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Advance notice: Business name and address to be displayed on the seller profile page starting September 1, 2020 Beginning on September 1, 2020, we will display a seller’s business name and address on their Amazon.com Seller Profile page. For individuals, we will display the individual name and address. This is consistent with Seller Profile pages across Amazon stores in Europe, Japan, and Mexico.

Amazon briefly stopped delivering packages to part of a York County town recently, citing an unspecified incident. But what the incident was that left some packages undelivered is not yet known. There was a recent incident involving an Amazon customer and a delivery driver, the  York Dispatch is reporting,  citing several emails from Amazon Logistics Customer Service. Packages shipped from the fulfillment center in Edgewood, Maryland, to New Freedom were being marked as undeliverable by drivers and returned starting last week, according to reports. The Southern Regional Police Department was aware of the situation with the undelivered packages but did not know of a particular incident that would have spurred the halt in delivery. Emails customers received indicated the halt in deliveries was permanent, the York Dispatch is reporting, but now, whatever it the situation was appears to be over. “Delivery operations have resumed in the area,” Amazon public relations specialist Kat...

A guillotine was erected outside  Amazon  CEO  Jeff Bezos 's house in Washington DC on Sunday by protesters demanding the shopping giant be abolished. The guillotine – an execution device famously used during the  French Revolution  against the country's ruling class, and subsequently against revolutionary leaders – is a frequently-used symbol by protesters criticising the mega-wealthy and politically powerful. A sign underneath the device read "Support our poor communities. Not our wealthy men."' Protesters with bullhorns led chants near Mr Bezos's front door while other demonstrators blocked the street by sitting in the road. Mr Bezos's home in  Washington DC  – formerly the city's Textile Museum – is the largest mansion in the capital and is worth $23m. His primary home is in Washington state. A flyer advertising the march on Mr Bezos's mansion called for the end of his "abuse and profiteering" and to "abolish the police, the pris...

A new feature of the  Coronavirus.gov  website aggregates information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to quickly answer the most common questions about COVID-19. The feature is built on the General Services Administration’s Cloud.gov, a federal government platform AWS powers.  Read more  about how AWS is supporting organizations during the pandemic.

Several AWS customers are offering technology that can remotely screen potential COVID‑19 cases. AWS customers include:  Innovaccer , a San Francisco-based health care technology company, launched a COVID-19 Management System in use by over 10,000 leading health care organizations and government agencies around the globe;  Qure.ai , an Indian health care start-up built on AWS, is developing capabilities to interpret chest X-rays to remotely detect findings indicative of COVID-19; and  Vital , a digital health company, created a software tool to help people assess their risk of contracting COVID-19.  C19check.com  is a self-diagnosis tool built entirely on AWS with guidance from Emory University.

As the state of Ohio completes its reopening, demands on local social services continue to increase. Today, Amazon donated $90,000 of supplies to nine Licking County nonprofits, and partnered with the Licking County Chamber of Commerce for the distribution. The donation follows a series of announcements by Amazon that they were creating more than 6,000 permanent jobs in Ohio—many of which have been filled by those impacted by layoffs related to COVID-19.

Over the past few weeks, Amazon has supported donation of COVID-19 related supplies to over 20 local nonprofits across the state, benefitting more than 52,000 people. "It is wonderful to have the support of Amazon during these times, especially because our customers need our help now more than ever," said Matt Habash, President and CEO of Mid-Ohio Food Collective. "We know this is a marathon, not a sprint. These supplies allow us and our partner agencies to continue our work in stabilizing families and helping them get back on track. We are here with our neighbors and for our neighbors. Thank you Amazon!"