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Blue Origin Unveils Rival to Starlink
Blue Origin Unveils
Rival to Starlink
Jan 22, 2026 10:01 AM CST

Blue Origin Unveils Rival to Starlink

TeraWave constellation targets high-speed connectivity for businesses and governments

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos is doubling down on space with thousands of internet satellites. Blue Origin on Wednesday unveiled TeraWave, a planned communications network built on 5,408 satellites that will target businesses, data centers, and government agencies. The system will use spacecraft in both low and medium Earth orbits and is...

Amazon Plans a Brick-and-Mortar Behemoth

Suburban Chicago location will combine groceries, general goods, online fulfillment

(Newser) - Amazon's next brick-and-mortar bet is anything but small: it's planning a suburban Chicago store big enough to outsize the typical Walmart—or two Targets. The company on Monday won approval to build a roughly 230,000-square-foot "big-box" site on what ABC7 describes as "a 35-acre bean...

Melissa Gilbert to Judge: 'Take Care of My Sweet Husband'

Meanwhile, actor is edited out of Amazon MGM rom-com following child sex abuse charges

(Newser) - Timothy Busfield is being excised from an upcoming Amazon MGM rom-com as a criminal case against him moves forward. The 68-year-old actor and director will be edited out from the film You Deserve Each Other after authorities in New Mexico charged him with sexually abusing a child, Variety reports.
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Amazon Distributing $1.5B to Prime Customers
Amazon Sending Refunds to
Some Prime Customers
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Jan 10, 2026 5:50 AM CST

Amazon Sending Refunds to Some Prime Customers

Refunds of up to $51 target millions enrolled through deceptive design

(Newser) - Amazon is about to start sending out refunds to some of its customers, courtesy of a massive federal settlement, CT Insider reports. The company is distributing $1.5 billion in refunds after the Federal Trade Commission accused it of using design tricks on its website and app to nudge people...

Amazon Is Turning Its Workers Into 'Badgers'

New dashboard tracks badge swipes to pinpoint when workers come in, how long they stay

(Newser) - Amazon's return-to-office push now comes with a new label: what kind of "badger" you are. The company has rolled out an expanded internal dashboard that lets managers track not just whether corporate employees come into the office, but also how many hours they spend there and which buildings...

'Little Angels' Are First Insects to Win Legal Rights

New ordinances in Peru protect stingless bees, key pollinators in the Amazon rainforest

(Newser) - Stingless bees in Peru's Amazon are now more than just pollinators—they're legal subjects with rights, in what advocates say is the first such protection for insects anywhere. Two municipalities, Satipo in the Junin region and Nauta in Loreto, have passed ordinances recognizing native stingless bees' rights "...

Amazon: More N. Koreans Are Trying to Wheedle Their Way In

Amazon has blocked 1.8K suspected North Korean job applicants

(Newser) - Amazon says it isn't just sifting through resumes—it's blocking alleged North Korean operatives trying to get on the payroll. In a Dec. 19 LinkedIn post , Amazon chief security officer Stephen Schmidt said the company has prevented more than 1,800 suspected workers tied to North Korea from...

Melania Will Premiere at Rebranded Kennedy Center

Brett Ratner film follows first lady in 20 days before 2025 inauguration

(Newser) - Melania Trump's new documentary has landed a splashy premiere venue: the newly rebranded Trump-Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. The Brett Ratner-directed film, Melania, tracks the first lady over the 20 days before the 2025 presidential inauguration and was made with her cooperation, per the Hollywood Reporter . A trailer released...

Amazon Looking to Kiss USPS Goodbye

USPS could lose billions as Amazon considers a shift away from shipping giant

(Newser) - Amazon is reportedly preparing to end its long-running partnership with the United States Postal Service, a move that could upend both the shipping industry and the financial future of the USPS. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Washington Post reports that Amazon is developing plans to pull the billions...

Holiday Shopping, Now With More Bots

Big retail sites are rolling out AI shopping assistants to help you check off your list

(Newser) - When you're stumped by what to get Aunt Myrtle this holiday season, there's a bot for that. Although AI-powered purchases are in early stages, the shopping assistants and agents rolled out by the likes of Walmart, Amazon, and Google can do more than the chatbots of holidays past,...

