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Push to Get Workers Back in the Office Is Meeting Resistance

Mandates rise at places like Microsoft, Paramount, but office attendance remains stubbornly low

(Newser) - Many large companies are tightening their return-to-the-office policies, but workers aren't exactly flooding back to their desks. Names like Microsoft, Paramount, and NBCUniversal are ramping up in-person requirements, with some, such as Paramount, telling employees to return full time or consider a buyout. The New York Times and...

Amazon Settles With FTC for $2.5B Over Prime Duping

It's the largest fine in the agency's history

(Newser) - Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so. The Seattle company will pay $1 billion in civil penalties—...

Gunman Dead After Opening Fire on Amazon Facility

Police say Georgia man killed himself after a brief standoff

(Newser) - A suspected gunman fired shots into an Amazon facility in the west Georgia city of Columbus and died after a brief standoff with police, according to authorities. The shooting happened before dawn Monday at the Amazon warehouse on the city's east side, the AP reports. The suspect fired multiple...

White House Answers $100K H-1B Visa Confusion

Companies warn H-1B holders against travel

(Newser) - A surprise $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications has tech giants and foreign governments scrambling to protect their workforces and respond to an unprecedented shakeup in the US skilled immigration system. The decision prompted immediate reactions from major technology and finance companies, which rely heavily on the...

Indigenous Warning on Amazon Now Has Science to Back It Up

Study shows allowing native people to tend to parts of rainforest cuts down on diseases there

(Newser) - There's an idea that Indigenous people have lived by for thousands of years: Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick. Now, a new study in the journal Communications Earth & Environment adds to the scientific evidence...

In Sin City, There's a New Kind of Taxi

Free rides offered at select Strip destinations as robotaxi service debuts from Amazon's Zoox

(Newser) - Amazon's Zoox has officially rolled out its driverless robotaxi service to the public on the Las Vegas Strip, marking a first for purpose-built autonomous vehicles in regular operation for the public. The company's boxy, sensor-laden rides—lacking pedals, steering wheels, or even a driver, and with a...

Amazon Prime Members Are Losing a Popular Perk

Only household members will qualify for shared Prime shipping benefits

(Newser) - Amazon is ending a popular perk that let Prime members share free shipping with people outside their household—soon, only those under the same roof will qualify. The company has started alerting users that the Prime Invitee Program, which allowed members to extend Prime shipping benefits to others, will...

Deep in the Amazon, an 'Alarming' Development
Deep in the Amazon, an
'Alarming' Development
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Aug 31, 2025 5:30 PM CDT

Deep in the Amazon, an 'Alarming' Development

Isolated Mashco Piro tribe members emerge in neighboring village, may soon clash with loggers

(Newser) - What the AP terms an "alarming" development has emerged regarding Peru's uncontacted Mashco Piro tribe, an Indigenous group hunkered down in the Amazon rainforest and that generally avoids contact with the rest of the world. Members of the tribe have popped up in a neighboring village to their...

Amazon Sued Over 'Bait and Switch' on Movie Buys

Class-action complaint says digital purchases of films, TV shows are really just revocable licenses

(Newser) - A new class-action lawsuit is challenging the way Amazon sells movies and TV shows online, arguing that consumers aren't actually "buying" titles as advertised, but instead getting a license that can be revoked at any time. The suit, filed last week in federal court in Washington, accuses...

She Invested in Her Son's Startup, Called Amazon
30 Years Ago, Jackie Bezos
Made a Wise Investment
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Aug 15, 2025 6:59 AM CDT

30 Years Ago, Jackie Bezos Made a Wise Investment

Mother of Jeff Bezos, who put early money into Amazon, dies at 78

(Newser) - Jackie Bezos, the mother of Jeff Bezos who helped launch Amazon with a family investment, has died at age 78 in Miami, reports People . She had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, a progressive neurological disorder, in 2020, according to a statement from the Bezos Family Foundation .
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Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery, Pressuring Rivals

Same-day service for perishables available in 1K cities, with plans to add more

(Newser) - Amazon is now rolling out a service where its Prime members can order their blueberries and milk at the same time as basic items like batteries and T-shirts and get them within hours. The online juggernaut said Wednesday that customers in more than 1,000 cities and towns now have...

