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‘Amazon Now’ to Deliver Essentials, Groceries in 30 Minutes in Seattle, Philadelphia

Dec 2 2025 // Amazon.com said on Monday it is testing ultra-fast delivery of household essentials and fresh groceries in parts of Seattle and Philadelphia, as the company doubles down on efforts to grow its domestic footprint.The...

Amazon Wins Injunction Against New York Law on Labor Relations

Dec 1 2025 // A federal judge last Wednesday granted Amazon.com a preliminary injunction to block the New York State Public Employment Relations Board from enforcing a new state law that the online retailer considers an attempt to...

Amazon Delivery Company Sued in Michigan for Disability Discrimination

Nov 25 2025 // ALM Freight, LLC, an Amazon Delivery Service Partner company, and LMDmax Corp., violated federal law at ALM’s Pontiac, Michigan facility by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation for a deaf job applicant after...

Amazon, Google Named by EU Among ‘Critical’ Tech Providers for Finance Industry

Nov 19 2025 // European Union regulators on Tuesday designated 19 technology companies, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft, as critical third-party computing providers for the bloc’s finance industry.Under...

Amazon’s Zoox Launches Robotaxi Rides in San Francisco

Nov 19 2025 // Amazon’s self-driving unit Zoox opened its waitlist on Tuesday for users in San Francisco, offering free rides, just days after Alphabet’s Waymo said it will provide robotaxi rides in the same market.Zoox said...

Amazon Sued Over ‘Punitive’ Handling of Employee Absences

Nov 13 2025 // Amazon.com was sued on Wednesday in a proposed class action saying the retailer subjects thousands of warehouse employees with disabilities to a “punitive” policy governing workplace absences.Amazon, the...

Amazon Sues Perplexity Over ‘Agentic’ Shopping Tool

Nov 5 2025 // Amazon sued Perplexity AI on Tuesday over the startup’s “agentic” shopping feature, which uses automation to place orders for users, saying it covertly accessed Amazon customer accounts and disguised...

CyberCube: Insured Loss Estimate From AWS Outage Likely About $40M

Oct 27 2025 // Cyber analytics firm CyberCube said losses from the Amazon Web Services outage could eclipse $580 million.CyberCube late last week put out a preliminary global insured loss estimate of between $38 million and $581 million...

New Jersey Claims Amazon Discriminated Against Pregnant, Disabled Workers

Oct 23 2025 // The state of New Jersey sued Amazon.com on Wednesday, accusing the company of unlawfully refusing workplace accommodations to warehouse employees who have disabilities or were pregnant and firing some who asked for...

AWS Outage a ‘Moderate Incident,’ Another Near Miss for Insurance Industry

Oct 22 2025 // The recent 15-hour or so outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) again raised questions about the potential for systemic loss to the cyber insurance market, but losses from the temporary lapse in cloud services are not likely...

Amazon Cloud Reputation Takes Hit After Outage

Oct 22 2025 // Amazon.com Inc.’s reputation as a reliable provider of cloud services took a hit on Monday when an outage lasting some 15 hours disrupted the operations of hundreds of companies, ranging from Apple Inc. to...

Amazon Says All Cloud Services Restored After 15-Hour Outage

Oct 21 2025 // Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud provider, resolved the issues that plagued its services for about 15 hours on Monday, an episode that highlighted how much of the internet is dependent on the operations...

Amazon Delivery Firms Are Bailing Amid Rising Costs, Meager Profit

Oct 20 2025 // In 2022, Jake Clay started an Amazon delivery firm in Odessa, Texas, after hearing about the company-sponsored program from a friend. He sank $75,000 into the business and earned more than $200,000 in the first year. An...

Amazon’s AWS Struggles to Recover After Major Outage Disrupts Apps, Services

Oct 20 2025 // Amazon’s cloud services unit AWS was struggling to recover on Monday from a widespread outage that knocked out thousands of websites along with some of the world’s most popular apps – Snapchat and Reddit...

Amazon Defeats Bias Lawsuit by Black Worker Placed on Improvement Plan

Oct 1 2025 // Amazon.com won the dismissal on Tuesday of a lawsuit accusing the online retailer of discriminating against a Black former employee by reducing her duties and putting her on a performance improvement plan.U.S. District...

Amazon, FTC Reach $2.5 Billion Deal in Prime Subscription Case

Sep 26 2025 // Amazon.com Inc. agreed to pay $2.5 billion in penalties and refunds and change its process for how to cancel its Prime subscription to settle a lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission.The company will pay $1 billion in...

Amazon Sues to Block New York State Labor Law

Sep 25 2025 // Amazon.com sued the New York State Public Employment Relations Board on Monday to block it from enforcing a new law that the online retailer considers an attempt to illegally regulate private sector labor relations.In a...

Amazon’s Zoox to Launch Robotaxi Rides to Public in Las Vegas

Sep 10 2025 // Amazon.com Inc.’s autonomous driving unit Zoox has started offering rides to the public in Las Vegas, marking a first in the U.S. for a purpose-built robotaxi with no driver controls.Starting Wednesday, Zoox will...

Amazon Faces UK Lawsuits Worth Up to $5.4 Billion From Retailers, Consumers

Jul 25 2025 // Amazon faces two mass lawsuits from retailers and consumers worth up to 4 billion pounds ($5.4 billion) for allegedly abusing its dominant position, after a London tribunal on Thursday certified the cases could...

New York Times Agrees to License Content to Amazon for AI Use

May 29 2025 // The New York Times Co. has reached a deal to license its editorial content to Amazon.com Inc. for use across its artificial intelligence platforms, marking the first such agreement the newspaper company has struck after...