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Amazon, which has been the world’s largest bookseller for over two decades, recently launched a publishing house that could permanently change the book industry.

President Trump called out Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Twitter, Sunday, referring to the billionaire as “Jeff Bozo” in a post to Twitter.

Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos sent multiple revealing photos of himself to his mistress, news anchor Lauren Sanchez, the National Enquirer reported Thursday.

Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Nevada, is offering guests an Amazon Alexa-powered sex tape recording studio during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, this week.

Grocery store chain Kroger has reportedly partnered with Microsoft in what the Verge describes as an attempt to “fight off Amazon,” which purchased the Whole Foods chain in 2017.

Amazon has banned the sale of Islam-themed bath mats and doormats following complaints from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

During the 76th Golden Globe Awards, Sunday, Netflix joked on Twitter that those watching the awards ceremony are “watching commercials for the first time in several months.”

2018 hasn’t been a great year for Amazon’s public relations, with incident after incident casting the company in a negative light. Here were some of the highlights.

Amazon may have used data from Facebook users, which was given to the company as part of a secret data-sharing partnership, to better enforce its rules, according to a report.

Social media giant Facebook gave multiple tech companies including Amazon, Yahoo, and Microsoft access to far more user data than Cambridge Analytica ever dreamed of accessing.

An “error” granted a man who uses Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant access to another user’s 1,700 voice recordings, according to a report.

A YouTube content creator and former NASA engineer tricked several “porch pirates” intent on stealing delivered packages by placing a bait package rigged with a glitter bomb, fart spray, GPS, and camera outside his house. In a video, which went

Embattled social giant Facebook granted its business partners Spotify and Netflix the ability to read users’ private messages, according to information obtained by the New York Times. 

As “porch pirates” across the country set their sights on unopened delivered packages this holiday season, one Pennsylvania man is determined to give these thieves a taste of their own medicine.

Amazon is reportedly in a “grassroots battle” with critics of its HQ2 financial incentives in New York City and Arlington, Virginia.

An African grey parrot used an Amazon Alexa-powered home assistant to order snacks while its owner was away, according to a report.

Jersey City Police are setting up fake Amazon packages and cameras in an effort to identify and catch the parcel thieves commonly referred to as “porch pirates.”

E-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly fired a number of employees accused of providing independent sellers with inside company information.

24 Amazon warehouse workers were hospitalized this week after a robot mishap released bear spray in their work area, according to a report.

The U.S. Secret Service is reportedly testing facial recognition systems around the White House.

Google Home A.I. assistant devices will reportedly notice if owners say “please” and “thank you,” and will give more cheery replies, as part of a newly implemented feature called “pretty please.”

A New York labor union published a report, Wednesday, calling out Amazon’s “deadly and dehumanizing” working conditions and accusing it of working towards “world market domination.”

Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill this week that would crack down on “Grinch Bots,” Internet shopping bots that prevent real consumers from ordering hotly desired items.

Amazon UK recommended a pornographic DVD titled “Dad is F*cking My Girlfriend” in users’ searches for “Dad gifts,” before removing the product, according to a report.

Amazon’s decision to locate its “Headquarters 2” in New York City and Washington, DC, is in keeping with a trend that sees the concentration of wealth and power in the biggest and most connected cities, which are all left-wing Democrat Party strongholds. The question is what can the rest of the country do to protect itself?

Cyber problems for shoppers on and around Black Friday.

Some of Amazon’s workers in Europe are protesting against what they call unfair work conditions, in a move meant to disrupt operations on Black Friday.

Home assistants are creepy and terrifying. Don’t buy them.

Amazon employees reportedly bought property near the company’s HQ2 location in New York City before the public announcement was made.

The stock market plunged in the first hour of trading after retailers reported disappointing quarterly results.

A column in USA Today this week argues that President Trump should break up Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Netflix in the same vein as President Teddy Roosevelt.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo claimed in a statement that only “extreme conservatives” and “socialists” oppose New York’s controversial tax deal with Amazon in exchange for the company’s new headquarters, which was won over after New York offered Amazon billions in financial incentives.

On this weekend’s broadcast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” guest host Steve Carell played Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, whose company recently announced it would locate headquarters in New York City’s Queens and Northern Virginia’s Arlington. Carell’s Bezos denied that Arlington,

Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson argued the deals reached by Amazon to locate in New York City and Northern Virginia, two Democratic Party-controlled regions of the country, was indicative of Democrats and ties to

In a recorded company meeting, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos declared, “One day Amazon will fail. Amazon will go bankrupt.”

Amazon was offered a variety of incentives besides billions of dollars in subsidies and tax breaks from cities aroud the country in return for the company’s newest headquarters location.