizmodo.com/whole-foods-employees-must-be-shitting-their-pants-righ-1796274910 Following Amazon’s bombshell announcement of an agreement to acquire the Whole Foods grocery chain for $13.7 billion, stock prices for competitors…

Commerce Rhett Jones Jul 17

Trump Accuses Amazon of Not Paying ‘Internet Taxes,’ Which Aren’t a Thing

In an apparent attempt to discredit The Washington Post the day after it published a report on fake Donald Trump Time magazine covers hanging up at his golf courses, the president posted one of his most confusing tweets since taking office. Syntax issues aside, this sentence makes absolutely no sense. Of course, there is no…

Commerce Jennings Brown Jun 28

Which Tech Industry Leaders Ditched the White House Tech Summit Today?

Trump summoned his group of tech-world minions to the White House today for another round of nervously nodding and accomplishing nothing. But attendance was down a little bit this time around. Sure, plenty of cowards still showed up with a foolish but optimistic gleam in their eye. But some, at least, seem to be feeling…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jun 19

America’s Top Hypocrites Are Meeting at the Trump White House For Technology Week

America’s largest tech companies made a big, public fuss after President Trump vowed to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord earlier this month. But top executives from many of those same companies are meeting with members of the Trump regime this week. Who needs principles when there’s money to be made? Yes, this week…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 19

Amazon’s First Automated Brick-and-Mortar Store Opens to the Public on Monday

Yes, Your Amazon Echo Is an Ad Machine

A Glimpse Inside CamperForce, Amazon’s Disposable Retiree Laborers

Blue Origin Named Its Space Flight Dummy ‘Mannequin Skywalker’

Jeff Bezos Is Tragically No Longer Worth $100 Billion

Jeff Bezos Is Now Allegedly Worth $100 Billion

Amazon’s Last Mile

238 Thirsty Cities to Amazon: Stimulate Me, Daddy

Amazon Just Got Nailed for Allegedly Evading $300 Million in EU Taxes

Couple Grifts Amazon Out of $1.2 Million in Electronics

The 8 Cities Least Likely to Land Amazon’s New Headquarters

The Competition to Host Amazon’s Second Headquarters Is On

Well, It’s Official: FTC Gives Green Light for Amazon to Buy Whole Foods

Amazon Is Being Sued for Alleged Cruel Discrimination Against Transgender Employee

Jeff Bezos Surges Ahead of Bill Gates to Become World’s Richest Rich Guy [Update: Not Anymore]

Jeff Bezos in Instagram Debut: ‘I Am Fun’ [Updated]

At This Point, Amazon Can Crush a Company Just By Filing for a Trademark

Trump Accuses Amazon of Not Paying ‘Internet Taxes,’ Which Aren’t a Thing

Which Tech Industry Leaders Ditched the White House Tech Summit Today?

America’s Top Hypocrites Are Meeting at the Trump White House For Technology Week

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