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fromArchitectural Digest
7 years ago

23 No-Fail Wedding Gifts You Can Buy on Amazon

Don't underestimate the power of Amazon wedding gifts. You know that rule that you have a year after the celebration to dive into the wedding registry and give the newlyweds the perfect gift before you become a rude, uncaring friend? Every single time I'm required to buy a wedding present, I procrastinate so much that I end up sending something juusssst before the 365th day hits. At my worst,
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fromFuturism
4 hours ago

Amazon Caught Peddling AI Slop Version of Cory Doctorow That's So Ironic That We Have to Go Outside and Stare at the Sky for a Bit

AI-generated knockoffs appeared on Amazon ahead of a release, using SEO-bloated titles and AI-pasted descriptions to undercut sales and exploit lax platform QA.
#prime-day
fromBuzzFeed
4 hours ago
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We're Parents Who Shop For A Living And These 9 Things We Swear By Are On Sale For Prime Day

fromZDNET
2 weeks ago
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Best Amazon Prime Day phone deals 2025: My 13 favorite sales in October

fromBuzzFeed
4 hours ago
E-Commerce

We're Parents Who Shop For A Living And These 9 Things We Swear By Are On Sale For Prime Day

fromZDNET
2 weeks ago
E-Commerce

Best Amazon Prime Day phone deals 2025: My 13 favorite sales in October

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fromCreative Bloq
14 hours ago

These are the only 4 genuine iPad deals I've found for Amazon Big Deal Days so far

The 11-inch iPad Air (M3) is discounted from $599 to $449 on Amazon during Prime Day.
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fromArchitectural Digest
6 months ago

The Best Rugs on Amazon Will Tie the Whole Room Together

Area rugs provide plush texture, set a room's foundation, and Amazon offers diverse, quality, and affordable options from brands like Ruggable, Loloi, and Safavieh.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
1 day ago

Best Amazon Prime Day phone deals 2025: My 15 favorite sales ahead of October

Prime Day already offers substantial smartphone discounts, making it a strong opportunity to upgrade before Black Friday with limited chance of deeper price drops.
#earnings
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

We want justice': workers at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia still waiting on financial redress

Warehouse laborers from Asia say the world's second largest employer, Amazon, has failed to live up to its promises to compensate them for financial abuses tied to their work for the online retailer in Saudi Arabia. In 2023, Amazon promised to reimburse recruitment fees to its contract workers from Asia who had been forced to pay large sums to secure jobs at the company's warehouses in Saudi Arabia.
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fromThe Verge
2 days ago

The best lists to keep - and the best ways to keep them

Installer No. 100 highlights new Amazon devices, an AI social network, a recommended mouse, a game sequel, and personal media and gadget recommendations.
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fromGSMArena.com
3 days ago

Deals: Galaxy Z Flip7 and S25 Ultra prices drop, Moto Razr Ultra 2025 also discounted

Multiple discounted smartphones and updated Kindle Scribe models are available now, including the Galaxy Z Flip7 at $150 off and new Kindle Scribe features.
fromThe Motley Fool
3 days ago

3 Must Own Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy Before 2025 Is Over | The Motley Fool

2025 is three-fourths over. While that may be odd to say, the reality is that a new investing year is almost upon us. However, there are still plenty of stocks that are worth buying now, especially to capture an end-of-year rally that may occur as institutional investors reposition their portfolios to capture gains where they think the market will be heading in 2026.
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fromThe Motley Fool
4 days ago

The Ultimate Growth Stock to Buy With $1,000 Right Now | The Motley Fool

Amazon remains a prime growth investment due to durable multi-industry expansion, e-commerce leadership with large online retail runway, and high-growth cloud computing via AWS.
#stock-forecast
#prime
fromFortune
6 days ago

Lyft CEO on the time Bill Gates told him he was making 'the stupidest decision I've ever heard anyone made' | Fortune

He says, 'Hold on for a second. You mean to tell me you're leaving this company for some tiny, little internet bookstore that nobody's ever heard of ... that has got to be the stupidest decision I've ever heard anyone made,' Risher recalled.
Venture
#q2-earnings
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Here's where to preorder all of Amazon's new Alexa devices and when they arrive

The Echo Dot Max is available for preorder in black, purple, and white with Alexa Plus Early Access for $99.99 at Amazon ahead of its release on October 29th. The Echo Studio is available for preorder at Amazon in black or white for $219.99, and will arrive in stores on October 29th. US customers will also get access to Alexa Plus Early Access when they place their preorder.
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#echo-show
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fromZDNET
1 week ago

Watch out, shoppers: You can't hide your Amazon orders anymore - but there's a workaround

Amazon removed the ability to archive, hide, or delete orders; previously archived purchases now appear in the main order history.
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Amazon's Echo Pop and Dot speakers are the cheapest they've been in months

