Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 19 of 244

Aug 8, 2023, 8:36 AM

Amazon will put on another Prime Day event in October

Amazon announced Tuesday that it will hold a “Prime Big Deal Days” sales event this fall.

Aug 5, 2023, 10:06 AM

Q&A: AWS renewable power leader on AI’s energy strain, a political dust-up in Oregon, and more

Amazon for three years has ranked as the No. 1 corporate purchaser of renewable energy worldwide. As the retail, cloud… Read More

Aug 5, 2023, 8:03 AM

Amazon’s three-layered AI strategy, how AI startups can stand out, and hope for AI and humanity

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we look at how Amazon is positioning itself in the emerging era of generative… Read More

Aug 4, 2023, 10:03 AM

Amazon’s online store sales dip below 40% of net sales for first time, and other earnings notes

The chart below is what Amazon’s net sales look like in raw numbers over the past several years, broken down… Read More

Aug 3, 2023, 2:52 PM

Amazon ‘still pausing on headcount’ as part of larger effort to boost profits

Amazon ended the second quarter with 1.46 million employees, including both corporate and warehouse workers, about 4,000 fewer employees overall… Read More

Aug 3, 2023, 1:07 PM

Amazon stock jumps 7% after Q2 earnings beat estimates with $134.4B in revenue

Amazon shares were up more than 7% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant topped analyst expectations for… Read More

Aug 2, 2023, 7:45 AM

Amazon opens Amazon Fresh grocery delivery to non-Prime members

Amazon will begin offering its grocery delivery service to customers who aren’t Prime members in select cities. Amazon Fresh is… Read More

Aug 1, 2023, 12:02 PM

Amazon’s cloud business and AI initiatives in the spotlight in advance of earnings report

Amazon’s cloud revenue growth rate and its artificial intelligence initiatives will be closely scrutinized when the company reports second-quarter earnings… Read More

Aug 1, 2023, 8:37 AM

‘Amazon Clinic’ virtual health care platform expanding nationwide and adding video visits

Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding its Amazon Clinic virtual health care service to all 50 states and Washington,… Read More

Jul 31, 2023, 4:35 AM

Amazon: More than half of deliveries now arrive same-day or next-day in top 60 U.S. metro areas

Amazon says it has achieved its fastest delivery speeds on record after overhauling its U.S. operations to put more items… Read More

Jul 25, 2023, 8:41 AM

Amazon and iRobot reduce acquisition price as struggling Roomba maker takes on new debt

Amazon and iRobot have agreed to a 15% reduction in Amazon’s acquisition price to offset a new $200 million loan… Read More

Jul 22, 2023, 8:33 AM

Amazon is asking some employees to move closer to the office

Doubling down on its efforts to bring corporate and tech employees back to the office, Amazon is asking some workers… Read More

Jul 20, 2023, 3:00 PM

Amazon’s Alexa chief on the rise of ChatGPT, and why the comparison isn’t fair to either

Why can’t Alexa users have sophisticated, nuanced voice interactions with Amazon’s assistant, similar to text-based conversations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT? That… Read More

Jul 20, 2023, 7:47 AM

Amazon to expand palm recognition technology to all 500+ U.S. Whole Foods stores

Amazon says it will roll out its biometric palm-recognition technology to its more than 500 Whole Foods Markets stores in… Read More

Jul 18, 2023, 10:26 AM

Tech Moves: Amazon names new leader of Amazon Music; Zendesk hires Google vet as CMO

— Amazon appointed Ryan Redington as GM of Amazon Music, leading the tech giant’s streaming audio business. Redington, a 15-year veteran… Read More

Jul 15, 2023, 8:23 AM

Amazon’s Alexa and the rapid evolution of AI: A conversation with Alexa chief Rohit Prasad

Rohit Prasad grew up in the Star Trek era, fascinated by the idea of interacting with computers via voice. So… Read More

Jul 13, 2023, 7:27 PM

Rare corpse flower blooms in Amazon’s Spheres and thousands line up to snap a pic and take a sniff

A line of people snaking through the Spheres on Wednesday and Thursday this week ended with a photo op on… Read More

Jul 13, 2023, 12:54 PM

Large graffiti painted on street outside Amazon’s Seattle HQ targets company as ‘Prime polluter’

Story updated with comment from Amazon. Amazon and CEO Andy Jassy were the targets of a large graffiti message painted… Read More

Jul 13, 2023, 7:33 AM

‘Largest sales day in Amazon’s history’: Customers bought 375M items during Prime Day

Amazon released sales data for its annual Prime Day shopping event that took place July 11 and 12 this week.… Read More

Jul 12, 2023, 7:38 AM

Former Amazon Web Services data center leader Chris Vonderhaar joins Google Cloud

Chris Vonderhaar, a longtime Amazon Web Services executive who left the company this spring, has joined AWS rival Google Cloud.… Read More

Jul 10, 2023, 10:17 AM

Invite-only deals give Amazon Prime Day a new twist, with secretive selection process

Interested in a 75% discount on a 43-inch 4K Amazon Fire TV, or a 15% price cut on a Motorola… Read More

Jul 7, 2023, 8:15 AM

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on making AI chips, Prime Video spend, speeding up shipping

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy spoke with CNBC for a wide-ranging interview about AI, Prime Video, and more. Here were some… Read More

Jul 6, 2023, 6:00 AM

Amazon now has more than 5,000 electric delivery vehicles in the U.S.

Amazon announced Thursday that it has more than 5,000 Rivian electric delivery vehicles on the road across more than 800… Read More

Jun 29, 2023, 10:45 AM

Amazon’s Sparrow is leaving the nest: Trailblazing warehouse robot is ready for a wider rollout

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Just off Interstate 35, midway between San Antonio and Austin, the newest member of Amazon’s robotic… Read More

Jun 28, 2023, 10:00 AM

Amazon partners with Staples to add nearly 1,000 drop-off locations for customer returns

Amazon is partnering with the office supply chain Staples to add another place where Amazon customers can drop off returns.… Read More

Jun 27, 2023, 10:44 AM

Amazon, Uber, and Lyft sue seller over rogue rideshare signs — here’s what he says in response

Updated with additional details and statements from Amazon, Uber and Lyft. Uber and Lyft are joining forces with Amazon in… Read More

Jun 22, 2023, 10:49 AM

Amazon looks to boost generative AI projects with new $100M cloud initiative

Amazon Web Services says it will invest $100 million in a new initiative to connect its machine learning and artificial… Read More

Jun 21, 2023, 2:19 PM

From vacant storefronts to vibrant hubs: Revisiting ‘third places’ for urban resilience

In Seattle, city government and the Downtown Seattle Association continue to build on the “Amazon Great Return” through a variety… Read More

Jun 21, 2023, 10:53 AM

FTC sues Amazon, alleging it duped consumers into buying hard-to-cancel Prime subscriptions

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for allegedly duping customers into signing up for subscriptions to its Prime service… Read More

Jun 21, 2023, 7:10 AM

Amazon vs. Walmart: Reporter and author Jason Del Rey on the ‘defining business clash’ of our era

Amazon famously professes to obsess about customers, not competitors, but if the company really wants to focus its business, concentrating… Read More