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Once a modest online seller of books, Amazon is now one of the largest companies in the world, and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, is the world’s most wealthy person. We track developments, both of Bezos and Amazon, its growth as a video producer, the popular Prime service, as well as its own hardware, which includes the Amazon Kindle e-reader, Amazon Kindle Fire tablets, and Amazon Fire TV streaming boxes.

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How to change Alexa’s wake word

By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Amazon Astro review: too much Alexa, not enough arms

While it’s not the robot we were looking for, Astro is rolling in the right direction.

By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
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Amazon’s first clothing store opens its doors in Los Angeles

By Jasmine Hicks

Report: workers delivering Amazon’s packages are injured at a ‘shocking rate’

By Mitchell Clark
12 comments / new

JBL’s portable Charge 5 Bluetooth speaker is on sale for its best price yet

By Sheena Vasani

Here are the best Amazon Echo deals right now

By Brandon Widder and Sheena Vasani

Amazon tests having drivers make deliveries from local malls

By Emma Roth
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Amazon’s updating the foundation of Fire OS to something a bit more modern

By Mitchell Clark
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Ring’s Alarm Pro and Floodlight Cam Pro are cheaper than ever today

By Sheena Vasani

Amazon hardware exec takes another swipe at Zuckerberg’s metaverse fantasy

By Mitchell Clark
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New York says Amazon doesn’t accommodate pregnant and disabled workers

By Mitchell Clark
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Night Sky is a warm, comforting sci-fi with too much filler

By Andrew Webster
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Hisense launches its first-ever Fire TV for $529

By Emma Roth

Amazon’s new Fire 7 tablet finally has a USB-C port

By Mitchell Clark
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Alexa Together review: keeping tabs on Dad

By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
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Amazon’s ad-supported Freevee comes to Apple TV

By Jay Peters
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The Boys’ first season 3 trailer has Homelander doing damage control

By Charles Pulliam-Moore

Amazon will pay you for your grocery shopping data

By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
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The latest Apple TV 4K is more affordable than ever today

By Sheena Vasani

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The Verge’s 2022 Spring Gift Guide

Fun gift ideas for friends, family, and even yourself

By Verge Staff

Here are the best Kindle deals right now

By Cameron Faulkner and Brandon Widder

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How to enable Alexa person and package announcements on an Echo speaker

By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Amazon is making ‘some management changes’ at JFK8

By Mitchell Clark
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Amazon’s made it a little harder to buy Kindle books on Android

By Alex Cranz
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The best Mother’s Day sales happening now

By Sheena Vasani

Here are some last-minute Mother’s Day gifts that should arrive on time

By Sheena Vasani

Amazon’s trying to solve problem of endless streaming content with IMDb games

By Mitchell Clark
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Google’s latest Nest cameras now work with Amazon Alexa

By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
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The new Eero Pro 6E mesh Wi-Fi router is already 15 percent off

By Antonio G. Di Benedetto

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Amazon’s Outer Range brings the weird fiction mindset to Westerns

A show about cowboys, small town drama, and one big hole

By Tauriq Moosa
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Leviton’s new smart light switches don’t require a neutral wire

By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
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Amazon-owned PillPack settles DOJ insulin lawsuit for $6 million

By Nicole Wetsman