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Amazon to buy Roomba-maker iRobot for US$1.7B, growing smart home device collectionAmazon.com Inc AMZN.O will acquire the maker of robot vacuum cleaner iRobot Corp IRBT.O in an all-cash deal for about $1.7 billion.TechAug 5
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Amazon looking to reinvent healthcare ‘experience’ with latest US$3.9B acquisitionAmazon Health Services is looking to reinvent the healthcare "experience" with its latest acquisition, the company's chief executive said Thursday.MoneyJul 21
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Amazon’s Alexa could soon mimic the voice of your dead loved onesWith less than a minute of recording, Amazon says that it can create a realistic sounding AI-generated voice that you can switch to on the Alexa voice assistant system.TechJun 24
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‘It’s intimidation’: Amazon accused of interfering with Montreal union driveA major labour union in Quebec says the management of an Amazon warehouse in Montreal is using 'tactics of intimidation and harassment.'CanadaJun 14
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Amazon purchases land at Global Transportation Hub near ReginaDetails are scarce on exactly what e-commerce giant Amazon intends to do with the property near Regina.CanadaJun 3
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Canadians ditch COVID subscriptions as in-person activities, services resumeWhen COVID-19 closed businesses and cancelled events, many Canadians signed up for streaming services and meal kits. Many are dropping subscriptions as in-person activities resume.CanadaMay 19
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Jeff Bezos blasts Joe Biden on inflation, White House fires backJeff Bezos has been accusing U.S. President Joe Biden of misleading the public on inflation by arguing that hiking taxes on corporations and the rich would lower consumer costs.MoneyMay 16
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B.C. couple unexpectedly locked out of Amazon Photos account after alleged violationThe couple stored thousands of precious family photos in Amazon Photos, which offers a cloud storage platform for Amazon Prime members.ConsumerMay 4
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Union drive underway for employees at Amazon warehouse in MontrealAn Amazon warehouse in Montreal is one step closer to becoming unionized. It would be the second one in North America to successfully do so.CanadaMay 3
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Olympic athletes surprise local Winnipeg school with new breakfast programOlympians Meaghan Mikkelson and Charles Hamelin visited Greenway School Wednesday morning to announce a new daily breakfast program, courtesy of the Breakfast Club of Canada.CanadaApr 27
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