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Amazon
Amazon sued for ending free Complete Meals supply as Prime profit
Inside a Whole Foods Market near Amazon’s Seattle headquarters after the tech giant’s 2017 acquisition of the grocery chain. (GeekWire…
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Why Amazon is now pledging to make good on dangerous third-party merchandise
GeekWire Illustration Amazon has long contended that it shouldn’t be held legally liable for defective products sold by third-party merchants…
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Amazon sues six alleged pretend evaluation websites — we chatted with one which didn’t consider swimsuit was actual
GeekWire Illustration Amazon has been targeting alleged sellers of fake product reviews for the past seven years, starting with the…
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Supply companions touted by Amazon acquired thousands and thousands in U.S. monetary support, information present
Prime delivery vans, operated by independent companies in Amazon’s Delivery Service Partners program, have become a regular sight in many…
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Microsoft
Microsoft to curb use of non-competes, drop NDAs from employee settlements, disclose wage ranges, launch civil rights audit
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said repeatedly that he wants the “lived experience” of employees to match the company’s ideals.…
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Critics of non-compete offers see progress in Microsoft coverage change
Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft’s decision to stop using and enforcing non-compete clauses for…
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Amazon and Microsoft deny utilizing Flickr pics for facial recognition, as fits take a look at limits of privateness regulation
A diagram released by IBM in 2019, illustrating the biometric markers available to researchers in its Diversity in Faces dataset,…
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Amazon sues Washington state regulators, alleging Constitutional violation in warehouse security case
The case focuses on Amazon’s fulfillment center in Kent, Wash. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Amazon sued the Washington…
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Amazon and Apple accused of colluding to limit competitors, enhance iPhone and iPad costs
A new lawsuit alleges that an agreement between Amazon and Apple, ostensibly intended to crack down on counterfeiters, illegally restricted…
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Robotic regulation: Public coverage, authorized legal responsibility, and the brand new world of autonomous techniques
Algorithmic disgorgement might sound like a phrase from a science-fiction horror film. In fact, it’s a new tool for regulators…
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