Amazon has launched a new contest called ‘Max Your Vax’ that offers up to 18 prizes valued at almost $2 million to encourage its employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The prizes in the contest include two $500,000 and six $100,000 cash prizes, five new vehicles, and five...
US President Joe Biden has named Lina Khan, a 32-year-old antitrust law scholar and a leading critic of Big Tech, as the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC’s mission is to investigate issues regarding antitrust law, data privacy, and false advertising. Confirmed by the Senate with...
Amazon will be deploying small kiosks called ZenBooth in its warehouses to help overworked employees destress. The booths, which are about a standard phone booth size, are part of Amazon’s new WorkingWell program announced earlier in May. Invented by an employee named Leila Brown, the booths are equipped with...
Amazon has announced that it has made a deal to purchase MGM Studios for $8.45 billion, the movie and TV studio behind world-famous productions like the James Bond, Rocky, Robocop, Pink Panther, Stargate, and Shark Tank. This deal makes it the company’s second-largest acquisition after it bought grocer...
