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  • Satya NadellaTech

    Microsoft and Amazon just began cutting 28,000 jobs combined on the same day

    By Dina Bass, Matt Day, and others
  • The Amazon logo on a phone.Tech

    Amazon is betting on the future of social e-commerce by launching a product that looks a lot like TikTok

    By Matt Day, Spencer Soper, and others
  • An employee seals a box at an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Amazon.com Inc. became the third US tech giant to be subject to Germany’s tough new antitrust rules targeting the dominance of a handful of powerful digital firms, and will also face a separate probe in the UK. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRetail

    Amazon closes or abandons plans for dozens of warehouses as it goes from expansion mode to belt-tightening

    By Matt Day, Spencer Soper, and others
  • Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.ComRetail

    Amazon shares jump 10% on strong sales that ease fears of slowdown

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – 2022/06/25: A protester waves the LGBT flag during the demonstration. Equal Love Brisbane organized a rally in Brisbane’s King George Square for LGBT rights and called for an end to discrimination before marching through the central business district. Speakers identified questions surrounding the recent Fédération Internationale De Natation (FINA) decision to ban transgender athletes from competing on a professional international level and the much-discussed Australian Religious Discrimination Bill which if brought forward would give religious organizations the authority to fire or discriminate against employees or students depending on their sexuality /or gender. (Photo by Joshua Prieto/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Retail

    Amazon staff demand ban of books calling transgender people mentally ill: ‘If we bill ourselves as the world’s biggest bookstore, that comes with a lot of responsibility’

    By Spencer Soper, Ella Ceron, and others
  • FILE PHOTO: Dave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president of worldwide operations, speaks during a press conference in Seattle, Washington, U.S., June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File PhotoLeadership

    Amazon’s former No. 2 Dave Clark just joined a Bay Area logistics startup as co-CEO

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 05: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers remarks during an event announcing commitments from more than 50 companies that have pledged to hire and train veterans and military spouses in the State Dining Room at the White House May 5, 2016 in Washington, DC. On the fifth anniversary of first lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden’s military hiring initiative Joining Forces, Bezos announced a commitment by his company to hire 25,000 more military veterans in the next five years.Politics

    Joe Biden says firms like Amazon are behind high inflation. Jeff Bezos disagrees

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • The new Amazon delivery drone is displayed on a screen during the Amazon Re:MARS conference on robotics and artificial intelligence in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 5, 2019. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)Retail

    ‘Overpromised and underdelivered’: Why Amazon still hasn’t gotten its drone delivery program off the ground

    By Spencer Soper, Matt Day, and others
  • Lashana Lynch, Daniel Craig and Lea Seydoux attend the World Premiere of "No Time To Die"Arts & Entertainment

    James Bond and Rocky franchises move a step closer to Jeff Bezos as EU green-lights $8.45 billion MGM deal

    By Kelly Gilblom, Spencer Soper, and others
  • A sign advertises the Amazon Prime service as a customer shops at the Amazon Books store in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. Amazon.com Inc.’s store lets shoppers pick up books and try the online retailer’s gadgets, including the Fire TV streaming device, Fire tablet and Kindle electronic reader. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRetail

    Amazon, the killer of bookstores, now is closing all its retail book locations

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • The Amazon Lab126, a research and development company owned by Amazon.com, headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Silicon Valley has the lowest office vacancy rate in the U.S., even as technology companies embrace remote work. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Amazon more than doubles its maximum base salary to $350,000 as it struggles to hire and retain talent

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • Amazon Web Services logo displayed on a phone screen and a laptop keyboard are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 1, 2021.Tech

    Amazon says software problem was at root of huge Internet outage this week

    By Spencer Soper, Jack Gillum, and others
  • Amazon Web Services logo displayed on a phone screen and a laptop keyboard are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on December 1, 2021.Tech

    Amazon packages pile up as AWS outage spawns delivery havoc

    By Spencer Soper and Bloomberg
  • Blue Origin LaunchTech

    Jeff Bezos reaches space in Blue Origin’s first space flight with a crew

    By Spencer Soper, Justin Bachman, and others
  • NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 05: Actor Daniel Craig attends AOL BUILD Series Presents: “Spectre” at AOL Studios In New York on November 5, 2015 in New York City.Tech

    Amazon is in talks to buy MGM, the movie studio behind the James Bond franchise

    By Kelly Gilblom, Spencer Soper, and others