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GeekWire Podcast: Costco vs. Amazon, Microsoft’s latest Copilot, and a Zulily conspiracy theory

by Todd Bishop & John Cook on January 20, 2024January 20, 2024 at 8:24 am

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we consider Microsoft’s latest AI product, the $20/month Copilot Pro subscription service, compare it to the likes of ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro and Otter.ai… Read More

Amazon not planning to add delivery fees in Seattle as new minimum wage law impacts Flex drivers

by Taylor Soper on January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 at 12:18 pm

Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash made it known last week that they were adding new delivery fees for Seattle customers as a result of recently implemented minimum wage laws for gig… Read More

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Amazon logistics leader John Felton takes new role as CFO of Amazon Web Services

by Taylor Soper on January 18, 2024January 18, 2024 at 3:15 pm

John Felton, a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team who most recently helped lead the company’s logistics operations, took a new role as senior vice president and CFO of Amazon… Read More

Amazon Business leader taking leave of absence; Devices exec will step in to fill role

by Kurt Schlosser on January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 at 12:43 pm

Alex Gagnon, vice president of Amazon Business and a 21-year veteran of the tech giant, is taking a leave of absence from the company, GeekWire has learned. Gagnon wants to… Read More

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‘Unfinished business’: Ring CEO Liz Hamren leads Amazon’s home monitoring products into the AI era

by Todd Bishop on January 13, 2024January 13, 2024 at 9:09 am

Liz Hamren has been CEO of Amazon’s Ring business for almost a year, as the successor in the role to Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, but it’s not the first time… Read More

Amazon’s Twitch, Prime Video, MGM Studios units lay off hundreds

by Taylor Soper on January 10, 2024January 10, 2024 at 8:28 am

Layoffs are hitting Amazon’s entertainment businesses. Twitch, the industry-leading livestreaming platform Amazon acquired in 2014, is cutting more than 500 jobs. In a memo to employees shared on the company’s… Read More

Amazon shuts down last remaining Fresh Pickup location in Seattle, but keeps package service open

by Kurt Schlosser on January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 at 11:50 am

Amazon closed the last of its only two Amazon Fresh Pickup locations, marking the end of another effort by the tech giant to disrupt how and where people get their… Read More

Ads coming to Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows starting Jan. 29

by Kurt Schlosser on December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 at 1:20 pm

Amazon has set the date for when it will introduce ad breaks to streaming content on Prime Video: Jan. 29. In an email to Prime subscribers on Tuesday, Amazon said… Read More

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Surviving Amazon: Work, life, and bias inside one of the world’s most ambitious businesses

by Ross Reynolds on December 16, 2023December 16, 2023 at 7:06 am

[Editor’s Note: We’re excited this week to welcome a guest host to the GeekWire Podcast, Ross Reynolds, whose voice is well-known in the Seattle region from his 34 years at… Read More

Amazon brings back ability to use Alexa to thank and tip delivery drivers during holiday rush

by Kurt Schlosser on December 13, 2023December 13, 2023 at 2:39 pm

Next time an Amazon package hits your front step, don’t just shout thanks through the door or at the van driving off down your street — use Alexa. For a limited… Read More

Zulily sues Amazon, alleging that price-fixing and supplier coercion sank its attempts to compete

by Todd Bishop on December 11, 2023December 13, 2023 at 7:11 am

Updated with Amazon statement. Less than a week after cutting hundreds of jobs and signaling its intent to go out of business, online retailer Zulily filed suit against Amazon on… Read More

Amazon asks court to toss FTC case, saying its practices are ‘the essence of competition’

by Todd Bishop on December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 at 11:48 am

Amazon defended the business practices targeted by the Federal Trade Commission as “the essence of competition” and asked a federal judge to dismiss the case in its first legal response… Read More

Amazon restructures seller fees to match its regional fulfillment strategy amid FTC lawsuit

by Todd Bishop on December 5, 2023December 5, 2023 at 10:18 am

Amazon says it will change the way it charges sellers who use its fulfillment services, introducing a new fee designed to give sellers a financial incentive to ship products to… Read More

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‘Amazon Q’ and the new era of AI for business: A conversation with AWS VP Matt Wood

by Todd Bishop on December 2, 2023December 2, 2023 at 2:26 pm

Conference attendees in Las Vegas are accustomed to encountering people standing on the street, aggressively trying to hand them flyers for, well, let’s just say for a variety of different… Read More

Inside Amazon’s new Bellevue office tower, where the company is testing evolving workplace designs

by Kurt Schlosser on November 29, 2023January 24, 2024 at 10:52 am

Nobody dropped the tech industry’s tried and true “fail fast” mantra, but during a tour Wednesday of Amazon’s newly opened Sonic office tower in Bellevue, Wash., the theme was definitely… Read More

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Amazon inks new deal with NASCAR, bolstering sports streaming portfolio

by Taylor Soper on November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 at 2:18 pm

Amazon’s live sports ambitions keep growing. The Seattle tech giant announced Wednesday a seven-year content deal with NASCAR that includes exclusive rights to five NASCAR Cup Series races beginning in… Read More

A Project Kuiper satellite terminal is set up with a wind farm in the background. (Amazon Photo)