The Echo Pop and Echo Dot are Amazon's entry-level smart speakers, and both are currently on sale ahead of Amazon's October Prime Day (aka Prime Big Deal Days), which officially kicks off on October 7th. Both speakers are currently discounted to their lowest prices since the middle of June, which means they're beating their summer Prime Day prices. Both speakers are screen-free, and allow you to use Amazon Alexa to control compatible smart home devices, set timers, and ask for information about the news, weather, and other goings-on.
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fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Amazon's kid-friendly Kindles are cheaper than ever ahead of October Prime Day

Amazon's October Prime Day (officially called Prime Big Deal Days) starts on October 7th, but waiting a week won't be necessary to score a great deal. Amazon has already discounted the Kindle Kids, Kindle Paperwhite Kids, and Kindle Colorsoft Kids e-readers to their lowest prices ever. All of the kid-friendly Kindles have 16GB of storage and are ad-free. They also come with a cover, expanded parental controls panel, six or twelve month subscription to Amazon Kids Plus,
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Law
fromKOMO
1 week ago

How the outcome of antitrust lawsuits could save consumers money

Court rulings could force Google to share user data and FTC actions against Amazon may increase competition, lowering search-ad costs and potentially reducing consumer prices.
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fromThe Verge
1 week ago

The Blink security camera app is down, but Amazon is working on it

Blink app access is disrupted for many users nationwide, but camera recordings and notifications remain unaffected; Amazon is working on a fix.
#ftc-settlement
fromFortune
1 week ago
E-Commerce

Amazon Prime settlement: How to claim up to $51, who qualifies, and when refunds arrive | Fortune

fromAxios
1 week ago
E-Commerce

How and when you'll get a refund from the Amazon Prime, FTC settlement

fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago
E-Commerce

How Business Insider's investigation into Amazon Prime led to a record $2.5 billion settlement with the US government

fromFortune
1 week ago
E-Commerce

Amazon Prime settlement: How to claim up to $51, who qualifies, and when refunds arrive | Fortune

fromAxios
1 week ago
E-Commerce

How and when you'll get a refund from the Amazon Prime, FTC settlement

fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago
E-Commerce

How Business Insider's investigation into Amazon Prime led to a record $2.5 billion settlement with the US government

#vega-os
#ftc
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fromArchitectural Digest
7 months ago

No, Your Appliances Don't Have to Be Ugly: We Found the Best Options on Amazon That Look Good Too

Stylish home appliances on Amazon combine strong functionality with decorative design, offering high-end brand options and affordable, aesthetically pleasing choices for kitchens and living spaces.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

Amazon to pay $2.5 billion, one of the largest FTC settlements in history, to mitigate claims it tricked millions of people into signing up for Prime | Fortune

Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion, including a $1 billion penalty and $1.5 billion in refunds, to resolve FTC allegations of deceptive Prime enrollment and difficult cancellations.
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle the FTC's Prime lawsuit

Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, which claimed it tricked millions of customers into subscribing to Prime and made it hard to cancel. Under the agreement, Amazon will pay a $1 billion civil penalty, along with $1.5 billion that it will pay back to an estimated 35 million customers impacted by the company's "deceptive" sign-up process.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Amazon agrees to settle U.S. lawsuit that it 'tricked' people into Prime

Amazon has agreed to settle a landmark case over its Prime membership program, according to U.S. regulators, who had alleged the company's web designs manipulated tens of millions of people into paying for subscriptions that were purposefully hard to cancel. The Federal Trade Commission says Amazon, without admitting wrongdoing, has agreed to pay a historic $1 billion in civil penalties to the government and another $1.5 billion in redress payments to affected consumers.
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#prime-big-deal-days
fromZDNET
3 weeks ago
E-Commerce

Amazon Prime Day is October 7-8: Everything you need to know about October Prime Day

fromZDNET
3 weeks ago
E-Commerce

Amazon Prime Day is October 7-8: Everything you need to know about October Prime Day

#lego
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago
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The LEGO Minecraft Advent Calendar Is Selling for Pennies, but Only if You Buy Early - Kotaku

fromKotaku
2 weeks ago
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The LEGO Minecraft Advent Calendar Is Selling for Pennies, but Only if You Buy Early - Kotaku

fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Amazon to close its UK grocery stores

Amazon is planning to close its 19 UK grocery stores less than five years after it launched the till-free sites in London. Amazon said five of the stores earmarked for closure would be converted in to Whole Foods stores, a fresh and whole food brand which Amazon owns. The company added that it would focus on its online delivery services in the groceries sector, including with its partners Morrisons, Co-op, Iceland, and Gopuff.
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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Amazon's famed 'Customer Obsession' credo is on trial this month | Fortune

