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Amazon CEO and tech-billionaire Jeff Bezos just demonstrated a pair of massive robotic arms and hands at this year's re:MARS conference in Las Vegas.

Behold: Jeff Bezos Just Showed off a Pair of Huge Mecha-Hands

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon's new privacy updates for its Alexa voice assistant are a step in the right direction, but the company still has a lot of ground to make up.

Artificial Intelligence

You Can Now Tell Alexa to Delete Everything You Said Today

By Kristin Houser

At an annual shareholder meeting, a disgruntled Amazon investor brought their package up to Jeff Bezos, complaining about how hard it was to return things.

Someone Tried to Return an Amazon Package Directly to Jeff Bezos

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon says that it wants access to images of more diverse body types so it can improve its 3D model-rendering technology.

Amazon Will Give You a $25 Gift Card to 3D Scan Your Entire Body

By Dan Robitzski

A new type of AI built by Amazon's Alexa team is better at picking up on emotions when people are talking. It could help Alexa better understand people.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Is Teaching Alexa to Analyze Your Emotions

By Dan Robitzski

According to a Reuters exclusive, Amazon is rolling out specially-made machines that are capable of boxing up orders — a job "held by thousands."

Amazon Now Has Machines to Automatically Box Up Orders

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon Echo Dot Kids is illegally collecting data on minors, alleges a new FTC complaint filed by a group of privacy advocates.

Amazon Alexa: Illegally Recording Kids, Privacy Advocates Allege

By Kristin Houser

Despite advertising "no lines" and "no checkout" on its walls, Amazon's latest cashierless store features an employee, who can accept cash at a counter.

Amazon’s Newest Cashierless Store… Has a Cashier

By Victor Tangermann

Police Are Using Facial Recognition Tech on Unconscious Suspects

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Police Are Using Facial Recognition Tech on Unconscious Suspects

By Kristin Houser

Amazon warehouses could be fully automated in about a decade, but for now, humans are still better than bots at picking merchandise.

Robots and Machines

Amazon Says It Could Have Fully Automated Warehouses in 10 Years

By Kristin Houser

Amazon's AI automatically tracked and fired hundreds of fulfillment center employees for failing to meet productivity quotas.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Used An AI to Automatically Fire Low-Productivity Workers

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon recently unveiled a new requirement for contractors who deliver its packages: taking selfies now and then to verify their identity.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Is Forcing Its Delivery Drivers to Take Selfies

By Dan Robitzski

A new Bloomberg piece shared the experiences of Amazon workers tasked with listening to Alexa recordings, and what they hear isn't always mundane.

Amazon Workers Listen to Your Alexa Conversations, Then Mock Them

By Kristin Houser

Amazon and a coalition of nations in South America are duking it out over who gets the coveted ".amazon" domain. The deadline passed with no detente.

Amazon Is Fighting South American Govs to Control “.Amazon” Domains

By Dan Robitzski

A video of a gigantic Amazon drone mothership blimp is making the rounds online. It's creepy and fun, but it's also completely fake.

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Good News, People: That Amazon Mothership Blimp is Fake

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon has removed two popular books advocating "autism cures" known to be both ineffective and dangerous from its marketplace.

Health & Medicine

Amazon Removes Books About Dangerous “Autism Cures”

By Kristin Houser

Amazon employees are experiencing mental health breakdowns due to warehouse working conditions, according to a Daily Beast report.

911 Calls Reveal Mental Anguish of Amazon Employees

By Kristin Houser

Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren announced a bold plan today to break up tech giants Amazon, Facebook, and Google.

Elizabeth Warren Shares Plan to Break up Facebook, Google, Amazon

By Jon Christian

Security researchers have found that data streams between Amazon-Owned Ring doorbells and their accompanying app to be easily compromised.

Hackers Can Spy on and Hijack Amazon Doorbell’s Video Feed

By Victor Tangermann

The FTC has settled with company selling weight-loss supplements after evidence showed it has bought fake Amazon reviews to improve its rating.

For the First Time, FTC Fines Company for Fake Amazon Reviews

By Kristin Houser

The plan to build an Amazon headquarters in New York is over, according to the retailer — but there's a chance this could be a negotiation tactic.