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Amazon’s Project Kuiper highlights new connections to AWS and partners in Japan

by Alan Boyle on November 28, 2023June 13, 2024 at 9:52 am

As Amazon gears up to build and launch thousands of satellites for its Project Kuiper constellation, it’s talking up the space-based broadband network’s potential to enable new options for managing… Read More

Sphere of influence? Google’s big Vegas ad buy clouds the landscape at Amazon re:Invent

by Todd Bishop on November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 at 4:30 pm

Reporting from Las Vegas … Brilliant marketing move or big waste of money? That’s the debate after Google Cloud bought advertising space on the Las Vegas Sphere to send a… Read More

AWS unveils ‘Amazon Q’ AI assistant, jabs at Microsoft and OpenAI at re:Invent

by Todd Bishop on November 28, 2023January 31, 2024 at 8:29 am

Reporting from Las Vegas … Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky doubled down on the new era of artificial intelligence with a series of product announcements and thinly veiled but… Read More

Amazon starts offering its palm recognition tech for building access and corporate security

by Todd Bishop on November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 at 10:08 pm

Amazon is expanding its Amazon One palm recognition technology to corporate customers, allowing their employees to use their palms instead of traditional badges, passwords, or other ways of accessing buildings… Read More

EU regulators say Amazon’s iRobot deal could ‘restrict competiton’

by Taylor Soper on November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 at 12:25 pm

Shares of Roomba maker iRobot fell nearly 20% after the European Commission said Amazon’s proposed $1.7 billion acquisition of the company “may restrict competition in the market for robot vacuum… Read More

Inside the AI chip race: How a pivotal happy hour changed Amazon’s strategy in the cloud

by Todd Bishop on November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 at 12:06 pm

Annapurna Labs co-founder Nafea Bshara knows semiconductors and appreciates a good red wine. Amazon distinguished engineer James Hamilton has an affinity for industry-changing ideas, and likes meeting with smart entrepreneurs.… Read More

Amazon puts Fire TV Cube to work, repurposes streaming device for desktop computing

by Todd Bishop on November 26, 2023November 26, 2023 at 5:27 pm

At a company famous for turning doors into desks, it only made sense for Amazon’s cloud division to find its first desktop productivity device in one of its consumer division’s… Read More

Internal memo: Amazon will cut ‘several hundred’ Alexa jobs as it ends unspecified initiatives

by Todd Bishop on November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 at 10:30 am

Amazon will eliminate several hundred roles in its Alexa division as part of a broader shift in priorities and a focus on developing new forms of artificial intelligence, according to… Read More

Amazon is helping a longtime Seattle art school move into modern space at base of HQ building

by Kurt Schlosser on November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 at 9:32 am

Gage Academy of Art, a longtime school located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, is moving to a modern facility at the base of an Amazon headquarters tower next year —… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Costco vs. Amazon, Microsoft’s latest Copilot, and a Zulily conspiracy theory

Amazon not planning to add delivery fees in Seattle as new minimum wage law impacts Flex drivers

Amazon logistics leader John Felton takes new role as CFO of Amazon Web Services

Amazon Business leader taking leave of absence; Devices exec will step in to fill role

‘Unfinished business’: Ring CEO Liz Hamren leads Amazon’s home monitoring products into the AI era

Amazon’s Twitch, Prime Video, MGM Studios units lay off hundreds

Amazon shuts down last remaining Fresh Pickup location in Seattle, but keeps package service open

Ads coming to Amazon Prime Video movies and TV shows starting Jan. 29

Surviving Amazon: Work, life, and bias inside one of the world’s most ambitious businesses

Amazon brings back ability to use Alexa to thank and tip delivery drivers during holiday rush

Zulily sues Amazon, alleging that price-fixing and supplier coercion sank its attempts to compete

Amazon asks court to toss FTC case, saying its practices are ‘the essence of competition’

Amazon restructures seller fees to match its regional fulfillment strategy amid FTC lawsuit

‘Amazon Q’ and the new era of AI for business: A conversation with AWS VP Matt Wood

Inside Amazon’s new Bellevue office tower, where the company is testing evolving workplace designs

Amazon inks new deal with NASCAR, bolstering sports streaming portfolio

Amazon’s Project Kuiper highlights new connections to AWS and partners in Japan

Sphere of influence? Google’s big Vegas ad buy clouds the landscape at Amazon re:Invent

AWS unveils ‘Amazon Q’ AI assistant, jabs at Microsoft and OpenAI at re:Invent

Amazon starts offering its palm recognition tech for building access and corporate security

EU regulators say Amazon’s iRobot deal could ‘restrict competiton’

Inside the AI chip race: How a pivotal happy hour changed Amazon’s strategy in the cloud

Amazon puts Fire TV Cube to work, repurposes streaming device for desktop computing

Internal memo: Amazon will cut ‘several hundred’ Alexa jobs as it ends unspecified initiatives

Amazon is helping a longtime Seattle art school move into modern space at base of HQ building

Amazon’s Astro robot gets its first job, going to work as a security guard

Amazon will officially merge Comixology with Kindle in December

Amazon lays off more employees from gaming division as part of strategy shift

Amazon ordered to pay $46.7M in jury verdict over Alexa and Echo voice technologies

Amazon hit with another class action lawsuit over refunds on returned products