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How trolls, lawsuits and layoffs led to a 'trust and safety winter' for misinformation ahead of election cnb.cx/3YyjdgC with the amazing Jennifer E.

Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports More from Dan Mangan : cnbc.com/2024/10/25/jef…

New, with Katie Robertson: Jeff Bezos has told people involved with The Post he would like to expand its audience among conservatives. He has told Will Lewis he wants more conservatives on The Post's editorial board. nytimes.com/2024/10/25/bus…

Four-reporter The Washington Post story on our owner Jeff Bezos, whose other companies have worked to build relationship with Trump and compete for billions in government contracts. “With Jeff, it’s always only about business,” a former employee said.

Google executives sported a starfish costume, a football jersey and a black t-shirt that read “ERROR 404 COSTUME NOT FOUND” with an image of a pixelated dinosaur as they faced spooked employees seeking clarity on cost cuts. More from Jennifer E. here: cnbc.com/2024/11/01/goo…

In Silicon Valley, tech leaders kiss the ring by way of social media cnbc.com/2024/11/06/tru… story by Annie Palmer

Amazon launches Amazon Haul, a storefront on its app that promises "crazy low prices" on a range of items, to compete with Temu and Shein (Annie Palmer / CNBC) cnbc.com/2024/11/13/ama… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/241113/p31#a24…

Scoopage from Annie Palmer Amazon shuts down secret project to develop fertility tracker cnb.cx/40KhRkE

Amazon has axed a secretive project focused on developing an at-home fertility tracking product, CNBC has learned via Annie Palmer. cnb.cx/40KhRkE

New: Amazon recently discontinued a healthcare project within its Grand Challenge moonshot incubator. For the past four years, the team was working to develop an at-home fertility tracking device and companion app. Story here: cnbc.com/2024/11/13/ama…

News: Amazon is halting drone delivery flights, a month after a two of its latest model crashed in the rain in testing. The company says its working on a set of software upgrades, and will need the FAA to sign off before resuming flights.

Amazon lays off 'small number' of employees in communications and sustainability units Annie Palmer cnb.cx/4aEJIpp

More layoffs at Amazon - this time in the sustainability and comms orgs. A "small number" of employees are being let go, and the org is also making changes to its hub strategy, with the goal of having teams mostly work out of the same physical location. cnbc.com/2025/01/29/ama…

The USPS says it will resume accepting mail from China and Hong Kong, hours after suspending service, and is working with the CBP on "the new China tariffs" (Annie Palmer / CNBC) cnbc.com/2025/02/05/usp… techmeme.com/250205/p23#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

"I don't believe that AI is going to write a James Bond movie anytime soon," Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told CNBC's Jon Fortt today. Jassy said a storyline is still in the works for the next film, after it won creative control: "We will take great care" cnbc.com/2025/02/20/ama…

Amazon's most powerful new Alexa features being powered by Anthropic's AI, sources say cnbc.com/2025/02/28/ama…

Small scoop in this piece from Jennifer E. and I: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy addressed the recent DEI pullback during this month's all hands, saying the company "streamlined" its roughly 300 DEI programs as part of a broader cost review. cnbc.com/2025/03/30/in-…

Temu stops shipping products from China directly to US shoppers and lists only products shipped from US warehouses, as Trump closes the de minimis exemption (Annie Palmer / CNBC) cnbc.com/2025/05/02/tem… techmeme.com/250502/p24#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

The two Amazon drones that crashed within minutes of each other in December came down because a faulty lidar reading told them they had landed. That might not have been possible if they'd had the sensors installed on Prime Air's prior model, sources say: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

scooplet - Amazon has formed a new team in its devices unit that's tasked with developing "breakthrough" consumer products, called ZeroOne. The unit is being led by J Allard, who spent 19 years at Microsoft and was a key architect of the Xbox. cnbc.com/2025/05/29/ama…