The FTC's lawsuit against Amazon alleging anti-competitive practices is largely full of things we already knew in a general sense: price hikes, pressure to use Amazon fulfillment and so on. But then ...

Amazon is often accused of treating staff like expendable robots. And like machines, sometimes employees break down. A 2019 survey of 145 warehouse workers found that 65% of them experienced physical ...

Amazon’s search algorithm pushes books that promote false claims about vaccines to the top of its generated results pages, according to Seattle-based University of Washington researchers. Books that ...

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Amazon’s reputation for spreading health misinformation has led critics to call it “a dystopian bookstore.” Their concerns have escalated since COVID-19 unleashed a wave of anti-vaccination zealots.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is urging Amazon to create a plan to modify its algorithm after her staff found books spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic prominently displayed in ...

Amazon.com has named a former chief scientist at Yahoo as its chief algorithms officer. Udi Manber, who will also become a vice president at the online retailer, worked at Yahoo for four years and ...

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The FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon alleging anti-competitive practices is largely full of things we already knew in a general sense: price hikes, pressure to use Amazon fulfillment and so on. But then ...