Thevirtual eventwill take place on Sept. 28. Another thing we could get next week: a release date for theRing Always Home Cam. It’s unclear if Amazon will have more in store for Fire TV. The new Amazon-built TVs are available for preorder and slated to arrive in October. Of course, Amazon could also have surprises to unbox. We’ll find out for sure next week.
The invite-only virtual event will take place Sept. 28. At the event last year, we also got a look atAstro, the company’s ambitious robot assistant. Amazon is gearing up for a potentially busy last few months of the year. More on Amazon
That tops last year, when Amazon said Prime members purchased more than300 million items worldwide. US e-commerce sales jumped as a whole thanks to Prime Day, according to data from Adobe Analytics. Online shoppers spent $6.3 billion across sites on Wednesday, up by 6.4% compared to last year. The company said it sold millions of Alexa-enabled devices during the sales event. Other top-selling items were Laneige Lip Glowy Balm,Apple AirPodsand Bisselll’s Little Green Portable Deep Cleaner....
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The investigation will also take a broader view of Amazon’s policies. The situation regarding the tornado “was not an isolated incident,” the committee says in its letter. The committee wants the documents by April 14. Amazon didn’t immediately respond to CNET’s request for comment. We will respond to this letter in due course."
The price of the item will be based on the product’s condition. The program is starting in the UK but is coming to the US and other markets later. Amazon faced blowback following a June report from UK outlet ITV News. Some items go to charity.
The new design allows for increased range, expanded temperature tolerance and new safety features, Amazon said. In 2020, it gainedapproval for the dronesfrom the Federal Aviation Administration, beforescaling backthe project the following year. Amazon said in July that it would begin using drones todeliver packages to residents of College Station, Texas. The e-commerce giant in June also announced plans tobegin drone deliveries in Lockeford, California, near Sacramento.
The allegations come amid Amazon’s fight against its workers' unionization efforts. In May, Amazonfired employeesat a Staten Island warehouse who had voted to unionize.
Specifically, that applies to the first- and second-gen Kindle as well as theKindle DX. Newer Kindle devices that use Wi-Fi or 4G to connect with Amazon servers are unaffected, Amazon says. Those customers received a discount offer to upgrade to a new Kindle Oasis or Kindle Paperwhite.
Amazon and Facebook have both filedrequests that Khan be recusedfrom ongoing investigations into their businesses' practices.
That includes 40,000 jobs in the US. This comes as the e-commerce giant prepares to hold itsannual career day on Sept. 15. Jassyascended to the chief executive rolein July, taking over for founder Jeff Bezos. The company didn’t immediately respond to a request for further comment.
Amazon Games will be thepublisher behind the next mainline Tomb Raider game, it said Thursday. As such, the Crystal Dynamics deal moves Amazon substantially forward in the gaming industry. That selloff has opened the gates for Crystal Dynamics to make unique publishing deals like this one.
It waslaunched in 2013. The company intends to close AmazonSmile by Feb. 20, it said in a company blog post. To stem the losses, Amazon plans tocut more than 18,000 jobs. He’s alsoshuttered the Amazon Caretelehealth and nursing service, as well asFabric.com, a longtime online fabric retailer.
