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Amazon blocks words like “union” and “pay raise”

April 10, 2022

AMAZON WILL LOCK and will flag employee posts on a scheduled internal messaging app that contains trade union-related keywords, according to internal business documents reviewed by The Intercept. Automated word tracking would also block a variety of terms that could potentially pose criticisms of Amazon’s working conditions, such as “slave labor”, “prison” and “plantation”, as…

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV series receives a name and a teaser

April 10, 2022

Amazon advertised its TV series The Lord of the Rings for some time now, but details are scarce. Things changed a bit this week when Amazon finally announced the name of the series and released its first video teaser . The title is a mouthful (and perhaps redundant), but it is linked to the period…

Alexa gets Santa’s voice, here’s how to enable it

April 10, 2022

This is the season, which is why Amazon just introduced another new voice for Alexa. While the company added a bunch of celebrity rumors earlier this year, this new one is the most famous of them all – Santa Claus. Once enabled, users can enjoy all kinds of Christmas cheer with Santa. For example, you…

1,000 Dutch residents at war with Jeff Bezos’ new superyacht

April 10, 2022

Jeff Bezos’ new megayacht is under construction in the Netherlands, where a historic bridge may need to be dismantled in order to cross it. Some Dutch residents will surely not instigate him but, when he passes, they will throw eggs at his yacht. Rotterdam locals turned to Facebook to plan an event called “Jeff Bezos’…

Amazon: this is how scheduled delivery works

April 10, 2022

No doubt, Amazon it is the most used online platform for internet sales in the western world, while in the east it is AliExpress. And among the secrets of its success is a delivery system that allows you to have your order with delivery margins as low as 24 hours after it is done. And…

Jeff Bezos threatens Leonardo DiCaprio after the actor flirted with his girlfriend

April 10, 2022

Watch your back, Leonardo DiCaprio. A video that made the rounds on Twitter on Monday shows the actor and producer chatting with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend, Lauren Sánchez, at the LACMA Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday. In the video, Sánchez briefly has his arm around DiCaprio, and the…

Amazon will shut down the historic Alexa.com ranking site

April 10, 2022

Amazon announced Wednesday that it plans to shut down its global website ranking system and competition analytics tool “Alexa.com,” which has been around for 25 years. Alexa.com is a subsidiary of Amazon and is widely known for its global ranking system which uses its partners’ web traffic data to list the most popular internet companies….

How to cancel an order or an Amazon item, before it is shipped

April 10, 2022

If you’ve ever been on Amazon and found yourself filling your cart with things you don’t really need but can’t give up on such a good price, you’re not alone. Buyer remorse is something we’ve all experienced at one time or another, but what happens when you realize you don’t really need any of those…

How to use Amazon Music offline

April 10, 2022

Music streaming services are great as long as you’re not stuck without an internet connection. This is where downloading music for offline playback comes in. Like Spotify, Amazon Music supports downloading music for offline listening. We will show you how to do it. To use the offline feature, you will need an Amazon Music Prime,…

Shock on the web for the new Amazon warehouse surrounded by shacks – LOOK

April 10, 2022

A vast new Amazon fulfillment center in Tijuana, Mexico is surrounded by rundown housing. Photographer Omar Martinez captured images of the warehouse, which show a stark contrast between Amazon’s crisp white structure and the crumbling shacks around it. They were widely shared and discussed on Reddit And Twitter . The warehouse is located approximately 3…