All the headlines from our Amazon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 26 2019 // One day in January 2015, Heather Oberdorf took her dog for a walk, using a $20 retractable leash she had bought from Furry Gang, a third-party seller on Amazon. It did not go well: her dog lunged, causing the collar to...
Jul 12 2019 // A Tennessee family can press its lawsuit against online retailer Amazon over a hoverboard fire that destroyed their home, an appeals court has ruled, saying the company was aware of complaints about the devices catching...
Jul 11 2019 // A federal appeals court has ruled that Amazon can be sued over a defective product sold by one of its third-party vendors.A Pennsylvania woman sued after a retractable dog leash she bought online snapped and hit her four...
Jul 8 2019 // A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against Amazon.com Inc. in a case that could expose the online retailer to lawsuits from customers who buy defective products from third-party vendors through its website.Numerous...
Jun 17 2019 // If Big Brother isn’t watching, maybe his little sister is listening.An international law firm has filed a federal lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc., alleging that the company’s Alexa virtual assistant product...
Jun 12 2019 // British insurer Legal & General has teamed up with Amazon to establish what it said is the first blockchain system for corporate pension deals.The insurer said it would use a managed blockchain system launched by...
Jun 6 2019 // Amazon.com Inc. has unveiled a revolutionary new drone — part helicopter and part science-fiction aircraft — that the company expects to use for test deliveries of toothpaste and other household goods starting...
Jun 4 2019 // The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that Amazon.com Inc. is not responsible under Maryland law for products liability claims due to a defective product purchased on its website from a...
May 20 2019 // Amazon has resolved the workplace violations cited against the online retail giant’s temporary distribution center in Idaho.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company’s modular...
May 14 2019 // Consumers can press ahead with a lawsuit that accuses Apple Inc. of using its market dominance to artificially inflate prices at its App Store, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.The 5-4 decision Monday could add to pressure the...
May 7 2019 // Amazon has resolved the workplace violations cited against the online retail giant’s temporary distribution center in Idaho.The Idaho Statesman reported the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the...
Apr 8 2019 // Facial recognition technology was already seeping into everyday life — from photos on Facebook to police scans of mugshots — when Joy Buolamwini noticed a serious glitch: Some of the software couldn’t detect...
Mar 25 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Amazon.com Inc.’s Zappos unit, letting a lawsuit proceed over a 2012 hack that exposed the personal information of 24 million customers.The online shoe and clothing...
Mar 21 2019 // A union organizing Amazon.com Inc. employees in New York has filed a complaint accusing the company of illegally firing one of the labor group’s most prominent supporters.The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store...
Mar 18 2019 // The Boston-based health care organization founded by giant employers Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase have announced its name — Haven — and launched a new website at havenhealthcare.com.Haven will...
Mar 7 2019 // The Boston-based health care organization founded by giant employers Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced its name – Haven – and launched a new website at www.havenhealthcare.com.Haven will serve the...
Mar 6 2019 // Recorded conversations by pilots on a cargo jet carrying packages for Amazon.com Inc. that crashed last month near Houston reveal they began losing control of the aircraft about 18 seconds before it slammed into a shallow...
Feb 26 2019 // Passenger airlines in the U.S. have recorded a remarkable period of safety over the past 10 years.Not so the nation’s cargo planes. Five domestically registered aircraft have crashed since 2009 — killing 16...
Feb 24 2019 // A widebody cargo plane hauling packages for Amazon abruptly plunged out of the sky and slammed into a bay on Saturday as it was preparing to land in Houston. All three people on board were killed.The Boeing Co. 767-300,...
Feb 12 2019 // As Amazon.com Inc. and Google work to place their smart speakers at the center of the internet-connected home, both technology giants are expanding the amount of data they gather about customers who use their voice...