Prime Day Easily Beats Out Black Friday

Shoppers spend $24.1B

(Newser) - Move over, Black Friday—Amazon's Prime Day has pulled decisively ahead as the company's biggest online sales event, reports Quartz . Over four days in July, US shoppers spent $24.1 billion online—a 30% year-over-year leap and more than double Black Friday's take for 2024, according...

Inside the Exclusive Club for Amazon's Million-Dollar Sellers

Members of this elite group share tactics, trends, and support

(Newser) - A look inside Amazon's exclusive Million Dollar Sellers community reveals the real secret to thriving in e-commerce might just be the power of connection. Joining MDS means joining a club of around 700 Amazon and e-commerce entrepreneurs, each pulling in over $1 million in annual revenue ( CO...

Well, Prime Day(X4) Has Arrived
Well, Prime Day(X4) Has Arrived
Jul 8, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

Well, Prime Day(X4) Has Arrived

Amazon extends Prime Day to 4 days as retailers weigh tariff-related price increases

(Newser) - Well, it's Prime Day, or Prime Day multiplied by four, as it happens this year . As the AP reports, Amazon is extending its annual Prime Day and offering new membership perks to Gen Z shoppers amid tariff-related worries and possibly some consumer boredom with an event in its 11th...

Amazon Deploys Its Millionth Robot
Amazon Deploys
Its Millionth Robot
Jul 1, 2025 3:25 AM CDT

Amazon Deploys Its Millionth Robot

Company is on track for robot workers to outnumber humans

(Newser) - Amazon is on track to have more robots than humans working in its warehouses, with over a million robots now deployed—nearly matching its human workforce. Robots now assist with or handle tasks like picking, packaging, and sorting in about 75% of Amazon's global deliveries, according to the...

Amazon CEO to Staff: AI Will Take Some of Your Jobs

Those who embrace the change can 'help us reinvent the company,' says Andy Jassy

(Newser) - Amazon, the second-largest private employer in the US, has warned employees could lose their jobs as the company embraces artificial intelligence. Over the next few years, the company expects to "reduce our total corporate workforce as we get efficiency gains from using AI extensively across the company," President...

As Retail Spending Drops, Amazon Doubles Prime Day

4-day sale comes as retail spending shows sharp decline

(Newser) - Amazon is doubling the length of its Prime Day event this year, stretching the sale from the usual 48 hours to a record 96, in the hopes that the extra time will entice deal-seeking shoppers as Americans tighten their wallets, Quartz reports. The move comes as new Commerce Department...

Report: Amazon Is Training Humanoid Delivery Robots

Source says company is building 'obstacle course' for testing

(Newser) - Optimus Prime delivery? Amazon is reportedly planning to use humanoid robots to carry out deliveries in its fleet of Rivian electric vans. Citing a source involved in the project, the Information , via the Guardian and the Verge , reports that the company is building a "humanoid park" obstacle course in...

Mobsters Stole $83M in Amazon Cargo: DOJ

Armenian Organized Crime group allegedly had associates sign up as Amazon truck drivers

(Newser) - Amazon might want to be a bit more careful about screening its drivers. US authorities have arrested 13 individuals believed to be members or affiliates of Armenian organized-crime syndicates, accused of attempted murder, kidnapping, fraud, and stealing more than $83 million in goods from the retail giant. The individuals were...

Disturbing Trend Seen in Record Rainforest Loss

Fires, not agriculture, are now the primary cause of tropical forest destruction

(Newser) - Tropical forests vanished at a record pace in 2024, losing 26,000 square miles—an area about the size of Ireland—according to new satellite data. Fires, rather than land clearance for agriculture, drove most of the loss for the first time, with the Amazon region facing unusually severe...

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