Walmart: Hey Amazon, we can do cashier-free stores too
Amazon’s biggest retail rival wants to grab its own piece of the cashier-free store pie. Walmart’s answer to the Amazon Go convenience store concept (which …
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How to enable Alexa’s whisper mode, rolling out now for Echo devices
Amazon announced over a dozen brand new products last month at its hardware event in Seattle, such as the Echo Sub, Echo Link, Echo Auto, …
Bloomberg reports bombshell Chinese hardware attack on US tech companies, met with swift denials
A bombshell report claims that China has been developing a massive spying operation for a few years that involved building hardware backdoors into critical server …
The EU is investigating whether Amazon rips off popular products from its own sellers
The EU’s antitrust division, famous for its multi-billion-dollar fines on tech companies like Google and Microsoft, apparently now has its sights set on Amazon. Last …
Amazon’s new retail store in NYC only sells items rated at least 4 stars on its website
Amazon has physical bookstores, physical grocery stores, it recently acquired Whole Foods — and it’s still not done finding new opportunities to extend its reach …
I went to a cashierless Amazon Go store and it absolutely lived up to the hype
In a lot of ways, Amazon today is reminiscent of the Microsoft of old, if only because it’s become increasingly hard to keep track of …
Some Amazon delivery drivers have been forced to use trucks with bald tires and broken doors
Amazon is a notoriously frugal company, its thrifty nature so pervasive that the company has turned doors into employee desks. But there’s also a darker …
Amazon lays creative traps to catch drivers that steal packages
Losses attributable to things like theft and fraud cost retailers almost $50 billion in 2017, according to the National Retail Federation. Given the scale of …
FCC leak suggests Google’s Home Hub display is about to be released
Google is holding an event on October 9th, at which we’re expecting to see the new generation of Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. But …
The 12 biggest announcements from Amazon’s surprise Echo event on Thursday
Amazon held a surprise event on Thursday morning in Seattle to announce a variety of Echo-branded smart home devices, including a subwoofer and a smart …
Report: Amazon will unveil 8 new Alexa devices at an event later this month
Amazon is about to add its popular voice assistant Alexa to more than half a dozen new products — devices that range from a microwave …
Some Amazon drivers are going to extremes like peeing in bottles to make deliveries on time
Neither rain nor snow nor the absence of a bathroom facility will apparently stop Amazon drivers from their appointed rounds. With apologies to our vamp …
It looks like Amazon is leaning towards Washington DC for HQ2, based on a ton of clues
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set to headline a meeting on Thursday of The Economic Club of Washington DC, a city that just so happens …
Amazon listing suggests that ‘Halo 5: Guardians’ is coming to PC
Fans of the legendary first-person shooter franchise have waited nearly three years for Microsoft to announce that Halo 5: Guardians will be ported to PC, …
Tablet sales are plummeting, but Amazon hopes you’ll buy its new dirt-cheap models anyway
Amazon has unveiled a pair of new tablets today that, while we all know tablet sales in general are sinking like a stone, the company …
Netflix is trailing HBO, Hulu and Amazon when it comes to quality content, one analysis shows
Netflix by the end of this year will have spent an insane amount of money on content — some $13 billion, according to an Indiewire …
Report: Amazon is going to launch a free streaming TV channel for Fire TV owners
Amazon Prime Video, the Netflix-esque service that the company gives away to its hundreds of millions of Amazon Prime members, is a multi-billion-dollar reminder of …
The collaborative lists that Amazon users have wanted forever are finally here
Amazon confirmed last month that collaborative wish lists, a feature that users have wanted for a while now, are on the way. Which always made …
Amazon enlists more universities to help it give Alexa a leg up on the Google Assistant
If you’re Amazon and a big believer that voice inputs form an increasingly important technology platform, then the natural reaction is to put your Alexa-powered …
How to keep ads away from your Twitch Prime experience
Avid Twitch content consumers should know that ad-free viewing is going away soon because Amazon wants Twitch and content creators to make more money. That …
Google is making another ‘smart display’ that nobody asked for
Since the Amazon Echo Show launched last summer, the $129.99 tablet with an Amazon Echo built in has been modestly popular, at best. But since …
Amazon reportedly in talks to acquire a chain of movie theaters
One day, there will be no worlds left for Amazon to conquer, as it slowly absorbs every industry on the planet. Today is not that …
Video games are nice, but Amazon badly wants Twitch to be the next YouTube
This could get interesting. Twitch has reportedly been approaching big stars like Will Smith about streaming live, and it’s likewise been quietly making overtures to …
Sorry, Alexa – practically no one uses you to buy things from Amazon
Researchers estimate that voice shopping is a market that’s going to explode in a big way over the next couple of years, hitting more than …
Amazon Prime Video is coming to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 cable box
As cable companies come to terms with the fact that streaming services are stealing millions of their customers every year, they’ve suddenly become more open …
NES and SNES Classic Editions are available at Best Buy and Amazon right now
Although the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition sold out immediately at launch, Nintendo is making good on its promise to keep the retro …
Amazon’s response to its mugshot AI labeling congressmen as criminals: You’re using it wrong
Amazon has a pretty straightforward response to the news that emerged last week about its facial recognition system incorrectly matching photos of 28 members of …
Amazon is launching a new feature that’s been on users’ wish lists for a while now
Amazon is about to launch a new feature that’s somewhat minor in the scheme of things — but it’s one which users have wanted for …
Amazon’s mugshot AI says 28 members of Congress are known criminals
Identifying a criminal can be tricky for law enforcement when they’re on the hunt for a wanted person, which is why many agencies have begun …
Guess which tech giant that’s good at crushing rivals may be the first company worth $1T
Books, retail, hardware, groceries — Amazon is such a sprawling enterprise today and such an effective e-commerce machine that it may soon have an eye-popping …
