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Amazon’s latest job cuts impact corporate communications and sustainability employees

Amazon laid off employees in its communications and sustainability organizations on Wednesday in the latest round of cuts at the tech giant. The company did not share how many roles… Read More

Atlas V launch with Amazon Kuiper satellites

Bezos vs. Bezos: Amazon sues WA state over Washington Post request for Kuiper records

The company that Jeff Bezos founded has gone to court to keep the newspaper he owns from finding out too much about the inner workings of its business. Amazon is… Read More

Whole Foods CEO’s role expands to oversee Amazon’s entire worldwide grocery initiatives

Amazon is adding some big items to the Whole Foods CEO’s cart. Jason Buechel will expand his role to oversee Amazon’s Worldwide Grocery Stores business, including Amazon Go convenience stores… Read More

Amazon pauses drone deliveries for software changes; Oregon test crash ‘not the primary reason’

Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of a reported crash of two drones in December at an… Read More

Podcast

The documents that help Amazon think: Inside the tech giant’s process for strategic planning

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: An inside look at Amazon’s classic process for strategic thinking and decision-making, with a former Amazon product and technology director who has written a… Read More

Amazon cuts about 200 jobs in stores division

Amazon is laying off employees in its North America Stores division, impacting roughly 200 employees across the U.S., the company confirmed Thursday. “We’ve adjusted parts of our North America Stores… Read More

Can a bear hug thaw the ‘Seattle Freeze’? Civic group tests theory in the wild around Amazon HQ

Whether or not you subscribe to the notion that the “Seattle Freeze” is definitely a real thing, there was no denying the realness of a giant bear hanging out near… Read More

Microsoft’s former head of Windows and Devices design to lead Amazon Devices & Services design

Ralf Groene, a key figure in the design of Microsoft’s devices for more than 17 years, has emerged from a short-lived retirement with a new role, as the vice president… Read More

Amazon’s new playbook? NFL player reading on sideline helps obscure title shoot to No. 1 seller

Forget spending money on ads during NFL games, Amazon should just hand out books to players as a marketing ploy. After Philadelphia Eagles star A.J. Brown was spotted reading on… Read More

As AI booms, here’s how Microsoft and Amazon are coming up with energy solutions

Artificial intelligence and the data centers that drive the technology are booming with no end in sight. That’s putting mounting pressure on tech giants to come up with climate friendly… Read More

Amazon and Seattle: Mayor Bruce Harrell on tech giant’s full return to office, and relationship with city

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is threading the needle with Amazon. In an interview with GeekWire this week, Harrell explained how he’s navigating a delicate balance faced by many city leaders… Read More

Amazon parents who got used to remote flexibility are frustrated by new 5-day in-office policy

Amazon’s mandate to bring corporate and tech employees back to the office five days per week is being met with frustration from some working parents who valued the flexibility and… Read More

Amazon’s Ring expands into smoke detectors with integration into new Kidde devices

Ring, the Amazon-owned video doorbell and home security company, is branching out into smoke and carbon monoxide detection through a partnership with fire-safety company Kidde. The companies announced a new… Read More

Barnes & Noble sells ‘a better book’ than Amazon: CEO credits bookstore experience at revived chain

Barnes & Noble went from near-bust to back in action and the CEO of the nation’s largest remaining book chain credits a revived, independent-minded experience for helping the company take… Read More

On the ground from Amazon HQ in Seattle: Small businesses ‘excited’ as 5-day policy kicks in

Standing inside her food truck Spice on Curve in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood on Thursday, Nasima Akhter was prepping for the lunchtime rush of Amazon employees. “I’m excited that… Read More

Downtown Seattle leader calls Amazon’s return-to-office mandate ‘influential’ as 5-day policy begins

Will other companies follow Amazon’s lead? That’s a key question for the future of downtown Seattle as the tech giant brings workers back to the office five days a week,… Read More

Amazon and OSHA reach broad settlement over injury rates and warehouse working conditions

Amazon and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced an agreement to settle most of the cases brought by OSHA over allegations of hazardous working conditions in the e-commerce giant’s… Read More

Amazon’s ‘Beast Games’ arrives on Prime Video, as 1,000 contestants compete for $5M

MrBeast is jumping from YouTube to Prime Video today as the new reality TV competition “Beast Games” premieres on Amazon’s streaming network. One thousand contestants will compete over 10 episodes… Read More

Amazon delays return-to-office in some cities due to lack of space

Some Amazon workers won’t be back in the office five days a week when the company’s new RTO mandate goes into effect next month. That’s because some offices across the… Read More

Amazon unveils new packaging for its devices, reducing the use of plastic, ink and bleach

Some boxes delivered by Amazon will have the same look on the inside as they do on the outside as devices from the company are being packaged in new-look materials… Read More

This is (not) bananas: Amazon devices chief gives free Kindles to people stopping by HQ fruit stand

Move over, Oprah. Panos Panay is the new king of daytime giveaways. “You get a Kindle, and you get a Kindle!” Panay should have barked from inside a banana stand… Read More

Senate probe rips Amazon over warehouse worker injuries; company calls it ‘wrong on the facts’

A new congressional report found that Amazon “knowingly puts its workers at risk of injury” in the latest critique of the company’s treatment of warehouse employees. The 160-page report, published… Read More

Amazon will donate $1M to Trump’s inaugural fund as Bezos plans a visit to Mar-a-Lago

Amazon plans to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund and livestream his inauguration next month on Prime Video, per reports from The Wall Street Journal and New… Read More

Bellevue real estate brokers bullish about Amazon’s new return-to-office policy as Microsoft moves out

Real estate brokers are excited about Amazon’s new mandate that goes into effect next month, requiring employees in the office five days per week. The policy is “obviously, a huge… Read More

Former Amazon leader’s supply chain tech startup Auger names 11 execs after $100M Series A round

Dave Clark isn’t fooling around. Auger, the supply chain technology startup founded by the former Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO, named its initial 11-person executive team this week, two months after… Read More

Amazon Autos is up and running as e-commerce giant aims to simplify car-buying experience

Amazon is entering the automotive market with the public beta launch Tuesday of Amazon Autos, a service that allows customers in 48 U.S. cities to shop for, finance, and pick… Read More

Amazon chipping in $10M in tips for customers who thank their delivery drivers during the holidays

The season of giving should also be a season of thanking — especially for the delivery drivers making sure packages get to their destinations on time. Amazon is once again encouraging… Read More

Amazon expands Bedrock with new AI model marketplace, a day after unveiling its own ‘Nova’

LAS VEGAS — Unveiling Amazon’s homegrown Nova artificial intelligence models yesterday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made a point of saying the company was still committed to offering a broad choice… Read More

How Amazon’s new AI-powered Kindle Scribe summarized my handwritten review of the device

Amazon is releasing its second-generation Kindle Scribe this morning, and I’ve been putting a review unit to the test for the past few days, comparing it to the original Scribe… Read More

‘An easy button to get off Windows’: Amazon’s new AI moves Microsoft apps to Linux

LAS VEGAS — Amazon has a new use for AI: dumping Microsoft Windows. At the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference Tuesday morning, the company announced a series of new features… Read More