Optimized Prime: How AI And Anticipation Power Amazon's 1-Hour Deliveries Amazon executives often evoke magic when talking about fast shipping. Now in a race for one-hour deliveries, few retailers can afford to keep up. And few rely quite so much on artificial intelligence. Alina Selyukh
Welcome to National Landing, Amazon's new Northern Virginia neighborhood The place simply wasn't there. For many residents, it still isn't there. Carolyn Adolph
Seattle was ‘asleep at the switch’ when Amazon started, says King County exec Seattle struggled with homelessness. As Amazon grew, people started sleeping in tents and vehicles all over Seattle. And the cost of services to them was exploding. Carolyn Adolph
Photos: A quick spruce up to make this new Amazon city less blah Crystal City, tapped last week to be one of Amazon’s new headquarters, is low on charm and big on boxy office buildings that come in Soviet gray or D.C. beige. Carolyn Adolph
This week we ask: Are you upset about Amazon? Bill Radke discusses the week's news with the Seattle Channel Civic Cocktail's Joni Balter, Seattle Times technology reporter Rachel Lerman and former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn. Bill Radke
Amazon's HQ2 (and 3) could mean big changes for Seattle's housing market Kim Malcolm talks with Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather about how Amazon's big plans will affect Seattle's housing market. Kim Malcolm
Queens lawmakers are getting ready to rumble with Amazon Queens politicians have vowed to do something often considered impolite by Seattle standards: fight. Sydney Brownstone
Now that it's over, what was Amazon's HQ2 search really about? Amazon picked two great cities, two of the most vital media markets in the world, with large papers, great reporters, great media and large activist communities. Now comes the real issue. Angela King
Jeff Bezos came to Seattle in a 1988 Chevy Blazer. Here’s why he stayed and built Amazon Joshua McNichols
