Amazon explores ad-supported tier for Prime Video streaming service
The move echoes a trend led by other rival outlets looking to boost revenue by adding commercials to their offerings.
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GMB halts bid for official Amazon union, claiming firm skewed staff numbers
Amazon denies union claim it drafted in 1,300 extra workers to thwart push for formal recognition at Coventry warehouseThe GMB has reluctantly withdrawn its attempt to win formal union recognition at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse, accusing the firm of dr…
Labour to link government tenders to ‘unionised jobs’, Starmer tells GMB
Warm reception for party leader at GMB congress as he backs call for Amazon to recognise union in CoventryUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has promised to use public procurement to help create “unionised jobs” in the UK, after being presse…
Amazon and Google fund anti-abortion lawmakers through complex shell game
Blue-chip companies gave to Republican group funneling money to lawmakers who overturned abortion-ban veto in North CarolinaAs North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban is due to come into effect on 1 July, an analysis from the non-profit Center for Politi…
Amazon fined $31 million over privacy breaches, including snooping on kids
By Habiba Rashid
The case involves Amazon’s settlement with the FTC over security and privacy violations committed by its subsidiaries, Ring and Alexa.
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Amazon’s Ring doorbell was used to spy on customers, FTC says in privacy case
In the agency’s latest effort to hold big tech accountable, the company agreed to settle the privacy violations for $5.8mA former employee of Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera unit spied on female customers for months in 2017 with cameras placed in bedroom…
Amazon’s main UK division pays no corporation tax for second year in a row
Amazon UK Services received tax credit of £7.7m for investment in infrastructure under Rishi Sunak’s super-deduction schemeAmazon’s main UK division has paid no corporation tax for the second year in a row after benefiting from tax credits on a chunk o…
Corporate Amazon workers walk out over climate goals and return to office
Employees also objected to the recent layoffs, with about 27,000 jobs cut since November 2022Hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they decried as the company’s lack of progress on climate goals and an inequitable return-to-office mandate…
Amazon UK to offer parents term-time-only working amid union battle
Retailer hopes to encourage more people back to work as strikes continue over pay and conditionsParents and grandparents who work in Amazon’s UK warehouses will in future be able to opt to work only in term time, amid a battle over pay and conditions w…
E-bike chargers posing fire risk found on eBay, Amazon and Wish.com
Exclusive: More than a dozen potentially dangerous devices on sale despite rise in fatal firesE-bike chargers that pose a risk of fire and electric shock have been found on sale on Amazon, eBay and Wish.com amid a sharp rise in blazes associated with b…