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Walmart, Amazon and other corporate giants donated money to the reelection campaign of a Tennessee state lawmaker who had used social media to amplify and promote the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to an Associated Press review of campaign finance records and the candidate’s posts.The corporate support for a QAnon-promoting politician is another example of how…
DJ Khaled, Becky G, Will Smith and more are slated to produce exclusive Amazon Music podcasts. Amazon Today’s Best Tech Deals Picked by TechHive’s Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect’s Editors Taking aim at Spotify’s growing podcast empire, Amazon Music just unleashed its own flood of free podcasts, including upcoming and exclusive…
Amazon is looking to take on 100,000 regular full- and part-time workers across the U.S. and Canada, the company said on Monday, September 14. It follows a recruitment drive earlier in the year that saw a total of 175,000 new workers join its ranks. The hiring spree has been propelled by the coronavirus pandemic after…
In brief: Amazon’s business has benefitted from the pandemic, and now the company is scrambling to expand its workforce in response to the added demand from consumers. At the same time, current employees can take part in a program to gain technical skills before automation can replace their current jobs. Amazon has added 175,000 jobs…
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A hot potato: Despite Amazon’s public stance on price gouging, a new report highlights several key findings that seem to contradict the e-commerce giant’s claims. The report finds that the company has not only engaged in price gouging on items sold directly by Amazon, but has also facilitated inflated prices for third-party sellers, all while…
Back in May, we heard that a TV show based on Joe Exotic, the subject of popular Netflix documentary Tiger King, was being shopped around with Nicolas Cage attached for the starring role. Fast-forward a few months and it has been confirmed that Amazon Studios has nabbed the series for the company’s Prime Video streaming…
Amazon will pay $18.85 million to Japanese sellers, ending a government investigation into unfair charges for vendors. A Japanese watchdog has accepted the company’s “improvement plan” that changes rules on seller charges, and closed an investigation into whether Amazon violated anti-monopoly laws. Amazon will make the payments over three years, and will not face any…
Despite a host of Indian options, American companies are winning the video streaming war in India.Netflix and Amazon Prime Video held a 20% share each in India’s over-the-top (OTT) market between March and June 2020, according to JustWatch, an international streaming guide that helps users discover where to watch movies and TV shows across various…
The Indian government has been hesitant to censor streaming services and would rather they keep themselves in check. This theoretically keeps officials happy — they don’t have to worry as much that parents will inadvertently play inappropriate movies for their kids, or that there will be no way to report a TV show.Services like Netflix…
What just happened? Amazon has deleted some 20,000 reviews from its top 7 UK reviewers. It appears that the reviews had been posted as part of a profiteering plot, where individuals were sent free products in exchange for a guaranteed five-star review. The move comes following an investigation from the Financial Times, which initially identified…
Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. If you’re shopping for Amazon Echo deals and other Alexa-compatible smart home devices, give some thought to the waiting for this year’s Prime Day Amazon Echo Deals. We expect Prime Day 2020 to fall in early October since Amazon postponed the…