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Jeffrey Dastin
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Amazon CEO wants to hire 55,000 people in coming months
In first recruitment push under his watch.
Sep 2 2021 6:33AM
Amazon to let Whole Foods shoppers pay with a swipe of their palm
Contactless alternative to cash and card payments.
Apr 21 2021 11:53PM
With Bezos out as Amazon CEO, is this the end of his ominous question-mark emails?
Correcting customer complaints.
Feb 4 2021 5:33PM
Amazon offers to help US with Covid vaccine efforts
Pens letter to Biden.
Jan 22 2021 6:50AM
Fashion retailer Gap rushes robots into warehouses to assemble online orders
'Never get tired, never take breaks'.
May 22 2020 6:24AM
Amazon launches business selling automated checkout to retailers
Service pricing kept under wraps.
Mar 10 2020 1:20PM
Microsoft to probe work of Israeli facial recognition startup it funded
Possible unethical use in West Bank.
Nov 18 2019 1:20PM
Amazon CEO says company working on facial recognition regulations
Following rebuke of its previous strategies.
Sep 26 2019 1:22PM
Amazon brings Samuel L. Jackson's voice to Alexa and announces voice-controlled glasses
Voice aid will also be built into a new wearable line of earbuds, eyeglasses and a ring.
Sep 26 2019 6:50AM
Amazon offers shoppers $14 for browsing histories
To figure out if you shop with rivals.
Jul 17 2019 6:02AM
Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban as concern grows in US Congress
Struggled to identify the gender of individuals with darker skin.
May 23 2019 7:07AM
San Francisco votes to ban city use of facial recognition technology
Aimed at protecting marginalised groups.
May 15 2019 12:39PM
Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs
Boxing up customer orders automated.
May 14 2019 6:58AM
US lawmakers propose bill to fight bias in tech companies' algorithms
Businesses with data on over a million customers targeted.
Apr 11 2019 12:15PM
Google pulls YouTube from Amazon devices
In escalating spat.
Dec 7 2017 6:43AM
Amazon's smart locks let couriers slip packages into your home
But is it 'just creepy'?
Oct 26 2017 10:28AM
