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President Trump says he will sign a border funding compromise to avert a shutdown, but will also declare a national emergency in order to build a border wall. Also, Amazon cancels plans for New York.

IBM is the first major technology company to walk away from facial recognition technology amid nationwide protests for racial justice and police reform. Amazon and Microsoft have not followed.

As the volume of online orders surged, some retailers and package delivery companies were unable to fulfill promises to deliver gifts by Christmas. UPS acknowledged it was overwhelmed by all the late traffic. In response to complaints, Amazon says it is offering gift cards and refunds for shipping charges.

New York, Washington and dozens of other cities threw billions in tax incentives at Amazon's HQ2. It reminded us of an episode we did back in 2016.

Essential workers from Amazon, Whole Foods, Instacart, Target and more are organizing a mass strike. They say the companies need to do more to protect frontline workers from the coronavirus.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on an e-book deal announced between Microsoft and Amazon.com. The deal follows in the wake of a similar deal Microsoft cut with Barnes and Noble.com that's already enabled the rival e-tailer to sell the new format of books.

Fifty albums for a heavier-than-average year, selected by NPR Music's staff and member station partners. These are the albums we held close in 2014 and the ones we want to share.

A landmark bill recently approved by California lawmakers seeks to regulate the growing number of algorithm-driven benchmarks that increasingly dominate warehouse work.

Elon Musk and his AI have been busy. So has the TSA. And Amazon. Were you paying attention?

Sixty-one years ago Dwight was an astronaut candidate. Sunday, along with five others, he made the trip on a rocket owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — making him the oldest person to go to space.