Amazon makes adjustment to app icon after comparisons to Hitler mustache
Amazon updated its app icon, now featuring neutral blue tape partially peeled back without a jagged edge, after some made comparisons to Adolf Hitler's mustache.
New York sues Amazon over pandemic safety protocols
New York's attorney general claims Amazon failed to provide workers with a safe environment at warehouses in Staten Island and Queens as COVID-19 infections surged nationwide.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO, transition to executive chair role
Amazon announced Tuesday its founder Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO and will transition to an executive chair role.
FTC says Amazon took $62 million in tips away from drivers
Amazon is paying nearly $62 million to settle charges that it took tips from its delivery drivers.
Judge rules Amazon won't have to restore Parler web service
Amazon won't be forced to immediately restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday against a plea to reinstate the fast-growing social media app, which is favored by followers of former President Donald Trump.
6,000 Amazon workers in Alabama to vote on forming first US union in tech giant’s history
Thousands of Amazon workers at an Alabama facility will vote in February on whether to unionize, potentially becoming the first U.S.-based union in the company’s history.
Amazon seeks to keep right-wing app Parler offline
Seattle-based Amazon.com, Inc. has asked a federal judge to deny a request to reinstate the cloud-service account for conservative social media network Parler.
Amazon, Walmart, Target allowing some customers to keep refunded return items
Some retail heavyweights, including Amazon, Walmart and Target, are allowing customers to not only process refunds seamlessly online, but are also allowing customers to just keep the returned items.
Elon Musk becomes richest person in the world, surpassing Jeff Bezos
Move over, Jeff Bezos. There's officially a new richest person on the planet: Elon Musk.
FDA-approved coronavirus test hits Amazon marketplace. Here's how much it costs
An FDA-approved COVID-19 test has hit Amazon's marketplace as cases of the virus continue to inundate the country.
MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, says she’s given $4.1 billion to charity
MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist, author and ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, says she has given away $4.1 billion in the past four months to hundreds of organizations.
Senator proposes free streaming to curb COVID-19 spread during holiday season
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, says free streaming services would be an incentive to stay home for the holidays.
Amazon, YETI team up with joint lawsuit against alleged counterfeiters
Amazon and YETI are teaming up against alleged counterfeiters with a joint lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Tony Hsieh died from smoke inhalation, official says
Retired Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh died from complications of smoke inhalation sustained during a house fire earlier this month in Connecticut.
How Black Friday and holiday shopping have changed for 2020
In normal times, Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year, drawing millions of shoppers eager to get started on their holiday spending. But these are not normal times.
Amazon to give $500M in special holiday bonuses to front-line employees
Operations chief: "I've never been more grateful for — or proud of — our teams."
Amazon opens online pharmacy with prescription delivery, shaking up another industry
The move propels Amazon into a new business and could shake up the pharmacy industry. Big chains like CVS and Walgreens rely on their pharmacies to bring them a steady flow of shoppers.
Tampa woman made 42,000 fraudulent Amazon returns in past 5 years, detectives say
Over the course of five years, detectives said the Tampa woman received over $100,000 in reimbursements for 42,000 fraudulent returns to Amazon through 31 different accounts.
Amazon Prime Day 2020: What to know about the online sales event
Because Amazon Prime Day was delayed this year, it could affect Black Friday sales.
‘Kissing the Coronavirus’: COVID-19 romance novel appears on Amazon
Written by an author under the pen name M.J. Edwards, the story follows a doctor who “fell in love” with the very virus she was hired to cure.