Category: Amazon

Amazon Cuts COVID-19 Paid Leave to 40 Hours for US Employees, Follows Walmart

Another big private employer has cut COVID-19 paid leave for its United States workers following rule changes by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Amazon.com Inc., the second-largest U.S. private employer, announced on Friday that its COVID-19 paid leave has been reduced to a maximum of 40 hours in a notification to employees….


Amazon Cuts COVID-19 Paid Leave to 40 Hours for US Employees, Following Walmart

Another big private employer has cut COVID-19 paid leave for its workers in the United States following rule changes by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Amazon.com Inc., the second-largest U.S. private employer, said its COVID-19 paid leave has been reduced to a maximum of 40 hours in a Jan. 7 notification to employees. Before…


Amazon Collaborates With Lockheed Martin, Cisco

Lockheed Martin Corp, Amazon.com Inc, and Cisco Systems Inc partnered to integrate unique human-machine interface technologies into NASA’s Orion spacecraft. It would provide an opportunity to learn how future astronauts could benefit from far-field voice technology, AI, and tablet-based video collaboration. The Callisto technology demonstration will be integrated into NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the agency’s Artemis I uncrewed mission…


Indian Court Halts Amazon, Future Arbitration in Blow to US Giant

NEW DELHI—A Delhi court has halted arbitration proceedings between Indian conglomerate Future Group and its estranged U.S. partner Amazon.com in light of the national antitrust agency’s suspension of a 2019 deal between the two sides. The decision on Wednesday is a setback for U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon, which had successfully used the terms of its…


German Cartel Office Steps up Examination of Google Products

BERLIN—Germany’s cartel office said it was examining Google’s use of personal data and its Google News Showcase product under its new powers to regulate internet companies, and was also considering cases involving Amazon, Apple, and Facebook owner Meta. The regulator said on Wednesday it had determined that Google’s owner Alphabet met the scale threshold required…


India Court Dismisses Future’s Plea to Declare Arbitration With Amazon Illegal

MUMBAI—An Indian court on Tuesday dismissed Future Retail’s plea to declare arbitration proceedings with its warring partner Amazon.com Inc. as illegal. The ruling came after Future urged a New Delhi judge that given India’s antitrust agency had suspended a 2019 deal used by Amazon to assert rights over Future, there was no legal basis for…


Amazon Driver Rescues 4-Month-Old and Parents From Colorado Wildfire, Family Says They ‘Could Be Dead’ Otherwise

A Colorado family says they “could be dead” if it wasn’t for an Amazon.com, Inc. delivery driver who rescued them during the Marshall Fire. The wildfire raged across Boulder County last week causing resident to flee as it destroyed up to 1,000 homes. The family’s home in the town of Superior (Southeast of Boulder) was surrounded by flames on Thursday,…


Read How California’s Latest Law Could Target Amazon

California envisaged a new law to prevent the warehousing industry from overworking employees, Bloomberg reports. Clearly, Amazon.com Inc. is the regulatory body’s target, the report adds. Amazon has given machines unparalleled control over workers and allegedly used technology to impose unreasonable demands on them. AB 701, authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, prohibits monitoring systems that thwart fundamental…


Amazon Told 10-Year-Old to Do Hazardous ‘Challenge’

Amazon Alexa’s recent reply to a young girl who asked it to present a challenge left the girl’s mother shocked. Kristin Livdahl, a writer, said her 10-year-old girl “just asked Alexa on our Echo for a challenge.” Alexa came back with something it said it found on the internet. “According to ourcommunitynow.com: The challenge is…


Amazon’s Alexa Told 10-Year-Old to Do Hazardous ‘Challenge’

Amazon Alexa’s recent reply to a young girl who asked it to present a challenge left the girl’s mother shocked. Kristin Livdahl, a writer, said her 10-year-old girl “just asked Alexa on our Echo for a challenge.” Alexa came back with something it said it found on the internet. “According to ourcommunitynow.com: The challenge is…