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Amid reports of abandoned projects, Amazon says it’s still ‘excited’ about physical bookstores

by Nat Levy on December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 at 2:33 pmComment

Amazon Books was the tech giant’s first take on brick-and-mortar retail, starting in Seattle in 2015 and setting off a new era for a company that made its name as… Read More

Amazon reportedly taking action against global staff over leaked or sold third-party seller data

by Frank Catalano on December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 at 10:14 amComment

The alleged leaking or selling of inside information about Amazon third-party merchants by Amazon’s own employees is now said to have led the giant online retailer to take action against… Read More

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‘Are you there, God? It’s me, Alexa.’ Tech and religious leaders ponder the future of AI together

by Tony Lystra on December 9, 2018December 10, 2018 at 10:32 am1 Comment

Can a computer become God? Or, more to the point, could humans invent AI that can convincingly impersonate God — and if so, would humans bother to worship it? That… Read More

Planning documents give 1st look at Amazon’s Nashville ‘Operations Center of Excellence’ project

by Nat Levy on December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 at 10:51 amComment

Amazon’s plans for a “Operations Center of Excellence” in Nashville are starting to take shape. New plans submitted to Nashville’s Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency this week call for a… Read More

Seattle tech scene takes center stage as Microsoft and Amazon become most-valuable companies

by Nat Levy on December 6, 2018December 7, 2018 at 5:58 amComment

Silicon Valley is thought of as the technology capital of the U.S., but it is the Seattle area that now boasts the two most-valuable companies. Microsoft and Amazon closed Thursday… Read More

New York public radio station won’t be calling Amazon’s new home ‘HQ2’

by Monica Nickelsburg on December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 at 10:53 amComment

When news broke that Amazon would split its immensely hyped second headquarters between two cities, journalists covering the year-long search were less than thrilled. The Information’s Nick Winfield called it… Read More

Amazon is crowdsourcing Alexa’s ability to answer questions, says safeguards will keep out offensive content

by Nat Levy on December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 at 9:02 amComment

Amazon is enlisting customers to help make its digital brain Alexa better at answering questions. The tech giant today unveiled a new invite-only program called Alexa Answers, which will allow… Read More

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Amazon X-Ray lets viewers take a deeper dive into shows, as 2018’s most popular are revealed

by Lisa Stiffler & Starla Sampaco on December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 at 10:19 am1 Comment

Some 29 stories above the streets of Seattle, in a faux living room with a picture-perfect view of the Space Needle, Amazon managers were demonstrating technology to answer some of… Read More

Microsoft AI exec joins real estate tech company Compass to lead engineering efforts

by Nat Levy on December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 at 2:58 pm1 Comment

Tech companies poach talent from each other all the time, but it’s not every day that you see a tech giant lose a top executive to a real estate brokerage.… Read More

Taps for Amazon Tap? Groundbreaking portable Alexa speaker disappears from Amazon

by Frank Catalano on December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 at 12:10 pmComment

Amazon has apparently — and quietly — silenced its Amazon Tap smart speaker. The portable Alexa device is not being offered for sale on Amazon’s website, with a bold yellow… Read More

Trump admin’s proposed USPS package hike could push Amazon to bolster private shipping business

by Monica Nickelsburg on December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 at 10:19 am1 Comment

President Donald Trump’s mission to get the United States Postal Service to extract better deals from retailers like Amazon got a boost Tuesday when a review he ordered reported that “packages… Read More

Amazon Prime Video streaming service coming to Comcast X1 set-top boxes nationwide

by Nat Levy on December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 at 7:32 amComment

Amazon and Comcast are teaming up to bring the tech giant’s video streaming service into the Xfinity cable universe. Amazon Prime Video will launch on the Comcast Xfinity X1 boxes… Read More

Amazon reportedly testing much larger, Amazon Go-like cashierless grocery store in Seattle

by Frank Catalano on December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 at 10:32 amComment

The Amazon Go concept may be getting ready to go bigger. Amazon is said to be testing even larger-format cashierless stores at a location in Seattle that’s set up to… Read More

Apple Music arrives on Amazon Echo in new partnership between voice tech competitors

by Taylor Soper on November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 at 1:55 pmComment

Apple is making its Apple Music service available on Amazon Echo devices in a surprising new partnership between two rivals in the voice arena. The Apple Music integration will arrive… Read More

Seattle is the cloud capital and an enterprise town — can consumer tech startups thrive, too?

by Taylor Soper on November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 at 8:08 amComment

When Nick Huzar started OfferUp, it was almost a disadvantage to be based in the Seattle area. “Investors didn’t really understand the consumer world as much,” Huzar said this week, recalling… Read More

Amazon sued by family of deceased employee claiming wrongful death and discrimination

by Monica Nickelsburg on November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 at 3:15 pmComment

Relatives of a deceased Amazon employee are suing the Seattle company, claiming its negligence led to his wrongful death. The family of Ronald Ashley filed a lawsuit in New York… Read More

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Why Amazon Web Services’ Graviton server chip could unleash a new era of cloud-native hardware

by Tom Krazit on November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 at 2:21 pm 2 Comments

LAS VEGAS – Anyone who has built a data center or cloud service provider over the last 15 years knows that there haven’t been a lot of options when putting… Read More

