An Amazon Fulfillment Center in Spokane, Washington (GeekWire Photo) The news: An Amazon Fulfillment Center employee died Thursday after being found in the bathroom of a warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. Bloomberg first covered the news, saying the employee collapsed at the facility, citing unnamed sources. Amazon said it was a personal medical incident and there … Read more
Everyone needed a new computer in 2020, and for a lot of people that ended up being a Chromebook. (Canalys map; click to enlarge) Despite manufacturing bottlenecks, the global PC market grew for the fourth straight quarter. New system shipments rose 53.1% year over year to 122.1 million units in the first quarter, and Google’s … Read more
(Amazon photo) The news: Amazon is expanding its key in-garage grocery delivery service to more than 5,000 US cities. It started in five cities in November. How it works: With this service, Amazon Prime members can have groceries from Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods delivered to their garage. Customers must have a $ 30 smart … Read more
An Amazon employee is given a mask when entering a fulfillment center in Kent, Washington, before moving to the huge warehouse for package handling. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon is expecting thousands of its employees to attend a COVID-19 vaccination event at the company’s fulfillment center in Kent, Washington on Monday. It is … Read more
(CNN) – While there are many reasons to be more hopeful and grateful than ever, the climb in warm weather, spring blooms, and sunny skies is certainly the most important among them. Let’s be honest: after a long (and freezing cold!) Pandemic winter, we’re more than ready to go outside for the foreseeable future. To … Read more
Amazon told Bloomberg that it canned its Lord of the Rings, developed with the help of China’s Leyou, after “being unable to secure terms” to continue its development. However, sources claim that Tencent’s recent acquisition of Leyou sparked a contractual dispute that ultimately brought the project to a standstill. Amazon Game Studios is having trouble … Read more
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(CNN) – Amazon has it all. We trust that we will find what we are looking for. But when we think about the basics for the home, Amazon may not be the first place we’d look. But let’s change that because the retailer has a huge range of furniture, decorating and organizing products that you … Read more
University of Washington professor Margaret O’Mara discusses the history of technology at GeekWire Summit 2017. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) Amazon warehouse employees voted against union formation in Bessemer, Ala., in a victory for the company and a defeat for organized work. However, the process has put focus on labor practices at the tech giant’s … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: The ballots in the union drive at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., are expected to be counted by hand starting either Thursday afternoon or Friday morning.Credit…Charity Rachelle for The New York Times With about half the ballots counted late Thursday, votes against unionization had a more than 2-to-1 … Read more