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- Why the New York Times’s Amazon story is so controversial http://www.vox.com/2015/8/17/9166023/new-york-times-amazon 3 comments
- TikTok Shop is taking on Amazon – one viral video at a time https://text.npr.org/1228226459 11 comments
- Small retailers who sold through Amazon are facing a tax time bomb https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-amazon-marketplace-taxes-20190501-story.html 62 comments
- Amazon allows to communicate with Alexa without "Hey Alexa" every time https://www.techcovenant.com/2018/03/amazon-allows-to-communicate-with-alexa.html 5 comments business
- Amazon Route 53 Slow Propagation Times https://status.aws.amazon.com 5 comments sysadmin
- Sanders pressures Biden on Amazon unions: ‘The time for talk is over’ https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/bernie-pressures-biden-on-amazon-unions-the-time-for-talk-is-over-00027872 34 comments politics
- Amazon reveals their ten bestselling products of all time http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/amazon/10379161/amazon-reveals-bestselling-products-of-all-time.html 9 comments technology
- Amazon's plastic packaging waste could encircle the globe 500 times https://www.zmescience.com/science/amazons-plastic-packaging-waste-could-encircle-the-globe-500-times/ 275 comments technology
- Brazil says Amazon COVID-19 variant three times more contagious https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/12/brazil-says-amazon-covid-variant-three-times-more-contagious 47 comments worldnews
- Amazon’s Surveillance Drones Violate FCC Rules. It's Time To Enforce Them https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3vvga/amazons-surveillance-drones-violate-fcc-rules-its-time-to-enforce-them 40 comments technology
- Lucky Microseconds: A Timing Attack on Amazon's s2n Implementation of TLS http://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1129 5 comments crypto
- Samsung Galaxy S III drops to $99 on Amazon for a 'very limited time only' http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/11/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-drops-to-99-on-amazon-for-a-very-limited/ 88 comments technology
- Jeff Bezos says Amazon needs to do better for employees - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/jeff-bezos-says-amazon-needs-to-do-better-for-employees/articleshow/82088158.cms 5 comments technology
- What Satellite Imagery Tells Us About the Amazon Rain Forest Fires - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/24/world/americas/amazon-rain-forest-fire-maps.html 3 comments worldnews
- Amazon is replacing order packers with machines that are five times more efficient https://www.techspot.com/news/80056-amazon-replacing-order-packers-machines-five-times-more.html 6 comments technology
- Amazon Timestream - Fast, scalable, fully managed time series database https://aws.amazon.com/timestream/ 37 comments aws
- Inside Amazon's $250M 'Lord of the Rings' Deal: "It's Very Much a Creature of the Times" https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/how-lord-rings-tv-series-landed-at-amazon-not-netflix-1099213 4 comments business
- Glitch in Amazon software might force small time retailers into bankcruptcy http://www.techworm.org/2014/12/glitch-amazon-software-might-force-small-time-retailers-bankcruptcy.html 19 comments business
- The best Amazon customer photos I've seen in a loooong time. [PICS] http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/b000nzw3iy/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all 20 comments reddit.com
- [Schefter] The Cowboys’ 20-15 victory over the Giants averaged 16.22 million viewers, an all-time high for TNF on Prime, and what Amazon said was the most-streamed NFL regular-season game in history. https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1839776708708209094 433 comments nfl
- Amazon exec says it’s time for workers to ‘disagree and commit’ to office return — “I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better.” https://fortune.com/2023/08/03/amazon-svp-mike-hopkins-office-return/ 4520 comments technology
- Amazon's plastic packaging waste could encircle the globe 500 times: Most of the packaging isn't recycled and ends up in the ocean https://www.zmescience.com/science/amazons-plastic-packaging-waste-could-encircle-the-globe-500-times/ 66 comments environment
- Amazon changed traffic light timing during union drive, county officials say: Organizers say the change made union efforts harder https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/2/17/22287191/amazon-alabama-warehouse-union-traffic-light-change-bessemer 28 comments technology
- Financial Times: 'Giving cold shoulder to Amazon's Bezos could backfire for India' https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/financial-times-giving-cold-shoulder-to-amazons-bezos-could-backfire-for-india/articleshow/73526150.cms?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=iosapp 5 comments india
