It’s useful to think about Ford alongside the evolution of workers at Amazon. Presently the U.S.’s second largest employer, ...

Meet Sparrow, Cardinal and Proteus. They’re the robots that, step by step, are replacing human workers in the company’s warehouses. By Karen Weise Karen Weise reported from Shreveport, La., and has ...

Facepalm: Amazon has responded to reports that the company aims to replace 600,000 US warehouse workers with robots by 2033. Predictably, it's trying to put a positive spin on the news, claiming that ...

Amazon has spent years automating its warehouses with robots. Its mechanical workforce is more than one million strong, rivaling the size of its human workforce of some 1.56 million people. Robots, in ...

Amazon is the second-largest employer in the world, with 1.5 million workers. A new report shows that Amazon will not have to hire 600,000 people by 2033, thanks to robots and automation. Amazon ...

The Blue Jay robot’s ‘extra set of hands’ probably means Amazon’s warehouses will require fewer human hands. The Blue Jay robot’s ‘extra set of hands’ probably means Amazon’s warehouses will require ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

Amazon is planning to replace more than half a million jobs in the US with robots, according to a new report. Warehouse automation will enable the e-commerce giant to avoid hiring over 600,000 people ...

Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations. Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has ...

Amazon reportedly has a plan to replace more than half a million U.S. workers with “cobots,” and avoid hiring at least 160,000 human workers by 2027. Despite hoping to double the number of products ...

Amazon says the leaked data, reported on by The New York Times, does not reflect the company's full strategy. Amazon plans to use automation to replace more than 600,000 workers who would otherwise be ...

The arrival of new robots, especially to places like Amazon delivery centers, has sparked a big debate. Some say they are stealing human jobs while others argue they’re creating a bigger market for ...