When President Trump was still on the campaign trail, he noted that Amazon is using the Washington Post (owned by Amazon) as a political instrument to avoid prosecution for its “huge antitrust problem.” President Trump is right to be concerned about Silicon Valley’s unprecedented corporate power and influence over the nation’s media, and he’s right that “we can’t let […]

While it may be convenient to walk into your home and turn the lights on by simply saying “Alexa” or “Ok Google,” a security expert has warned that devices like the Amazon Echo could pose a serious security risk. “If hackers find a way to compromise these devices in our homes, they could have it […]

While economic growth in the U.S. remains stagnant, one sector has been performing remarkably well: Technology. Big tech stocks like Apple and Amazon have noted incredible gains, prompting one popular strategist to take a cue from the Occupy Wall Street movement and create a report called “Occupy Silicon Valley.” According to Bank of America Merrill […]

The younger generation may or may not know this, but at one time there were hundreds of video stores across the country called Blockbuster. On a Friday or Saturday night, it was common for people to go to Blockbuster and rent a VHS movie in a way that was similar to how one checks out […]

While technology makes our lives easier in thousands of different ways, often times we lose sight of the many ways our rights to privacy are infringed upon. Smart TVs have the ability to capture images and audio recordings without our knowledge or consent. Certain GPS devices make it possible for others to know our exact […]

Humans and technology have a bittersweet relationship with one another. One the one hand, it makes our lives more convenient. If you need to know the ingredients for homemade mac and cheese, all you have to do is speak into your phone’s web browser and you’ll have the information you need within seconds. If you […]

The new hip Amazon GO store, where customers can walk in, find what the want, and leave without ever waiting in line isn’t going anywhere for the moment. Verge.com reports that although the mega company had plans to open their flagship store in Seattle, Washington in late March of 2017, the technologies used to build the […]

Amazon’s voice-activated virtual assistant, Alexa, may soon have the capability to identify who is speaking to it – a feature that will push the technology even further into the Big Brother realm. Voice recognition technology is nothing new, but Alexa will be the first voice assistant on the market to offer this feature. Amazon developers […]

Amazon Prime on the moon? Two-day package delivery is probably not feasible, but Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos wants to fly unmanned cargo missions to the moon starting in July 2020 as part of an effort to establish a permanent lunar colony there. Blue Origin, Bezos’ start-up venture, is apparently seeking to partner with NASA on […]

We’ve been hearing a lot about “fake news” over the past few months, but unfortunately, a great deal of what has been published regarding the subject also happens to qualify as such. There’s no question that fake news exists and that it can cause real problems (consider, for example, the fake news incident that nearly […]

Amazon.com has fessed up to a potential violation of federal law. In its annual 10-K financial disclosure form for the fiscal year ending December 31 submitted to the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission, the Jeff Bezos-owned, massive e-commerce retailer revealed that certain transactions may have violated U.S. sanctions on Iran. Bezos also owns the Washington […]

The over-entitled, Hate Trumps Everything crowd is having an epic meltdown after online mega-retailer Amazon.com made the rational decision to continue selling Ivanka Trump products — this, despite immense pressure from pussy hat-snowflake types who are insisting that every company in the world kowtow to their demands to remove everything Trump-related from their inventories. The […]

Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, uncharacteristically tweeted back at a recent New York Post article touting the technological titan’s plans to create a “two-story automated grocery store” with a 20% profit margin made possible by automation and robot employees. The article decreed that potentially 2000 of these grocery stores, ranging “between 10,000 and 40,000 square feet” were on Amazon’s radar. Those unheard […]