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Amazon to go on a hiring spree in the UK
May 14, 2021US tech giant Amazon is to go on a hiring spree in the UK as online shopping continues to boom in the pandemic. Amazon is to hire 10,000 UK employees as it opens more warehouses in... -
Amazon to hire 75,000 workers across the US and Canada
May 14, 2021Online retail giant Amazon has said it is hiring 75,000 workers across the US and Canada to meet growing demand as the pandemic continues. The new jobs offered across transport and its warehouses will be permanent... -
Amazon to launch high-tech hair salon in London
Apr 22, 2021Amazon is launching its first high-tech hair salon, as the online retailer makes a surprise move into the beauty sector. The salon, in Spitalfields, east London, will have an augmented-reality mirror showing clients different colours and... -
Amazon apologized for mistakenly denying drivers need to urinate in bottles
Apr 4, 2021Amazon has apologised to a US politician for falsely denying that drivers are, at times, forced to urinate in plastic bottles. Mark Pocan, a Democrat from Wisconsin, referenced Amazon making “workers urinate in water bottles” in... -
Sri Lanka requests Amazon to exclude bikinis, doormats featuring its flag
Mar 14, 2021Sri Lanka has requested retail giant Amazon to take down bikinis, briefs, and doormats featuring the nation’s lion flag from its site, authorities announced on Sunday, two days after it protested against the Chinese-made products. Sri... -
Amazon.com Inc to start making TV streaming device in India this year
Feb 16, 2021Amazon.com Inc will start making its TV streaming device in India this year via a unit of Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn, the U.S. online retail giant said on Tuesday. The Fire TV Stick will be made... -
Amazon.com Inc has ordered more than 1,000 truck engines
Feb 6, 2021Amazon.com Inc has ordered more than 1,000 truck engines that run on compressed natural gas as it tests ways to shift its U.S. fleet away from heavier polluting trucks, the company told Reuters on Friday. The... -
Amazon begins using AI-powered cameras in delivery vans
Feb 5, 2021Amazon has begun using AI-powered cameras in delivery vans that constantly record footage of drivers and upload any mistakes they make. The firm says it is an investment in safety but privacy campaigners described it as... -
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to step down as CEO
Feb 3, 2021Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is to step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant that he started in his garage nearly 30 years ago. He will become executive chairman, a move he said would give... -
Amazon removes “free speech” social network Parler for violating rules
Jan 10, 2021Amazon is removing “free speech” social network Parler from its web hosting service for violating rules. If Parler fails to find a new web hosting service by Sunday evening, the entire network will go offline. Parler...