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What's So Revolutionary About Amazon's 'Echo'?

Rachel Martin asks Boston Globe technology reporter Hiawatha Bray if the Amazon Echo is a gadget worth adding to all our other gadgets.

Michigan sales top $1.6M in first week of recreational pot

Recreational marijuana sales totaled about $1.6 million in the inaugural week of business at the first retail shops in Michigan.The Detroit Free Press and…

Amazon opening corporate office in Detroit, plans expansion

Online retailer Amazon is opening a corporate office in Detroit and plans to expand in early 2016.Seattle-based Amazon says it wants the downtown office…

Amazon, and eight other social media and tech companies, received orders from the Federal Trade Commission on Monday. They must hand over information on how they harness user data.

Amazon, TikTok, Facebook, Others Ordered To Explain What They Do With User Data

The Federal Trade Commission gave nine social media and tech companies 45 days to hand over details on how they collect user data. It is the latest move by government actors to regulate Big Tech.

Dung patties dry on the wall of a coal-fired brick oven. They're rolled into cakes, then stuck on the wall with the smack of a hand, leaving an imprint.

You've Got Dung! Amazon Is Delivering Cow Pies In India

Cows are holy in the Hindu religion, and so is their dung. That's why Amazon in India is selling cow dung cakes to city dwellers.

Shoppers roam through an Amazon Go store in April. The automated grocery, which had been restricted to Amazon employees, will be open to the public starting Monday.

Amazon's Cashier-Less Seattle Grocery Opens To The Public

The store, which has been open only to Amazon employees for the past year, uses a smartphone app and a network of cameras to track a customer's purchases.

A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y., which became the company's first unionized U.S. facility in the spring.

Amazon warehouse workers in Albany will vote on unionization in October

About 400 workers will vote on whether to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, which in the spring won a historic vote to form the company's first unionized U.S. warehouse in Staten Island.

Tech giant Google, whose headquarters is in Mountain View, Calif., plans to build a campus in nearby San Jose.

This City Told Amazon And Google: No Incentives For You

Amazon canceled plans for a New York City HQ after meeting stiff opposition over big tax breaks and other incentives. A California mayor refused to offer similar incentives but landed Google anyway.

GR Protesters demand Amazon end contract with ICE

“No contracts with ICE when immigrants pay the price….no contract with ICE when immigrants pay the price.” On Thursday afternoon, members of the Grand…

An Amazon worker pulls a cart of packages for delivery in New York City in July. A promotion that enabled shoppers to tip workers last week maxed out in less than 48 hours.

Amazon launched a driver tipping promotion on the same day it got sued over tip fraud

An Amazon promotion that tipped delivery drivers $5 for every customer that sent a "thank you" message maxed out on the second day, raising questions about whether drivers deserve tips year-round.

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