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Yesterday, Amazon agreed to acquire the vacuum cleaner maker iRobot for approximately $1.7 billion, scooping up another company to add to its collection of smart home appliances amid broader concerns about its market power. iRobot is most known for its popular circular-shaped Roomba vacuum, which would join voice assistant Alexa, the Astro robot and Ring […]
If you are looking for a job that will pay for college, Amazon may be right for you. Yesterday, the company announced a new program that will Amazon employees to pursue a bachelor’s degree at SUNY Brockport at no cost. Career Choice program will cover tuition and select fees for qualifying hourly employees who are […]
Amazon is about to acquire the primary care organization One Medical for around $3.9 billion. This will be one of Amazon’s largest acquisitions and it will increase the company’s presence in the healthcare field. The reason Amazon said it is expanding in the medical field is to reinvent the experience in healthcare. The areas they […]
A new bill has passed by lawmakers in New York that will affect warehouse productivity in the state. This will also affect the metrics used by Amazon which has come under fire lately for the treatment of its workers. Labor and safety advocates have criticized Amazon for quotas that require workers in warehouses to work […]
In the latest bill passed by New York lawmakers, New York has passed a bill targeting the use of warehouse productivity quotas. The legislation aims to curtail metrics used by Amazon that have come under more scrutiny in the past few years, as labor and safety advocates have long criticized Amazon for quotas that log […]
Christian Smalls was fired from his job working in the Amazon warehouse after participating in a walkout. The walkout was organized to show frustration over Amazon’s response to the pandemic. After being fired, Smalls began trying to organize a union. The organization soon gained enough interest to hold a union vote. Once this was announced, […]
Donald Glover is beginning the works on his newest show for Amazon and has pulled in none other than Malia Obama as a writer. When asked about it, Glover told Variety: “I feel like she’s just somebody who’s gonna have really good things coming soon. Her writing style is great.” Stephen Glover, Donald’s brother and […]
Yesterday afternoon, the Rochester Police Department was on the hunt to find an Amazon delivery truck that was stolen. According to the investigation, someone took the truck on the 900 block of Monroe Avenue at around 2 pm. The Amazon truck that was missing had a Florida license plate 06AULG. As of right now, no […]
Amazon was hit with a major outage Tuesday. The outage affected universities, governments, and companies including those that use their cloud service. People that use money apps, streaming services, And restaurant apps are also affected by the outage. Amazon customers on the East Coast With the only ones experiencing the outage. Click Here To Read More. Source: BBC