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Amazon Ring Is the Latest Target of Notorious Ransomware Gang
Ring has said there is no evidence of a breach, but one of its third-party vendors has been hit with ransomware.
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The Most Successful Startup Founders Are This Age, Study Finds (And No, It’s Not Early 20s)
Despite the success of entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, who were both in their early 20s when they started now wildly successful companies, research finds that those stories are the exception, not the norm.
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s Pep Talk to Employees Revealed in Leaked Audio: ‘We Will Be Misunderstood and We Will Be Underrated’
In leaked audio, the CEO of Amazon attempted to redirect focus and priorities in a message to employees after laying off thousands.
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Amazon Takes 50% Cut From Each Seller Sale On Average, New Study Says
As demand has slowed in the e-commerce marketplace, sellers are getting squeezed.
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Tech Giants Amazon, Apple, and Google Are Pledging to Help with Disaster Relief in Turkey After Earthquake
Plus, the CEO of yogurt company Chobani said he was donating $1 million to Turkish Philanthropy Funds.
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Jeff Bezos’ Girlfriend, Lauren Sánchez, Is Going to Space With Blue Origin
Sánchez, a former journalist who collaborates with him on philanthropy, is bringing a girl gang to space.
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Amazon Launches $5 A Month Prescription Delivery For 60 Generic Drugs For Prime Members
The program includes medications like Escitalopram, generic Lexapro, and Amoxicillin, an antibiotic.
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‘Amazon Got Greedy’: Nonprofits, Experts Slam Amazon For Discontinuing Charity Program AmazonSmile
Amazon announced late Wednesday it was discontinuing AmazonSmile, which allowed consumers to shop while automatically donating to a charity of their choice.
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‘Important Information About Your Role’: Amazon Delivers News of Layoffs via Email
Some impacted employees lost access to work computers shortly after receiving the news.
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Microsoft Is Planning to Lay Off 10,000 Workers, According to Several Reports
The layoffs could affect as much as 5% of the workforce.
Building a Business
This Founder Launched an Ecommerce Company After a Frustrating College Experience. Now, Its Shipping Times Rival Amazon Prime’s — and It’s Dominating This Key Area Jeff Bezos Never Did.
When Alex Zhou moved from China to the U.S. to attend Kansas State University in 2007, he couldn't find his favorite foods from home — and it inspired him to start online Asian marketplace Yami.
By Amanda Breen
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Amazon Just Updated A Service That Will Make Shopping Even Easier for Prime Lovers
The Buy With Prime program rolled out last April as an invitation-only feature.
By Emily Rella
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‘No One Should Have Been Told To Work Alongside A Dead Body’: Amazon Workers Slam Company After Employee Death
In Colorado Springs, Rick Jacobs died on the job just before a change of shift. But warehouse operations reportedly kept going as usual — and workers say they were not informed adequately what was going on.
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Amazon to Layoff 18,000 Employees, Largest Cut in Company History: ‘We’ll Be Inventive, Resourceful, and Scrappy’
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy penned a memo to employees after the news leaked of the impending cuts at the company.
By Emily Rella
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What Is Temu, the Amazon Rival Rapidly Gaining Popularity?
The Chinese bargain shopping app has been downloaded more than 10 million times in the U.S. in less than four months.
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Two Charged in Ring Camera Hacking Spree Used to ‘Swat’ Police
The Department of Justice said Monday that two men participated in a nationwide scheme to hack Ring security cameras, draw local police and harass them.
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Amazon Will Open 19 Renewable Gas Stations
The latest fueling station in Illinois will provide 1.4 million gallons of sustainable fuel produced from organic waste.
Building a Business
How Small Businesses Are Teaming Up to Boost Local Economies
How small businesses find and buy products to support other small and local businesses.
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Amazon Customers Give Out $5 Million in Tips to Drivers in One Day
Amazon announced last week it would pay for customers to give out a million $5 tips after asking Alexa or other Amazon products to 'thank my driver.' It ran out within one day of the program's launch.
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Amazon Is Introducing a TikTok-Like Shopping Feed
The e-commerce giant plans to use the addictive power of short-form videos to boost shopping experiences.
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‘Alexa, Thank My Driver’: Amazon Is Giving $5 Million In Tips To Amazon Drivers
Amazon is making it easy for customers to tip their drivers with any Amazon Alexa device or the Amazon mobile shopping app for a limited time.
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‘Your Data Is Worth Way More Than This’: Amazon Will Pay You $2 A Month To Track Your Ad Data
You can earn an additional $10 a month if you upload 10 receipts from purchases not made on the site. One privacy hawk was not impressed by the offer price.
Online Presence
Elon Musk Says Apple Is Twitter’s Biggest Advertiser
After a series of brands stopped advertising on the platform post-Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, some of its biggest customers, like Amazon and Apple, are reportedly back to ads — or never left.
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Amazon CEO: Retailer Won’t Remove Anti-semitic Film Linked By Kyrie Irving
Andy Jassy said his company will "allow customers to make the decision whether they want to watch it or not."
By Steve Huff
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‘Audacious’ Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Explains Layoffs While Unionized Workers Protest Outside
Amazon began laying off corporate employees in November and is reportedly planning to slash 10,000 roles.
By Amanda Breen
Thought Leaders
I Tried to Cut a Deal With Jeff Bezos to Help My Hometown. Here’s What Happened (and the Lessons I Learned).
Here are a few valuable lessons I learned after presenting a proposal to Amazon's Jeff Bezos.
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Amazon Reveals New Drone Meant For Faster City Deliveries
The MK30 drone will be more versatile and have a longer range than the drone service launching later this year.
By Steve Huff