May 01 House panel wants Bezos to testify in antitrust probe By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press House lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech are asking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to testify to address possible misleading statements by the company on its competition practices. Continue reading
Jan 23 What we know, and don’t, about the alleged Bezos phone hack By Frank Bajak, Associated Press According to a report overseen by a former longtime FBI agent and top cybersecurity official in the Obama administration, evidence on the phone suggests it was infected by spyware in May 2018 via a WhatsApp message from the account of… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 8:18 Why the UN thinks Saudi crown prince helped to hack Jeff Bezos’ phone United Nations investigators have unveiled an extraordinary charge: that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia may have been personally involved in hacking Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s richest men. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to Agnès… Continue watching
Jan 22 Phone of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos hacked after receiving file from Saudi prince By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press A forensic report that was commissioned by Bezos and shared with the U.N. experts assessed with “medium to high confidence” that his phone was infiltrated on May 1, 2018, via the MP4 video file. Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch 8:13 Investigation raises alarm about handling of worker fatality at Indiana Amazon facility By Will Evans, Reveal Our research into never-before-public injury records from 23 Amazon warehouses across the country indicates most had injury rates higher than the industry average. One particular incident in Indiana raises questions about how regulators and government officials deal with potential safety… Continue watching
May 28 MacKenzie Bezos promises to give half her fortune to charity By Joseph Pisani, Associated Press MacKenzie Bezos' divorce from Jeff Bezos earlier this year leaves her with a 4% stake currently worth more than $36 billion in the online shopping giant. Continue reading
Feb 16 Amazon’s exit from New York provoked by swell of push back, lack of transparency By Joseph Pisani, Associated Press In early November, word began to leak that Amazon was serious about choosing New York to build a giant new campus. The city was eager to lure the company and its thousands of high-paying tech jobs, offering billions in tax… Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 6:30 News Wrap: Supreme Court blocks La. law restricting abortion providers In our Friday news wrap, the Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that would have required abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, which abortion rights advocates say is an effort to shut down clinics. Meanwhile,… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 7:42 Why Bezos’ accusations against the National Enquirer are a ‘big deal’ Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is accusing the National Enquirer of extortion and blackmail. Bezos says its parent company, AMI, tried to deter him from investigating how the tabloid obtained intimate photos of his extramarital affair. The New York Times' Jim… Continue watching
Feb 08 National Enquirer says it will investigate Jeff Bezos extortion claims By Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The publisher of the National Enquirer said Friday it will look into claims of extortion and blackmail made by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who said the tabloid threatened to publish intimate photos of him unless he stopped investigating how the… Continue reading