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L'Oreal firm to provide virtual make-up tech for Amazon
Customers try on lipsticks using mobile phone videos or photos.
Jun 5 2019 7:00AM
Amazon brings online sellers to UK high street in pop-up stores
Clicks and mortar.
Jun 4 2019 1:19PM
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
Transport Workers Union prepares to roll stoppages over Uber, Amazon
Gloves off after Labor election loss.
May 21 2019 12:48PM
Amazon squares up to Uber with backing for UK food app Deliveroo
Global race to dominate takeaway meals.
May 20 2019 1:10PM
German finance minister expects OECD deal on digital tax in 2020
Minimum tax levels for Amazon, Google and Facebook.
May 20 2019 6:49AM
Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs
Boxing up customer orders automated.
May 14 2019 6:58AM
Amazon dismisses idea automation will eliminate all its warehouse jobs soon
Cites the superior cognitive ability of humans and limitations of current technology.
May 2 2019 1:47PM
Google's competition for advertising heats up from Amazon, rival platforms
Merchants want places thought to be safe from potentially offensive content.
May 2 2019 6:56AM
Ford partners with Amazon to allow package deliveries to owners' cars
For members of loyalty club Prime when they are not at home.
May 1 2019 12:45PM
Amazon workers strike at four German warehouses
Long-running campaign for better pay and conditions.
Apr 16 2019 12:10PM
AWS, Microsoft shortlisted for US$10bn Pentagon cloud deal
IBM, Oracle out of the race for JEDI.
Apr 11 2019 3:23PM
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
US blocks Amazon efforts to stop shareholder votes on facial recognition
Stakeholders want assurances around civil liberties.
Apr 5 2019 12:47PM
Jeff Bezos' ex-wife cedes control of Amazon in divorce deal
Mogul retains 75 percent of their stake in the company and all voting rights.
Apr 5 2019 6:14AM
Amazon plans to launch over 3,000 satellites to offer broadband internet
Through "Project Kuiper".
Apr 5 2019 6:14AM
Facebook removes exposed user records stored on Amazon's servers
Takes action after researchers' discovery.
Apr 4 2019 11:38AM
Giant trove of Facebook user data was in open AWS S3 bucket
In plain sight say cyber security researchers.
Apr 4 2019 11:30AM
Saudis gained access to Amazon CEO Bezos' phone: Bezos' security chief
Gained private information from it.
Apr 1 2019 7:06AM
Microsoft targets video game developers, in challenge to Amazon's cloud dominance
Combines elements of its video gaming and Azure cloud computing businesses.
Mar 15 2019 6:51AM
