While Apple on Tuesday trumpeted its newest iPhones, some of its older models will still be available for sale and at lower prices. The company said the iPhone XR, the cheapest version of last year’s lineup at $750, will now be available starting at $600. The iPhone 8, which came out two years ago, will …

Amazon tends to do everything on a big scale, so why should its job fairs be any different? The world’s biggest e-commerce company said it will hold an “Amazon Career Day” recruitment and informational event on Tuesday, Sept. 17, across six US cities to promote its over 30,000 permanent full- and part-time job openings in the country. Amazon added that …

Almost a thousand Amazon employees plan to walk out of work later this month, as part of a global climate change demonstration. Amazon Employees For Climate Justice, a group of Amazon workers trying to push their company to take greater actions on climate change, organized an internal petition for the Sept. 20 walkout, the group confirmed in a Medium post …

Three Democratic US senators sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday, calling for a “sweeping internal investigation” into unsafe and banned products listed on its website. “Unquestionably, Amazon is falling short of its commitment to keeping safe those consumers who use its massive platform,” the letter said. The letter was signed by US Sens. Richard Blumenthal of …

Starship Technologies launched a new service earlier this year to deliver food and groceries at two US universities using self-driving robots. It’s now planning on doing a whole lot more. The San Francisco-based startup announced Tuesday it will expand this service to 100 universities over the next two years, thanks to an infusion of $40 million in new funding. The …

Wayfair plans to open its first full-service physical store on Wednesday. The home-decor online retailer, known for selling lighting, rugs and furniture, is launching the location at the Natick Mall near Boston.  The company, which is based in Boston, announced plans for the new store in March. It already operates an outlet store in Kentucky that’s connected to its warehouse …

Amazon continues to struggle with worker discontent in the Minneapolis area. A group of Amazon employees protested outside the Eagan, Minnesota, warehouse Thursday morning. The Eagan protest was to raise concerns about working conditions and a lack of parking at the location, which has resulted in Amazon towing workers cars off its lot, according to the Awood Center, a local …

UPS is getting much more serious about drone deliveries — though not quite yet to your home. The shipping company on Tuesday said it created a new subsidiary called UPS Flight Forward to build up its young drones operations. The subsidiary is the culmination of four years of drones testing at the company, which included the development of a UPS …

In its fifth year, Amazon’s Prime Day kept up its record of breaking records. The 48-hour sale this week was the “largest shopping event in Amazon history” and “surpassed the previous Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined,” the company said Wednesday. Amazon didn’t disclose specific total sales figures. Additionally, Monday brought in more new Prime members than any previous day, …

While Amazon is working to push its big Prime Day summer sale this week, activists and unions are using the day to highlight their many concerns about the world’s biggest online store. Their concerns vary widely, from working conditions in warehouses to climate issues to its ties to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Much of the activist attention …