Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 9 of 245

May 10, 2025, 7:29 AM

AI boom and D.C. hot mics: OpenAI and Microsoft go to Washington, Amazon surveys the field

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: The rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence takes center stage in business technology spending, in… Read More

May 7, 2025, 8:46 AM

Amazon unveils its first warehouse robot with a sense of touch

Amazon’s robots are really feeling it now. The tech giant this morning unveiled what it describes as its first warehouse… Read More

May 6, 2025, 9:57 AM

Generative AI tops cybersecurity in 2025 tech budget priorities, new AWS study finds

Generative AI will surpass cybersecurity in many corporate tech budgets this year — with 45% of global IT leaders naming… Read More

May 6, 2025, 9:40 AM

Amazon adds ‘Get book’ feature to iOS Kindle app in wake of ruling barring Apple purchase restrictions

A significant update to the Amazon Kindle app on iOS makes it easier for readers to purchase e-books directly from… Read More

May 3, 2025, 6:51 PM

Longtime T-Mobile exec joins Amazon’s Project Kuiper business as new CMO

Former T-Mobile exec Clint Patterson joined Project Kuiper as its new chief marketing officer at a pivotal time for Amazon’s… Read More

May 2, 2025, 4:31 PM

Shannon Loew, Amazon’s head of global real estate, is leaving after succeeding longtime leader

Shannon Loew, Amazon’s global real estate leader, is leaving the role he assumed last year after the retirement of longtime… Read More

May 2, 2025, 8:04 AM

Amazon deepens Anthropic ties with equity conversion, adding billions to Q1 profit

A portion of Amazon’s investment in AI startup Anthropic converted from notes into stock in the first quarter — triggering… Read More

May 1, 2025, 4:17 PM

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy gives measured take on tariffs, says company could emerge stronger

“Obviously, none of us knows exactly where tariffs will settle or when.” That was the opening line of Amazon CEO… Read More

May 1, 2025, 1:21 PM

Amazon tops Q1 expectations with $17.1B profit, warns of tariff risks ahead

Amazon exceeded Wall Street’s revenue and profit expectations for the first quarter — but delivered a new warning about the… Read More

Apr 30, 2025, 11:30 AM

Amazon earnings preview: Cloud growth, AI demand, and tariff risks in focus

Amazon is set to report first-quarter earnings after the market closes on Thursday, May 1, offering a fresh look at… Read More

Apr 29, 2025, 12:02 PM

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon and White House clash over tariff transparency

On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we break down today’s public clash between Amazon and the White House over… Read More

Apr 29, 2025, 8:39 AM

‘Not going to happen’: Amazon responds to White House barb over purported tariff transparency plan

Amazon pushed back on a report about an apparent plan to show consumers tariff-related costs that drew sharp criticism from… Read More

Apr 10, 2025, 8:18 AM

AI meets YQ: We asked Amazon Nova to analyze — and grade — Andy Jassy’s annual letters

In his 2024 Letter to Shareholders, released Thursday morning, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy introduces a new concept: Amazon’s “Why Culture,”… Read More

Apr 10, 2025, 3:31 AM

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s 2024 compensation tops $40M, driven by last year’s stock surge

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s total compensation reached $40.1 million in 2024, due largely to strong gains in the company’s stock… Read More

Apr 8, 2025, 6:00 AM

Amazon enters real-time AI voice race with Nova Sonic, a unified voice model that senses emotion

What happens when the AI senses the frustration or joy in your voice? A new speech-to-speech AI model from Amazon,… Read More

Apr 4, 2025, 11:57 AM

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff rejoins Amazon in new VP role

Jamie Siminoff has returned to Amazon as a vice president of product overseeing the company’s home security camera arm and… Read More

Apr 2, 2025, 9:47 AM

Report: Amazon put in a bid to acquire TikTok ahead of U.S. ban

Move over, Microsoft. Amazon is the latest Seattle-area tech giant being tied to a potential acquisition of TikTok. The New… Read More

Apr 1, 2025, 11:49 AM

Shopify arrives in Amazon’s backyard with new Bellevue office

There’s another tech giant in town. Canadian e-commerce behemoth Shopify has inked a deal for office space in Bellevue, Wash.,… Read More

Mar 31, 2025, 5:20 PM

Analysis: Google-Wiz deal sparks questions about cloud security strategy at AWS and Microsoft

Editor’s note: This analysis is written by Christopher Budd, a tech industry veteran who previously worked at the Microsoft Security… Read More

Mar 29, 2025, 7:10 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Inside Amazon’s attempt to reinvent Alexa for the new era of AI

[Update, Monday, March 31: Amazon’s Alexa+ Early Access page is now live, and the company confirmed that the new Alexa… Read More

Mar 26, 2025, 8:32 AM

Amazon testing new AI search experience that suggests products based on prompts

Amazon is using generative AI for a new feature called “Interests” that turns natural language queries into product recommendations —… Read More

Mar 25, 2025, 9:10 PM

Amazon ramps up its fight against fakes with help from AI and law enforcement

Amazon says it seized more than 15 million counterfeit products in 2024 — more than double the prior year —… Read More

Mar 8, 2025, 8:24 AM

What Alexa’s AI upgrade means for Amazon’s business and Alexa users

For many years, Amazon has been trying to put its Alexa voice assistant at the center of the smart home.… Read More

Mar 7, 2025, 8:03 AM

Amazon and FTC set to square off in ‘Economics Day’ hearing in Seattle federal court

Amazon and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will get a chance to educate the federal judge in the FTC’s antitrust… Read More

Mar 5, 2025, 2:31 PM

How will the new China tariffs impact Amazon’s e-commerce business?

Amazon and its wide network of third-party retail partners could be disrupted by President Trump’s additional tariffs on goods from… Read More

Mar 4, 2025, 1:15 PM

Internal memo: Amazon One Medical CEO Trent Green leaving to lead publicly traded NRC Health

Trent Green, the CEO of Amazon’s primary healthcare company, One Medical, is leaving to take a job as CEO of… Read More

Mar 3, 2025, 11:05 AM

The two questions that Kara Swisher would ask Jeff Bezos about The Washington Post

“Why do you want to own this paper anymore? And do you love it as much as I do?” That’s… Read More

Mar 3, 2025, 8:26 AM

Oscars host Conan O’Brien delivers jokes about Amazon and Jeff Bezos

Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien took a couple shots at Amazon and founder Jeff Bezos during the opening monologue of… Read More

Feb 27, 2025, 6:06 PM

Amazon commits $100M to Bellevue to ‘accelerate’ production of affordable housing

Amazon announced that it is giving $100 million to support affordable housing efforts in Bellevue, Wash. The contribution is part… Read More

Feb 27, 2025, 3:00 AM

Amazon’s new quantum chip joins race to enable next era of computing

Amazon unveiled a prototype quantum processor with a novel architecture that promises to significantly reduce the resources required to unlock… Read More