'Uh-oh, something went wrong:' Amazon's Prime Day runs into early snags
NEW YORK — Amazon's website ran into some early snags Monday on its much-hyped Prime Day, an embarrassment for the tech company on the shopping holiday it created.Shoppers clicking on many Prime Day links after the 3 p.m. ET launch in the U.S. got only images of dogs — some quite abashed-looking — with the words, "Uh-oh.
Amazon or Foxconn supplier in Oak Creek? Mayor says 'we want to make sure we have available land'
OAK CREEK -- The Oak Creek Plan Commission on Tuesday, July 10 took the first step toward transforming a large area of farmland near Ryan Road and S. 13th Street -- and the developer said a number of businesses have expressed interest.
'Cancel this order:' ACLU leads effort against powerful Amazon facial recognition tool
SEATTLE — Some Amazon company investors said Monday they are siding with privacy and civil rights advocates who are urging the tech giant to not sell a powerful face recognition tool to police.The American Civil Liberties Union is leading the effort against Amazon's Rekognition product, delivering a petition with 152,000 signatures to the company's Seattle headquarters Monday, telling the company to "cancel this order." They're asking Amazon to stop marketing Rekognition to government agencies over privacy issues that they say can be used to discriminate against minorities.Amazon said it's an object detection tool.
Amazon unveils nearly hands-free streaming TV device
NEW YORK — Alexa for couch potatoes is coming: Amazon's new streaming TV device will let users shout out when they want to turn on the TV, flip channels or search for sitcoms — all without pushing any buttons.The Fire TV Cube is not entirely hands-free yet, however.
'Please hide from husband:' Amazon delivery man works hard to follow instructions on doormat
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Couple claims Amazon device recorded them, sent conversation to another person
PORTLAND, Ore. – An Oregon family has unplugged all of their Amazon devices after they say the voice-controlled speakers secretly recorded them and sent audio files to one of their contacts living in Seattle.A woman named Danielle, who declined to give her last name, told KIRO that she and her husband used to joke about Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa spying on them, until they got a disturbing phone call."Unplug your Alexa devices right now, you're being hacked," Danielle recalled the voice saying.
Amazon to open cashier-less stores in Chicago, San Francisco
NEW YORK — Amazon, which opened a cashier-less store in Seattle this year, plans more locations in Chicago and San Francisco.The company confirmed Monday that Amazon Go stores would open in the two cities, but didn't say when.
Buy tires on Amazon, install them at Sears
NEW YORK — Shoppers will be able to buy any brand of tires on Amazon.com, have them shipped to a Sears Auto Center and then bring in their car to get them installed.It's the latest deal between Sears and Amazon as the struggling department store operator seeks to boost sales.
Amazon raising price of annual Prime membership to $119
NEW YORK — Amazon is raising the price of its annual Prime membership fee by 20 percent starting next month.The company said Thursday that Prime members in the U.S. will now pay $119 a year, up from $99, starting May 11 for new members.
NFL renews Thursday night deal with Amazon
The NFL has renewed an exclusive partnership with Amazon Prime Video for digital streaming of Thursday night games during 2018 and 2019 seasons.Amazon will stream the 11 Thursday night games broadcast by FOX this season.
Amazon reveals it has more than 100 million Prime members
Amazon has more than 100 million Amazon Prime subscribers around the world, Jeff Bezos revealed in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday.Bezos has always been a little cagey about sharing Amazon statistics.
Alexa's unprompted fits of creepy laughter have users freaked out; Amazon 'working to fix it'
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Couple worried mystery Amazon packages could be tied to international 'brushing' scam
FOLSOM, Calif. -- A Northern California couple say they are concerned about mysterious packages that keep showing up at their doorstep.Michelle Carroll told KTXL it all started a few weeks ago when she and her husband received a stuffed, talking hamster.
Amazon keeps sending mystery packages to this couple – and they want it to stop
ACTON, Mass. – The mystery Amazon packages started arriving in October, and now a Massachusetts couple just wants it to stop.Mike and Kelly Gallivan, of Acton, told The Boston Globe it was funny at first. "Then it got to be weird," Kelly said.The boxes arrive without any packing slip or return address, and the products inside are mostly cheap gadgets, such as hand warmer phone chargers, tent lights, water glass humidifiers and cellphone cases."We just don't know how to stop this stuff coming to the house," Mike said.
Amazon, Buffett, JPMorgan tackle US health care 'tapeworm'
Amazon, Warren Buffett and JPMorgan are forming a new company to address the health care costs of their employees, sending shares of health care companies down sharply across the entire sector despite the vague nature of the announcement.On Tuesday Amazon's Jeff Bezos said that he, along with Buffet and JPMorgan, would attempt to make health care better for hundreds of thousands of their employees, and perhaps, eventually, the country.
Striking Amazon 'Spheres' landmark opens in downtown Seattle
SEATTLE — From the fourth floor of a striking rainforest-like conservatory built of glass and white steel in downtown Seattle, Amazon.com boss Jeff Bezos turned toward the top of his newest headquarters building to summon his favorite assistant.In a proud little show on Monday for the media and dignitaries — which also doubled as product placement for Amazon's voice assistant — the world's richest man ordered out loud, symbolically: "Alexa, open The Spheres."
Analyst predicts Amazon will purchase Target in 2018
MILWAUKEE -- Amazon may make a bigger move into physical stores in 2018.Influential tech analyst Gene Munster is predicting the online shopping giant will buy Target this year.Munster said Target's focus on moms is central to Amazon's approach to win wallet share.Additionally, an acquisition of Target would increase the company's store count to roughly 2,300 stores, which would allow it to compete with Walmart's nearly 12,000 stores.Munster was an influential technology analyst with Piper Jaffray for 21 years before co-founding venture capital firm Loup at the start of 2017.
Amazon unveils the top holiday gifts this season
Amazon got everything on its holiday wish list.The Echo Dot, Amazon's cheapest smart speaker, was the most popular item on the company's online marketplace during its "biggest holiday season.