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Amazon's perceived code compliance score fell to 47% from 59% in 2023. The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) 2024 annual survey shows that fewer than half of suppliers who directly supply Amazon believe the US corporation "consistently" or "mostly" a...

Britain's grocery regulator warns Amazon of formal investigation due to low compliance with supplier protection code. Amazon's compliance score drops to 47%. Regulator monitoring changes made by Amazon. Other retailers maintain average compliance sc...

Amazon's AWS, the world's biggest cloud computing outfit, is making a major push to entice the public sector to join the artificial intelligence revolution, as the generative AI race with Microsoft and Google heats up. The scramble for public sector...

Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services on Thursday announced a $230 million commitment aimed at accelerating the development of generative artificial intelligence applications by startups worldwide. The training of generative AI models behind app...

In February, Microsoft invested $16 million in Mistral AI, partnering to make the French start-up's artificial intelligence models available through its Azure platform. It has also invested in ChatGPT owner OpenAI.

Known for cheap own-brand clothing and accessories, Shein is moving into other categories and has given brands and retailers access to its platform in nine European countries so far, having done so in the United States, Brazil, and Mexico last year.

CMA investigates Microsoft-Mistral AI, Amazon-Anthropic partnerships, Open AI collaboration. U.S. FTC orders data from generative AI firms, cloud providers. Report by Shabong, Sandle, Coulter.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. unveiled agreements to boost security and economic ties at the White House. Highlights include military upgrades, potential Japanese invo...

Apple, Meta Platforms and Google are set to be investigated for potential violations of the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) that could lead to fines of up to 10% of their global annual turnover, according to people with direct knowledge o...

Here is look at some of the actions taken by European watchdogs to keep a tab on big technology companies.

In the first nine months of 2023, Amazon's sales of second-hand goods in the UK increased by more than 15% on the same period last year

Around 20,000 warehouse and delivery workers at Amazon's Spanish unit had been urged to walk out to demand better pay and working conditions on the so-called Cyber Monday discount day.

UNI Global Union said Amazon would face strikes and protests in more than 30 countries around the world, including the United States, as part of a "Make Amazon Pay" campaign. More than 1,000 workers went on strike at an Amazon hub in Coventry, Engla...

Amazon plans to expand its drone delivery service to the UK and Italy by late next year. The e-commerce giant also unveiled new warehouse robots and technology aimed at improving efficiency and speed. The new MK30 model of delivery drones will be ab...

I turned 30 in March. To commemorate this momentous biological event, I spent 12 days on a nomadic survival expedition in one of the most uninhabited parts of the Amazon - the great rain forest in South America, not in the online retail store.

The legislation will also bolster protection for consumers by making it easier to opt out of online subscriptions and by making it easier to tackle fake reviews, the government said.

The company is looking for high-growth, high-margin businesses to pursue as it plans to close all 68 of its physical bookstores, pop-up shops and "4-star" stores in the United States and United Kingdom.

The probe launch by the UK watchdog comes at a time antitrust regulators, including those in the U.S. and the European Union, have become increasingly wary of giant companies acquiring smaller rivals.

The communications regulator said on Wednesday it had uncovered practices and features that made it more difficult for customers to switch and use multiple cloud suppliers, prompting it to refer the issue to the UK's Competition and Markets Authorit...