Saint Louis University is placing 2,300 Echo Dots in student living spaces

Saint Louis University has announced  that it will be placing Amazon Echo Dot devices, powered by Alexa for Business, in every student residence hall room or student apartment on campus. While other colleges,

Amazon now owns $1 billion worth of other companies

Amazon has become a more active corporate investor in recent years — and now its investment portfolio is worth $1 billion for the first time. Amazon disclosed in its latest quarterly report that it now owns $1 billion worth of stock in public and private companies, ....

Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and other tech giants want to fix one of the most broken things about health care

There are many broken things about the U.S. health care system. But one of the biggest and most overlooked problems is that patients still find it too hard to share their medical information between doctors, especially those working in different hospitals.

Jeff Bezos described the 4 qualities of a 'dreamy' business offering, and broke down exactly why projects like Prime have been so successful

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos knows a good business opportunity when he sees one. His shrewd judgment has spurred Amazon's growth from a small online bookstore to a company worth nearly $1 trillion.

'Amazon tax': Britain is reportedly mulling over a special tax to help local online retailers, finance minister says

The U.K. government is thinking about introducing a so-called "Amazon tax" to support struggling online retailers, Finance Minister Philip Hammond said in an interview with Sky News on Friday.

Meet the woman behind Amazon's Alexa

One-quarter of all American households now have an Amazon Echo powered by Alexa. But the surge in popularity of these virtual assistants comes with new questions about convenience, and privacy — especially as the company looks to make the smart speaker more "human."

A Guide to Walmart’s Ragtag Alliance Against Amazon

Battling Amazon isn’t easy—even for the world’s largest retail chain. Fear of Jeff Bezos helps explain why Walmart has in recent years forged alliances with Google, Microsoft, China’s JD.com and other tech players. The members of the unofficial coalition all share a common goal: preventing Amazon from ruling the digital galaxy.

Amazon and Walmart’s rivalry is reshaping how we’ll buy everything in the future

Walmart’s ongoing battle with Amazon for the retail crown is expanding well beyond retail, and it’s forcing one of the largest companies in the world to reexamine its DNA. In the last six months alone, Walmart has partnered with scores of tech firms to better compete with Amazon and make progress in markets that may become pivotal years down the line.

Cities’ Offers for Amazon Base Are Secrets Even to Many City Leaders

Jared Evans, a member of the Indianapolis City-County Council, is proud that the city is among 20 finalists for one of the most coveted prizes in the country: the planned second headquarters of Amazon.

New crypto-mining malware uses Amazon’s cloud to hijack computers

Hackers are increasingly hijacking computers to secretly mine crypto assets. Such exploits surged last year, according a survey by IBM Managed Security Services. One recently discovered malware program is hiding itself on Amazon’s cloud to steal processing power from a fleet of ordinary computers.