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Woman's Amazon Order May Have Contained Voting Surprise

Maine investigating claim that missing absentee ballots ended up in resident's package

(Newser) - Authorities in Maine are investigating an allegation that dozens of unmarked ballots to be used in this November's election arrived inside a woman's Amazon order. The town of Ellsworth reported to the state last week that it was missing a shipment of 250 absentee ballots, Secretary of State...

Amazon Settles With FTC for $2.5B Over Prime Duping

It's the largest fine in the agency's history

(Newser) - Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so. The Seattle company will pay $1 billion in civil penalties—...

FTC: Amazon Prime Uses 'Dark Patterns' to Lure Customers In

Agency also says in suit in Seattle that company makes it difficult to cancel Prime memberships

(Newser) - Amazon Prime is facing a high-profile legal test in Seattle, where a jury began hearing a case this week that could reshape how the $139-a-year service operates. The Federal Trade Commission claims Amazon lured tens of millions into Prime memberships without their full awareness, then threw up so many...

Amazon Prime Members Are Losing a Popular Perk

Only household members will qualify for shared Prime shipping benefits

(Newser) - Amazon is ending a popular perk that let Prime members share free shipping with people outside their household—soon, only those under the same roof will qualify. The company has started alerting users that the Prime Invitee Program, which allowed members to extend Prime shipping benefits to others, will...

Amazon Boxes Swamp Home, All With the Same Product

Hundreds of returns block driveway, front door in San Jose

(Newser) - In an Amazon version of Groundhog Day, a San Jose woman has opened her door for a year or so to find box after box delivered, though she hasn't ordered anything. The packages all contain the same product: an Etkin-brand faux-leather car seat cover sold by China's Liusandedian,...

Report: Amazon Is Training Humanoid Delivery Robots

Source says company is building 'obstacle course' for testing

(Newser) - Optimus Prime delivery? Amazon is reportedly planning to use humanoid robots to carry out deliveries in its fleet of Rivian electric vans. Citing a source involved in the project, the Information , via the Guardian and the Verge , reports that the company is building a "humanoid park" obstacle course in...

Mobsters Stole $83M in Amazon Cargo: DOJ

Armenian Organized Crime group allegedly had associates sign up as Amazon truck drivers

(Newser) - Amazon might want to be a bit more careful about screening its drivers. US authorities have arrested 13 individuals believed to be members or affiliates of Armenian organized-crime syndicates, accused of attempted murder, kidnapping, fraud, and stealing more than $83 million in goods from the retail giant. The individuals were...

This Is Why You Shouldn't Let Your Kid Play With Your Phone

Kentucky boy, 8, ordered 70K lollipops from Amazon

(Newser) - Parents tempted to hand their phone over to their kid to steal a few minutes of peace, be warned: Holly LaFavers of Lexington, Kentucky, says that cases and cases of Dum-Dums lollipops showed up on her doorstep after her young son ordered them on Amazon while playing with her phone...

Amazon May Spell Out What Tariffs Are Costing You

Meanwhile, online retailer is bracing for price hikes on China-made products

(Newser) - Earlier this month, economic effects from the Trump administration's tariffs blitz hadn't yet made their way to Amazon, though that's been changing in recent days as vendors have started to raise their prices, stating that keeping their costs to consumers the same amid the trade war is...

Amazon Is on Course for a Huge Milestone

Analysts believe it has overtaken Walmart in quarterly revenue for the first time

(Newser) - Amazon is believed to have passed a huge milestone by beating fellow retail giant Walmart in quarterly revenue for the first time. Amazon reported fourth-quarter revenue of $187.8 billion on Thursday, ahead of analysts' expectations, the AP reports. Walmart is expected to announce revenue of $180 billion when it...

