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Amazon Fulfillment Center in Virginia Catches Fire, Cause Unknown

A blaze swept through Amazon Fulfillment Center RIC1 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia this morning, overwhelming the building’s internal fire suppression systems. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that calls to local fire departments came in just before 10am, and six nearby departments responded according to Mark Tenia, a reporter for WRIC. The RIC1 facility, which opened in…

Commerce Avery Ellis

Is the Amazon Logo a Penis?

Amazon has been using its current logo for 18 years. The online retailer started using the logo in June 2000, shortly after it expanded beyond selling books. The logo shows the company’s name, with an arrow that points from the “A” to the “Z” in the name. The design is supposed to convey that it…

Commerce Jennings Brown

Amazon Prime Is About to Get More Expensive

On an earnings call this afternoon, Amazon’s chief financial officer Brian Olsavsky dropped an unexpected bit of information: The price of Amazon Prime is increasing to $119. Prime, which gives customers of the ecommerce giant a variety of perks in addition to free shipping, hasn’t changed its annual price from its current $99 rate in…

Commerce Avery Ellis

Amazon Sued by Former Human Resources Administrator for Alleged ‘Unlawful Employment Practices’

Amazon Logistics acted discriminatorily and unlawfully fired a former senior human resources administrator, a suit filed in Florida’s Southern District Court alleges. The HR staffer, Jorge Mejia, started performing HR duties for Amazon Logistics in late 2014, working a “flexible” schedule. But nearly three years later, when Mejia claims all other senior HR admins would…

Commerce Avery Ellis

Amazon’s Echo for Kids Is a Dot With a Case, Cuter Responses, and Parental Controls

The age of digital assistants is already here, and with them, we have easy-to-use disembodied voices that attempt to answer our every beck and call. However, sometimes those answers aren’t exactly things you’d want a child to hear (Warning: NSFW audio), so Amazon went and created a version of Alexa specifically meant for kids. Starting…

Commerce Sam Rutherford

Amazon Wants to Shove Packages in Your Car’s Trunk Now, Too

It seems that in Amazon’s never-ending quest to get you to buy more stuff, there’s nothing the company won’t try to make taking delivery of said items a tiny bit easier. Last year, it started with Amazon Key, a program that lets Amazon couriers unlock your door so they can deliver packages inside your house.…

Commerce Sam Rutherford

Amazon’s Rumored Home Robot Basically Sounds Like an Echo With Wheels

In case you thought the Echo in your living room laughing maniacally out of nowhere wasn’t creepy enough, just imagine what it would be like if it followed you around. A Bloomberg report suggests that Amazon is working on an actual home robot that will wander around your abode, navigating obstacles and ostensibly following your…

Commerce Patrick Lucas Austin

James Comey Scheduled to Speak at Amazon Employee Event on Monday

Former FBI director James Comey is scheduled to speak at Amazon headquarters in Seattle on Monday. And so far, President Trump hasn’t tweeted about it. That will probably change once Fox News gets the memo. First reported by The Intercept, Comey is scheduled to speak at 10am PT as part of a “fish bowl” event…

Commerce Matt Novak

Trump, Clearly Still Obsessed With Amazon, Creates Post Office Task Force

Donald Trump signed an executive order last night seeking a review of the United States Postal Service’s business practices—something other government agencies have already done—in what is widely understood to be part of the president’s continued attacks on Amazon. The review body, as outlined, would be headed by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and will have…

Commerce Avery Ellis

Former Postmaster General Says Trump Is Completely Wrong About Amazon

Patrick Donahoe worked with the United States Postal Service for a total of 39 years until his retirement in February of 2015, serving the final four-and-change years of his career as Postmaster General. He knows the agency inside and out, and—shocker—he told UBS analysts today that Amazon is profitable for the USPS, contrary to the…

Commerce Avery Ellis

Amazon Is the Post Office’s Best Friend, No Matter What Trump Tweets

You don’t have to hate Donald Trump to know that he’s a liar. His latest series of tweets about Amazon swindling “the United States Post Office” is particularly deceptive. You can tell, because his latest tweet starts with the phrase, “I am right.” Trump is not right. The Postal Service is actually best buddies with…

Commerce Adam Clark Estes

Trump’s One-Sided Feud With Amazon Continues to Fester

President Donald Trump’s dumb feud with Amazon—a company he almost certainly hates solely because it’s owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Trump-critical Washington Post—continued on Saturday with another series of incoherent tweets. Trump has long insisted that Amazon doesn’t pay “internet taxes,” which aren’t a thing. He’s also repeatedly claimed it doesn’t…

