clock menu more-arrow no yes

Amazon

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.

Amazon is reportedly working on an Alexa-powered soundbar and wall-mounted Echo

By James Vincent
2 comments / new

California passes law targeting Amazon labor algorithms

By Makena Kelly
8 comments / new

Amazon’s department stores sound like a very Amazon way to sell clothes

By Ian Carlos Campbell

Amazon collaborates with Billie Eilish on an Echo Studio

By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
18 comments / new

Why does Amazon make games?

By Andrew Webster

You can now preorder the new Kindle Paperwhite

By Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Eero now offers its 6 Pro Mesh Wi-Fi in a two-pack

By Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
3 comments / new

Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite adds a bigger screen, longer battery life, and USB-C

By Chaim Gartenberg
56 comments / new

Amazon’s big fall hardware event is set for September 28th

By Chaim Gartenberg
5 comments / new

Amazon leaks new Kindle Paperwhite with larger 6.8-inch display

By Jon Porter
66 comments / new

Here are the best Amazon Echo deals right now

By Taylor Lyles, Brandon Widder, and 1 more

Amazon says it’s permanently banned 600 Chinese brands for review fraud

By Sean Hollister
57 comments / new

Amazon Prime now includes free Deliveroo deliveries in the UK

By Tom Warren
3 comments / new

Amazon One’s palm-scanning tech makes first move into entertainment venues

By James Vincent
10 comments / new

Amazon gives the Kindle’s interface a refresh

By Mitchell Clark
34 comments / new

Today is the last day to save up to $100 on Sonos speakers

By Sheena Vasani

Amazon’s new MMO could come to its Luna cloud gaming service

By Jay Peters

Amazon, fighting SpaceX’s Starlink plans, says Elon Musk’s companies don’t care about rules

By Joey Roulette

Amazon starts making its own TVs with new Fire TV Omni and 4-Series

By Chris Welch
25 comments / new

Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick 4K Max adds Wi-Fi 6 and faster performance

By Chris Welch
15 comments / new

Amazon Luna is expanding to Fire tablets and Chromebooks, and retro games are on the way

By Sean Hollister
7 comments / new

Here are the best Kindle deals right now

By Taylor Lyles and Cameron Faulkner

Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund pledges $150 million to climate justice groups

By Justine Calma

Today I learned that Amazon’s game engine can be used to aid humanity in a zombie apocalypse

By Cameron Faulkner
3 comments / new

The Lenovo Chromebook Duet is an excellent value at $250

By Sheena Vasani and Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Amazon’s cashierless tech is coming to Whole Foods next year

By Jon Porter
10 comments / new

California bill takes aim at Amazon’s productivity-tracking algorithms

By Russell Brandom
1 comment / new

Phoebe Waller-Bridge exits Amazon’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith series

By Chris Welch
38 comments / new

New Trailers: Moonfall, The Wheel of Time, Belfast, and more

By Kim Lyons

Amazon is reportedly planning to release an Amazon-branded TV as soon as October

By Jay Peters
20 comments / new

Amazon denies reports that it will proactively moderate content on its hosting service

By Russell Brandom
2 comments / new

Amazon is now denying its CEO saved an exec from being fired for discrimination

By Sean Hollister