Feb 12 Amazon planning to cut hundreds of jobs By Jessica Yarvin Most of the layoffs are expected to affect the mega-retailer’s Seattle headquarters. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch 5:26 News Wrap: Paul Ryan defends GOP move to release Nunes memo By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, House Speaker Paul Ryan defended an effort by congressional Republicans to make public a classified memo on the Russia probe. Also, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase announced a joint venture to provide quality… Continue watching
Jan 18 These are the 20 finalists for Amazon’s new headquarters By Gretchen Frazee The Seattle-based tech giant sparked a bidding war last year when it announced plans to build a new 8 million-square-foot campus that would cost $5 billion and create up to 50,000 new jobs. Continue reading
Dec 13 Amazonian fish need tropical forests to survive By Teresa Carey Fisheries ecologists at Virginia Tech have found a link between tropical forest loss in the Amazon and declines in freshwater fish populations. Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch 9:01 Cities dream of wooing Amazon, but is it worth it? By Paul Solman The pitches have been quirky, some might even say desperate. City officials across North America are trying to get Amazon's attention in hopes that the fourth-largest company in the U.S. will build its next big tech hub in their community. Continue watching
Nov 30 Here’s what cities are offering Amazon to host its new headquarters By Patty Gorena Morales Cities across the country are competing to land Amazon's second corporate headquarters. What will it take to win?… Continue reading
Nov 22 A short history of the audiobook, 20 years after the first portable digital audio device By Alison Thoet Twenty years after the first audio player, PBS NewsHour looks at back at the history of audiobooks and where they’re headed next. Continue reading
Sep 15 Reviews of Clinton’s memoir were deleted for violating company guidelines, Amazon says By Jennifer Hijazi Mega-retailer Amazon has come under scrutiny for deleting nearly 900 predominately negative reviews of Hillary Clinton’s new campaign memoir “What Happened.” The number of reviews spiked to over 1,400 following the book’s release, split almost evenly between glowing praise and… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 7:54 Are big tech companies trying to control our lives? By PBS News Hour Should we be concerned about the growing power of tech giants? In his book, “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech,” Franklin Foer says that more than their size, these companies are a threat because of the ways… Continue watching
Sep 14 How tech giants have shredded our privacy and what we should do about it By Sam Lane NewsHour business and economics correspondent Paul Solman sat down recently with Franklin Foer to discuss Foer's new book, “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech.”… Continue reading