Amazon To Fire 10,000 Employees, Largest Layoff In Company History
By Tyler Durden Over the past month, technology companies have laid off tens of thousands of employees. And the momentum in layoffs only appears to…
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Amazon Unveils Warehouse Robot To Replace Human Pickers Amid Unionization Threats
By Tyler Durden The rise of automation could be set to enter hyperdrive speed at Amazon warehouses nationwide in response to Covid lockdowns, unionization, and…
Last-Mile Automation Carnage: Fedex And Amazon Give Up On Delivery Robots
By Tyler Durden October has been a rough month for the last-mile delivery robot industry as Amazon called it quits on their six-wheeled robot “Scout” for home…
Amazon Abandons Last-Mile Delivery Robot; Great News For Uber Eat Drivers
By Tyler Durden Last-mile delivery drivers (like ones working for Uber Eats) likely breathed a sigh of relief Thursday when they heard Amazon halted pilot…
More on Creepy Ring Cameras Data Collection on Owners, Neighbors, and Giving It to Police; “can record audio from 20 feet away”
By B.N. Frank As of June 2022, Amazon Ring cameras were being used by 2700+ American police departments, sometimes without a warrant or owners’ consent….
Dozens of Whole Foods Stores Allow Customers to Pay with Palm Print Biometric Data
By Tyler Durden Amazon’s palm-reading payment technology will expand to dozens of Whole Foods locations across California. Shoppers will be able to pay for groceries…
Amazon Raises The Dead With Alexa — “New World Next Week” With James Corbett And James Evan Pilato
By The Corbett Report Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the…
2700+ American Police and Fire Departments Are Using Amazon Ring’s Neighbors App for Investigations (Charts Included)
By B.N. Frank Despite accuracy risks and privacy concerns, a growing number of American police departments are using various technologies to investigate crimes. This includes…
Surveillance Cameras Use Software Designed by Big Tech That Considers Everyone A “Potential Threat”
By MassPrivateI A recent Fox 5 New York article revealed how Big Tech and law enforcement are working together to identify people who could be a…
Report: Amazon and 3rd Parties Collect Voice Data from Smart Speakers and “share it with as many as 41 advertising partners”
By B.N. Frank Despite all the bad press reported about Amazon’s smart speaker devices (see 1, 2, 3, 4) – and the high levels of…
Amazon To Hit Sellers With 5% Fuel and Inflation Fee
By Tyler Durden Amazon is the latest company to implement a plan to combat soaring fuel costs: charge sellers on its giant e-commerce platform an…
Despite Warnings and Opposition, Amazon Approved for Launching 3,236 Broadband Satellites
By B.N. Frank Over the years there has been opposition and warnings worldwide about various catastrophic risks as well as confirmed issues associated with broadband…
Amazon Alexa Suggests that Child Try the “Penny Challenge” Despite Fire and Health Risks
By B.N. Frank Earlier this month it was reported that “15% to 25% of new Alexa users during 2018 through 2021 completely abandoned the device…
“Alexa, You’re Fired” — A Quarter Of Users Abandon Spying Devices Within 2 Weeks
By Tyler Durden Anyone with an Amazon Alexa device has likely noticed that the smart speaker has tried to upsell them while asking about the…