https://www.recode.net/2017/10/13/16467562/amazon-roy-price-harvey-weinstein-google-target-voice-woman-founders-vc-custom-condoms

Amazon has suspended Roy Price, the head of its ambitious video program and the company’s point man in Hollywood. It is also considering cutting ties with projects it is working on with the Weinstein Company, which fired its CEO, Harvey Weinstein, this week. The move comes on the same day that actress Rose McGowan, who says Weinstein raped her, called out Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos via Twitter. [Peter Kafka / Recode]

Google and the country’s biggest brick-and-mortar retailers have one major problem in common: Amazon. So Google is partnering with Target, Walmart and Home Depot in what is essentially an anti-Amazon alliance, expanding a voice-shopping initiative that lets shoppers equipped with Google Home speakers order items through voice commands. Meanwhile, all the major retailers are battling for home-delivery dominance — here are some of the innovations that Amazon, Walmart, Target and others are trying to get more stuff to you faster. [Jason Del Rey / Recode]