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Amazon plans giant inner-city towers to feed Prime Air delivery drones
New patent reveals Amazon plans for autonomous flying delivery system.
Delivery Hero sets €4.4bn valuation as it prepares to battle Amazon and Uber
The online takeaway firm operates in over 40 countries and has deals with 150,000 restaurants.
Amazon buys upmarket Whole Foods for $13.7bn
The US online group will greatly expand its presence in the grocery market in America and the UK.
Amazon's billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos asks Twitter for philanthropy ideas to help people 'right now'
"For philanthropy, I find I'm drawn to the other end of the spectrum: the right now," Bezos said.
Amazon and Netflix join anti-piracy alliance to stop illegal downloading
The alliance wants to combine resources and catch digital thieves - but can it work?
Tech firms dominate the world's most valuable brands
Google, Apple, and Amazon are the world's most valuable brands, according to the Brandz 2017 report
From Apple to IBM: How the world's biggest tech firms reacted to Trump's climate deal exit
Zuckerberg, Dorsey, Musk and Cook join the high-profile names to slam US president's decision.
Pampers by parachute? Amazon wants to land drone deliveries in your garden
Newly granted patent details how shipping labels would contain parachutes for landing drone deliveries.
Amazon beats Alphabet to $1,000 per share price mark
Internet retail giant has won the tussle between it and Google's parent company for a four-figure stock price valuation.
Amazon steps up battle with Sky and Netflix as it adds new UK TV channels
The US online giant will allow subscribers to pick channels individually rather than as a package.
As a term of description, 'digital' is now an anachronism
Successful transformation depends on identifying specific opportunities and challenges ahead, not on a vague aim to 'digitise'
Amazon Echo and Alexa assistant snatch over two thirds of smart speaker market
Google Home in second with just over 23% in the US.
Morrisons reports strong sales growth, expands services in collaboration with Amazon
Like-for-like sales grew by 3.4% during the first quarter of 2017.
Amazon builds a team to work on driverless vehicle technology
The company could use autonomous vehicles to deliver goods.
Spotify wants to create its own hardware
Inspired by Amazon, Pebble and Snapchat, Spotify job listings reveal a desire to create own-brand hardware.
Amazon's third-party sellers 'targeted by hackers' using stolen passwords from dark web
Hackers luring victims by posting ''non-existent'' tech products with huge discounts.
Ex-Amazon Go manager dreams up affordable, Lego-style smart homes for the masses
Seattle start-up Blokable showcases modular housing that slashes construction time from years to weeks.
Sex, drugs and crash landings: 'Luckiest pilot in the world' recalls 40 years smuggling Amazon gold
Clinger Borges do Vale survived 11 plane crashes but lost three brothers in aviation calamities.
Amazon to begin refund $70m of in-app purchases made by children
Amazon and the FTC agreed to end a legal battle over court findings about unauthorised in-app charges.
Amazon's delivery drones trained to deal with dogs and clothes lines
Amazon teased a few new facts about the Prime Air delivery drone trials at Mars conference.
Kodi boxes on Amazon: Retailer bans sale of 'fully-loaded' media-streaming devices
Amazon threatens to 'destroy' stock of streaming media players found to promote pirated content.
Toshiba to face further setbacks as Apple, Amazon and Google vie for firm's memory chip unit
The firm could reportedly delay its earnings report for the third time.
Citi: PSD2 will enable banks to become third party players just like fintechs
Citi's Ruth Wandhofer and ING's Eric Tak debated PSD2 at Citi's recent Digital Money Symposium.
How much is Amazon founder Jeff Bezos worth?
A brief biography and the financial history of Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos.
Amazon plans to cut 263 jobs at its Quidsi unit this summer
Quidsi's software development team would now focus on building technology for AmazonFresh.
Dow posts gains to ease Trump fears and end 8-day losing streak
Hope at Trump's economic agenda fuels investors past a hopeless few days.
Amazon Go opening delayed as checkout-free tech struggles with large crowds
Amazon's cashier-free stores can't handle more than 20 people at once, according to reports.
Amazon eyes up augmented and virtual reality tech for new physical stores
The company is considering launching first Indian grocery store in Bangalore.
Jeff Bezos opens secret Amazon conference in giant Method-2 robot mecha suit
Bezos showcased the Method-2 at an exclusive conference on machine learning, robotics and space.
How to get Amazon Alexa on iPhone: Digital assistant arrives to rival Siri
Amazon iOS app update brings AI assistant to iPhone, but what does it do?