Amazon’s Rivian electric delivery vans spotted in Seattle | What to expect at AWS re:Invent

Amazon’s Rivian electric vans are now making deliveries across Seattle as the tech giant pushes to make its fleet more environmentally friendly.

• "It’s like driving a spaceship,” one driver told GeekWire. Amazon has now rolled out more than 1,000 of the distinct vehicles in more than 100 U.S. cities. See the photos. 

Amazon Web Services will face a unique challenge at its annual re:Invent conference this week: keeping software developers and big corporate customers engaged with the long-term potential of its cloud platform, while grappling with the more immediate realities of an economic downturn.

• The stakes are high for Amazon as a whole, given the enviable financial cushion that the industry-leading cloud division provides for the company at a time of belt-tightening. Read our re:Invent preview. 

If you live in a home built before the 1950s, there’s a chance that lurking in its property records is racist language.

• Now the University of Washington, John L. Scott, and Amazon Web Services are working on efforts to discover and remove the restrictive covenants from records in Washington state — while also helping educate the public about past and present discrimination in housing.

Can Amazon help provide healthcare advice and treatment as efficiently as it delivers items to your door?

• Amazon Clinic is the company's latest attempt at cracking into the lucrative and complicated healthcare industry. We tested it out.

Reboot your style! If you need a fresh look for the holiday season, here’s your chance.

• Win a day of pampering and a stylish new wardrobe from Nordstrom, and then head to the GeekWire Gala in Seattle looking sharp. Apply now! 

The Seattle Seahawks lost on Sunday, but fans of cashierless concessions got a win as three more stores using Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ tech opened at Lumen Field.

• The District Market stores on the main concourse serve drinks and snacks without checkout lines in a bid to get spectators back in their seats faster.