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Amazon workers walk off job at major West Coast air hub

Dozens of Amazon employees at the company's air hub in San Bernardino, Calif., on Monday abandoned their workstations mid-shift over low wages and concerns regarding heat safety. The walkout in Southern California marks the first coordinated labor action in Amazon's growing airfreight division, which uses Prime-branded planes to fly packages and goods throughout the country...

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FILE – In this May 5, 2019, file photo Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, smiles as he plays bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

August 15, 2022 at 4:08 pm

Buffett’s firm buys more Apple, Amazon while betting on oil

Warren Buffett’s company bet more on high-tech darling Apple and e-commerce giant Amazon during the second quarter. Updated 12:09 am

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Tom Alberg co-founded the Madrona venture capital firm and backed Amazon almost from Day One into one of the most impactful companies in the world.

August 14, 2022 at 6:00 am

Seattle's tech community remembers Tom Alberg and his impact on the region

Tom Alberg, known for his early investment in Amazon and co-founding Madrona Venture Group, helped usher Seattle toward a wave of innovation. Alberg died Aug....

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A Walmart associate arranges items on a shelf at a Walmart Neighborhood Market, Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Levittown, N.Y. The cameras that are suspended above are a key feature of a living lab inside this 50,000-square-foot store. Walmart envisions using these cameras, combined with other technology like sensors on shelves to get the best picture of what’s going on in the store in real time so its workers can quickly react to replenish the products or fix other problems. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

August 13, 2022 at 6:00 am

This startup wants to level the playing field with Amazon's algorithms

Startup CommerceIQ wants to help brands that might still be on a spreadsheet compete with retailers that are using algorithms to make decisions.

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Signs announce that the gated-over Amazon Go store near 4th Avenue and Pike Street in downtown Seattle is “temporarily closed.” The company said there were too many safety problems for its employees, customers and vendors.

August 13, 2022 at 6:00 am

There are sprouts of hope in downtown Seattle, but they are wilting | Danny Westneat

Yes, Amazon Go is an automated, barely staffed convenience store, but when one sprouted in downtown Seattle, it was also a sign of hope, writes...

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A Ring doorbell camera on a home in Wolcott, Conn., in 2019. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

August 12, 2022 at 2:20 pm

Amazon’s Ring, MGM to launch show from viral doorbell videos

Amazon-owned companies Ring and Hollywood studio MGM are partnering to create a TV show in the mold of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.".

Packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

August 12, 2022 at 3:15 am

OSHA investigates deaths of Amazon workers in New Jersey

Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially lead to the death of another employee.