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• Labour10/29/2026@EconDesk

  Amazon Cuts About 250 Devices and Services Jobs on October 28

  Estimated: Amazon Seattle headquarters campus, Spheres, 2111 7th Avenue, Seattle, WA — campus anchor, not a confirmed affected officeAmazon

  

  Starts 10/28/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins97% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 97%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better9 days ago

  Confirmed: Reuters reports workers were notified on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. No exact notification time is assigned.^[1]

  Amazon confirmed a new devices-and-services layoff round. Reuters reports about 250 affected roles, primarily in software development; the company did not publish an exact count.

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• Labour10/22/2026@EconDesk

  Amazon Commits 30,000 UK Entry-Level Roles to Young People Through 2030

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  Starts 10/21/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins92% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 92%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better16 days ago

  Confirmed: SME Today^[2] explicitly dates the UK launch to October 21, 2026. The global About Amazon^[1] page was published at 21:25 UTC on October 20 ahead of the UK launch. This pin dates the launch announcement, not completion of the 2030 hiring commitment.

  Amazon’s Youth Promise directs 30,000 entry-level operations roles toward young UK jobseekers through 2030, alongside more than 10,000 work-experience placements. The commitment is not a claim of 40,000 net new permanent jobs.

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• Retail09/23/2026@RetailDesk

  Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2026 Begins

  410 Terry Avenue North, South Lake Union, Seattle, WA 98109, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 10/06/2026 7:01AM UTCSCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins78% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 78%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 7 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better31 days ago

  Amazon states "Starting October 6 at 12:01 a.m. PDT, Prime members can shop" for 48 hours, and its FAQ adds that it "ends at 11:59 p.m. PDT on October 7."^[1]

  Amazon's 48-hour fall Prime Day sale, with Prime member-exclusive deals across more than 35 categories and new Today's Big Deals dropping three times a day. It kicks off the holiday shopping season in 22 countries.

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• Electronics09/30/2026@DeviceDesk

  Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Launches on Vega OS

  Seattle, Washington, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 09/30/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better37 days ago

  9to5Google^[1] reports the stick was available to buy in the US on 30 September 2026, per Amazon's announcement.

  Amazon's new Fire TV Stick 4K went on sale in the US on 30 September for $59.99, moving from Android to Vega OS, which ends sideloading, with a new remote.

  $59.99

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• Labour09/23/2026@EconDesk

  Amazon's $20 Minimum Starting Pay Takes Effect

  410 Terry Avenue North, South Lake Union, Seattle, WA 98109, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 09/27/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better40 days ago

  The AP reports "The pay increase is effective starting Sept. 27, the retailer said"; Amazon's own post announces the raise on September 16 without an effective date.^[1]

  A $1-an-hour raise lifts minimum starting pay for Amazon's U.S. full-time core operations employees to $20, with average pay nearly $24 an hour, part of a more than $1.5 billion investment in higher pay. A 10% employee grocery discount and a lifetime banking benefit come with it.

  $1.5B

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• Software09/23/2026@EnterpriseDesk

  AWS Wins NATO RESTRICTED Approval Across All 32 Allies

  410 Terry Avenue North, South Lake Union, Seattle, WA 98109, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 09/22/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins84% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 84%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better45 days ago

  The Amazon^[2] News post (article:published_time 2026-09-22) says "Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it is the first cloud provider to have its cloud capabilities approved for use by all ... NATO member nations", and Defense One^[4] confirms "The company announced on Tuesday" (22 September 2026).

  AWS became the first cloud provider approved to handle NATO RESTRICTED information for every member nation, after Spain's National Cryptographic Centre assessed it against NATO's D32 cloud directive. Allies can now run NR workloads in any AWS Region located in a NATO country.

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• Climate09/23/2026@ClimateDesk

  Amazon Commits $20M to Colorado River Water Conservation

  Hoover Dam, Mohave County, Arizona, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 09/21/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better46 days ago

  Amazon's announcement, published September 21, 2026, says "Amazon is launching the Colorado River Basin Collaborative (CRBC) and plans to invest $20 million".^[1]

  Amazon pledges $20 million and launches the Colorado River Basin Collaborative, a corporate coalition with Aldi, The Coca-Cola Foundation, Ecolab and others that aims to raise $100 million for water projects across the basin in two years.

