Amazon is blocking Meta's shopping AI agent, and plans to block Google and OpenAI's too
Amazon's $68 billion ad business may be part of why it's guarding against AI shopping agents
Amazon's delivery drones are annoying an entire Texas neighborhood, and there's nothing they can do about it
One resident counted 52 drones flying over her home in a single day
Senators urge FTC to investigate whether Amazon and Walmart chatbots bury "Made in USA" products
A Columbia University report found both chatbots inconsistently surfaced domestic-origin product information
US-Iran war permanently damaged Amazon's AWS infrastructure in the Middle East
Cloud access and data services cannot be restored anymore in Bahrain and UAE
Which two tech IPOs warned investors they might "never achieve profitability," but became wildly successful?
They warned investors they might fail – then crushed the market.
Amazon's Prime Video is using AI to make dubbed actors' mouths match the dialogue
AI lip-sync feature is rolling out on Maxton Hall's first two seasons
The FTC says Amazon secretly overcharged sellers by $20 billion in ad fees
Amazon allegedly used a "soft reserve" tool to raise prices after auctions had already ended
Amazon seller sends $1,400 RTX 5080 customer a cheap "gift" and fake instructions claiming the GPU is still coming
The buyer received a cheap mug, a suspicious leaflet, and a fake Amazon customer service address
Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after more than 20 years
The original crowdsourcing platform will soon be history
Ring rolls out new encryption system that could limit what it can hand over to police
New encryption deletes its own keys after 24 hours to limit access to your video footage
Intel re-enters Amazon's top-10 best-selling CPUs after over a year, but AMD still dominates
High DDR5 prices are driving buyers toward Intel's DDR4-compatible CPUs
The takeaway: AMD's domination in the desktop CPU market has been so remarkable that all 10 top-selling processors on Amazon throughout 2025 were from Team Red. Now, though, two Intel processors have secured a spot on the top-10 list for the first time in over a year.
Amazon raises Kindle, eero, Fire TV, and Echo prices by up to 60%
Amazon blames the memory crunch for the price hike
Dave Bautista takes over as Kratos in Amazon's God of War series
Production is expected to restart in October, with Ryan Hurst's Kratos scenes being reshot
Amazon to bring 30-minute drone delivery to 500 US locations by the end of 2026
Prime Air is finally scaling up after 13 years of false starts, crashes, and FAA investigations
Looking ahead: Of the many sci-fi tropes we've seen over the years, few are as close to becoming real as skies full of delivery drones, and Amazon is leading the way. The retail giant has announced that it plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery service to 500 cities and towns in the United States by the end of 2026, bringing under-30-minute deliveries to tens of millions of people in the country.
Amazon makes it harder for customers to sue as new terms block class actions and force arbitration
The company abandoned a similar clause five years ago after receiving 75,000 individual Alexa claims
Twitch finally lets you opt out of AI training, years after it started
The platform admits nobody would opt in to the training if given the choice
NYC could force Amazon and FedEx to directly employ its delivery drivers
Amazon is threatening to move out of New York if the bill passes
A four-year-old budget CPU is outselling AMD's best gaming chip in some markets
AMD marketing director's tweet inadvertently shows how distorted the CPU market is
Amazon's new Texas data center could become the single largest polluter in the US
The facility could release up to 33 million tons of CO2 a year, rivaling Switzerland and Ireland
A hot potato: A proposed Amazon data center in Texas has sparked concerns that its massive on-site power plant could become the single-largest source of pollution in the US, threatening to affect local communities, farmland, and small businesses. The facility is planned for Pecos County as part of Amazon's growing push into AI and cloud services.
Amazon is blocking some users from seeing reviews after mistaking them for AI bots
Affected users are limited to eight reviews per product and must appeal to restore full access
Amazon spent $1.8 million on a failed AI project, and didn't notice the overrun for five months
An internal Claude-powered project ran 860% over budget before anyone noticed
Gig economy workers and Amazon staff are increasingly dependent on food stamps and Medicaid, says federal report
Amazon workers' reliance on the programs has tripled since 2020
Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and other US tech giants are hiding $1.65 trillion in AI debt
Ripple effect: Amid growing talk of an AI bubble, a study by Japanese market analysts has found that five of the largest American technology companies are carrying a collective "hidden" debt of over $1.65 trillion, driven largely by massive spending on AI infrastructure. That undisclosed sum exceeds the $1.35 trillion the same companies have officially reported on their balance sheets, and it has grown eightfold over the past four years.
Amazon orders Robocop TV series as franchise heads to Prime Video
"I'd buy that for a dollar!"
Iran claims it destroyed Amazon's main data hub in Bahrain. Nobody has confirmed it
AWS's Bahrain region was already offline following earlier attacks