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News Articles: amazon

The constant need for reviews has left many customers worn out by a vortex of star ratings and surveys.

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  • Business

Every business wants your review. What's with the feedback frenzy?

Customers want to read reviews and businesses need reviews to attract customers. But the constant demand for reviews could be creating a feedback backlash, experts say.

February 26, 2026
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By:
  • James Doubek
An Amazon Prime delivery van sits parked near a Walmart store in California.

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  • Business

Amazon dethrones Walmart as the world's biggest company by sales

In a slow-motion race of two retail behemoths, Amazon's trump card was its lucrative cloud-computing business.

February 19, 2026
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
A UPS driver enters a United Parcel Service store with packages in Jackson, Miss., Monday, July 26, 2021.

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  • Business

UPS looks to cut up to 30,000 jobs this year

UPS is planning to cut up to 30,000 operational jobs this year as the package delivery company continues with its turnaround efforts and reducing the number of Amazon shipments that it handles.

January 27, 2026
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By:
  • Associated Press
From left: A Jack Skellington fan, a statue, Jacob Elordi.

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  • National

What has 11 questions and makes you feel smart? Our news quiz!

From monsters to politics and (maybe) everything in between, it's the weekly news quiz.

October 31, 2025
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By:
  • Holly J. Morris
Two Amazon employees talk at one of the entrances to the company's East Coast headquarters in Virginia.

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  • Business

Amazon lays off thousands of corporate workers as it spends big on AI

Amazon has faced pressure from investors to tighten its finances as it spends big on the AI race. The company says it will cut 14,000 jobs, citing a goal of "reducing bureaucracy, removing layers."

October 28, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
An aerial view of Meta’s Stanton Springs Data Center on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Newton County, Georgia. Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

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  • News

A ‘wave’ of data center ordinances sweep through GA counties. How strict are they?

Throughout several counties in and around Atlanta, contractors are grading soil and importing building materials, and construction crews are hammering away to build warehouses with cooling equipment that will house massive, hyper-scale computing servers.

October 22, 2025
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By:
  • Kala Hunter and
  • The Ledger Enquirer
Attendees walk through an expo hall at a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services at The Venetian in Las Vegas on Nov. 28, 2023. AWS is responsible for infrastructure supporting websites across the internet.

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  • Business

Outage at Amazon Web Services disrupts websites across the internet

Amazon's cloud computing service provides back-end support to many companies that operate online. When it has problems, so do they.

October 20, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Amazon Prime pedicab delivery person on New York City Streets, Manhattan.

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  • Business

Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle U.S. lawsuit that it 'tricked' people into Prime

Federal regulators say Amazon has agreed to pay a historic sum to resolve their allegations that its web designs manipulated millions of people into paying for Prime subscriptions, which were also purposefully hard to cancel. Affected shoppers are slated to receive payouts.

September 25, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Monica Nickelsburg
Desks in a school classroom. July 25, 2025 in Savannah. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current GA/CatchLight Local

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  • News

Christian schools, Amazon attract most Georgia voucher school dollars

Georgia’s new program to subsidize private education has helped more than 8,000 children move from public schools with low test score averages to educational organizations predominantly affiliated with Christian churches, data from the Georgia Education Savings Authority shows.

September 25, 2025
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By:
  • Maggie Lee ,
  • The Current ,
  • and 2 more
Amazon and the U.S. government begin oral arguments in a case that focuses on how the company gets people to pay for its Prime membership program.

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  • Business

Did Amazon trick people into paying for Prime? Federal case goes to trial

The U.S. government says Amazon manipulated people into signing up for Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel. The company says its designs and disclosures follow industry standards.

September 23, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh,
  • Monica Nickelsburg,
  • and 1 more
Unloading boats at the dock at Leticia, Colombia, where the Amazon river has slowly retreated.

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  • Latin America

Colombia's lone Amazon port faces drying river and rising tensions with Peru

Colombia's only Amazon port town could soon be cut off from the river that keeps it alive. As drought and a shifting river spark a tense border dispute with Peru, locals are scrambling to adapt—and politicians are raising flags, literally.

September 07, 2025
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By:
  • John Otis
From left: Superman, Kristi Noem, Grok.

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  • National

What AI bot started referring to itself as 'MechaHitler'? Find out in the quiz

Elon Musk and his AI have been busy. So has the TSA. And Amazon. Were you paying attention?

July 11, 2025
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By:
  • Holly J. Morris
An Amazon worker delivers packages in Los Angeles.

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  • Business

Prime Day — er, Days — tests deal hunters' will to spend amid tariffs

Electronics and back-to-school supplies are expected to top many shoppers' lists.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
A UPS driver enters a United Parcel Service store with packages in Jackson, Miss., Monday, July 26, 2021.

Tagged as: 

  • News

UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close some facilities as it reduces amount of Amazon shipments it handles

UPS is looking to slash about 20,000 jobs and close more than 70 facilities as it drastically reduces the amount of Amazon shipments it handles. The package delivery company said Tuesday that it anticipates making the job cuts this year. It anticipates closing 73 leased and owned buildings by the end of June.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • Associated Press
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with a payload of 27 of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites lifts off from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday.

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  • Space

Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX's Starlinks

Stargazers oppose the fast-growing constellations of low-orbiting satellites, arguing they spoil observations. Others fear more satellite collisions.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
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