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One fifth of the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs thanks to deforestation and forest fires, researchers have found. The team have been monitoring the release of greenhouse gases over the Amazon basin for the last decade, during which time millions of trees have been lost. While growing trees take … Read more
A former Amazon Executive revealed he switches off his Alexa smart speaker whenever he wants a ‘private moment’ as he doesn’t want it listening in. Robert Frederick, a former manager at Amazon Web Services, told BBC Panorama he always turns it off during personal and particularly sensitive conversations. Last year Amazon was forced to admit … Read more
By: New York Times | Seattle | Published: February 18, 2020 7:47:33 am Jeff Bezos said on Monday that he was committing billion to address the climate crisis. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive and the world’s richest man, said on Monday that he was committing $10 billion to address the climate crisis in a new … Read more
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos nets £3.1bn from selling shares in just eight days and still owns stock worth £126bn By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:10 BST, 11 February 2020 | Updated: 23:10 BST, 11 February 2020 Amazon boss Jeff Bezos raked in £3.1billion from selling shares in just eight days, regulatory filings … Read more
Amazon in bid to force Trump to take the stand over claim he told officials to ‘screw’ them out of government contract By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 10 February 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 February 2020 Amazon is demanding witness testimony from President Trump on whether he ordered officials … Read more
Retail giant Amazon has today come under heavy fire for selling scores of books promoting bogus cancer cures. Cancer experts have today accused the billion-pound company of preying on the vulnerable who are desperate for a remedy. More than 3,000 titles are listed on the site under ‘cancer cures’, including ones endorsing unproven CBD oil … Read more
The best Nintendo Switch offers: Very’s epic Black Friday deal has sold out but there are still huge savings at Amazon, Argos, Tesco and GAME By Corinna Burton For Mailonline Published: 20:34 BST, 29 November 2019 | Updated: 15:40 BST, 30 November 2019 Black Friday 2019 is well under way, and although shops in some locations … Read more
When was the last time that you received an email from Amazon warning you about fraud? Scouring my inbox, I can see an alarming number of delivery notifications for books and films — but not a single fraud alert. Yet, as we have revealed, scammers are clearly targeting Amazon on an industrial scale. As the … Read more
Judged by the standards of most tycoons, insurance entrepreneur Sir Peter Wood, founder of Direct Line, Esure and Go Compare, is a laid-back figure. A fit septuagenarian, he likes nothing better than to spend time on the tennis court or playing golf, and loves personally to direct promotional campaigns as he constantly invents and backs … Read more