Amazon's 'Record Breaking' Holiday: BILLIONS Of Packages Delivered...

 

Amazon said it delivered billions of orders during the holiday season, including over 1.5 billion toys, home products, electronics, and beauty and home care products. The retailer also said small and medium-sized businesses within the US sold nearly 1 billion products via Amazon, adding that third-party businesses on Amazon saw worldwide sales grow 50% over the holiday season compared with 2019.

Amazon is taking a glance back at a number of its highlights from 2020, a year when it saw huge profits amid the coronavirus pandemic. during a blog post on Monday, the web retail giant said it had a "record-breaking holiday season" with its "biggest-ever customer savings, small business growth, and community giving."

Amazon Sales Since 2017

In addition, Amazon touted its efforts to continue deliveries flowing during the pandemic, saying it "invested over $10 billion to assist keep employees safe and deliver products to customers." reps said it made onsite COVID-19 testing available for lots of employees within the US, noting that an Amazon worker is tested for coronavirus every 10 seconds.

Monday's blog post paints a rosy picture, but the corporate also has faced criticism from some warehouse workers over working conditions and lack of protections during the pandemic. In October, Amazon revealed that almost 20,000 US employees had contracted COVID-19. reps said it planned on pay $500 million in bonuses to workers most exposed to the pandemic.

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Stewart Reese
Silicon Valley Newsroom

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Hands-On With Apple's New Airpod Max Headphones - Can They Really Be Worth $549!?!?

Hands-on with Apple's newest and most expensive headphones ever. How much of that $549 price tag is based on quality, or hype?

Video courtesy of CNet

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Teachers And School Admin Begin A New Aggressive Online Safety Program, Learning How To Track Down Bullies, and Stop Cyber Attacks...

The Partner Schools Global Network (PSGN) are giving schools support by training teacher and administrative the importance online child protection awareness and cyber well-being. They provide services such as the Online Safety Program, which helps schools to prepare for and respond to cyber crime attacks and identify risk indicators. 

For the first time ever, a school has a secure portal to identify and respond to cyber attacks. Letting all online bullies and trolls to stay far away, we know who you are. 

Communicating online is a great way for children to build social connections, share thoughts and ideas, while learning about their interests. With this pandemic, children's social life have been set to a halt , while online harassment, bullying and cyber harassment are increasing at an alarming pace. Their goal is to create a safe place for kids, which allows parents to keep track of their kids' online activities.

Without over bearing control over the content of online media, kids would be exposed to even more damaging cyber threats.

Parents have found it challenging to suprvise their children online while keeping the idea of privacy alive, since there are numerous ways to harass and stalk kids online. Tragic incidents in the world have made us more aware of how real this online, "make believe" world full of trolls, catfishes, even some scammers is, more alive than it ever has been in the world before.

Truth is, as time continue to go, it will only become more and more present, even apart of ever aspect of daily life task, with inventions like AR, VR, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Watching the amount of our children's friends dwelling away from sleep over to, text them at the dinner table, online chat rooms.

Technology surely isn't going anywhere. If anything, we will become totally dependent on these technologies, which are only becoming more and more powerful. With enlightened knowledge , we can truly feel connected. Be sure you take advantage of all the ways to protect your child online. Overall, we need to adapt technology to our lives in a manner that is both secure and sustainable.

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Author: Kirsten K. Knoll

Palo Alto Newsroom
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SpaceX Has Made NASA 'Cool' Again For A Whole New Generation....

NASA reached peak cool on July 20th, 1969 when it sent the first men to the moon. However, the agency's impact on society goes far beyond space.

That's why until recently, for teens any exciting first hand stories about what NASA had accomplished, were stories told by their grandparents. 

. But Neil deGrasse Tyson, the famous astrophysicist, says NASA partnering with Elon Musk's SpaceX is one of the biggest advancements the agency has made since the moon landing.

Video courtesy of CNBC

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