Matt Day
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Seattle, WA, United States
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The Skies Look Gloomy for Big Tech’s Cloud Ambitions
A sector that was seen as Silicon Valley’s key to continued profits hits its first real setback. → Read More
Amazon, Microsoft Job Cuts Deal Another Blow to Ailing Seattle
America’s second-largest tech hub is already struggling to recover from the pandemic-era hollowing out of downtown. → Read More
Amazon Union’s NYC Victory Certified by Federal Labor Board
(Bloomberg) -- A federal regulator has certified an upstart union’s election victory last year at an Amazon.com Inc. facility in New York — a ruling that the... → Read More
Workers at Starbucks-Amazon store reject union membership
Baristas at an experimental Starbucks-Amazon Go store in New York narrowly rejected union membership, the latest setback for the U.S. labor movement. The workers, who legally work for Starbucks, requested a union election because they said the tie-up between the... → Read More
Michelle Eisen & Chris Smalls, Labor’s New Names
Eisen played a key role in unionizing about 200 stores across the US, while Smalls led the first successful unionization effort at Amazon.com in April, when he organized 8,000 employees at a warehouse in New York City. → Read More
Amazon’s Cloud Unit Plans to Add Staff in 2023, Keep Building Data Centers
(Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit plans to add employees next year and keep building new data centers, a sign that a hiring freeze elsewhere in the... → Read More
Amazon Unveils Smaller Delivery Drone That Can Fly in Rain
Amazon.com Inc. unveiled a new delivery drone design on Thursday that’s smaller, makes less noise and can fly through light rain, the latest effort to get the troubled and long-developing project off the ground. → Read More
Amazon Closes, Abandons Plans for Dozens of US Warehouses
Amazon.com Inc., determined to reduce the size of its sprawling delivery operation amid slowing sales growth, has abandoned dozens of existing and planned facilities around the US, according to a closely watched consulting firm. → Read More
Amazon’s Alexa apps are hard to find. Perhaps ads will help
Amazon plans to beef up the apps it offers through Alexa in an effort turn the device into a money-maker. → Read More
Amazon Union Targets Kentucky Warehouse in Bid for a Drive (1)
Workers at a Kentucky Amazon facility are looking to form the first union outside of New York, according to an organizer and an attorney for Amazon Labor Union. → Read More
Clashing Abortion Laws in US Northwest Show Chaos of Post-Roe Care
The governors of Washington and Idaho signed diametrically opposed bills less than a week apart. → Read More
Amazon Jumps on Plan to Split Stock, Buy Back Up to $10 Billion
(Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. is planning to split its stock for the first time in more than two decades in a move that will end an era of four-digit stock ... → Read More
Amazon Settles With California Over Worker Safety Tied to Covid
Amazon.com Inc. will step up efforts to inform warehouse workers in California about safety protocols and Covid-19 outbreaks under a deal reached with the state’s attorney general. The accord announced Monday requires Amazon to notify workers within one day and local health agencies with 48 hours about new Covid-19 cases in the workplace and pay $500,000 towards consumer protection enforcement… → Read More
Amazon’s autonomous cars unit Zoox expands testing to Seattle
A growing number of autonomous-technology startups are expanding their testing outside of the Bay Area, long a locus of activity for the nascent industry. → Read More
Amazon’s Twitch is hacked, exposing source code, creator payouts
Amazon.com's video game streaming platform Twitch has been attacked by an anonymous hacker, who claims to have exposed sensitive source code and details on payouts to content creators, according to multiple media reports. → Read More
Amazon CEO, citing ‘rougher’ patch with Seattle, looks to ’burbs
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said he is open to a reset in the company's sometimes-contentious relationship with Seattle, but also made clear that he's hedging his bets with plans to expand in neighboring cities. → Read More
In Amazon’s Flagship Fulfillment Center, the Machines Run the Show
At BFI4 outside Seattle, the retailer uses algorithms and robots to ship more than a million packages a day—vastly changing the jobs of humans in the process. → Read More
Amazon’s Covid Dilemma: Mandate Vaccinations and Risk Losing Workers
The company has many virus skeptics in its warehouse ranks and needs to retain employees amid a tight labor market. → Read More
Amazon Union Election Should Be Re-Run, Labor Official Says
A federal official has recommended overturning the results of a union election at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Alabama, giving the retail union an opportunity to reverse its defeat, according to people familiar with the issue. → Read More
Amazon.com Wants to Monitor You in Your Sleep, for Your Benefit
Amazon on June 22 asked the FCC, which regulates airwave uses, for permission to market a device that uses radar. The technology captures movement in three dimensions, enabling a user to control its features through simple gestures and movements, the company said in a filing. → Read More