ICE Considers Putting Detainees in Warehouses Built for Amazon

Plan under consideration would retrofit unused, large sites near airports

(Newser) - The Trump administration is looking into dramatically expanding its immigrant detention capacity by retrofitting unused warehouses, originally built for companies like Amazon, into what officials are calling "mega detention centers." Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering purchasing large installations—some more than double the size of those ICE...

Amazon Opens Whole Foods 'Store Within a Store'

Robots will fetch items for customers who want mainstream national brands

(Newser) - At a Whole Foods market near Philadelphia, Amazon is catering to customers who want some Doritos or Kraft Mac & Cheese as well as their usual organic kale and quinoa.The experiment involves a robot-powered "store within a store" at the Plymouth Meeting location, Axios reports. Shoppers can pick...

October Layoffs the Worst Since 2003

More than 150K add to the year's recession-like unemployment numbers

(Newser) - Layoffs in the US have reached recession-level numbers, reports the Washington Post , which cites new data from the private firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas to back that up:
  • So far this year, employers have announced 1.1 million job cuts, a figure in line with the Great Recession of 2008-09,
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OpenAI, Amazon Sign $38B Deal
OpenAI, Amazon
Sign $38B Deal
Nov 3, 2025 10:12 AM CST

OpenAI, Amazon Sign $38B Deal

Amazon's cloud computing services will get access to ChatGPT maker's artificial intelligence

(Newser) - OpenAI and Amazon have signed a $38 billion deal that enables the ChatGPT maker to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon's cloud computing services. OpenAI will get access to "hundreds of thousands" of Nvidia's specialized AI chips through Amazon Web Services as part of the deal...

At UPS, a 'Most Significant Strategic Shift'

Company pushes its transformation plan, moves to gig workers as margins shrink, union tensions rise

(Newser) - UPS customers may have noticed a new face at their doorstep—one not clad in the familiar brown uniform. In a bid to cut costs, UPS has started relying more on gig drivers using their own cars to deliver smaller packages, shifting away from the company's traditional full-time workforce...

Rallies for UPS, PayPal Lead Stocks to More Records
Stocks Hit New Highs
for a 3rd Day in a Row
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Oct 28, 2025 3:51 PM CDT

Stocks Hit New Highs for a 3rd Day in a Row

Rallies for UPS, Paypal led the way

(Newser) - The US stock market pushed further into record heights on Tuesday, with the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the Nasdaq composite all setting all-time highs for the third straight day.
  • The S&P 500 rose 15.73 points, or 0.2%, to 6,890.89.
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UN Chief Says World Has Missed a Key Climate Target

Guterres urges swift action to limit damage, avoid tipping points after failing to limit warming to 1.5C

(Newser) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world has neglected to keep global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius or below, a key target set by the Paris climate agreement. Speaking ahead of the COP30 climate summit, Guterres said it's now "inevitable" that the 1.5 C threshold will...

Amazon Plans to Cut 30K Jobs Amid AI Push

Nearly 10% of corporate workforce faces layoffs as automation rises

(Newser) - Amazon is preparing to lay off as many as 30,000 corporate employees starting Tuesday, according to sources cited by Reuters . The move is part of a broader effort to cut costs and address overhiring that occurred during the pandemic's surge in demand. While the cuts represent a small...

'Silent Genocides' Could Wipe Out 100 Groups in 10 Years

Logging, mining, and disease push isolated communities to the brink

(Newser) - Half of the world's uncontacted Indigenous groups could vanish within a decade unless urgent action is taken, according to a new report from Survival International. The advocacy group estimates there are at least 196 uncontacted groups worldwide, with the vast majority living in the Amazon rainforest. These communities, often...

Charmin's Giant Forever Roll Promises Month Without Refills

1.7K-sheet roll is meant to last a month, per the company

(Newser) - Charmin is making headlines again with its colossal Forever Roll , a 1,700-sheet toilet paper roll that the company claims is big enough to last an entire month, and tall enough—if unspooled—to rival the Washington Monument. First introduced as a limited novelty in 2019 and originally aimed...

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