Amazon could be planning an artificial intelligence-driven virtual shopping service, according to documents from a presentation planned for the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), VentureBeat reports. The service would be multi-layered and work through several different algorithms. Users will be able...
Amazon-owned PayFort aims to support startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the Middle East with its #StartUpStayUp initiative. The FinTech company has invited more than 100 of its startup and SMB “merchant partners” to benefit from the initiative, whose goal is to increase traffic...
Of the 175,000 workers Amazon brought on board during the coronavirus pandemic, the eCommerce titan plans to keep over half of them, Reuters reported. The company said they would offer permanent jobs to around 125,000 of the new pandemic hires, which equates to 70 percent....
After removing the camera from store shelves in December of last year, Amazon is sunsetting the Echo Look. Clients started to get messages yesterday noted that their units, as well as accompanying app, will “no longer function” starting in July of this year, as the...
Amazon customers can now use Supplemental Nutrient Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in more states, according to a statement from the eCommerce giant. As of this week, customers with SNAP in the states of Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Vermont, Virginia, West...
Amazon has released a video game called “Crucible,” which bears similarities to popular titles like “Overwatch,” “Fortnite” and “League of Legends,” Amazon reported. The PC game, a shooter, is free to play and is the first big-budget game released via Amazon Game Studios since its...
Amazon says it plans to send an “appropriate” executive to testify before Congress about how the company uses third-party data, after the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee requested CEO Jeff Bezos to appear, Reuters reported. The eCommerce titan has faced allegations that it used...
Amazon has filed suit against two companies that are allegedly operating a global tech support scheme targeting Alexa users, CNN reported. The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in Seattle, alleges Washington-based Robojap Technologies and Quatic Software Solutions in Punjab, India have scammed...
Amazon urged Congress on Wednesday (May 13) to enact legislation to prohibit price gouging during times of national emergency, Reuters reported. Brian Huseman, a vice president of public policy at Amazon, said in a blog post that each of the nation’s states have different rules...
