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# amazon - Thursday 11 June, 2020
Amazon plans to ban police use of its facial recognition software for a year
Demonstrations since the death of George Floyd have focused attention on how police use software to track people.
# amazon - Saturday 23 May, 2020
Covid-19 pandemic hasn't spoiled the plot for independent bookshops
Some shops are well equipped to weather the crisis while others have had to get creative.
# amazon - Wednesday 15 April, 2020
Coronavirus: Amazon shuts French distribution centres for five days after court ruling
The court said Amazon France had “failed to recognise its obligations regarding the security and health of its workers”.
# amazon - Tuesday 18 February, 2020
World's richest man Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to help fight climate change
The online retailer Amazon that Bezos runs has an enormous carbon footprint.
# amazon - Sunday 1 December, 2019
Can you have a Green Christmas when shopping for presents online? Here's what the experts advise
Want to avoid giant retailers and go green this Christmas? It’ll take a little bit of extra research – but it is possible.
# amazon - Saturday 30 November, 2019
Brazil’s president claims Leonardo DiCaprio paid for Amazon fires
The criticism follows a police raid at the headquarters of two nonprofit groups this week.
# amazon - Monday 18 November, 2019
Amazon deforestation at highest level since 2008
It follows a series of major fires in the region earlier this year.
# amazon - Sunday 3 November, 2019
Indigenous Amazon land defender killed by illegal loggers in ambush
A logger also died in the attack on Friday night in Maranhao, Brazil.
# amazon - Friday 25 October, 2019
Pope Francis apologises over theft of Amazon statues from church in Rome
The pontiff asked for forgiveness and said the indigenous statues had been found.
# amazon - Saturday 7 September, 2019
Seven South American countries sign pact to protect the Amazon
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro did not travel to Leticia, citing doctors’ orders.
# amazon - Friday 30 August, 2019
60-day ban on burning in Brazil following global outcry over Amazon fires
However, activists have doused hopes that the ban would work.
# amazon - Thursday 29 August, 2019
US ready to fight Amazon forest fires ... but only if it involves working with Brazilian government
On Monday, the countries of the G7 pledged €18 million to tackle the Amazon fires.
# amazon - Wednesday 28 August, 2019
Tens of thousands of fires are burning in the Amazon - here's what you need to know
There is huge concern about the local, national and international impact of the fires.
# amazon - Monday 26 August, 2019
G7 commits $20 million to Amazon as new fires flare up in world's largest rainforest
Aircraft have poured thousands of litres of water on the rainforest.
# amazon - Sunday 25 August, 2019
Over 1,500 new fires ignited in Amazon rainforest, official data shows
43,000 troops are have been made available to combat the fires.
# amazon - Thursday 22 August, 2019
Amazon, Microsoft and Intel may be putting world at risk through killer robot developments, study says
The report surveyed major players from the tech sector about their stance on lethal autonomous weapons.
# amazon - Monday 29 July, 2019
Brazilian miners reportedly murder Amazonian tribal leader during land invasion
Police have been deployed to the area following the killing last week.
# amazon - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
United States announces investigation into whether major online companies have 'stifled' competition
The investigation comes after the European Union imposed hefty fines on Google recently.
# amazon - Tuesday 23 July, 2019
Rare footage shows uncontacted Amazon tribe who activists say are threatened by loggers
Since taking office, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of harming the Amazon rainforest.
# amazon - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
EU launches probe into Amazon's use of third-party sellers data
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said the investigation would be completed as a matter of priority.
# amazon - Friday 10 May, 2019
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reveals spaceship model and plans to put humans on the moon
Bezos said his space company Blue Origin will land a robotic ship the size of a small house on the moon.
# amazon - Friday 5 April, 2019
Amazon's Bezos agrees record-breaking $35 billion divorce settlement
MacKenzie Bezos retains a 4% stake in online retail giant Amazon which her husband founded in 1994.
# amazon - Sunday 31 March, 2019
Amazon investigator says Saudi Arabia hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone
Gavin de Becker was looking into the leaking of Bezos’s personal information.
# amazon - Saturday 9 February, 2019
What's going on with Jeff Bezos, a tabloid magazine, Donald Trump and alleged blackmail?
A heated dispute is ongoing in the US involving some very high profile figures.
# amazon - Thursday 7 February, 2019
Woody Allen sues Amazon for $68m over film deal breach of contract
He is accusing Amazon of cancelling a film deal because of a “baseless” decades-old allegation that he sexually abused his daughter.
# amazon - Sunday 6 January, 2019
# amazon - Thursday 3 January, 2019
Here's why Daisy Jones & The Six should be on you must-read list for 2019
Reese Witherspoon LOVED it.
# amazon - Thursday 22 November, 2018
Excess heat from Amazon's giant data centre will be used to warm homes in Tallaght
The local authority has a €15 million plan for Ireland’s first data centre-based ‘district heating system’.
# amazon - Wednesday 21 November, 2018
Amazon says customers' email addresses were exposed
Customers in Europe and the US were affected.
# amazon - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
Judge asks Amazon to share Echo recordings in US murder case
Timothy Verrill is accused of murdering two women and prosecutors believe there are Echo recordings of the attack.
# amazon - Thursday 20 September, 2018
Irish Life is worried Amazon's huge data centre in Tallaght could affect its future housing projects
The pensions fund has a site adjacent to the facility being planned by the tech giant.
# amazon - Tuesday 4 September, 2018
Amazon has become a trillion dollar company
The company, which was created in a garage in Washington, has come a long way.
# amazon - Monday 23 July, 2018
'If you hate me, hate me!' Check out the trailer for the new Amazon documentary on Man City's historic 2017-18 campaign
Featuring an inevitable Oasis soundtrack.
# amazon - Saturday 14 April, 2018
13 deadly pool inflatables you never knew you needed
It’s time to stock up for summer.
# amazon - Saturday 31 March, 2018
Parts of the Amazon thought uninhabited were actually home to up to a million people
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that there were hundreds of villages in the rainforest away from major rivers.
# amazon - Thursday 8 March, 2018
Amazon said it's trying to stop its Alexa software from spontaneously laughing
Many people online joked that the device was becoming sentient.
# amazon - Tuesday 6 March, 2018
Amazon's Jeff Bezos is now the richest person in the world as Trump's value drops by $400 million
Forbes published its billionaires list today.
# amazon - Sunday 25 February, 2018
An Irish answer to Amazon's same-day delivery has bagged €650k from investors
Dublin startup WeBringg has raised funding from several private investors – but it needs more.
# amazon - Tuesday 23 January, 2018
Body of second Irishman recovered after Ecuador river tragedy
David Higgins’ body was found by search teams yesterday.
Amazon's €1bn 'Project G' for Dublin gets the go-ahead
One of the men who tried to block Apple’s plans for Galway had lodged an objection.
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THE SPOTLIGHT IS once again on Dublin City Council after plans were revealed for a €15 million sea pool in Dublin city centre.
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