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Amazon scraps partnership with surveillance company after Super Bowl ad backlash

February 22, 2026 The Associated Press

Amazon’s smart doorbell maker Ring has terminated a partnership with police surveillance tech company Flock Safety. The announcement follows a backlash that erupted after a 30-second Ring ad that aired during the Super Bowl featuring […]

Amazon cuts 14K corporate jobs as AI spending accelerates

November 1, 2025 Michelle Chapman

Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere. In June, CEO Andy Jassy, who has aggressively sought to cut costs since […]

LUCCI: Spain’s ‘Digital Sovereignty’ ends in Beijing

August 15, 2025 Michael Lucci

In Spain, “digital sovereignty” now means putting up barriers to restrict American tech companies while outsourcing the country’s networks to the Chinese Communist Party. Across the EU, governments claim to be building independent systems to […]

Amazon to invest $10B in Richmond County for data center, AI campus

June 13, 2025 The Associated Press

HAMLET — Amazon plans to invest $10 billion toward building a campus in North Carolina to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure, bringing a massive shot in the arm to a region where […]

JACKSON: Amazon data center is a big win for the region

June 13, 2025 Rep. Neal Jackson

Amazon’s commitment to invest $10 billion in a cloud computing and artificial intelligence data center campus in Richmond County signals a transformative era for the Sandhills region. Located in Hamlet’s Energy Way Industrial Park, this […]

Retail giants scale for same-day prescription delivery

April 26, 2025 Tom Murphy

America’s two largest retailers want to deliver prescriptions to your doorstep in as little as a few hours. Amazon and Walmart are undergoing national expansions in same-day prescription deliveries. They’re joining a trend that has […]

Amazon workers in NC vote against joining union

February 21, 2025 Haleluya Hadero and Matt O’Brien

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in North Carolina rejected a proposal to unionize, becoming the latest group of the company’s employees to side against union representation. About three-quarters of employees at an Amazon fulfillment center […]

Senate report: Amazon rejected warehouse safety recommendations

December 21, 2024 Haleluya Hadero

At least two internal Amazon studies found a link between how quickly the online retailer’s warehouse workers perform tasks and workplace injuries, but the company rejected many safety recommendations out of concern the proposed changes […]

Alabama Amazon workers get third labor union vote after judge finds illegal influence

November 16, 2024 The Associated Press / Report for America

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Amazon workers in Alabama will decide for the third time in three years whether to unionize after a federal judge ruled that the retail giant improperly influenced the most recent vote in […]

Amazon reports boost in quarterly profits, exceeds estimates with AI investments

November 8, 2024 The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Amazon reported a boost in its quarterly profits last Thursday and exceeded revenue estimates, sending the company’s stock up. For the three months that ended on Sept. 30, the Seattle-based tech giant […]