- Driver training was reportedly too much of “a bottleneck” for Amazon - Time you use to train thousands of drivers is time they aren't making deliveries. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/driver-training-was-reportedly-too-much-of-a-bottleneck-for-amazon/ 11 comments technology
- Amazon-owned Whole Foods’ decision to drop health benefits for hundreds of part-time workers reveals how promises to workers like CEO Jeff Bezos’ recent pledge are worthless https://www.businessinsider.com/whole-foods-healthcare-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-promises-business-roundtable-2019-9?utm_content=buffer4f58d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-food&fbclid=iwar29fl-hkd95osjs5unaypr1da1fizazc3n0ce1ls8jbgjxsa4gsmg-pn0a?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar&utm_term=desktop&referrer=twitter 117 comments politics
- Amazon pays even less tax while struggling High Street firms up to 20 times more https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/amazon-now-pay-even-less-13023482 41 comments worldnews
- Creepy or Cool? Amazon is reportedly developing a doorbell that could give delivery drivers one-time access to your home https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/10/16454034/amazon-pharme-doorbell-delivery 9 comments technology
- How could I convert an Amazon dash button to transfer money to a savings account every time I press it? https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/6wnn3y/how_could_i_convert_an_amazon_dash_button_to/ 13 comments techsupport
- Amazon experiments with tech teams consisting entirely of part-time employees, with full benefits http://www.geekwire.com/2016/amazon-is-creating-part-time-tech-teams-with-full-benefits/ 17 comments programming
- Did I lose out on this $50 Amazon signup bonus by applying at the wrong place? (First time applying, Discover It) https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/4mjxcb/did_i_lose_out_on_this_50_amazon_signup_bonus_by/ 15 comments personalfinance
- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' space transportation company, Blue Origin, successfully launched and landed a suborbital rocket for a second time, a key step in its quest to develop reusable boosters, the company says. http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/bezos-company-reflies-lands-rocket/news-story/e6153532eee1a8e581229a468515a211 36 comments worldnews
- Technology should emancipate workers, not oppress them "Thanks to a recent New York Times exposé of work conditions at Amazon, the world now knows that the e-commerce giant’s ability to quickly and easily deliver an expansive list of items comes with a side of white-collar worker misery" http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/8/technology-should-emancipate-workers-not-oppress-them.html 14 comments technology
- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos responds to brutal New York Times story: "The article claims that our intentional approach is to create a soulless, dystopian workplace where no fun is had and no laughter heard. Again, I don’t recognize this Amazon and I very much hope you don’t, either." http://www.geekwire.com/2015/full-memo-jeff-bezos-responds-to-cutting-nyt-expose-says-tolerance-for-lack-of-empathy-needs-to-be-zero/ 3462 comments technology
- Recruiting manager in Seattle: "we have implemented a mandate to not even look at anyone with more than two years of time working at Amazon." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace.html#permid=15798320 56 comments cscareerquestions
- A scathing new article by the New York Times, Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&wt.nav=top-news&_r=0 4 comments technology
- TIFU: Wasted time creating a CFT that deploys an NFS server right before Amazon EFS was released. http://www.terriblecollection.com/deploy-an-amazon-linux-nfs-server-from-cloudformation-template/ 7 comments aws
- James Patterson, the most successful author of all time (not my favorite, but you gotta respect his influence) calls Amazon itself "a national tragedy," says he believes "the future of our literature is in danger" http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2014/05/29/james-patterson-amazon-hachette-bookexpo-america/9724969/ 5 comments technology
- "I am working at the new Amazon fulfillment center in Haslet, Texas as a seasonal, part-time picker. It is winter. We aren’t workers here: we are associates." http://blackheartmagazine.com/2013/12/16/fulfillment-by-miracle-jones/ 11 comments technology
- Google's BigTable Costs 10 Times Less than Amazon's SimpleDB - Biggest Under Reported Story | High Scalability http://highscalability.com/biggest-under-reported-story-googles-bigtable-costs-10-times-less-amazons-simpledb 35 comments technology