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Shopping from the earth's biggest selection of books, magazines, music, DVDs, videos, electronics, computers, software, apparel & accessories, shoes and more. Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington, that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies along with Google, Apple, and Facebook.

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Amazon and Mastercard Join US Artificial Intelligence Safety Initiative 
Amazon and Mastercard Join US Artificial Intelligence Safety Initiative 
February 08, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Editor’s note: This story has been updated: Amazon and Mastercard are among dozens of members of a new government artificial intelligence (AI) safety initiative. The...

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Amazon Uses Next-Day Delivery to Win the Hearts of Valentine’s Day Shoppers
Amazon Uses Next-Day Delivery to Win the Hearts of Valentine’s Day Shoppers
February 07, 2024  |  eCommerce

As eCommerce merchants compete to secure couples’ Valentine’s Day spending, Amazon introduced a new option targeting last-minute gifting occasions. The retail giant shared via email...

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Amazon Cutting Jobs in Healthcare Units One Medical, Amazon Pharmacy
Amazon Cutting Jobs in Healthcare Units One Medical, Amazon Pharmacy
February 06, 2024  |  Amazon

Amazon will reportedly cut jobs across its healthcare units One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy. The company will cut “a few hundred” jobs in these businesses, Reuters reported Tuesday (Feb. 6), citing...

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Amazon Launches Online Ad Partnership as Google Eliminates Tracking Cookies
Amazon Launches Online Ad Partnership as Google Eliminates Tracking Cookies
February 05, 2024  |  Amazon

Amazon has teamed with British publishing giant Reach to obtain targeted customer ad data. The partnership, the subject of a Monday (Feb. 5) report by the Financial Times (FT),...

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CE 100 Index Gains 0.3% as Meta Soars 20% Post-Earnings
CE 100 Index Gains 0.3% as Meta Soars 20% Post-Earnings
February 05, 2024  |  Connected Economy

Meta dominated the CE 100 Index’s earnings-related news this week, soaring on commentary that users are engaging more often with its app. The overall index...

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Walmart Counters Amazon’s eCommerce Lead With Omnichannel Tech
Walmart Counters Amazon’s eCommerce Lead With Omnichannel Tech
February 02, 2024  |  Retail

As Walmart looks to shrink Amazon’s growing lead in consumer retail spending, the mega-retailer is turning to new technologies to merge the digital and physical...

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Jassy: Amazon’s GenAI Tools Could Boost Customer Experience and Profits
Jassy: Amazon’s GenAI Tools Could Boost Customer Experience and Profits
February 01, 2024  |  Earnings

Riding a huge wave of consumer holiday spending and harvesting its October Prime Big Deal Day season, Amazon delivered its highest operating income ever late...

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Amazon Beta Launches Generative AI Shopping Assistant Rufus
Amazon Beta Launches Generative AI Shopping Assistant Rufus
February 01, 2024  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon has beta launched a new generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered shopping assistant.  Dubbed “Rufus,” the assistant is now available to a small subset of customers using...

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UPS Volume Pressures Point to Amazon’s Success With Ecosystem Buildout
UPS Volume Pressures Point to Amazon’s Success With Ecosystem Buildout
February 01, 2024  |  Shipping

The pressures confronting UPS may point to wider seismic shifts with eCommerce and the last mile. As the shipping giant gears up for a restructuring and layoffs,...

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