Amazon Ditches Plan for New York Headquarters

By Kristin Houser

In a recent blog post, an Amazon VP called for stronger regulations for facial recognition technology, including Amazon's own Rekognition.

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Amazon Calls for Regulation of Its Own Facial Recognition Tech

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon responded to recent criticism its facial recognition system, Rekognition, by claiming safeguards were in place. The cops using it disagree.

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Cops Are Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Software Wrong

By Dan Robitzski

A self-driving truck was spotted pulling an Amazon trailer down the I-10, a new sign that the company is committed to autonomous transportation.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Amazon Was Spotted Using a Self-Driving Truck to Haul Cargo

By Kristin Houser

Amazon has started to test autonomous delivery robots in Washington State. Meanwhile, lawmakers are struggling to properly regulate the new tech.

Lawmakers Don’t Know How to Regulate Amazon’s Delivery Robots

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon's facial recognition software, Rekognition, struggles to identify the gender of women with darker skin, suggesting ongoing algorithmic bias.

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Amazon’s Facial Recognition Struggles With Darker Skin

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon announced it will roll out its own network of "Scout" delivery robots. An initial run will start things off in a county north of Seattle.

Advanced Transport

Amazon is Unleashing Its Own Army of Delivery Robots

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon's in-house design firm came up with a vest that protects its warehouse workers from robots by making them slow down.

Amazon Built Vests to Protect Warehouse Workers From Its Robots

By Victor Tangermann

A newly announced Amazon conference, the AI-focused re:MARS, could help the company shake a reputation sullied by Rekognition.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon AI Conference Is Meant to Inspire — and Boost Its Reputation

By Kristin Houser

Amazon gas stations would give the company a way to generate revenue and improve its delivery network — all while collecting more consumer data.

Finance Expert: Amazon Should Open Gas Stations

By Kristin Houser

People Are Refusing to Use Self-Checkout Because It’ll “Kill Jobs”

People Are Refusing to Use Self-Checkout Because It’ll “Kill Jobs”

By Jon Christian

A robot malfunctioned in an a New Jersey Amazon warehouse and tore open a can of "bear spray," sending 24 workers to the hospital.

Artificial Intelligence

An Amazon Warehouse Robot Sprayed 24 Workers With Bear Repellent

By Jon Christian

Amazon Is Testing Its Cashierless Tech in Big Box Stores

Amazon Is Testing Its Cashierless Tech in Big Box Stores

By Victor Tangermann

A new patent application by commerce giant Amazon describes a smart doorbell that monitor neighborhoods and report suspicious activity to the authorities

A New Amazon Camera Patent Is Straight Out of “1984”

By Jon Christian

The company that produces Amazon Kindle screens just showed off new tech that allows you to sketch on a large black E Ink display.

You Can Sketch on This E Ink Blackboard With Almost No Lag

By Victor Tangermann

Amazon continues to invest in healthcare and has begun selling software which analyzes patient medical records for hospitals and their physicians.

Amazon’s Next AI Bet: Digitizing Medical Records

During an all-hands meeting last week in Seattle, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos predicted that the company would one day go bankrupt.

Jeff Bezos: “One Day, Amazon Will Fail”

By Jon Christian

Privacy experts are concerned that governments could use Amazon's patented accent-detection technology to violate civil rights.

Artificial Intelligence

Experts Warn of Amazon’s Accent-Detecting Technology

By Kristin Houser

More Robots Means Fewer Seasonal Workers for Amazon This Holiday

Artificial Intelligence

More Robots Means Fewer Seasonal Workers for Amazon This Holiday

By Victor Tangermann

A recent poll, admittedly one with little scientific rigor, found that many people in tech sector think their companies are doing beneficial work.

Some Big Tech Employees Fear The Future They’re Creating

By Dan Robitzski

Walmart-owned retail store chain Sam's Club announced it will open a cashier-less store in Dallas, Texas. But it will still employ human staff.

Walmart Is Opening a Store With Zero Cashiers

By Victor Tangermann

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Report: Amazon Tried to Sell Facial Recognition Tech to ICE

By Jon Christian

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos isn't about to let employee or shareholder protests stop the company from partnering with the U.S. government.

