Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 14 of 244

May 30, 2024, 6:00 AM

Amazon rolls out AI-powered search features for Fire TV

Amazon is using natural language technology to give Fire TV users a new way to search for shows and movies.… Read More

May 29, 2024, 11:00 PM

Amazon makes Grubhub food delivery perk for Prime members an ongoing offer

Amazon is getting its grub on permanently. Extending a food delivery perk that was originally good for a year, Amazon… Read More

May 24, 2024, 1:58 PM

Amazon shareholder proposals on warehouse and union issues lead voting but fail to pass

Amazon shareholder resolutions related to warehouse working conditions and the company’s response to labor unions garnered the most support among… Read More

May 22, 2024, 10:30 AM

Amazon shareholders reject all 14 proposals on issues related to climate, AI, working conditions

Investors representing a majority of Amazon’s shares voted against all 14 outside proposals submitted for the annual meeting of shareholders… Read More

May 22, 2024, 6:29 AM

How Amazon’s new cloud chief Matt Garman will approach the big challenges ahead

Three executives from Amazon Web Services were meeting with a top CIA tech leader, trying to come up with a… Read More

May 14, 2024, 6:56 AM

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky steps down; senior exec Matt Garman named AWS CEO

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down from the role, three years after returning to the company to… Read More

Students looking through microscope in lab

May 14, 2024, 12:01 AM

Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network sets up logistics site and training program

Amazon says it’s establishing a logistics facility in Everett, Wash., and partnering with a technical college in Kirkland, Wash., to… Read More

May 7, 2024, 12:54 PM

Amazon rolls out fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks to decarbonize more of its transportation network

Amazon is bulking up its fleet of electric vehicles beyond the delivery vans that many customers are accustomed to seeing… Read More

May 4, 2024, 7:41 AM

Amazon vs. Trader Joe’s; Bill Gates still a force at Microsoft; Inside the Binance founder’s sentencing

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Amazon’s efforts to compete with Trader Joe’s, and the related tactics revealed… Read More

May 3, 2024, 4:40 PM

Anthropic courts Claude AI users (and devs?) with billboard across the street from Meta in Seattle

Driving home from the Technology Alliance annual lunch in Seattle today, we were momentarily distracted by the big orange billboard… Read More

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy discusses unions on CNBC

May 2, 2024, 6:31 AM

Here’s where the Amazon CEO’s comments on unions crossed the line, according to NLRB judge

It was legal for Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to say that unionization would make it tougher for employees to have… Read More

Apr 30, 2024, 2:38 PM

Amazon keeping corporate headcount ‘flat’ but hiring in select areas including generative AI

Amazon wants to keep corporate headcount growth flat but is still hiring selectively in some areas of the company, including… Read More

Apr 30, 2024, 1:11 PM

Amazon stock rises as Q1 earnings top estimates with $143.3B in revenue; AWS sales up 17%

Amazon topped estimates for its first quarter earnings, reporting $143.3 billion in revenue, up 13% year-over-year, and earnings per share… Read More

Apr 30, 2024, 7:00 AM

Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

Analysts, investors, and the media are suddenly focused intensely on capital expenditures by tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, Google, and… Read More

Apr 30, 2024, 6:16 AM

Amazon Q adds feature to create AI apps using natural language

Amazon says it will give non-developers the ability to create apps using natural language as part of a new feature… Read More

Apr 29, 2024, 7:30 AM

Amazon earnings preview: Advertising and AWS expected to continue fueling profits

Amazon reports its first quarter earnings on Tuesday. Analysts will be watching for continued growth in the company’s key profit… Read More

Apr 27, 2024, 8:41 AM

‘The Everything War’: Inside Amazon with author and Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: A conversation with Dana Mattioli, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of the new… Read More

Apr 26, 2024, 1:55 PM

Report: Amazon will stream NBA games in latest major sports deal for tech giant

Amazon is making another big move into the sports world with a reported deal in place with the NBA to… Read More

Apr 25, 2024, 8:45 AM

Amazon will stream Seattle Kraken hockey games to Prime subscribers in unique sports rights deal

Seattle Kraken fans will have a new place to root for the pro hockey team next season. The franchise announced… Read More

Apr 23, 2024, 5:47 AM

Amazon updates AWS Bedrock with new capability to import custom AI models

Amazon Web Services is releasing new capabilities for its Bedrock artificial intelligence service, including the ability for customers to import… Read More

Apr 23, 2024, 3:00 AM

Amazon expands $9.99/month grocery delivery service for Prime members nationwide

Amazon Prime members in more than 3,500 U.S. cities can now get free unlimited grocery delivery for orders over $35… Read More

Apr 22, 2024, 12:59 PM

Amazon plans drone deliveries in Arizona while shutting down drones in California

Amazon says it’s gearing up to add a community in Arizona to its list of Prime Air drone delivery zones.… Read More

Apr 19, 2024, 11:09 AM

Amazon surprises 13 Seattle-area students with ‘Future Engineer’ college scholarships

The future is bright — and partially paid for — for 13 students from across the Seattle region after Amazon… Read More

Apr 17, 2024, 8:00 AM

Amazon exec explains grocery tech changes, debunks media reports about human reviewers

Amazon’s grocery technology has been in the news a lot over the past couple of weeks, following layoffs in the… Read More

Apr 13, 2024, 8:14 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on the rapid progress of AI, and its impact on society

Early versions of generative AI were “like a dancing bear,” says Werner Vogels, the Amazon chief technology officer. “We’re all… Read More

Atlas V launch of Amazon Kuiper satellites in October 2023

Apr 11, 2024, 5:39 PM

Kuiper satellite network gets a big lift from Amazon’s CEO, but timeline is a bit hazy

In his annual letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company’s Project Kuiper satellite venture will be “a… Read More

Apr 11, 2024, 10:03 AM

Thinking in primitives at the world’s biggest startup: Notes on Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual letter

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s annual letters to shareholders haven’t yet reached the canonical business status of his predecessor’s essays, but… Read More

Apr 11, 2024, 6:18 AM

Amazon names business and tech leader Andrew Ng to its board, boosting AI expertise

Amazon’s newest board member is Andrew Ng, a business and technology leader, serial startup founder, investor, and educator who specializes… Read More

Apr 11, 2024, 3:58 AM

Exec pay: New filing shows how much Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made in compensation in 2023

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s compensation for 2023 totaled $29.2 million, including his base pay, the value of shares that vested… Read More

Apr 9, 2024, 10:12 AM

Amazon Dash Cart vs. ‘Just Walk Out’: We put the tech giant’s new grocery strategy to the test

Amazon has been trying to reinvent the way people buy groceries for 17 years. But unlike e-commerce or cloud computing,… Read More