All the headlines from our Amazon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 8 2019 // Two months after calling for laws to regulate facial-recognition software, Microsoft Corp. is lobbying on behalf of a first-of-its-kind bill in its home state of Washington. The question is whether cross-town rival...
Jan 7 2019 // It’s Time to Get Out in Front and Not FightGone are the days of carriers leading the entire purchasing cycle of insurance products and financial services. In an environment of unprecedented change in our industry,...
Jan 3 2019 // Last year, Microsoft Corp.’s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One of the company’s administrators, who usually logs on from New York, was trying...
Jan 2 2019 // The almost weekly headlines about insurers and venture capitalists investing in insurtechs and tech-savvy insurance startups sometimes blocked the view of what established big technology firms were doing in...
Dec 19 2018 // Williams-Sonoma Inc. sued Amazon.com Inc. in a case that challenges the online retailer’s private label push that started with batteries, baby wipes and phone chargers and has expanded to include clothing, toys and...
Dec 11 2018 // Federal officials will review an accident in which an automated machine punctured a can of bear repellent at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey, releasing fumes that sickened workers and sent two dozen to hospitals.The...
Dec 7 2018 // An automated machine punctured a can of bear repellent at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey on Wednesday, releasing fumes that sickened workers and sent two dozen to hospitals, officials said.An Amazon representative said...
Dec 3 2018 // Insurance presents some big barriers to entry especially for newcomers who often lack the experience and knowledge in areas such as regulation, risk and distribution. Meanwhile, the industry’s legislative and...