  $20M

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• Transport09/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Amazon Pauses Operations With 21 Air After Miami Crash

  410 Terry Avenue North, South Lake Union, Seattle, WA 98109, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 09/13/2026 11:15PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better54 days ago

  Amazon's updates page files the pause statement under "September 13, Updated at 4:15 p.m. PT" (23:15 UTC), and the AP and NBC News^[4] report "Amazon said Sunday" it had suspended 21 Air.

  A week after 21 Air Flight 7598 overran a Miami runway and killed five people, Amazon said it had paused its operations with the North Carolina cargo carrier, which had flown Amazon Air packages since 2024.

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• Cybersecurity09/23/2026@CyberDesk

  Amazon Elects Mandiant Founder Kevin Mandia to Its Board

  Amazon.com Day 1, 2121 7th Avenue, Belltown, Seattle, WA 98121, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 09/08/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better59 days ago

  Amazon's announcement says Mandia "was elected to Amazon's Board of Directors on September 8", and its 8-K reads "On September 8, 2026, the Board of Directors of Amazon.com, Inc. ... elected Kevin R. Mandia as a director".^[1]

  Amazon adds cybersecurity veteran Kevin Mandia, who founded Mandiant and sold it to Google for $5.4 billion, to its board of directors and its Audit and Security committees.

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• Software09/23/2026@EnterpriseDesk

  AWS Agrees to Acquire DuckLabs, the Company Behind DuckDB

  Science Park, 1098 XH Amsterdam, NetherlandsAmazon

  

  Starts 08/26/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better72 days ago

  The Amazon^[5] News post (article:published_time 2026-08-26) says "Amazon has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs^[3][4]", and DuckLabs' own release dated 2026-08-26 says it "today announced that it will become part of Amazon Web Services".

  Amazon signed a definitive agreement to buy DuckLabs, the bootstrapped Amsterdam team of more than 30 that builds the open-source DuckDB analytics database. DuckDB itself stays free under the MIT license and the independent DuckDB Foundation.

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• Computing09/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Amazon Raises Louisiana Data Center Plan to $18 Billion

  Resilient Technology Park, Resilient Way, Flournoy, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana 71119, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 08/18/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better80 days ago

  Amazon's article says it "was updated on August 18, 2026 to reflect Amazon's increased investment in northwest Louisiana", and Louisiana Economic Development's release is dated August 18, 2026.^[1]

  A third northwest Louisiana data center campus, at Resilient Technology Park in Shreveport, lifts Amazon's planned investment from $12 billion to $18 billion and its expected jobs to up to 750 across three campuses.

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• Energy10/16/2026@EnergyDesk

  Amazon Pecos County: Three Filed Data-Center Buildings Total USD 900 Million

  Estimated: 6000 TX-18, Fort Stockton, Pecos County, Texas 79735, United States (address from the TDLR filings; coordinates approximate to Fort Stockton)Amazon

  

  Starts 08/04/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 8 references support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better94 days ago

  The date is the cited report or decision milestone, not a verified construction completion or opening day.

  Amazon Data Services filed three Pecos County data-center buildings at 6000 TX-18, each estimated at USD 300 million and 189,060 square feet. The filings list planned work from August 1 to December 1, 2026.

  $900M

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• Energy10/18/2026@EnergyDesk

  Sunstone Solar: 1,200 MW Approved Project Transferred to Amazon

  Estimated: Sunstone applicant construction-plan reference point, northeast of Lexington, Morrow County, Oregon; approximate site contextAmazon

  

  Starts 06/26/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins95% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 95%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better133 days ago

  The confirmed event is the June 26, 2026 ownership amendment, not a construction or opening date.

  Oregon lists Sunstone as approved but not yet constructed, with up to 1,200 MW solar and 7,200 MWh storage. On June 26, 2026 the site certificate transferred to Oregon Solar 1, LLC, a wholly owned Amazon subsidiary.

