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Leading billionaire Jeff Bezos's pet project might be a seat too hot for most. Not so for Australian David Carbon.

Amazon's growing fleet of electric delivery vehicles are helping power it towards achieving net zero by 2040, but the online retail giant admits long haul trucking, maritime and air transport remain tough emissions problems to solve.

Amazon has revealed a new drone which it says can fly in and deliver items, including prescription medicines, to homes and apartment buildings 60 minutes after an order is placed.

Not everyone is doing it as tough as the average battler. The world's richest tycoons are continuing to trade places on Bloomberg's billionaire index.

If you like how quickly Amazon delivers items to your home, turns out you can thank author J.K. Rowling and her beloved Harry Potter book series.

It's the shopping app being discussed around the water cooler. Here's how it works.

A plane carrying fourteen people has crashed in the Northern Amazon in Brazil. Officials say there were no survivors.

The retail and tech behemoth is gearing up to move an avalanche of packages around the country this festive season.

As Spotify joins other streaming giants in increasing its monthly subscription fees, the amount Australians are forking out for on-demand viewing is continuing to rise.

An Australian book about sex and sexual pleasure that's been targetted at teenagers has sparked debate over the appropriate age to educate kids on the topic.

Four young children found last month after surviving 40 days in the Amazon rainforest following an air crash have been released from hospital.

The weary Indigenous men gathered at their base camp, nestled among towering trees and dense vegetation that form a disorienting sea of green.

Eating cassava flour helped save the lives of four children found alive in the Amazon jungle more than a month after their plane crashed.

More details of how four young children survived alone for weeks after their mother was killed in a plane crash have been revealed.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that authorities found alive four children who survived a small plane crash 40 days ago.

E-commerce giant Amazon will launch a hiring blitz for more than 1000 seasonal workers across Australia as the company prepares for its busy mid-year sales period.

Half-time queues for hot chips or a beer at the footy could soon be a thing of the past at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium, with new technology to roll out from tomorrow.

It's time to look at recent developments and make sure you're still doing all you can to watch what you want for as little as possible.

In Europe, Google is offering severance packages it hopes will encourage workers to voluntarily leave and Amazon has dangled up to a year's pay for senior managers to quit, Bloomberg reports.

Book Depository, which became popular thanks to its free shipping policy, will close down later this month.

Forbes have released their annual list of the world's billionaires - with an unfamiliar face landing at the top of the rich list.

Staff will be told virtually whether they have lost their jobs, reports say.

Like other tech companies, including Facebook and Google, Amazon ramped up its hiring during the pandemic when there was a massive surge in online shopping.

The online shopping giant uses machine learning to select which kind of packaging should be used for each product.

When medical receptionist Sharon Watkins, 54, received a call on her mobile telling her she'd be charged $99 if she didn't cancel her Amazon Prime account, she thought she'd better respond.

The move marks an end to the remote working policy that had been in place at Amazon since 2019.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have called out Jeremy Clarkson for "spreading hate rhetoric" after the former Top Gun presenter shared a detailed public apology over his controversial The Sun article.

Many seemingly untouchable tech companies are experiencing whiplash and laying off thousands of workers as people return to pre-pandemic habits.

Scott and her team secretly contacted organisations that they were interested in first, then offered unrestricted donations after receiving the group’s data.

The recent launch of BlueWalker 3, a prototype for a satellite constellation, raises the prospect of bright satellites contaminating our night skies.

A huge axe is swinging mercilessly through Silicon Valley, and the world's most powerful tech companies are culling workers in their thousands.

Amazon is planning to lay off some 10,000 employees in corporate and technology jobs, the New York Times reports, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter.

He says he will devote the bulk of his wealth to fighting climate change and supporting people who can unify humanity in the face of deep social and political divisions.

Apple is working on a project to simplify the "Hey Siri" trigger phrase to just "Siri."

A former housekeeper for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says she suffered unsafe working conditions, that included being forced to climb out a laundry room window to get to a bathroom anytime the Bezos family was home

One of the world's biggest companies, owned by one of the planet's richest men, is about to boost the size of its footprint in Australia.

Australia Post is anticipating another online shopping boom this Christmas and is trying to recruit staff to boost its workforce.

The man, who was also known as the "man of the hole", had lived in total isolation for 26 years on the Tanaru indigenous land, deep in the Brazilian Amazon in Rondonia state.

Amazon's Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members - even if they're dead.

Brazil's federal police said Saturday that a third suspect in the deaths of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira has been arrested.

Amazon Australia has officially revealed its annual "Prime Day" sale will begin at 12am on July 12 as the e-commerce juggernaut looks to offer value amid a cost of living crisis.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos accused President Joe Biden of spreading "misdirection" on Twitter.

Amazon will establish its first dedicated sort centre in Australia "the size of the MCG" in Melbourne's north.

Australian wildlife rescuers are calling on hardware giant Bunnings and online retailers to stop selling glue traps which pose a danger to native animals.

The term "metaverse" is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry's imagination.

The parents of a US worker killed when a tornado hit an Amazon warehouse are suing the ecommerce company.

Photos and videos showing piles of empty boxes littered alongside rail tracks in Los Angeles County, California have gone viral as shipping companies say they've seen a dramatic spike in railroad theft.

Some sellers on Amazon are selling boxes of tampons to Australians at massively inflated prices, as the COVID-19 crippled supply lines leave supermarket shelves empty.

Amazon agreed to scrap reviews and ratings for a book by Chinese President Xi Jinping after a message from the Beijing government.

A warehouse for online shopping giant Amazon has collapsed as storms hit the US state of Illinois, triggering a significant emergency response.