# amazon - Thursday 23 June, 2022
# Alexa
# Alexa
The capability was unveiled at Amazon ’s Re:Mars conference in Las Vegas.
# amazon - Friday 17 June, 2022
# Brazil
# Brazil
Fisherman Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, 41, confessed to killing the men and led officers to two buried bodies.
# amazon - Wednesday 15 June, 2022
# Amazon
# Amazon
The suspect, Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, is a brother of the man so far considered by police as the main suspect in the case.
# amazon - Monday 13 June, 2022
# Amazon
# Amazon
Brazilian Federal Police said the latest development was the discovery of personal items belonging to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira.
# amazon - Wednesday 8 June, 2022
# Brazil
# Brazil
Local Indigenous activists said the pair received threats last week for their work in the remote region.
# amazon - Tuesday 7 June, 2022
# Brazil
# Brazil
Two people have been arrested in connection with their disappearance.
# amazon - Friday 22 April, 2022
# Data Centres
# Data Centres
An Bord Pleanála granted permission to Amazon to allow construction of the new data centre
# amazon - Friday 1 April, 2022
# Amazon
# Amazon
“We want to thank Jeff Bezos for going to space because while he was up there we were signing people up,” one union organiser said.
# amazon - Monday 7 March, 2022
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
A new paper said three-quarters of the Amazon is showing dwindling resilience against droughts and other adverse weather events.
# amazon - Sunday 27 February, 2022
# The Good Information Project
# The Good Information Project
With around 70 data centres in Ireland and more to come, tech companies are now using a massively outsized amount of energy.
# amazon - Wednesday 2 February, 2022
# Brazil
# Brazil
Deforestation levels in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new record for January.
# Jeff Bezos
# Jeff Bezos
The decision has angered some in the Netherlands.
# amazon - Monday 31 January, 2022
# Ecuador
# Ecuador
Neither the government nor OCP Ecuador have quantified the extent of the spill.
# amazon - Tuesday 14 December, 2021
# Warehouse Collapse
# Warehouse Collapse
The regulators will look into whether or not workplace safety rules were followed by Amazon at the site.
# amazon - Wednesday 8 December, 2021
# Frozen Out
# Frozen Out
The e-commerce giant said it has “identified the root cause and are actively working towards recovery.”
# amazon - Friday 19 November, 2021
# Brazil
# Brazil
13,235 square kilometres of forest was lost from August 2020 to July 2021.
# amazon - Wednesday 17 November, 2021
# Card Declined
# Card Declined
The online retail giant said it has made the decision due to ‘the high fees Visa charges for processing credit card transactions’.
# amazon - Friday 12 November, 2021
# Amazon
# Amazon
An area more than half the size of the city of Rio de Janeiro of Amazon ’s lush rainforest was cleared.
# amazon - Monday 1 November, 2021
# Not Rocket Science
# Not Rocket Science
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has also offered millions to tackle desertification
# amazon - Saturday 11 September, 2021
# Workplace Relations
# Workplace Relations
“Our employees have the choice of whether or not to join a union,” an Amazon spokesperson said.
# amazon - Thursday 9 September, 2021
# Baldonnell
# Baldonnell
The facility is due to open next spring and will be the first of its kind in Ireland.
# amazon - Wednesday 21 July, 2021
# Working Conditions
# Working Conditions
The company is facing increasing pressure to improve working conditions.
# amazon - Tuesday 20 July, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Everyone should have the right to a living wage, job security and decent work conditions, writes Victor Duggan.
# Final Frontier
# Final Frontier
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson made the voyage on 11 July, narrowly beating Bezos.
# amazon - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Teamsters
# Teamsters
“Amazon workers face dehumanizing, unsafe and low-pay jobs, with high turnover and no voice at work.”
# amazon - Monday 21 June, 2021
# Scotland
# Scotland
A probe found that items earmarked for destruction at a Scottish warehouse.
# amazon - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# New Ceo
# New Ceo
Jeff Bezos will hand the role over to Andy Jassy, who currently heads up Amazon Web Services.
# amazon - Wednesday 12 May, 2021
# On The Telly
From The42
# On The Telly
Financial Times reports that a three-year rollover of the current €5.8 billion deal is imminent.
# amazon - Wednesday 14 April, 2021
# Closer Look
From The42
# Closer Look
The Pogmentary will follow the life of the France international, giving a unique insight into his life on and off the pitch and will air in 2022.
# amazon - Tuesday 2 February, 2021
# Stepping Down
# Stepping Down
Bezos will be succeeded in the role by Andy Jassy.
# amazon - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Explainer
# Explainer
At the height of its powers, Parler had 10 million users.
# amazon - Thursday 31 December, 2020
# Big Tech
# Big Tech
Amazon , Google, Facebook and Apple all faced heavy regulatory scrutiny in 2020.
# amazon - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Cookies
# Cookies
The data watchdog said users were “either insufficiently informed or never informed” of cookies being placed on their computers.
# amazon - Tuesday 8 December, 2020
# Ringing Up
# Ringing Up
Amazon will pay the cost of returns for faulty items, but the cost of returning any other products will be incurred by the buyer.
# amazon - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Brazil
# Brazil
11,088 square kilometres of forest was destroyed in Brazil last year.
# amazon - Tuesday 10 November, 2020
# Amazon
# Amazon
The Commission has also opened a second investigation into the online retail giant.
# amazon - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Tech Giants
# Tech Giants
Democrats in the US are hoping to rein in the power of the tech giants.
# amazon - Friday 2 October, 2020
# Testing
# Testing
The admission comes after months of pressure from workers and labour groups calling for the company to divulge the number of those infected.
# amazon - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Amazon
# Amazon
Rieli Franciscato was accompanied by a police patrol at the time.
# amazon - Saturday 5 September, 2020
# Rose Tinted Glasses
From The42
# Rose Tinted Glasses
The latest batch of episodes of Amazon Prime Video’s All or Nothing documentary series is released on Monday and features a row between Danny Rose and Jose Mourinho
A couple of afternoon thundershowers
Max: 17 °C
Min: 10 °C
Mostly cloudy, a little rain; breezy
Max: 17 °C
Min: 10 °C
A stray shower; breezy in the afternoon
Max: 16 °C
Min: 12 °C
