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Serena Williams has secured a first-look deal with Amazon Studios. Deadline reports the world class athlete will work with the company to create both scripted and unscripted content, including a biographical docu-series centered on her professional and personal life. The as-of-yet-titled project will be produced by the streaming giant alongside Plum Pictures, and Goalhanger Films. Williams will co-executive produce […]
Amazon is requiring that its 75,000 delivery drivers sign a “biometric consent” form by this week. Anyone who refuses to sign will lose their job, Motherboard reports. The form the company is requiring drivers to sign will allow Amazon to utilize AI-supported cameras inside their trucks that can detect a driver’s movements, sensing when they perform the smallest of […]
In a development that would otherwise go unnoticed by all but the most eagle-eyed of us, Amazon has swapped the tape on its app logo. This was allegedly due to the fact that the old illustrated tape looked too much like Hitler’s toothbrush mustache. TMZ points out that the old icon was a blue shopping cart […]
Several prominent conservative legislators have responded to Amazon’s decision to remove the transphobic book When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment. The book by author Ryan T. Anderson argues against the idea of transgenderism and briefly became a best-seller on the platform before Amazon pulled it on February 21. The book by Anderson, […]
In a letter sent to the Biden administration Wednesday, Amazon offered to assist with the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, and meet his goal of inoculating 100 million Americans in his first 100 days in office, Reuters reports. The letter from Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer business, informed Biden that the company has “an agreement in place” […]
Pharrell has teamed up with Amazon and Georgia Tech to promote and teach coding to today’s youth. Pharrell’s education equity nonprofit, YELLOW, announced on Tuesday that it would be creating an educational collaboration with Georgia Tech called “Your Voice is Power.” This initiative will teach middle and high school students how to share their positions on […]
Amazon has announced it will pay over $500 million in one-time bonuses to its front-line employees in the U.S. for working during the holiday season as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the country, Reuters reports. The company wrote in a blog post that full-time operations workers will receive $300 bonuses and part-time workers […]
The Telfar Shopping Bag has received a huge endorsement—not that it needed anymore hype. The wildly popular accessory, also known as the “Bushwick Birkin,” was among the 72 items to make Oprah Winfrey‘s 2020 Favorite Things list. As part of this year’s gift guide, which featured dozens of products from Black-owned businesses, Amazon launched a special page where customers can easily […]
If you have ever worked at a job that you absolutely hated, then you definitely had a few moments while at work where you said that Kylo Ren quote from Star Wars: The Force Awakens to yourself. More often than not, you don’t have the strength to do what you know you need to do, but Derick […]
Amazon announced on Wednesday the launch of the Counterfeit Crimes Unit, a global team consisting of former federal prosecutors, investigators, and data analysts, who will work with the online retailer on preventing knockoffs from making their way into its stores. This newly-established task force will not be required to identify counterfeiters, but rather, use their respective skills to punish any […]
