b-side Gentleman attempts to sleep and drive a forklift at the same time with disastrous results Mark Frauenfelder
politics Trump administration sues John Bolton to block publication of new book that claims presidential misconduct Xeni Jardin
Business Amazon to enforce social distancing in warehouses with AI surveillance software 'Distance Assistant' Xeni Jardin
coronavirus Amazon plans coronavirus testing of workers, privately purchased virus tests: Reports Xeni Jardin
coronavirus Amazon workers have been infected with coronavirus in 10 warehouses across the U.S. Carla Sinclair
Business Four US senators write Jeff Bezos to ask how Amazon protects workers from COVID-19 Xeni Jardin
science fiction Amazon PR accidentally confirms the existence of a fictional dystopian Amazon technology Thom Dunn
happy mutants The Internet Archive's Open Library will let you sponsor a book, paying for it to be scanned Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon's plan for traffic deaths from same-day delivery: deflect blame to anonymous subcontractors Cory Doctorow
Games Thousands sign up to play unauthorized hide-and-seek game at Ikea, police called in David Pescovitz
Business Amazon pays happy warehouse workers to tweet about how happy they are whenever someone complains about warehouse conditions Cory Doctorow
Business Arbitrage nomads are stripping the carcasses of America's dying big-box stores and moving the choicest morsels into Amazon warehouses Cory Doctorow