Amazon Sets $15 Minimum Wage For U.S. Employees, Including Temps
The retail giant, run by the world's richest man, was criticized earlier this year after revealing its workers' median pay was $28,446.
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Andrea Kremer And Hannah Storm Will Be First Female Duo To Call An NFL Game
There was a decidedly mixed reaction when Amazon Prime Video said it planned to offer the pair as a streaming alternative to the Fox TV broadcast crew of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good To Be Believed. They're Paid For
In shadow marketplaces, positive reviews for Amazon products are bought and sold. The company says it's cracking down and that it estimates that less than 1 percent of reviews are fake.
Facial Recognition Software Wrongly Identifies 28 Lawmakers As Crime Suspects
The American Civil Liberties Union tested Amazon Rekognition, and found erroneous matches on images of politicians, especially among people of color.
Amazon Is More Than A Shopping Site. It's A Search Engine Too
NPR-Marist poll finds that almost half of online shoppers go to Amazon first when they look for an item. Other search engines know what customers look for but Amazon knows what they ultimately buy.
Atul Gawande's Aim For Health Care: 'Make It Simpler To Do The Right Thing'
The doctor and health care critic hopes to design a better system for more than 1 million workers at Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase. Data-driven solutions can improve outcomes, he says.
Orlando Police End Test Of Amazon's Real-Time Facial 'Rekognition' System
Orlando's deal to open part of its camera systems to Amazon was reported by NPR in May, after one of the company's executives said the city was a Rekognition customer.
Atul Gawande Named CEO Of Health Venture By Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan
A surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Gawande is probably best known for his work writing about how to improve quality and lower costs in health care.
What Americans Told Us About Online Shopping Says A Lot About Amazon
Of Americans who shop online, 92 percent have shopped on Amazon, according to a new NPR/Marist poll that shows the company creating new shopping habits and retaining a striking amount of trust.
Amazon Echo Recorded And Sent Couple's Conversation — All Without Their Knowledge
In what it called an "unlikely" string of events, Amazon says Alexa heard background conversation and misconstrued it as very specific directives.