A new report details Amazon’s Project Nessie pricing algorithm. A new report details Amazon’s Project Nessie pricing algorithm. is a reporter who covers the politics and power influencing the tech ...

New details have emerged about Amazon.com Inc.’s “Project Nessie” algorithm, which is a major focus of a lawsuit the Federal Trade Commission recently brought against the company. The Wall Street ...

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The mysterious “Project Nessie,” hinted at in what little was not redacted in the FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon, is indeed an algorithmic pricing scheme that raised prices where it could do so safely, ...