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Amazon Automation May Mean 600K Fewer Jobs

New York Times reports the company thinks it can avoid that number of hires by 2033

(Newser) - Amazon is leaning hard into automating its operations, so much so that the New York Times reports an eye-popping number: The stepped-up automation means the company will be able to avoid hiring 600,000 actual humans by 2033. Even by 2027, the figure is 160,000. Amazon currently employs about...

Huge Outage Affects Major Websites, Apps

Amazon Web Services traces issue to Virginia

(Newser) - A major Amazon Web Services outage disrupted thousands of websites, retailers, and online platforms early Monday, including Amazon.com, Prime Video, and major gaming and social media sites. AWS, the world's largest cloud computing platform, first flagged an "operational issue" affecting 14 different services in its US-EAST-1 region...

MacKenzie Scott Cuts Almost Half Her Amazon Stake

She's given away $20B but is still richer than she was after 2019 divorce from Jeff Bezos

(Newser) - MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, has cut her Amazon stake by 42% over the past year, according to newly filed regulatory paperwork. The reduction amounts to 58 million shares, worth some $12.6 billion, leaving her with 81.1 million shares in the company. As...

Amazon Is Looking to Hire 250K Workers for Holidays

Wages start at $19 as other retailers pull back

(Newser) - Amazon is once again beefing up its holiday workforce. The company announced plans on Monday to hire 250,000 workers for the upcoming rush, reports CBS News . This is the third consecutive year Amazon has added at least a quarter-million part-time and full-time employees to handle the surge in online...

Amazon's 'Flying Rivers' Are Faltering. Drought Will Follow

Analysis cautions that deforestation will upend crucial water flow from Atlantic, cause big issues

(Newser) - Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon, and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep the lights on as rivers dry up. Scientists say the cause may lie high above the rainforest, where invisible "flying rivers" carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean across South...

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...

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