# amazon - Tuesday 2 February, 2021
# Stepping Down
# Stepping Down
Bezos will be succeeded in the role by Andy Jassy.
# amazon - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Explainer
# Explainer
At the height of its powers, Parler had 10 million users.
# amazon - Thursday 31 December, 2020
# Big Tech
# Big Tech
Amazon , Google, Facebook and Apple all faced heavy regulatory scrutiny in 2020.
# amazon - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Cookies
# Cookies
The data watchdog said users were “either insufficiently informed or never informed” of cookies being placed on their computers.
# amazon - Tuesday 8 December, 2020
# Ringing Up
# Ringing Up
Amazon will pay the cost of returns for faulty items, but the cost of returning any other products will be incurred by the buyer.
# amazon - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Brazil
# Brazil
11,088 square kilometres of forest was destroyed in Brazil last year.
# amazon - Tuesday 10 November, 2020
# Amazon
# Amazon
The Commission has also opened a second investigation into the online retail giant.
# amazon - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Tech Giants
# Tech Giants
Democrats in the US are hoping to rein in the power of the tech giants.
# amazon - Friday 2 October, 2020
# Testing
# Testing
The admission comes after months of pressure from workers and labour groups calling for the company to divulge the number of those infected.
# amazon - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Amazon
# Amazon
Rieli Franciscato was accompanied by a police patrol at the time.
# amazon - Saturday 5 September, 2020
# Rose Tinted Glasses
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# Rose Tinted Glasses
The latest batch of episodes of Amazon Prime Video’s All or Nothing documentary series is released on Monday and features a row between Danny Rose and Jose Mourinho
# amazon - Monday 17 August, 2020
# Brazil
# Brazil
Brazil has the second-highest number of infections and deaths in the pandemic, after the US.
# amazon - Wednesday 12 August, 2020
# Brazil
# Brazil
Data from his own government shows the number of blazes in the rainforest is rising.
# amazon - Tuesday 4 August, 2020
# UK
# UK
The CMA said that the deal was unlikely to ‘substantially lessen’ competition.
# amazon - Monday 27 July, 2020
# They're Hiring
# They're Hiring
The new roles will be created over the next two years.
# amazon - Saturday 11 July, 2020
# Tech
# Tech
Amazon cited “security risks” from the China-owned service in the email.
# amazon - Thursday 11 June, 2020
# Facial Recognition
# Facial Recognition
Demonstrations since the death of George Floyd have focused attention on how police use software to track people.
# amazon - Saturday 23 May, 2020
# Page Turner
# Page Turner
Some shops are well equipped to weather the crisis while others have had to get creative.
# amazon - Wednesday 15 April, 2020
# Amazon
# Amazon
The court said Amazon France had “failed to recognise its obligations regarding the security and health of its workers”.
# amazon - Tuesday 18 February, 2020
# Amazon
# Amazon
The online retailer Amazon that Bezos runs has an enormous carbon footprint.
# amazon - Sunday 1 December, 2019
# Green Christmas
# Green Christmas
Want to avoid giant retailers and go green this Christmas? It’ll take a little bit of extra research – but it is possible.
# amazon - Saturday 30 November, 2019
# JAIR BOLSONARA
# JAIR BOLSONARA
The criticism follows a police raid at the headquarters of two nonprofit groups this week.
# amazon - Monday 18 November, 2019
# Brazil
# Brazil
It follows a series of major fires in the region earlier this year.
# amazon - Sunday 3 November, 2019
# Brazil
# Brazil
A logger also died in the attack on Friday night in Maranhao, Brazil.
# amazon - Friday 25 October, 2019
# Indigenous
# Indigenous
The pontiff asked for forgiveness and said the indigenous statues had been found.
# amazon - Saturday 7 September, 2019
# Amazon Fires
# Amazon Fires
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro did not travel to Leticia, citing doctors’ orders.
# amazon - Friday 30 August, 2019
# Burning Ban
# Burning Ban
However, activists have doused hopes that the ban would work.
# amazon - Thursday 29 August, 2019
# Amazon
# Amazon
On Monday, the countries of the G7 pledged €18 million to tackle the Amazon fires.
# amazon - Wednesday 28 August, 2019
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
There is huge concern about the local, national and international impact of the fires.
# amazon - Monday 26 August, 2019
# Fires
# Fires
Aircraft have poured thousands of litres of water on the rainforest.
# amazon - Sunday 25 August, 2019
# Blazes
# Blazes
43,000 troops are have been made available to combat the fires.
# amazon - Thursday 22 August, 2019
# Study
# Study
The report surveyed major players from the tech sector about their stance on lethal autonomous weapons.
# amazon - Monday 29 July, 2019
# Amapa
# Amapa
Police have been deployed to the area following the killing last week.
# amazon - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
# Big Tech
# Big Tech
The investigation comes after the European Union imposed hefty fines on Google recently.
# amazon - Tuesday 23 July, 2019
# Awa Tribe
# Awa Tribe
Since taking office, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of harming the Amazon rainforest.
# amazon - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
# Competition Rules
# Competition Rules
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said the investigation would be completed as a matter of priority.
# amazon - Friday 10 May, 2019
# One Small Step
# One Small Step
Bezos said his space company Blue Origin will land a robotic ship the size of a small house on the moon.
# amazon - Friday 5 April, 2019
# Jeff Bezos
# Jeff Bezos
MacKenzie Bezos retains a 4% stake in online retail giant Amazon which her husband founded in 1994.
# amazon - Sunday 31 March, 2019
# Personal Information
# Personal Information
Gavin de Becker was looking into the leaking of Bezos’s personal information.
# amazon - Saturday 9 February, 2019
# Explainer
# Explainer
A heated dispute is ongoing in the US involving some very high profile figures.
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