Approval comes as Amazon’s business surges due to Covid-19
Amazon riding an e-commerce and cloud computing wave as people shelter-in-place due to Covid-19
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The Amazon Prime service is not yet available in the kingdom
Amazon said that the reason was to give the US Congress time to develop stronger regulations to govern the use of the technology
“We believe now is the time to begin a national dialogue on whether and how facial recognition technology should be employed by domestic law enforcement agencies”
The call came after Amazon decided to ban a book about the effects of coronavirus from the platform
Prime members in the UAE purchased more than 21,000 litres of bottled water and over 8,500 kg of powder detergent