- Amazon launches a $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund
- Amazon donates $10 million to organizations supporting justice and equity
- A Thank You bonus for Amazon front-line employees and partners
- We are implementing a one-year moratorium on police use of Rekognition
- Amazon's COVID-19 blog: daily updates on how we're responding to the crisis
Amazon Web Services unveils new space business segment
We are driving innovation in space with the world's leading cloud.
"Alexa, play music by veterans"
Partnering with Amazon Music, Nashville nonprofit CreatiVets gives veterans a voice and fosters healing through creative expression.
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Reflecting on resistance—51 years ago, and today
Honoring Black activists and leaders who "gave us freedom to love so loudly today."
Frontline virology experts share COVID-19 knowledge with Amazon employees
Watch Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center experts discuss the latest research and understanding of the pandemic.
We’re acquiring Zoox to help bring their vision of autonomous ride-hailing to reality
Amazon has signed an agreement to acquire Zoox, a California-based company working to design autonomous ride-hailing vehicles from the ground up. Aicha Evans, Zoox CEO, and Jesse Levinson, Zoox co-founder and CTO, will continue to lead the team as they innovate and drive towards their mission.
$40,000 scholarships for 100 deserving high school seniors
Amazon Future Engineer awards its second class of computer science students with scholarships and guaranteed Amazon internships.
The history and significance of Juneteenth
As the country grapples to overcome ongoing racial injustices, reflecting upon Juneteenth feels especially poignant this year. We've come a long way, but still have a long way to go.
Amazon introduces 'Distance Assistant'
The company’s latest innovation provides real-time social distancing feedback and we plan to open source the technology
Amazon offers backup family care to 650,000+ U.S. employees
Company adds new benefit to support full and part-time permanent Amazon and Whole Foods Market employees, offering 10 days of subsidized child or adult care through the summer.
Amazon offering 125,000 full-time jobs to seasonal employees
Amazon will convert 125,000 of the 175,000 temporary roles hired since March to permanent jobs if employees would like to stay at Amazon long term.
Amazon expands in Redmond, WA with plans to create 600 new jobs
Company’s new facility will also add new office space for AWS.
Amazon Literary Partnership announces 2020 grant recipients
66 grants are awarded to organizations across the country that support writers.
Best books of 2020, so far
With the year nearly halfway through, so much has changed, but one constant is a love of books. Amazon Books editors share their picks for best books of 2020, so far.
Sparking curiosity in coding at a crucial age
Amazon Future Engineer is funding computer science education for nearly 200,000 students in more than 400 schools across the country—and school districts may still apply.
