The rise of the digital world has led to a new form of economic order, technofeudalism, in which "cloud capitalists" like Amazon and Google dominate and take their cut, says Yanis Varoufakis. Prof James Alexander agrees.
The Big Tech companies are setting up AI data centres that will consume vast amounts of electricity – OpenAI alone wants to create seven that will consume more electricity per year than the UK. So much for Net Zero.
A bunch of books recently have claimed Britain is a failed state. Sure, the Blob could do with a serious trim, says Joanna Gray. But in the most important ways, Britain is brilliant at tonnes of stuff.
In recent years, academic psychologists have turned to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to collect data. But according to a new study, the data from this online survey platform may be largely worthless.
Hysteria reigned supreme as recent global mainstream media headlines blamed last year's drought in the Amazon basin on human-caused climate change. But the actual data show little rainfall change in 300 years.
Amazon shut down a customer's 'smart home' for a week after the delivery driver claimed he heard a racial slur coming through the doorbell, even though no one was home. Who needs the CCP when you have Amazon?
Amazon has been energetically celebrating Pride Month around the world – except in the UAE where it has restricted search results about LGBTQ+ products at the request of the authorities.
Amazon has taken another step back to normality as it axes its paid time-off policy for employees with Covid, an announcement that coincides with the company recording a first quarter loss.
