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A deep dive on Amazon's robotics efforts, resulting in 1M+ active warehouse robots; Amazon is still the world's 2nd-largest corporate employer with 1.5M workers (arstechnica.com)
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Amazon In Talks To Buy AI Startup Decart For Around $7 Billion (hardware.slashdot.org)
20 hours ago Amazon Startup AI

Sources: Amazon is in talks to buy AI startup Decart in a deal that could value it at ~$7B; Anthropic had decided against acquiring Decart for ~$6B in September (www.wsj.com)
1 day ago Amazon Startup AI

Nicolas Cage Didn't Sign Amazon's AI Waiver For 'Spider-Noir'. Series Cancelled. (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2 days ago Amazon AI

Amazon retires the Fire brand for tablets after 15 years, replacing it with Alexa Tablets that run Android and ship on October 14, including the $499 12 Pro (www.theverge.com)
4 days ago Android Amazon

Amazon's Ring unveils the $249 Ring Smart Lock, which uses a physical dial to recharge the battery when turned, set for a Q1 2027 launch, and five new cameras (www.bloomberg.com)
5 days ago Amazon Battery

Boston Dynamics appoints former Amazon executive Rohit Prasad, who spent 12 years helping build and expand Alexa, as its CEO (www.bloomberg.com)
6 days ago Amazon Boston Dynamics

Alexa Can't Control the AUX Input On Amazon Echo Speakers Anymore (entertainment.slashdot.org)
6 days ago Amazon

Amazon says it has stopped using NDAs with county officials for data center projects and acknowledges community backlash is leading to data center moratoriums (www.wired.com)
10 days ago Amazon

Amazon plans to spend $1B+ over five years for infrastructure upgrades and other projects in US communities that host its data centers, amid a growing backlash (www.geekwire.com)
11 days ago Amazon

Sources: Amazon has held talks with investors about a deal to spin off $8B of Grace Blackwell chips into an SPV, then lease them back for its US data centers (www.ft.com)
11 days ago Amazon

Amazon's New Kindle Accessories Bring Back Physical Controls (news.slashdot.org)
11 days ago Amazon

Amazon updates the Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Colorsoft with new colors and up to 32GB of storage, and unveils the $35 Kindle Click page-turning remote (www.theverge.com)
12 days ago Amazon

Analysis: Google, Apple, and Amazon each have more meetings with European parliament and European Commission officials than any individual European company (www.ft.com)
12 days ago Europe Google Amazon Apple

Amazon signs a 20-year deal to buy power from Constellation Energy, including boosting capacity at its Maryland nuclear plant, supporting $3B+ in investments (www.bloomberg.com)
12 days ago Amazon Energy

Amazon aims to have 5,000 drivers wearing its smart glasses in 2026, rising to 20,000+ in 2027; the glasses capture static images for its AI mapping platform (www.bloomberg.com)
12 days ago Amazon AI

Amazon says Fire TV now offers integrated live content from 40+ apps, like YouTube TV and DirecTV, and plans a Music app with podcasts and concerts in the fall (www.engadget.com)
13 days ago Amazon YouTube

Amazon unveils a faster, slimmer $60 Fire TV Stick 4K, simplifies its Fire TV Stick lineup, and plans to roll out an upgraded Alexa+ living room hub in November (www.bloomberg.com)
13 days ago Amazon

At the unBoxed conference, Amazon moves AI from being a feature to playing a more central role in ad-buying and brings previously separate ad workflows together (digiday.com)
13 days ago Amazon AI

IPO filing: Anthropic routed 47% of its sales, or ~$2.16B, in 2025 through cloud partners Amazon and Google; analysis: it paid ~$351M back in distribution fees (www.reuters.com)
13 days ago Google Amazon IPO

Amazon Evaluating Drone Deliveries In Australia, Asia (tech.slashdot.org)
14 days ago Australia Amazon Asia Drone

Amazon rolls out multichannel tools in Seller Central, letting US sellers manage eBay, Shopify, TikTok and Walmart sales alongside their Amazon businesses (www.geekwire.com)
18 days ago Amazon eBay Walmart Shopify

Amazon plans to invest $100M to build a robotics manufacturing facility in Indiana, set to open by 2028; its robots at 300+ facilities help with 75% of orders (www.wsj.com)
19 days ago Amazon Robot Manufacturing

Sources: Amazon plans to invest $1B into its Indian quick commerce operations by the end of 2027, and another $2B by 2030, as it battles local rivals (www.reuters.com)
19 days ago India Amazon

India's food regulator initiates penal action against Amazon, Flipkart, Swiggy Instamart, Bigbasket, and Zepto over alleged misbranding and misleading claims (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago India Amazon

At its Accelerate conference, Amazon says it is opening its seller tools to third-party AI agents, starting with Claude, in beta for US merchants (www.geekwire.com)
19 days ago Amazon AI

Coachella promoter Goldenvoice renews its livestreaming partnership with YouTube through 2030, choosing it over competing bids from Netflix and Amazon (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago Amazon YouTube Netflix

Amazon, Walmart and other companies are using drones for fast deliveries in Richardson, Texas, but residents complain about noise and clumsy package drops (www.nytimes.com)
21 days ago Amazon Drone Texas Walmart

Meta's New 'Personal AI Agent' Muse Beats ChatGPT in Downloads - and Get Blocked by Amazon (tech.slashdot.org)
21 days ago Amazon AI

Amazon says it blocked Meta's Muse AI assistant from accessing Amazon.com to shop on users' behalf, citing ToS violations, security risks, and merchant consent (www.geekwire.com)
22 days ago Amazon AI

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