Amazon Alexa+ is now available in Canada
Mariella Moon / engadget - Amazon has launched Alexa+, its next-generation digital assistant, in Canada. The company unveiled the new assistant in February, and it has been making its way to more and more people since. Canada is the first region outside the US to get access Amazon’…
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You can now catch up on Prime Video shows with AI Video Recaps
digitaltrends - Amazon Prime Video is rolling out AI-generated Video Recaps that quickly bring you up to speed on past episodes without rewatching entire seasons. The new feature uses real clips, audio, and highlights to refresh your memory before you hit play.
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Amazon adds AI-generated video recaps for select Prime Video shows
engadget - If the idea of a custom-made "previously on" video for every show you watch is attractive to you, Amazon is taking steps to make it happen. The company has announced that it'll now include AI-generated "Video Recaps" for select series on Prime Video so it…
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EU could hand Amazon, Microsoft ‘gatekeeper’ title for cloud services
Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - The EU is also probing whether the DMA in its current state is effective to govern the cloud sector.Read more: EU could hand Amazon, Microsoft ‘gatekeeper’ title for cloud services
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 16069 / 5 stories in 3 months
Amazon Autos now sells pre-owned Ford vehicles
engadget - Amazon Autos is offering a wider array of options starting today, as you can buy a pre-owned Ford vehicle through the platform. Folks in Los Angeles, Seattle and Dallas (and more markets in the future) can see what’s available at a local dealer through Am…
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Jeff Bezos gives CEO another go at $6.2B AI startup Prometheus
David Meyer / theregister - Named after titan who stole fire from the gods and was punished for eternity... Amazon warehouse staff know the feeling Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is returning to the CEO seat – though not at his best-known creation.…
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Amazon’s Starlink Rival Renamed ‘Leo’ as Blue Origin Lands Rocket at Sea
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Amazon has renamed its satellite internet program from Project Kuiper to Amazon Leo, as the company continues building a low Earth orbit network intended to bring high-speed connectivity to underserved regions. There are now over 150 Amazon Leo satellites…
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AirPods 4 fall to record low $84.99 at Amazon before Black Friday
appleinsider - After launching a sale on AirPods 4 this weekend, Amazon has gone one step further and slashed the price to an all-time best $84.99 as the countdown to Black Friday begins.Amazon has dropped AirPods 4 to the lowest price ever before Black Friday.Early Bla…
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Amazon Music Just Went Social—And Canada Gets It First
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Amazon Music has introduced Fan Groups, a new feature that brings social interaction to the streaming experience. The feature launched today in beta exclusively in Canada (wow, Canada gets something first for a change!) for users on iOS and Android, marki…
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Blue Origin scrubs New Glenn's second flight due to bad weather
engadget - Blue Origin has postponed the second flight of its New Glenn rocket, which was slated to send a pair of NASA spacecraft on the first step of their journey to Mars on Sunday afternoon. The heavy-lift launch vehicle was scheduled to take off from Cape Canav…
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Amazon is Testing an AI Tool That Automatically Translates Books Into Other Languages
msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon just introduced an AI tool that will automatically translate books into other languages. The appropriately-named Kindle Translate is being advertised as a resource for authors that self publish on the platform. …
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Amazon sues Perplexity's shopping bot
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Amazon sues Perplexity to block its AI shopping agent from making purchases autonomously. The first major legal clash over whether AI assistants can act as user proxies sets precedent for the $20B question: who controls the future of online commerce?
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Amazon Accuses Perplexity of Computer Fraud, Demands It Stop AI Agent From Buying On Its Site
msmash / slashdot - Amazon has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity AI demanding that the AI search startup stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases online for users. From a report: The e-commerce giant is accusing Perplexity of committing compute…
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 2:21 pm / permalink 15655 / 11 stories in 4 months
Amazon Music Now Features Alexa+
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - The Amazon Music app now integrates with Alexa+ on iOS and Android, allowing users to navigate its extensive catalog via intuitive conversation.Amazon today announced that Alexa+, its upgraded AI-driven assistant, is now available in beta to members of th…
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Amazon Builds First Solo Subsea Cable Linking Maryland To Ireland
msmash / slashdot - AWS today announced Fastnet, a subsea fiber-optic cable that will link Maryland's Eastern Shore to County Cork, Ireland. The project marks Amazon's first wholly-owned subsea cable system after previously participating in similar ventures through consortiu…
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OpenAI inks $38 billion AWS contract after cutting Microsoft approval ties
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - OpenAI announced a $38 billion agreement with Amazon on Monday to purchase cloud computing services over seven years, enabling the company to scale its AI infrastructure following a recent restructuring that removed the need for Microsoft’s approval on su…
Back to Top / Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 3:20 am / permalink 15636 / 8 stories in 4 months
OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Cloud Deal With Amazon
msmash / slashdot - OpenAI will pay Amazon $38 billion for computing power in a seven-year deal that marks the companies' first partnership. Amazon expects all of the computing capacity negotiated as part of the agreement will be available to OpenAI by the end of next year. …
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Back to Top / Monday, November 3, 2025, 9:20 am / permalink 15614 / 26 stories in 4 months
Amazon beats the Street's expectations as its cloud finds altitude
Shannon Carroll / qz - AWS grew 20% to $33 billion, its fastest pace in over a year — still trailing Microsoft’s 40% and Google Cloud’s 34%, but closing the gap
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AWS opens $11B Project Rainier data center campus built for Anthropic
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Amazon Web Services Inc. has opened a $11 billion data center campus in Indiana that will run artificial intelligence models for Anthropic PBC. CNBC reported the milestone today. The campus, which is located near Lake Michigan, was built as part of an ini…
Back to Top / Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 15532 / 4 stories in 4 months
Amazon is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs
Robert Hart / theverge - Amazon is planning to axe around 14,000 corporate jobs. The mass layoffs were expected as part of the company’s cost-cutting drive, but are smaller than the 30,000 job losses previous reports had indicated. Beth Galetti, a senior executive at the e-commer…
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