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Find the latest news and reports on Amazon. It is a US electronic trading company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. Get news and information about the founding and transformation of Amazon. Its headquarters is located in Seattle, Washington. Amazon is one of the world’s top retail dealers by income and market capitalization. Visit RT for the latest news and details on the current activities of Amazon. From time to time, like many other giants, Amazon runs into financial problems or social issues with its workers. Follow RT to get all the news. And finally, find news on the issue of Amazon’s cloud-based voice service Alexa, which turned out to be something like a spy device.
- Amazon patents ‘helpful’ surveillance delivery drones that totally don’t spy on your neighbors
Amazon has filed a patent for delivery drones that also surveil customers – for their own good, it claims, suggesting that a drone will inform people if there’s a fire or damage on their property but won’t snoop around.Jun 22, 2019 05:11USA News - Homeland Security fuses all biometric data on an Amazon server - what could go wrong?The US Department of Homeland Security is upgrading its surveillance database to add DNA profiles and relationships to its massive cache of fingerprints and face scans. And Amazon is to host this trove of sensitive information.Jun 20, 2019 05:20USA News
- Big Tech caught in antitrust crosshairs of both Trump & CongressSilicon Valley tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are finding themselves targets of antitrust probes by both the Trump administration and Democrats, in what appears to be a power struggle ahead of the 2020 election.Jun 4, 2019 00:42USA News
- Only 2% of Amazon shareholders vote against giving facial recognition to governmentAmazon shareholders voted almost unanimously to reject a proposal to stop selling facial recognition tech to government agencies, and even a study of its effects garnered little support, effectively green-lighting Big Brother.May 25, 2019 03:19USA News
- Amazon won’t stop selling ‘offensive’ toilet rugs with Hindu gods despite mass backlash from IndiansAmazon has faced a major backlash in India, as online users – yet again –discovered toilet seat covers, door rugs and other questionable items featuring Hindu gods and other Indian symbols sold by the e-commerce giant.May 16, 2019 15:28World News
- It’s not just Amazon: These profitable US corporations paid ZERO taxesSixty of America’s biggest companies from the Fortune 500 list, including IBM, Netflix, General Motors and Chevron, managed to avoid paying a dime in income taxes on their whopping profits last year.Apr 21, 2019 09:58Business News
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