Amazon.com Inc. is developing a voice-activated wearable device that can recognize human emotions.
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Amazon rolling out delivery robots in Seattle
Mobile ‘Scouts’ the size of a cooler will have to navigate difficult city sidewalks and brave the elements.
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Sears lives to fight another day, with chairman’s rescue plan clearing key hurdle
A panel approves Eddie Lampert’s $5 billion plan for the struggling retailer, but a judge must still sign off.
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Seattle officials warn of problems that will come with Amazon expansion
New York City officials are told of potential housing and transportation issues that are likely to accompany the internet retail giant’s decision to build a major new campus in Queens.
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Amazon reports record-breaking holiday spending
Online shoppers loaded up on items, as well as Amazon’s Prime service.
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Delivery by drone must wait: Amazon’s building a network of human drivers
To keep up with demand, the company has been shifting its shipping load to mom-and-pop startup businesses.
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Forget drones. Amazon's Jeff Bezos needs lots of delivery guys
Jeff Bezos captured the world’s imagination when he appeared on CBS’s “60 Minutes” and pledged to fill the skies with package delivery drones. Five years on, Amazon.com Inc.’s chief executive officer is betting on decidedly more terrestrial technology: drivers. As in real people. Tens of thousands of them. High-tailing it through town in gas-slurping vans […]
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Top tech companies likely to face more congressional scrutiny in 2019
There may be a push for rules to protect people’s data and ensure fair search results, and efforts to rein in the power of companies like Facebook, Alphabet and Amazon.
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Bear repellant fumes send Amazon workers to hospital
At least one of the employees at a warehouse in New Jersey is in critical condition.
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Where are the delivery drones? Amazon customers still waiting
The CEO said it would be happening by now, but battery life and privacy issues and regulatory demands got in the way.