Commerce Tom McKay

Trump’s Claim That Amazon Pays ‘Little or No’ State Taxes Is Utter Nonsense

President Trump’s obsession with Amazon has reportedly cost the US business $53 billion, but right or wrong on any one point, his stance on Amazon’s penchant for dodging federal taxes reeks of hypocrisy, and his latest accusation about failing to pay state taxes simply wrong. The president, who repeatedly promised to release his own tax…

Commerce Dell Cameron

Amazon Patent Points to Future in Which Humanity Is Reduced to Screaming at Drones

Get ready to grovel for your next shipment of toilet paper. A recently published Amazon patent depicts a delivery drone capable of recognizing and responding to human gestures and speech, which means you may want to practice the art of supplication to ensure proper delivery of that two-ply to your front porch. The patent, filed…

Commerce Patrick Lucas Austin

Richest Person in the World Takes Robot Dog For a Walk, Which is Totally Fine and Normal

There are some people who might take one look at this photo of Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, and freak the hell out. The Amazon founder is walking with a robotic “dog” called SpotMini—the same robot dog manufactured by Boston Dynamics, which was recently filmed opening doors like a velociraptor out of…

Commerce Matt Novak

Amazon Japan Raided by Antitrust Agency

Amazon Japan was raided Thursday by business watchdog agency the Japan Fair Trade Commission on suspicions of anti-competitive practices. Multiple outlets—citing local subscription news service Kyodo—say the raid was a response to Amazon Japan allegedly demanding a “collaboration fee” from suppliers, as well as asking those suppliers to incur some of the financial burden when…

Commerce Avery Ellis

Amazon Recalls Six Faulty AmazonBasics Power Banks

Citing a risk of melting or starting fires due to overheating, Amazon has voluntary issued a recall on six AmazonBasics-branded portable chargers. Those models were sold between late 2014 and mid 2017, the Verge reports, and the emails sent to affected customers claim Amazon is performing the recall “in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product…

Commerce Avery Ellis

Jeff Bezos Eats Iguana, Vows to Make Space Travel Cheaper With ‘Amazon Lottery Winnings’

It was a black tie evening of glamour, champagne toasts, and lizard flesh at the annual Explorers Club dinner gala this weekend, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was one of the guests of honor. The Explorers Club has been promoting scientific inquiry and adventure for over 100 years and it regularly meets to hand out…

Commerce Rhett Jones

Amazon Knows That Alexa Is Laughing At You [Updated]

The insidious nature of technology is often marked by silent consequences like addiction, surveillance, and online harassment. But one ghost in the machine has become chillingly audible: Alexa is laughing at you. People are reporting that Amazon’s Echo devices have mysteriously started cackling at random, and the company has confirmed it’s working on the problem.…

Commerce Melanie Ehrenkranz

Amazon Is Exploring Checking Accounts for the Young and the Unbanked: Report

Amazon, 2018’s go-to example of capitalism run amok, is reportedly eyeing a new industry to muscle in on: personal banking. According to The Wall Street Journal, the online retail giant has approached several large banks about creating a “checking-account-like product” aimed at “younger customers and those without bank accounts.” The goal, it seems, is to launch…

Commerce Avery Ellis

Amazon Fulfillment Center in Virginia Catches Fire, Cause Unknown

Is the Amazon Logo a Penis?

Amazon Prime Is About to Get More Expensive

Amazon Sued by Former Human Resources Administrator for Alleged ‘Unlawful Employment Practices’

Amazon’s Echo for Kids Is a Dot With a Case, Cuter Responses, and Parental Controls

Amazon Wants to Shove Packages in Your Car’s Trunk Now, Too

Amazon’s Rumored Home Robot Basically Sounds Like an Echo With Wheels

James Comey Scheduled to Speak at Amazon Employee Event on Monday

Trump, Clearly Still Obsessed With Amazon, Creates Post Office Task Force

Former Postmaster General Says Trump Is Completely Wrong About Amazon

Amazon Is the Post Office’s Best Friend, No Matter What Trump Tweets

Trump’s One-Sided Feud With Amazon Continues to Fester

Trump’s Claim That Amazon Pays ‘Little or No’ State Taxes Is Utter Nonsense

Amazon Patent Points to Future in Which Humanity Is Reduced to Screaming at Drones

Richest Person in the World Takes Robot Dog For a Walk, Which is Totally Fine and Normal

Amazon Japan Raided by Antitrust Agency

Amazon Recalls Six Faulty AmazonBasics Power Banks

Jeff Bezos Eats Iguana, Vows to Make Space Travel Cheaper With ‘Amazon Lottery Winnings’

Amazon Knows That Alexa Is Laughing At You [Updated]

Amazon Is Exploring Checking Accounts for the Young and the Unbanked: Report

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