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• Business10/04/2026@RetailDesk

  Amazon Proxy Prices Its C-Suite, Jassy $2.1M, With No Stock Grants to Any Executive

  Amazon.com Invictus, 410, Terry Avenue North, South Lake Union, Cascade, Belltown, Seattle, King County, Washington, 98109, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 04/09/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better211 days ago

  The filing is the Form DEF 14A on SEC^[1][3] EDGAR dated 9 April 2026; its Summary Compensation Table covers the year ended 31 December 2025.

  Amazon's 2025 proxy lists six executives' pay from $372,000 to $2.07M, led by CEO Jassy; no named executive received a stock award, and the CEO pay ratio is 1 to 51.

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• Robotics09/21/2026@RoboticsDesk

  Amazon Retires the Blue Jay Warehouse Robot

  Amazon Robotics, North Reading, Massachusetts, USAAmazon

  

  Starts 02/25/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better254 days ago

  Happened as dated, per aboutamazon.com^[1]: "Update February 25, 2026: Amazon is no longer utilizing Blue Jay in operations."

  Four months after presenting Blue Jay as its newest warehouse system - a single workspace where several robotic arms pick, stow and consolidate about 75% of the item types Amazon stocks - Amazon said it was no longer using it in operations, keeping only the underlying technology.

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• Energy10/15/2026@EnergyDesk

  Amazon Birchwood: 144 MW First Building of a 19-Building, 7.25M sq ft Data Center Campus at King George, Virginia, in Court

  State Route 3, Sealston, King George County, Virginia, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 09/01/2023CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better3.2 years ago

  DCD: in September 2023 Amazon was granted permission to develop the 869-acre campus at the Birchwood power plant site; no construction date exists and the rezoning is now contested in court.^[1]

  Amazon won rezoning in September 2023 for 869 acres at the old Birchwood power plant in King George County, Virginia, for up to 19 data centers (7.25M sq ft); the county moved to reverse it and Amazon sued in April 2025. Cleanview lists 144 MW for the first building.

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• Energy06/21/2017@EnergyDesk

  Amazon to install solar systems on 50 fulfillment facility rooftops worldwide by 2020

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  Starts 01/01/2020CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better6.8 years ago

  Happened as dated, per the pin description: "…The initial solar projects planned for completion by the end of 2017 will generate up to 41 megawat…"

  The initial solar projects planned for completion by the end of 2017 will generate up to 41 megawatts (MW) of power at Amazon facilities in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Nevada and Delaware. Depending on the specific project, time of year and other factors, a solar installation could generate as much as 80 percent of a single fulfillment facility’s annual energy needs.

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• Electronics06/15/2017@DeviceDesk

  Amazonís new mobile card reader waltzes onto Square and PayPalís dance floor

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  Starts 08/13/2014CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better12.2 years ago

  Happened as dated, per arstechnica.com^[1]: "…rcutting the establishment. Amazon just announced its new Local Register service, a mobile card read…"

  Amazon's card reader has promised customers who register for the service before October 31 will only be charged 1.75 percent on all transaction fees made through the swipe reader until January 1, 2016. Outside of that deal, merchants using Amazon Local Register are charged 2.5 percent for each swiped transaction and 2.75 percent for all manually keyed-in purchases.

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• Retail09/21/2026@RetailDesk

  Amazon Opens for Business

  Bellevue, Washington, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 07/16/1995CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins85% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 85%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better31.3 years ago

  Amazon's own account and every history of the company date the site's public opening to 16 July 1995.^[1]

  Amazon.com went live from a rented house in Bellevue, Washington, selling books out of a garage-scale operation with a catalogue it did not stock. Within a month it had shipped to all fifty states and forty-five countries.

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• Business11/06/2026@RetailDesk

  Amazon

  Amazon

  Starts 07/05/199432.3 years ago

  Amazon was founded on 5 July 1994 according to Wikipedia^[1].

  Company page for Amazon: data centres and energy, AWS, devices and robotics, and company and workforce news, each with a dated timeline of pins.

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