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Amazon Pressures FTC To Make MGM Decision

Nathan Jolly March 7, 2022 No Comments

Amazon is pressuring the Federal Trade Commission to make a decision on its proposed A$11.46 billion takeover of legendary Hollywood studio MGM. Amazon certified to the FTC it had provided…

Amazon Suing Two Companies Selling Fake Product Reviews

Nathan Jolly February 25, 2022 No Comments

Amazon’s entire ecosystem is bound by reviews – although the company has its own checks and balances in place, there’s nothing quite as reassurance for the consumer as reading swathes…

Sony, Disney, Amazon Battle For $7.4B Indian Cricket Rights

Nathan Jolly February 22, 2022 No Comments

Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani has put together a consortium to outbid major global players Amazon, Disney and Sony for the lucrative telecast rights to the Indian Premier League –…

Lawsuit Puts Amazon Wholesale Policies In Crosshairs

Jake Nelson September 14, 2021 No Comments

An antitrust lawsuit targeting Amazon in the US has been expanded to cover wholesale products, accusing the online retail giant of artificially inflating prices. The complaint, filed by Washington DC…

NSA Awards Secret $10 Billion Cloud Contract To Amazon

Computer Daily News August 12, 2021 No Comments

The US National Security Agency has awarded a secret cloud computing contract worth up to US$10 billion to Amazon Web Services. But the contract is already being challenged by Microsoft,…

Amazon Will Pay Out Claims For Faulty Products

Jake Nelson August 11, 2021 No Comments

Amazon will shell out up to $1000 USD to customers who suffer property damage or personal injury from defective products sold on its storefront. Under its A-to-z Guarantee, the online…

Amazon & GoPro Bring Hammer Down On Counterfeiters

Jake Nelson August 10, 2021 No Comments

Amazon and GoPro have filed a joint lawsuit against counterfeiters who were selling knockoff GoPro accessories via the Amazon storefront. The suit filed in the United States District Court for…

Would You Sell Amazon Your Palm Print For $10?

Jake Nelson August 4, 2021 No Comments

Amazon is offering customers a $10 USD credit incentive to register their palm prints with its Amazon One biometric identity service, in a move slammed by privacy advocates. Used in…

Older Kindles To Lose Connectivity As 3G Winds Down

Jake Nelson July 30, 2021 No Comments

Older Amazon Kindle e-readers are set to lose Internet connectivity as telcos switch off their 2G and 3G networks. In an email to US customers, Amazon said that first and…

Intel To Make Silicon For Qualcomm, AWS

Jake Nelson July 27, 2021 No Comments

Intel’s new foundry services division will make chips for Qualcomm and data centre infrastructure for Amazon Web Services. The chipmaking giant announced in its Intel Accelerated livestream that its new…