Visa cards will be accepted at all Amazon stores and websites under a global deal, the two companies announced on Thursday, according to Reuters. It was recalled that Amazon announced last November that it would stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the UK due to high transaction fees. “We recently reached a global agreement […]
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Amazon: Fourth quarter earnings thanks to Rivian – ‘Jump’ 17% share
Earnings of $ 14.3 billion or $ 27.75 per share in the fourth quarter were announced by Amazon, which is more than double compared to the corresponding period of 2020 and impressively better than the estimates of analysts who expected profits of $ 3.61. per share. In these includes pre-tax profits of $ 11.8 billion […]
USA: Lawsuit against Amazon for anti-union practices
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the U.S. labor law firm, has filed a lawsuit against Amazon accusing the e-commerce giant of trying to discourage and deter workers at a warehouse in Staten Island. of New York since founding a union. In a document released Thursday, the NLRB cites many examples, in May and June […]
Stellantis partner with Amazon for connectivity of its vehicles
The automaker Stellantis Group (formerly PSA) today announced a major partnership with Amazon for its vehicle connectivity, using mainly the giant US AWS servers and Alexa voice command system. Stellantis will create with Amazon the software of its “Smart cockpit”, an electronic platform that from 2024 will be integrated in the vehicles produced by the […]
Voice assistant prompts the child to complete a potentially deadly challenge
Voice assistants are becoming more and more firmly entrenched in our lives, which sometimes leads to quite funny and interesting situations. However, as a recent incident has shown, at times a voice assistant can be dangerous. Moreover, it is fatal. The story took place in the United States. A 10-year-old girl asked the voice assistant […]
Amazon creates its own cryptocurrency – How to use it
Amazon appears ready to issue its own cryptocurrency in 2022. The details of this initiative are still unclear, but it seems that Amazon is creating a blockchain in preparation for the release of its own digital currency. An article published by FinTech Magazine confirms that the company has published a job advertisement for a new […]
Power outage at Amazon data center interrupts Epic Games, Hulu and other services
Several websites and services, including those owned by streaming service Hulu, office messaging app Slack, and game developer Epic Games, have been disrupted due to a power outage at one of Amazon’s datacenters. The data center is located on the east coast of the United States. Amazon admitted that the failure affected the platform that […]
USA: Authorities are investigating the collapse of an Amazon warehouse that claimed the lives of six people
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched an investigation into the collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois by a tornado that claimed the lives of six company workers, a spokesman for the agency said Monday. The tornado hit the warehouse of the e-commerce giant on Friday, leaving behind six Amazon workers dead […]
AWS issues ‘drop’ Amazon applications, affecting Disney +, Netflix, Robinhood and Coinbase
The cloud computing platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) is facing problems on Tuesday, as a result of which several services of the parent company Amazon.com Inc. “fell”. but also several sites that use AWS. A notice on the Amazon Web Services control website states that the company is experiencing problems with certain application programming interfaces […]
Amazon Web Services announces investment in Greece – Meeting of Mr. Mitsotakis with company executives
Amazon Web Services announced that it will launch more than 30 new “local” zones in more than 21 countries, including Greece. The new AWS “local zones” will be available from 2022 in major cities of countries such as: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, India , Kenya, […]