Jeff Bezos: Amazon Won’t Stop Helping the Military

By Kristin Houser

Amazon Built an AI to Evaluate Job Applicants. One Problem: It Seemed Sexist.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Built an AI to Evaluate Job Applicants. One Problem: It Seemed Sexist.

By Jon Christian

In a Shift, Apple and Amazon Say They Are in Favor of Federal Privacy Regulation

In a Shift, Apple and Amazon Say They Are in Favor of Federal Privacy Regulation

By Victor Tangermann

If We Want Drone Delivery To Be A Reality, We’ve Gotta Keep It Simple

If We Want Drone Delivery To Be A Reality, We’ve Gotta Keep It Simple

By Jon Christian

Amazon's cage system, which it patented back in 2016, would presumably allow workers to travel safely in active robot zones.

An Amazon Patent Would Use Cages to Keep Employees “Safe”

By Kristin Houser

Amazon Wants to Mine Data From the (Literal) Stars

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Wants to Mine Data From the (Literal) Stars

By Kristin Houser

There are now two Amazon Go locations in Seattle, and both Amazon and other retailers are looking to bring cashier-less convenience stores nationwide.

Amazon’s Cashier-Free Stores Are Going National. And It Might Just Change the Future of Retail.

By Kristin Houser

Amazon's facial recognition software is far from perfect, an ACLU experiment shows. Maybe Amazon should stop marketing it to government agencies.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Rekognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress to Mugshots

By Kristin Houser

It’s Amazon Prime Day. Don’t Buy Anything.

It’s Amazon Prime Day. Don’t Buy Anything.

By Sarah Marquart

The Digest: Amazon Buys Online Pharmacy, Dives Deeper Into Healthcare Industry

Health & Medicine

The Digest: Amazon Buys Online Pharmacy, Dives Deeper Into Healthcare Industry

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Amazon Needs More Delivery Companies and Wants You to Start Them

The Digest: Amazon Needs More Delivery Companies and Wants You to Start Them

By Kristin Houser

Employees, ACLU Demand Amazon Stop Facilitating Government Surveillance

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Employees, ACLU Demand Amazon Stop Facilitating Government Surveillance

By Kristin Houser

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Amazon Warehouse Robots Slipped On Popcorn Butter

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Amazon Warehouse Robots Slipped On Popcorn Butter

By Dan Robitzski

Thanks, Amazon! Echo Recorded And Sent Audio To Random Contacts Without Warning

Robots and Machines

Thanks, Amazon! Echo Recorded And Sent Audio To Random Contacts Without Warning

By Dan Robitzski

Police Surveillance Is Getting a Helping Hand from…Amazon!

Police Surveillance Is Getting a Helping Hand from…Amazon!

By Dan Robitzski

The White House AI Task Force Wants To Open the AI Floodgates. Here’s How They Should Do It.

Artificial Intelligence

The White House AI Task Force Wants To Open the AI Floodgates. Here’s How They Should Do It.

By Dan Robitzski

Smart Doorbells That Call The Police Are Going to Endanger Some Innocent People

Smart Doorbells That Call The Police Are Going to Endanger Some Innocent People

By Victor Tangermann

The Royal Wedding Will Use Facial-Recognition AI For Our Entertainment

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The Royal Wedding Will Use Facial-Recognition AI For Our Entertainment

By Dan Robitzski

Ill-Fitting Clothes: One More Thing We (Probably) Won’t Have to Deal With in the Future

Ill-Fitting Clothes: One More Thing We (Probably) Won’t Have to Deal With in the Future

By Kristin Houser

Amazon Is Ramping up Its (Still Rather) Secretive Home Robot Project

Amazon Is Ramping up Its (Still Rather) Secretive Home Robot Project

By Kristin Houser

Amazon Wants to Help Crack Down on Crypto Crime — for a Price

Amazon Wants to Help Crack Down on Crypto Crime — for a Price

By Kristin Houser

Donald Trump Is Still Going in on Jeff Bezos and Amazon, Still Getting Basic Facts Laughably Incorrect

Donald Trump Is Still Going in on Jeff Bezos and Amazon, Still Getting Basic Facts Laughably Incorrect

By Alexandra Ossola