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Amazon Workers Are Petitioning the Company to Bring Its Pollution to Zero By 2030 Photo: Sean Gallup / Staff (Getty Images) Ahead of Amazon’s planned shareholder meeting on May 26, more than 600 employees have signed a petition pressuring the company to bring its pollution levels down to zero by 2030 — particularly in the communities of color that predominantly border Amazon’s warehouses. Advertisement The petition, which had garnered 640 signatures as of this writing, calls upon Amazon to prioritize zero-emissions technologies in heavily affected communities in order to live up to its...

Image: Amazon Well, it’s that time of year again folks. Once again, Amazon’s annual sales event for which the already stupidly rich corporation is made even richer is upon us. Advertisement No formal date has yet been set for Amazon Prime Day 2021, but we do have a fairly good idea of when it’s likely to take place—we’ll get to that in a minute. For the mercifully uninitiated, first of all, good for you. Prime Day is effectively Amazon’s own personal Black Friday event, and this year it’s looking like it’s slated to take place around summer. There are deals to be had, for sure...

Whole Foods Launching Amazon Palm Reader Payment System in Seattle Photo: Amazon Whole Foods will launch a palm reader payment system at its Madison Broadway location in Seattle today and has plans to roll out the biometric program at seven more stores in the coming months, according to an announcement early Wednesday. Advertisement The electronic palm readers, known as Amazon One, allow people to pay for everything in their cart with a swipe of their hand, provided they’ve registered for the service with Amazon. The tech was previously only being used in brick and mortar stores from Amazo...