WASHINGTON — Starting Wednesday, Oct. 1, Amazon is ending a program that allowed Prime members to share their free shipping benefits with people outside their household. In an update to its customer ...

Beginning Oct. 1, the company will shut down its Prime Invitee program, which gave non-household members access to free shipping and other benefits. Those affected will be directed to sign up for ...

A delivery van outside an Amazon facility in the Queens borough of New York on July 8, 2025. Credit - Klaus Galiano—Bloomberg/Getty Images Amazon has reached a $2.5 billion settlement after the ...

Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle claims by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it used dark patterns to trick millions of users into enrolling in its Prime program and made it as ...