Amazon Prime Day is a major cause of injuries for warehouse workers, Senate review says
A report released by Senator Bernie Sanders says Amazon’s popular Prime Day sales event has been “a major cause of injuries” for warehouse workers who pick and pack customer orders at the company's facilities across the U.S. The report released to coincide with the start of Prime Day on Tuesday says nearly 45 out of 100 workers were injured during the two-day sales event in 2019.
Parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue to buy rival Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion,
The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue has signed a deal to buy upscale rival Neiman Marcus Group, which owns Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman stores, for $2.65 billion, with online behemoth Amazon holding a minority stake.
So long plastic air pillows: Amazon shifting to recycled paper filling for packages in North America
Amazon is moving from putting plastic air pillows in its packages in North America to using recycled paper filling instead, a move that’s more environmentally friendly and is said to secure items in boxes just the same, if not better.
FTC sends $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of video privacy settlement
The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access.
FTC opens investigation into Big Tech's partnerships with leading AI startups
U.S. antitrust enforcers are opening an investigation into the relationships between leading artificial intelligence startups such as ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Anthropic and the tech giants that have invested billions of dollars into them.
Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds
Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of the severe drought in the Amazon last year that sent rivers to record lows, isolated hundreds of river communities and killed dozens of endangered dolphins.
Amazon's Twitch cuts more than 500 jobs attempting to turn expensive platform profitable
Twitch, the video game streaming platform acquired by Amazon a decade ago for close to $1 billion, is laying off more than 500 employees as the company tries to turn the tremendously expensive division profitable.
Houston police working to contact woman accused of assaulting Amazon delivery partner trying to deliver package
The Houston Police Department continues to work to get in contact with a woman an Amazon delivery partner said assaulted her and held her against her will while she was delivering a package at an apartment complex in River Oaks.
As rainforests worldwide disappear, burn and degrade, a summit to protect them opens in Brazzaville
Leaders from Brazil, Indonesia, Republic of Congo and other countries with the three largest tropical forest basins are meeting to form a coalition to protect tropical forests from deforestation and destruction.
In the Amazon, communities next to the world's most voluminous river are queuing for water
As the Amazon drought rages on, public authorities in Brazil are scrambling to deliver food and water to thousands of isolated communities throughout a vast and roadless territory, where boats are the only means of transportation.
Author Michael Connelly proud that ‘Bosch’ has become longest running streaming character
Michael Connelly has sold more than 85 million books under nearly 40 titles, but there’s another distinction that makes him equally proud: His most famous protagonist, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, has become the longest running character on streaming television.
The Amazon antitrust lawsuit is likely to be a long and arduous journey for the FTC
The Federal Trade Commission’s long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon is the most aggressive move it has taken yet to tame the market power of a company that’s become synonymous with online shopping and fast deliveries.
Amazon hiring more than 5,100 employees in the Houston area for the holidays
Amazon announced Tuesday that it is hiring 250,000 employees throughout the United States in full-time, seasonal, and part-time roles and more than 28,000 of those will be in Texas. That number includes more than 5,100 employees who will be hired in Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, and Montgomery counties.