Xealth brings e-commerce to the doctors office with new Amazon integration

by Clare McGrane on November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 at 12:52 pmComment

Imagine a patient who is having knee surgery. The person’s doctor will prescribe medication for recovery, provide instructions for physical therapy exercises, and tell the patient to get a variety… Read More

Amazon Web Services reveals a managed Kafka service for streaming data

by Tom Krazit on November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 at 11:00 am1 Comment

LAS VEGAS – Yet another popular open-source project is now available as a managed service from Amazon Web Services with the addition of Amazon Managed Streaming for Kafka, announced Thursday… Read More

Amazon Web Services expands serverless computing strategy with support for a wider variety of software development tools

by Tom Krazit on November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 at 10:16 amComment

LAS VEGAS – Developers building serverless applications on top of Amazon Web Services’ Lambda service will now be able to use more of their favorite development environments and programming languages.… Read More

Germany launches investigation after Amazon sellers complain of unfair treatment

by Monica Nickelsburg on November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 at 9:12 amComment

German regulatory officials have launched an investigation to find out whether Amazon’s business practices toward sellers in its marketplace are unfair. Bundeskartellamt, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, announced the probe Thursday… Read More

New features from Amazon Web Services aim to make cloud security easier to manage

by Tom Krazit on November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 at 4:30 pm1 Comment

Even after all these years, during which private data centers have fallen victim to countless security breaches while cloud providers sail along unharmed, cloud security is still one of the… Read More

Amazon Web Services will sell hardware to hybrid cloud customers to run in their own data centers

by Tom Krazit on November 28, 2018November 29, 2018 at 11:14 amComment

LAS VEGAS – The hybrid cloud has become an essential part of enterprise computing, and Amazon Web Services has decided to bring the cloud to its customers’ data centers. Starting… Read More

Amazon debuts new self-driving racing league with tiny machine learning-powered race cars

by Taylor Soper on November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 at 1:04 pm1 Comment

Amazon’s investment in the sports world continued at the company’s signature cloud technology conference this week, but not in the way you’d expect. Amazon Web Services chief and big sports… Read More

New machine-learning tech from Amazon Web Services includes GPU acceleration and a brand-new custom chip

by Tom Krazit on November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 at 10:12 amComment

LAS VEGAS — Machine learning is one of the fastest growing cloud services at the moment, and Amazon Web Services took several steps Wednesday to ensure it is keeping up… Read More

Amazon Web Services joins the blockchain party with managed blockchain service for Hyperledger Fabric or Ethereum

by Tom Krazit on November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 at 10:37 am1 Comment

LAS VEGAS — Last year at re:Invent 2017, Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy questioned whether blockchain technology was really something that customers needed to have in their tech arsenal.… Read More

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Amid reports of abandoned projects, Amazon says it’s still ‘excited’ about physical bookstores

Amazon reportedly taking action against global staff over leaked or sold third-party seller data

‘Are you there, God? It’s me, Alexa.’ Tech and religious leaders ponder the future of AI together

Planning documents give 1st look at Amazon’s Nashville ‘Operations Center of Excellence’ project

Seattle tech scene takes center stage as Microsoft and Amazon become most-valuable companies

New York public radio station won’t be calling Amazon’s new home ‘HQ2’

Amazon is crowdsourcing Alexa’s ability to answer questions, says safeguards will keep out offensive content

Amazon X-Ray lets viewers take a deeper dive into shows, as 2018’s most popular are revealed

Microsoft AI exec joins real estate tech company Compass to lead engineering efforts

Taps for Amazon Tap? Groundbreaking portable Alexa speaker disappears from Amazon

Trump admin’s proposed USPS package hike could push Amazon to bolster private shipping business

Amazon Prime Video streaming service coming to Comcast X1 set-top boxes nationwide

Amazon reportedly testing much larger, Amazon Go-like cashierless grocery store in Seattle

Apple Music arrives on Amazon Echo in new partnership between voice tech competitors

Seattle is the cloud capital and an enterprise town — can consumer tech startups thrive, too?

Amazon sued by family of deceased employee claiming wrongful death and discrimination

Why Amazon Web Services’ Graviton server chip could unleash a new era of cloud-native hardware

Xealth brings e-commerce to the doctors office with new Amazon integration

Amazon Web Services reveals a managed Kafka service for streaming data

Amazon Web Services expands serverless computing strategy with support for a wider variety of software development tools

Germany launches investigation after Amazon sellers complain of unfair treatment

New features from Amazon Web Services aim to make cloud security easier to manage

Amazon Web Services will sell hardware to hybrid cloud customers to run in their own data centers

Amazon debuts new self-driving racing league with tiny machine learning-powered race cars

New machine-learning tech from Amazon Web Services includes GPU acceleration and a brand-new custom chip

Amazon Web Services joins the blockchain party with managed blockchain service for Hyperledger Fabric or Ethereum

The top selling items at Amazon and other retailers this holiday season

With Firecracker, Amazon Web Services reinvents its serverless computing infrastructure and open-source reputation

Amazon unveils new service to mine and decode medical records using artificial intelligence

Amazon Web Services launches AWS Ground Station, a cloud service for satellite operators

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