Amazon will start listing names and addresses of merchants in effort to hold counterfeiters to task

Amazon will start publicly listing the names and addresses of third-party merchants in an effort to hold counterfeiters accountable Amazon will require merchants to list their names and addresses  The move will look to shed light on anonymous sellers and inform customers   It will augment broader moves by Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit  By James Pero … Read more

Amazon shuns police plea to remove ‘Blue Lives Murder’ T-shirt

Amazon has refused police officers’ pleas to remove ‘deeply offensive’ T-shirts displaying a ‘Blue Lives Murder’ logo. The Police Federation, which represents British officers, branded the shirts ‘deeply offensive’ and last month asked Amazon to remove them from sale on its site. Previously on sale for £17.95, the blue shirt shows a white officer striking … Read more

Security firm Ring works with US police with ‘deadly histories’

Amazon may have banned police from using its facial recognition technology, but a new report shows the tech giant is providing thousands of departments with video and audio footage from Ring. Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit that defends civil liberties, found over 1,400 agencies are working with the Amazon-owned company and hundreds of them have … Read more

Elon Musk calls Jeff Bezos ‘copy cat’ as Amazon buys Zoox

Elon Musk calls out Jeff Bezos for being a ‘copy cat’ on Twitter after Amazon acquired self-driving startup Zoox for $1billion The comment is in reference to Musk’s ventures with Tesla’s self-driving cars  Zoox, like Tesla, is focused on making self-driving cars and AI software  Musk’s critical tweet is the second public swipe at Bezos … Read more

Job listings suggest Amazon may add LIVE TV to Prime Video

Amazon may add 24/7 live news, sports and linear shows to Prime Video according to recently discovered job listings The platform may dip its toes into 24/7 linear programming Job listings and an anonymous source have corroborated Amazon’s intention Specific programming partners have yet to be identified  By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 20:19 BST, 24 … Read more

Policeman in jail for drugs racket gets extra year for TV scam

A Breaking Bad-style police officer who masterminded a drugs racket has been given an extra year in jail for a pirate TV set-top box scam that cost pay channels up to £5million. PC Daniel Aimson, 39, used his scam to live a lavish lifestyle with wife Rachel, 31, including eating £500 meals in Michelin star … Read more

Jeff Bezos called by Congress as Amazon faces perjury questions

The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos to testify to the panel about allegations that the online retailer uses data from its own third-party sellers to create competing products. In a letter to Bezos signed by Democratic and Republican members of the panel, the lawmakers referred to … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Amazon could deliver swab kits in pilot scheme

Coronavirus swab kits could be delivered to UK homes by Amazon in pilot scheme as No10 reveals testing is only at half capacity Britain’s coronavirus testing programme is only at half capacity, No10 admitted In just 13 days Matt Hancock promised the UK will test 100,000 people a day But only 18,665 tests were performed … Read more

Coronavirus US: LA Amazon delivery man SPITS on package

Ring doorbell camera catches vile Amazon driver deliberately SPITTING on a package and rubbing it in with his hands An Amazon delivery man appears to spit on a package he delivered to a home in Los Angeles amid the coronavirus outbreak Ring doorbell footage caught the incident, which also shows the older, unidentified man smearing … Read more

Amazon bans UK sellers from stocking and shipping non-essential items

Amazon has suspended retailers from stocking non-essential items in its UK warehouses to make room for urgent supplies needed during the coronavirus crisis. The e-commerce giant has been snowed under with orders of toilet rolls, wipes, tinned food and other vital goods from Britons bracing for self-isolation. The spike in packages has threatened to overwhelm … Read more

Coronavirus: Amazon limits warehouses to essential items only

ALABAMA Jefferson County restaurant are take out only, child care centers are closed and visits to nursing homes have been restricted. Public gatherings of more than 25 people banned across the state.  All public schools closed until April 6. Jefferson County Health Officer Mark Wilson said: ‘I know this has a big impact on our community. … Read more