• Walmart launches subscription service Walmart+ to rival Amazon Prime

    Walmart launches subscription service Walmart+ to rival Amazon Prime

    Walmart rolled out a new subscription service Tuesday offering free shipping for online orders, in its latest move to compete with Amazon. The service, dubbed Walmart+, will deliver more than 160,000 items to subscribers’ homes as fast as the same day for $98 a year or $12.95 a month starting Sept. 15. Members will also …
  • Amazon gets FAA approval to deliver packages by drone

    Amazon gets FAA approval to deliver packages by drone

    Amazon just got one step closer to sending flying robots to your front door. The Federal Aviation Administration gave the e-commerce colossus approval to make deliveries with drones that could drop off packages within 30 minutes after they’re placed, allowing the e-tailing giant to start conducting drone delivery tests. The FAA granted Amazon’s Prime Air …
  • How Aisha Tyler became Hollywood’s jack of all trades

    How Aisha Tyler became Hollywood’s jack of all trades

    There’s almost nothing that Aisha Tyler hasn’t done in Hollywood — acting, voiceover work, hosting, directing, writing, producing. Her latest project is “Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys,” an aftershow in which she interviews the cast and crew of Amazon’s dark superhero series “The Boys” (returning for Season 2 on Sept. 4). The aftershow premiered Friday, …
  • Amazon orders 1,800 Mercedes-Benz electric vans for European deliveries

    Amazon orders 1,800 Mercedes-Benz electric vans for European deliveries

    Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it had ordered 1,800 electric vans from Mercedes-Benz for its European delivery fleet, as part of the online retailer’s plans to run a carbon neutral business by 2040. A majority of the electric vehicles from Daimler AG’s car and vans division will go into service this year, the company said, …
  • Your guide to all the fall 2020 TV premiere dates

    Your guide to all the fall 2020 TV premiere dates

    The pandemic may have affected plans for the fall 2020 TV schedule, but there's plenty to watch from 'Fargo' to 'Family Guy' to 'Filthy Rich' to 'Fear the Walking Dead.'
  • Amazon launches Halo health and fitness ‘wearable’ that tracks your emotions

    Amazon launches Halo health and fitness ‘wearable’ that tracks your emotions

    Forget steps — Amazon claims it can track your emotions with its new “wearable” artificial intelligence. With Thursday’s announcement of its Halo Band and app, the online megastore appears geared up to offer some serious health-and-wellness competition to market leaders Apple Watch and Fitbit. The new Amazon Halo app and Halo Band for $99.99 combines …
  • Amazon unveils Alexa-equipped supermarket with no checkout lines

    Amazon unveils Alexa-equipped supermarket with no checkout lines

    Amazon has unveiled its next move in its quest to eliminate the supermarket checkout line. The e-commerce giant on Thursday said it is opening a high-tech supermarket in Los Angeles which will be equipped with sensors and cameras that will allow customers with shopping carts to walk out without stopping to pay a cashier. The …
  • ‘The Boys’ are back in town for Season 2

    ‘The Boys’ are back in town for Season 2

    “The Boys” returns for a second whirlwind season of damaged superheroes and the rogue group hell-bent on exposing their dirty secrets. “You’re going to learn more about all of the characters across-the-board,” says Antony Starr, who plays Homelander, the narcissistic psychopath superhero (or “Supe”) on the darkly comic, oft-surreal-and-gory series adapted by Eric Kripke from …
  • Jeff Bezos’ No. 2 executive at Amazon will retire next year

    Jeff Bezos’ No. 2 executive at Amazon will retire next year

    A powerful Amazon executive who had been considered top contender to succeed Jeff Bezos as chief executive is leaving, the company revealed in a surprise announcement on Friday. Jeff Wilke — a 20-year veteran at the Seattle-based e-commerce giant who oversees the e-commerce titan’s consumer business, including everything from is Prime business to Whole Foods …
  • Amazon tells third-party Prime sellers to start working weekends

    Amazon tells third-party Prime sellers to start working weekends

    Amazon is cracking down on sellers who don’t live up to its two-day shipping promise — and it means they’ll have to work weekends. The e-tail juggernaut this week told third-party sellers participating in its Seller Fulfilled Prime program — which allows them to advertise their products under Amazon’s popular Prime banner — they will …