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It may be hard to picture today, but the Internet was originally conceived as a decentralized network of computers. But today web servers have been largely consolidated into the hands of five multi-billion-dollar corporations: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple and Facebook. There are several strong arguments for returning the Internet back to what its developers intended.

The current structure of the Internet is not what the original designers intended. Here’s a few good reasons why going to a Decentralized web makes sense.

There are growing demands for action amid a noose controversy at an Amazon facility under construction in Windsor.

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Boston Business Journal editor Doug Banks discusses the tale of two Amazons, the vaccine rollout and other business headlines.

Amazon appears to have enough votes to block a union effort at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. The company crossed the threshold to secure a majority of votes, with 1,700 warehouse workers voting against the union and 700 voting in favor. The National Labor Relations Board, which is overseeing the process, is finalizing the count of the remaining uncontested votes.

The National Labor Relations Board has found that two outspoken Amazon workers were illegally fired last year.

We break down what remote workers can expect to experience and how much they may pay to live in Bali, Barbados, Croatia and Jamaica.

Nearly 6,000 Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are deciding whether they want to form a union, the biggest union push in the online shopping giant’s history

Amazon is making its first foray into providing health care services

The South has never been hospitable to organized labor

A new icon that Amazon rolled out on its mobile app has quietly undergone an alteration after part of the logo drew some comparisons to the mustache worn by Adolf Hitler. The new logo, which debuted in January, features a cardboard box design with a blue strip of tape on it. Some said the tape, situated above the company’s...

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New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Amazon over its coronavirus safety protocols and the firing of one of its outspoken workers.

Solo online retailers who sell products without having to store inventory, called dropshippers, have been able to quit day jobs and become their own bosses.

A conversation about the implications and aftermath of the Reddit and GameStop story with Babson lecturer Peter Cohan. He also gives us his take on Jeff Bezos leaving the CEO slot at Amazon.

Amazon’s next CEO, Andy Jassy, once gave Jeff Bezos advice that led to Amazon Web Services. Jassy has since steered AWS to great success.

Amazon has submitted plans for the final piece of its future home in Arlington County.

Amazon announced on Tuesday that founder Jeff Bezos would be stepping down as CEO and transitioning to executive chair of the Amazon board.

Boston Business Journal editor Doug Banks gives his take on the Massachusetts vaccine rollout, the state of the commonwealth, the GameStop stock Reddit revolt and Amazon’s latest Boston expansion.