At Amazon, "Leaders start with the customer and work backwards. They work vigorously to earn and keep customer trust. Although leaders pay attention to competitors, they obsess over customers." That description-with parts bolded for emphasis by this reporter-sits at the top of a webpage on Amazon's corporate jobs site under a subtitle that reads "Customer Obsession," which is the first and most famous Leadership Principle that Amazon has long said should guide how its employees act.
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#apple
fromAol
2 weeks ago
Apple

Best Stock to Buy Right Now: Apple vs. Amazon

Apple's strong brand and ecosystem drive high profitability, while Amazon's AWS and digital advertising offer multiple growth drivers; one stock likely outperforms over five years.
fromAol
2 weeks ago
Apple

Best Stock to Buy Right Now: Apple vs. Amazon

Amazon offers greater return potential over five years due to multiple growth drivers (AWS, digital advertising), while Apple relies on brand-driven pricing power and profits.
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from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

The Deadliest Natural Disaster to Ever Strike Your State

Amazon is establishing a Southern California Disaster Relief Hub to accelerate delivery of mitigation supplies as U.S. wildfires and other regional natural disasters increase.
fromGameSpot
2 weeks ago

Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart Bundle In Stock At Amazon With Same-Day Delivery

Up until this week, Amazon required customers to request an invite and then wait for an approval email. The invitation sometimes arrived the same day, while other times you had to wait a week or longer (if you received an invite at all). But now you can purchase either model just like any other product, and both editions are eligible for Prime shipping; you may even be eligible for same-day delivery.
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fromThe Motley Fool
2 weeks ago

Prediction: This Is What Amazon's Stock Will Be Worth by 2030 | The Motley Fool

Amazon's advertising and AI-driven divisions can drive significant profit growth, potentially making Amazon a top long-term growth stock by 2030.
#aws
fromAol
2 weeks ago
E-Commerce

Prediction: This Is What Amazon's Stock Will Be Worth by 2030

AWS and advertising services are driving Amazon's rapid profit growth, making operating-profit expansion the key metric for investors.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

The Amazon executive overseeing its upcoming AI agent service is stepping down

Dilip Kumar, VP of AWS Applications, is stepping down from his role at the end of the month after overseeing AWS's Quick Suite AI launch.
E-Commerce
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Jensen & Co. caught in U.S.-China trade war crossfire-again | Fortune

Amazon is expanding automated AI tools for sellers, risking merchant disruptions while potentially widening its marketplace dominance and creating openings for competitors.
E-Commerce
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Amazon to invest over $1 billion in fulfillment and transportation workers to boost pay, cut health care costs | Fortune

Amazon is investing over $1 billion to raise U.S. fulfillment and transportation workers' wages and reduce employee health care costs.
Startup companies
fromEntrepreneur
2 weeks ago

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Is Fighting Against Bureaucracy | Entrepreneur

Amazon is cutting excess middle-management layers and reducing bureaucracy to operate more like a startup and speed innovation.
Music
fromPitchfork
3 weeks ago

Massive Attack Announce Brazil Concert Supporting Indigenous Rights and Climate Justice

Massive Attack and Cavalera will perform in São Paulo with Amazonian Indigenous partners to demand climate justice and protection of Indigenous lands during COP30.
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

Billionaire Bill Ackman Pumped $1.2 Billion Into Just 1 Stock (No, It's Not Uber)

Unafraid of concentration risk, Ackman channels billions into select names he believes are undervalued giants, as evidenced by past winners like Chipotle Mexican Grill ( ) and Hilton Worldwide Holdings ( ). His strategy prioritizes quality management and long-term moats over diversification. In the first quarter, he launched a blockbuster stake in Uber Technologies ( ), acquiring 30.3 million shares worth $2.21 billion at the time - now valued at $2.8 billion and comprising 21% of his $13.7 billion portfolio. Yet, he hasn't added since, content with the position amid Uber's rally.
Business
#ftc-investigation
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fromInsideEVs
3 weeks ago

GM's BrightDrop Van Is In The Race To Become An Amazon Delivery Vehicle

Amazon is testing Chevrolet BrightDrop electric vans as part of efforts to reach 100,000 electric delivery vehicles by 2030.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

When the forests burn, the sickness comes': how protecting trees shields millions from disease

Healthy Indigenous Amazon forests reduce disease risk and shield millions from respiratory, cardiovascular, and vector-borne illnesses linked to wildfires and deforestation.
US news
fromMail Online
3 weeks ago

Amazon sells book on Charlie Kirk's assassination HOURS after

A mistakenly dated Amazon listing for a book about Charlie Kirk's assassination sparked conspiracy claims before Amazon corrected the publication date and removed the listing.
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fromAol
3 weeks ago

Did Amazon Intentionally Kill Toys R Us? A Look Back at Their Doomed Partnership

Toys 'R' Us's 2000 exclusive online partnership with Amazon ceded customer data and sales control, enabling Amazon to outcompete and hastening Toys 'R' Us's decline.
#augmented-reality
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fromTipRanks Financial
3 weeks ago

