Tech Culture The Web FTC accuses Amazon of manipulating prices using a secret algorithm that made it $1 billion Part of the Commission's anticompetitive lawsuit against the tech giant By Rob Thubron, October 5, 2023, 6:55 AM 13 comments
Industry FTC files a massive 172-page antitrust lawsuit against Amazon Amazon is confident that the suit does not hold up to the facts By Cal Jeffrey, September 27, 2023, 2:12 PM 7 comments
Industry Microsoft vet Panos Panay is heading to Amazon to lead its devices and services business Panos Panay will write his next chapter at Amazon By Shawn Knight, September 27, 2023, 12:21 PM
Industry AI Amazon is investing $4 billion in OpenAI competitor Anthropic Following in Microsoft's footsteps to secure quality AI models for its end customers By Alfonso Maruccia, September 27, 2023, 8:57 AM
The Web Amazon is adding commercials to Prime Video, but you can pay extra to disable them Prime Video is already a paid perk By Shawn Knight, September 22, 2023, 11:04 AM 35 comments
AI Industry Amazon puts a cap on self-publishing to combat flood of AI-generated novels The limit is now three submissions per day By Rob Thubron, September 22, 2023, 6:38 AM
Electronics Hardware Amazon launches Eero Max 7: up to 10Gbps Ethernet and Wi-Fi 7 for $600 All the bells and whistles for a Wi-Fi 7 mesh router system By Kishalaya Kundu, September 21, 2023, 9:15 AM
Industry The Web FTC names three Amazon executives in lawsuit over shady Prime subscription practices Beware of Dark Patterns By Rob Thubron, September 21, 2023, 6:49 AM
Electronics Amazon updates Fire TV streaming sticks and launches first Fire TV soundbar Loads of new products from Amazon's event today By Shawn Knight, September 20, 2023, 2:06 PM
The Web Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days kicks off on October 10, but early deals start now Holiday shopping season starts now By Shawn Knight, September 18, 2023, 10:14 AM
Hardware Amazon customer discovers his Intel Core i9-13900K is an i7-13700K in disguise This old scam hasn't gone away By Rob Thubron, September 4, 2023, 6:58 AM 15 comments
Industry Tech Culture Amazon CEO warns employees: it's "not going to work out for you" if you don't want to return to the office Get back or get lost By Rob Thubron, August 29, 2023, 8:08 AM 49 comments
Gaming Amazon's Fallout TV series will premiere on Prime Video in 2024 Fallout will be set in Los Angeles By Shawn Knight, August 24, 2023, 10:01 AM
Software Electronics Influencers are disgusted with Amazon's paltry $25-per-video endorsement offer It looks like full-time Amazon UCG creators are getting a 90-percent cut in pay By Matt Frusher, August 19, 2023, 9:03 AM 19 comments
The Web Another day, another dollar: Amazon Music Unlimited is getting a price hike Nickel and diming By Shawn Knight, August 16, 2023, 11:05 AM 10 comments
Tech Deals Hardware Intel cuts 12th-gen Core CPU pricing ahead of Raptor Lake Refresh Previous-gen Intel CPUs are cheaper than ever before: get the Core i9-12900KF for only $330 (down from $565), the excellent Core i7-12700KF is just $220, and the Core i5-12600KF was down to $156 but seems to have run off stock. By TechSpot Deals, August 14, 2023, 5:47 PM
Industry Hardware Tech giants Amazon, Apple, and Samsung could be major investors in Arm's IPO Arm is expected to go public this year with a blockbuster IPO that could value the company at $60 billion By Kishalaya Kundu, August 14, 2023, 7:37 AM
The Web Amazon will host a second Prime Day-style shopping event this fall Clearing out inventory for the holidays By Shawn Knight, August 8, 2023, 3:09 PM
Industry AI Amazon is embracing generative AI across every one of its business units Especially Alexa By Rob Thubron, August 4, 2023, 10:16 AM
Industry The Web Amazon faces potential break-up as FTC finalizes antitrust lawsuit The FTC is getting ready for the big one By Rob Thubron, July 27, 2023, 6:55 AM 15 comments
Industry Amazon's return-to-work plan now includes relocation for some employees How to make angry workers even angrier By Rob Thubron, July 24, 2023, 9:45 AM 8 comments
Tech Culture Amazon One contactless palm-payment system coming to all Whole Foods this year Palm scanner uses an image of the customer's palm and underlying vein structure By Daniel Sims, July 21, 2023, 8:08 AM
The Web Amazon in-van surveillance under fire as videos appear on Reddit A violation of Amazon's policies By Rob Thubron, July 18, 2023, 10:12 AM 35 comments
The Web Industry Amazon is suing the EU over its designation as a "very large online platform" It's not exactly a small one By Rob Thubron, July 13, 2023, 6:15 AM
Industry The Web Amazon Prime Day raked in over $6.4 billion on its first day Sales figures include almost half a billion in Buy Now Pay Later loans By Cal Jeffrey, July 12, 2023, 3:17 PM 11 comments