The number of ads on Amazon Prime Video has doubled in less than 18 months
There are now up to six ads per hour
Amazon to invest $20 billion in AI data centers across Pennsylvania
The largest private investment in Pennsylvania's history
Amazon sets sights on humanoid robots for last-mile delivery
The robots will ride in Rivian electric vans and deliver packages to customers' doorsteps
Amazon Fire Sticks are enabling billions in video piracy, report finds
Facebook and Google are also playing a major role
Why it matters: It's somewhat ironic that arguably the biggest piracy enabler today is a device that comes from Amazon, a $2 trillion tech giant with a streaming service. According to a new report, jailbroken Amazon Fire Sticks are used to watch billions of dollars worth of pirated streams, and Google, Meta and Microsoft are exacerbating the situation.
Robots are taking over some tasks, but workers report losing purpose and autonomy
When robots take over, workers lose more than just tasks
"Like an assembly line": Amazon engineers feel squeezed by AI-driven workflow
AI's productivity gains may diminish the creativity that once defined software development
Trump tariffs haven't impacted Amazon's prices or customer spending, says CEO
In contrast to Walmart and Target, Amazon reports no tariff-driven average-price hikes
In brief: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has assured the company's shareholders that Trump's tariffs have neither increased average selling prices of items on the site nor have they affected consumer demand. It comes a few weeks after Amazon was blasted by the White House over a plan to show exactly how much the tariffs will increase the cost of items on its Amazon Haul site.
Six weeks on, Amazon Alexa+ shows few signs of public adoption
"Alexa, do you have any users?"
You can finally buy ebooks through Amazon Kindle apps on your iPhone and iPad
Taking advantage of recent rulings against Apple's App Store policies
Amazon unveils warehouse robot with sense of touch, raising more concerns about job losses
Amazon claims the new robot will help workers, not take their jobs
Amazon backs away from plan to display tariff costs as Trump calls Bezos over "hostile" act
"Another reason why Americans should buy American"
A hot potato: Amazon has backed away from a plan to show exactly how much the Trump tariffs will increase the cost of items on its Amazon Haul site. The White House had called the potential move a "hostile and political act," and the president himself called Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to discuss the matter.
The reality of today's tech industry: layoffs, long hours, AI threats, and few perks
Silicon Valley's not so hot anymore
In a nutshell: It had long been said that a career in tech was the ultimate dream: high salaries, security, and a huge number of perks made for some very happy workers. But things look quite different today. The tech world has seen the highest number of layoffs of any private sector industry this year; perks have been cut; salaries aren't increasing in line with the extra demands; and there's the constant spectre of AI.
TP-Link router pricing and China ties under US government investigation
12 of the 20 top-selling routers on Amazon are TP-Link models
Amazon smart TVs could soon replace Fire OS with Linux-based Vega OS
New Fire OS devices are still in the pipeline, though
Our favorite gaming CPU, the Ryzen 9800X3D is now widely available
AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D claimed the crown as the new king of gaming CPUs when we reviewed it late last year. Since then, the chip has been so popular that it topped Amazon's best-selling CPU chart while also becoming scarce at the same time. Now, it's widely available again, selling at its $480 MSRP – offering solid value even without any discounts.
Big Tech avoided $278 billion in corporate tax over the past decade, says watchdog
Cutting corners: A new report has reignited the debate over how much tax the world's largest technology companies pay, revealing that the so-called "Silicon Six" – Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Netflix – have paid nearly $278 billion less in corporate income tax over the past decade than would be expected if their profits were taxed at the average statutory rate for US companies.
CEO Andy Jassy outlines Amazon's future as "the world's largest startup"
Amazon claims to have made over 375 changes to its bureaucracy, based on suggestions from employees
Trump's 125% tariffs hit Chinese Amazon sellers hard, forcing them to raise prices or quit the US
The tariffs could also lead to a rapid increase in China's unemployment rate
AMD moves 3x more CPUs than Intel, rakes in 5x the revenue on Amazon
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D led the pack
Last-minute TikTok bidders include Amazon and OnlyFans founder
AppLovin, Oracle, and Blackstone also reportedly in discussions
Why it matters: As ByteDance's April 5 deadline to divest TikTok or face a ban approaches, last-minute players have entered negotiations to potentially take over the U.S. operations of the popular social network. The Trump administration, which postponed the ban in January, is reportedly exploring several options to bring some or all of TikTok under American ownership.
Amazon restricts some Nvidia RTX 50 and AMD Radeon 9070 GPU sales to Prime members
There are none left in stock, of course
Amazon Photos app can now identify products in your images and link to store pages
Useful feature, or turning photos into product ads?