Amazon (AMZN) and Netflix (NFLX) Join Hands to Expand Advertising Reach - TipRanks.com

Amazon and Netflix will let advertisers buy Netflix ad space through Amazon's DSP starting Q4 2025 across 11 countries.
fromEntrepreneur
4 weeks ago

Taylor Swift and Amazon's 'Antifragile' Secret to Business Success | Entrepreneur

The superstar musician is the most-streamed artist in the world. She is the first to win album of the year at the Grammy Awards four times. Her Eras Tour generated more than $2 billion in ticket sales. And she has a net worth of $1.6 billion. She also has something valuable in common with Amazon, the Jeff Bezos-founded ecommerce giant that boasts a $2.5 trillion market capitalization.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Amazon fires 150 unionized third-party drivers, Teamsters says

Amazon fired more than 150 unionized drivers employed by third-party contractor Cornucopia in Queens; the Teamsters say the firings were retaliation for unionizing.
Television
fromVariety
1 month ago

Krishan Bhatia, Who Helped Amazon Build Presence in TV Upfronts, is Exiting

Krishan Bhatia is leaving Amazon after joining last year to build the company's Madison Avenue and upfront sales presence while developing ad-sales strategies.
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Stock Price Prediction in 2030: Bull, Bear, & Baseline Forecasts (Sept 5)

Amazon.com Inc. ( NASDAQ: AMZN) has been one of the stock market's biggest success stories ever. The company had its initial public offering in May 1997 and traded for an astonishingly low split-adjusted price of just seven cents per share. Since then, the stock has gained over 308,700% as the company has grown into the linchpin of e-commerce. Since its inception, Amazon has become a mainstay in the Magnificent 7 and now commands the fourth-largest market cap of any publicly traded company.
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fromThe Motley Fool
1 month ago

Prediction: 2 Stocks That'll Be Worth More Than Apple 3 Years From Now | The Motley Fool

Amazon's cloud dominance and AI adoption position it to outgrow Apple and potentially surpass Apple's market capitalization within three years.
Fashion & style
fromTravel + Leisure
1 month ago

I'm Putting My Summer Clothes Away for the Season-Here Are 12 Amazon Staples I'm Eyeing for Fall, From $12

Twelve affordable, travel-friendly fall fashion pieces under $50—from oversized cardigans and cozy lounge sets to denim shackets—optimize warmth and suitcase space.
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Stock Price Prediction for 2025: Where Will It Be in 1 Year

In other company news, the firm announced in July that it deployed its 1 millionth robot while also deploying its new AI foundation model to power its robotic fleet. The robotics cycle is "early," according to Bank of America's analyst, who expects Amazon to leverage robots to reduce labor dependency, increase order accuracy and improve warehouse efficiency, driving material cost savings.
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from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

5 Stocks Billionaires Are Snapping Up

Billionaire purchases of stocks often signal investor confidence and can precede significant price gains, making those stocks potential buying opportunities.
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fromDigiday
1 month ago

Amazon reverses its Google Shopping retreat, making life harder for performance buyers

Amazon paused then resumed Google Shopping ad spend globally, briefly dropping from about 70% to near zero for 31 days, reshaping market dynamics and competitor strategies.
Tech industry
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Amazon has mostly sat out the AI talent war. This internal document reveals why.

Amazon's unique pay structure, perceived AI lag, and strict return-to-office policies have hindered recruitment of top AI talent, prompting a rethink of recruiting strategy.
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Amazon Hit With Class Action Suit Over Stealth Leasing Videos - Above the Law

On Friday, a proposed class action was filed in Washington federal court against Amazon over a "bait and switch" in which the company allegedly misleads consumers into believing they've purchased content when they're only getting a license to watch, which can be revoked at any time....Lisa Reingold, who filed the lawsuit, says she bought Bella and the Bulldogs - Volume 4 on Amazon in May for $20.79 but soon lost access to the title.
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fromwww.adweek.com
1 month ago

Criteo vs. the Upstarts: A Retail Media Showdown

Criteo remains resilient amid rising retail-media competitors, client attrition, and Amazon's encroachment, with upcoming September decisions critical to its future.
Media industry
fromwww.techradar.com
1 month ago

Think you own movies and TV shows you've bought on Prime Video? A new Amazon lawsuit proves otherwise

Amazon faces a class-action lawsuit alleging Prime Video sells revocable viewing licenses while representing purchases as owned movies, potentially allowing access to be removed.
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fromZDNET
1 month ago

The base model Kindle is the e-reader most people should buy (and it's under $100 right now)

The base model Kindle is discounted to $90 for Labor Day, offering simple, distraction-free reading with improved light, contrast, and faster page turns.
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