October 14, 2018 6 Alexa skills you’ll use every day Alexa is no longer “new.” The smart-tech revolution is now in full swing, and Amazon Echo is at the heart of it. According to Edison Research, nearly 40 million people own voice-activated speakers, which is about one in six U.S. adults.
October 11, 2018 Google Chromecast is losing the TV battle to Roku, Amazon Google is doing great on handheld screens.
October 10, 2018 After backlash, Amazon to boost pay for longtime workers NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, facing a backlash from longtime warehouse workers who say its $15 hourly minimum wage wouldn't benefit them, will now get a bigger raise.
October 10, 2018 Amazon drops secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women Bias in machine learning may be problematic even for tech giants like Amazon who are at the forefront of this field. A new report from Reuters shows the e-commerce company had to get rid of an internal project used to vet job applications after the recruiting tool displayed an inherent bias against women.
October 8, 2018 Amazon sent 'charity' donations to group led by 'hardcore Islamist,' report says Amazon has allowed its U.K. users to donate money to a group whose key figure has espoused hardline Islamist beliefs described as "misogynistic, racist and homophobic" and called for a global Islamic caliphate, the Times of London reported Monday.
October 7, 2018 DHS backs Apple, Amazon denial of China 'spy' chips report The Department of Homeland Security said this weekend it had "no reason to doubt" denials from Apple and Amazon of a report that Chinese spies placed surveillance chips in their server hardware.
October 3, 2018 Amazon announces $50 4K-capable Fire TV Stick Amazon just unveiled its first sub-$50 media streamer capable of streaming 4K content.
October 2, 2018 Ignore Amazon's self-serving calls to raise the federal minimum wage Rather than allowing its small business competitors to follow in its footsteps and raise base wages when feasible, Amazon is deploying its public policy team to try to raise the labor costs of other businesses by force of law.
September 24, 2018 Tech giants use AI to fight famine in coordination with international groups Google, Amazon and Microsoft are linking arms with international organizations to use artificial intelligence to identify and prevent famines.
September 21, 2018 Amazon's new gadgets are just another data-collection scheme To use the title of Brad Stone's seminal book about the nation's largest online retailer, Amazon is so much "The Everything Store" that it can be a little hard to remember when it was just a bookstore.
