Neowin News Feed for: Warehouse

Amazon offers to pay full college tuition for over 750,000 warehouse employees

Usman Khan Lodhi — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 19:10:01 +0000

Amazon will pay the full tuition fee for roughly 750,000 workers who are enrolled in colleges. Other programs like GEDs, high school diplomas, and ESL proficiency certifications will also be covered. Read more...

Amazon employees in Germany to go on strike again

Usman Khan Lodhi — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:00:01 +0000

Verdi has called on workers at an Amazon warehouse in Germany to strike again to disrupt the processing of orders during Black Friday. Roughly 500 workers participated in an earlier strike. Read more...

Amazon is buying thermal imaging cameras from a U.S. blacklisted Chinese firm

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 21:26:01 +0000

Amid the pandemic, the Seattle firm is installing thermal cameras at its warehouses to scan employees for fever faster. Some of the cameras have been bought from a U.S. blacklisted Chinese firm. Read more...

Amazon increases overtime pay for warehouse associates

Usman Khan Lodhi — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:06:01 +0000

The e-commerce giant stated that it is increasing overtime pay for its warehouse workers in the United States in a bid to cope with the rapidly increasing demand during the coronavirus outbreak. Read more...

Amazon to invest in Balyo's self-driving fork-lift technology

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:16:01 +0000

Amazon has struck a deal with French firm Balyo for its self-driving forklift technology. The $300 million deal could see Amazon take a stake fo 29% of Balyo over the next seven years. Read more...

Amazon awarded employee-tracking wristband patents

Paul Hill — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:34:02 +0000

Amazon has been awarded two patents which will let it track employees around the building while also guiding them to the packages they've been assigned to collect and get shipped to customers. Read more...

Amazon warehouses expanded extraordinarily in the UK this year

Paul Hill — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 04:18:01 +0000

Amazon has expanded its warehouse storage in the UK by four million square feet. The move makes it number one in the country in terms of warehouse expansions, with Lidl coming in second place. Read more...

Christmas brings 120,000 jobs openings at Amazon in the US

Paul Hill — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:28:01 +0000

Amazon has announced that it will have 120,000 job openings during Christmas. While the jobs are seasonal, the company says it will transform some of them into full-time, regular jobs. Read more...

Amazon patent suggests flying warehouses could deliver products from the sky

Daniel Hull — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 19:50:01 +0000

A patent filed by Amazon suggests the company has plans for flying warehouses. Both drones and small aircraft would connect to the ship to replenish stock and deliver goods autonomously. Read more...

Robots are slowly taking over our jobs starting in Amazon's warehouses

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:44:01 +0000

In time for the holiday rush, Amazon is deploying thousands of helper Roomba-like robots. While they're currently making our lives easier they're also spelling doom for our current societal order. Read more...

Carphone Warehouse may bid for Tiscali UK

Steven Parker — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:27:50 +0000

Carphone Warehouse has emerged as a potential suitor in the running for Tiscali, the Italian broadband operator that was put up for sale this week. A source confirmed last night that Carphone could be interested... Read more...

Carphone Warehouse accused of misleading iPhone customers

Steven Parker — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:18:24 +0000

Staff at Carphone Warehouse, the UK-based mobile communications retailer, are alleged to be misleading customers about Apple's iPhone insurance policy, the BBC has claimed. The information being communicated to prospective buyers or customers, who expressed... Read more...

Carphone Warehouse laptop sweetener

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:01:14 +0000

Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse hopes to boost flagging broadband uptake with a free laptop offer launched in September. The mobile phone retailer's latest figures announced today show its broadband uptake failed to meet its... Read more...

Comet and Carphone Warehouse to flog AOL broadband

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 Dec 2002 19:06:44 +0000

AOL UK has signed extended distribution deals with Comet and the Carphone Warehouse to flog its broadband service and ADSL starter kits. Comet is promoting and distributing AOL Broadband in its 260... Read more...

Nintendo Warehouse Robbed

Thu, 18 Jul 2002 04:48:31 +0000

Thanks Dead Messiah for posting this in the forums! "A police spokesman for the Saitama prefecture in Japan has announced that a Warehouse of Nintendo products was burglarized. Approximately 23.6 million yen... Read more...