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Pakistan registers sellers with Amazon
Sends initial list of 38 exporters to US e-commerce giant for registration
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Trump administration to remove protections for big tech
Trump in May proposed to weaken law shielding big tech, to punish outlets where he had been criticized
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Microsoft bans face-recognition sales to police as Big Tech take a stand
Microsoft announcement came shortly after Amazon declared it was pausing police use of its facial-recognition tech
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Amazon bans police use of its facial recognition tech
Amazon's ban comes just after IBM announced exit from facial recognition business
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China’s exporters go online to tap domestic market amid pandemic
Exporters are seeking out e-commerce and even social media mobile apps to lift their fortunes
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Amazon removes racist messages after they appear on some product listings
Screenshots and video grabs of the messages were trending on Twitter, with users sharing the images
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How big unions smooth the way for Amazon worker protests
Warehouse employees last month staged a walkout in Michigan to demand safer working conditions at their facility
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Amazon launches food delivery service in India
Seattle-based tech giant has invested more than $6.5 billion in India
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Virus expenses hit Amazon's bottom line
Revenues surge 26% in first three months of 2020 to more than $75 billion
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Amazon turns to Chinese firm on US blacklist to meet thermal camera needs
Amazon has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic
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Amazon tests screening new merchants for fraud via video calls in pandemic
Amazon is piloting the use of video conference calls to verify the identity of merchants to counter fraud
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Bezos, Musk among billionaires gaining net worth in pandemic
The wealth surge of America’s richest men happened during a period when 22 million Americans filed for unemployment
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Amazon deploys thermal cameras at warehouses to scan for fevers faster
The cameras in effect measure how much heat people emit relative to their surroundings
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Amazon to add 75,000 jobs as online orders surge during lockdowns
Amazon faces the daunting task of hiring more people even as calls grow for it to shut facilities
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Amazon stops accepting new online grocery customers amid surging demand
Amazon will begin to put new grocery delivery customers on a waitlist and curtail shopping hours at some
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A day in the life of an Amazon courier on the frontlines of the US pandemic
Excelso Sabulao delivers groceries for Amazon in California so he can help provide his parents with an income
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Amazon’s first sci-fi shooter game ‘Crucible’ to release in May
Crucible is a team-based multiplayer game in which you survive in a hostile alien world
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Amazon in contact with coronavirus test makers for potential screenings on employees
Amazon is looking into the ability to screen more than one person at a time for the virus
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Amazon in contact with coronavirus test makers as it plans pandemic response
Amazon has been in contact with the CEOs of two coronavirus test-makers
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Amazon to delay Prime Day event due to coronavirus, outlines cloud risks
Amazon is postponing its major summer shopping event, Prime Day
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Amazon workers strike as labor unrest grows during coronavirus crisis
Amazon said it fired an employee who helped organise the action for alleged violations of his employment
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Amazon entices warehouse employees to grocery unit with higher pay
Amazon is offering higher pay to its warehouse employees to pick and pack Whole Foods groceries amid rising demand
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Amazon pauses sellers' loan repayments amid coronavirus
The world’s largest online retailer notified sellers that its program known as Amazon Lending would pause repayments
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Jaguars and underpants: when Olympic torch relays go wrong
The legendary torch relay has had its fair share of mishaps
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Tech billionaires including Tim Cook, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg promise 18 million masks to fight COVID-19
Tim Cook, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg promised 18 million masks to fight COVID-19
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Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers
Jeff Bezos the world’s richest person said it is raising overtime pay for associates working in its US warehouses
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Amazon to cease shipping non-essential items to France and Italy
Amazon made the decision due to a spike in orders and the need to respect anti-coronavirus safety measures
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US senators question Amazon on coronavirus safety at warehouses
Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has not given enough support to warehouse staff during the coronavirus outbreak
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Coronavirus pandemic hands Big Tech a chance to burnish its image
Google, Facebook and Amazon are using their size, reach and technological prowess to help Americans
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Amazon prioritises medical supplies, staples for delivery
People have turned to Amazon for anything from toilet tissue to groceries and pet treats
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Amazon to hire 100,000 workers as online orders surge on coronavirus worries
With shoppers clearing out shelves in fear of quarantines or product shortages
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Amazon increases paid sick leave due to coronavirus
Amazon is already providing unlimited unpaid time off for all hourly employees
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Amazon launches business selling automated checkout to retailers
Amazon's Just Walk Out technology
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Amazon confirms first coronavirus case among US employees
Those that had been infected with the virus were under quarantine
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Streaming titans seek passage to India for new growth
As more Indians shift to viewing movies and shows online
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Amazon adds warehouse network closer to cities to speed up same-day delivery
The initiative underscores the company’s aim to stay quick in online retail
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Bob Iger steps aside as Disney CEO, hands off to company insider
Disney's board named Bob Chapek, a 27-year veteran of Disney
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Amazon expands physical footprint with bigger cashier-less grocery shop
The world’s biggest online retailer is set to open Amazon Go Grocery
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Amazon under fire for airing Nazi series, selling anti-Semitic books
“Hunters”, released on Friday and starring Al Pacino, features a team of Nazi hunters in 1970s New York
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‘No tax on digital giants like Google, Amazon by end of 2020 would mean chaos’
Finance ministers, central bankers from the G20 met in Riyadh for talks, with digital taxation topping their agenda
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G20 officials call for unity to tax tech giants
OECD says this could boost national tax revenues by a total of $100b a year
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to battle climate change
The Bezos Earth Fund will try to safeguard the world from the effects of climate change
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Cloud computing: invisible, versatile and highly profitable
In 2020, the market for the public cloud is expected to reach $266 billion
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Amazon wins suspension of $10 bn 'JEDI' contract to Microsoft
Amazon claimed the process was tainted by politics
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Pope dismisses proposal to ordain married men as priests in Amazon
The proposal has alarmed conservatives who fear it can lead to a change in the commitment to celibacy among priests
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Amazon wants Trump to testify on ‘order to screw Amazon’ in Pentagon deal
Pentagon awarded a contract for cloud computing to rival Microsoft
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Amazon pulls out of major Barcelona telecoms conference over coronavirus
The online retailer is the fourth company to pull out of the annual gathering this week
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PlayStation, Nintendo no longer biggest rivals: Xbox
Spencer rates Amazon and Google as his top rivals
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Jeff Bezos became nearly $8 billion richer in one day
The company’s revenue went uphill due to its cloud business, Amazon Web Services
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PEMRA drafts proposal to regulate digital broadcasts in Pakistan
PEMRA also recommended acquiring a license for Web TV and OTT TV