Book NFL Player Was Reading During Game Shoots to No. 1

Self-help book Philadelphia Eagles' AJ Brown had on sidelines is now very popular on Amazon

(Newser) - AJ Brown brings what he calls the "recipe" to every NFL game he plays in, though no one has seemed to notice until now. On Sunday, however, the Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver was spied reading his favorite self-help book on camera during his team's 22-10 playoff victory against...

Not Everyone Loves Amazon's Latest 'Home Run'

Online retailer's mandate that employees return to on-site work 5 days a week kicks in on Thursday

(Newser) - New year, new workplace—or, rather, a return to the old workplace for many Amazon.com workers who'd been toiling remotely a couple of days a week since the pandemic. CEO Andy Jassy sent out a memo in September announcing that, barring extenuating circumstances or preapproved arrangements, employees would...

'Stressed' Amazon Driver Ditches Dozens of Packages

An officer in Massachusetts found them in the woods

(Newser) - If holiday Amazon deliveries are a little late in Lakeville, Massachusetts, the police have an explanation. Sgt. Shawn Robert found three totes filled with about 80 Amazon packages in the woods on Sunday morning, reports CBS News . Police were able to trace them back to a delivery person, who admitted...

Amazon Delivery Drivers Strike Days Before Christmas

But the strike only impacts 7 facilities

(Newser) - Workers started striking at seven Amazon facilities Thursday, and more locations are expected to join. With mere days before Christmas, shoppers are starting to worry their gifts won't make it in time, the Washington Post reports. But CNN says the strike is so small, it's unlikely to have...

Sanders: Working Conditions at Amazon 'Beyond Unacceptable'

Panel he chairs releases blistering report on safety at company's warehouses

(Newser) - "The shockingly dangerous working conditions at Amazon's warehouses revealed in this 160-page report are beyond unacceptable," Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday after the Senate panel he chairs released the results of its investigation of the online retail giant. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions—...

You Can Now Buy a Car on Amazon
You Can Now Buy
a Car on Amazon
Dec 11, 2024 6:10 PM CST

You Can Now Buy a Car on Amazon

For now, only Hyundais are available

(Newser) - People in dozens of American cities can now buy the car of their choice on Amazon, as long as it is a new Hyundai. The online retail giant has launched its Amazon Autos service, just over a year after it was first announced, Wired reports. It is currently available in...

2 Beige-Loving Influencers Battle It Out in Court
Influencer Sues Rival
She Says Copied Her
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Dec 8, 2024 3:35 PM CST

Influencer Sues Rival She Says Copied Her

Amazon influencers are battling it out in court

(Newser) - It's a case that, per the Verge , was "a long time coming": One influencer is suing another, alleging copyright infringement and more. Alyssa Sheil and Sydney Nicole Gifford (who now sometimes goes by Sydney Nicole Slone after getting married) met each other a few years back, both of...

Watch Out, Shein and Temu. Amazon's Haul Is Here

E-commerce giant launches new online storefront to compete with China's discount retailers

(Newser) - Amazon has launched a low-cost online storefront featuring electronics, apparel, and other products priced at under $20, an effort to compete with discount retailers that have increasingly encroached on the e-commerce giant's turf. In a blog post on Wednesday, the company said the new Amazon Haul storefront will mostly...

Jeff Bezos Writes Amazon Review for Fiancee's Book

Not surprisingly, he gives it all 5 stars

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos has only reviewed nine products on Amazon.com, the website he founded, but he doled out one of those rare reviews for his fiancee . Lauren Sanchez's children's book, The Fly Who Flew to Space, was released earlier this month, and on Wednesday, Bezos gave it a...

Alexa Has 'Drastically Different' Answers on Trump, Harris

Amazon says it has fixed glitch that made virtual assistant appear to favor VP over former president

(Newser) - A couple of simple questions to Alexa about the upcoming US election have sent users into a tizzy, with conservative critics railing against what Amazon now says was a tech glitch that seemed to favor Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Trump.
  • Question commotion: Per the Telegraph , the hubbub
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