Amazon to Lay Off Tens of Thousands of Corporate Workers

Sean McLain / wsj - The cuts amount to roughly 10% of the online giant’s white-collar workforce.

Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 15471 / 12 stories in 4 months

Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web

Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman / wired - Plus: The Jaguar Land Rover hack sets an expensive new record, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser raises security fears, Starlink cuts off scam compounds, and more.

Back to Top / Saturday, October 25, 2025, 6:20 am / permalink 15398 / 2 stories in 4 months

AWS says faulty automation caused major internet outage

Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - Downdetector recorded more than 11m user reports over Monday’s AWS-linked outage.Read more: AWS says faulty automation caused major internet outage

Back to Top / Friday, October 24, 2025, 8:20 am / permalink 15375 / 6 stories in 4 months

Amazon calls on AI once again with its new ‘Help Me Decide’ shopping tool

Matt Tate / engadget - People are evidently never buying quite enough stuff from Amazon to keep the company entirely happy, and it's calling on AI once again to push indecisive shoppers into locking down the purchase they’ve been eyeing up. The new tool, which Amazon calls Help…

Back to Top / Thursday, October 23, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 15357 / 6 stories in 4 months

TP-Link Unveils Budget Archer GE400 Wi‑Fi 7 Gaming Router

TP-Link has introduced its entry-level Archer GE400 Wi‑Fi 7 gaming router, designed to deliver fast dual-band wireless performance at an accessible price. This launch offers gamers a cost‐effective solution to upgrade their network connectivity.

Back to Top / Thursday, October 23, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 15356 / 2 stories in 4 months

Amazon claims the headline isn’t robots taking jobs as it reveals new cost-cutting robots

Richard Lawler / theverge - A New York Times report on Tuesday cited internal Amazon documents touting how its shift into automation could help it sell more products without hiring more people, but today the company has issued a PR blast about robotics and delivery tech that is much…

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 8:21 pm / permalink 15331 / 7 stories in 4 months

Here are Amazon’s smart delivery glasses that guide drivers and scan packages

Sean Hollister / theverge - Remember when word got out that Amazon was building smart glasses for its delivery drivers before possibly launching a version for consumers as well? Amazon has just revealed those “Amelia” glasses to the world — with a built-in display and an always-on c…

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 15327 / 6 stories in 4 months

Google Courts Anthropic for Multi-Billion Dollar Cloud Deal in Major Challenge to Amazon

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google and AI startup Anthropic are in talks for a multi-billion dollar cloud deal, a strategic move that challenges its long term partner Amazon.The post Google Courts Anthropic for Multi-Billion Dollar Cloud Deal in Major Challenge to Amazon appeared fi…

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 15312 / 5 stories in 4 months

Amazon aiming to replace over 600,000 workers with robots: report

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - Amazon is planning to replace hundreds of thousands of jobs with robot workers, according to The New York Times. Citing internal documents and interviews with sources, the publication reports that Amazon is hoping to have robots replace more than 600,000 …

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15278 / 7 stories in 4 months

AWS Debuts Quick Suite as a Secure, Lower-Cost Rival to Copilot and Gemini Enterprise

PYMNTS / pymnts - Amazon Web Services on Thursday (Oct. 9) launched Quick Suite, a new agentic AI platform designed to act as a virtual teammate for employees. Quick Suite as an enterprise-grade system that helps workers find information, analyze data, and automate tasks a…

Back to Top / Thursday, October 9, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 15056 / 5 stories in 4 months

Amazon will start dispensing prescription drugs through vending machines

Matt Tate / engadget - Amazon’s quest to become a genuine all-in-one healthcare solution has already seen it commit to same-day prescription deliveries, but visitors to its One Medical offices can now pick up their medication from a vending machine right after an appointment.Am…

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 12:22 pm / permalink 15027 / 6 stories in 4 months

Amazon now lets Prime members add items to completed orders

Andrew Liszewski / theverge - Amazon has announced a new shopping feature for US Prime members called Add to Delivery that lets you add additional items to completed orders that have yet to be delivered, instead of having to create an entirely new order. The feature is only available …

Back to Top / Thursday, October 2, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 14969 / 3 stories in 5 months

Amazon faces FAA, NTSB probe after two delivery drones crashed into crane in Arizona

cnbc - The drones sustained "substantial" damage from the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary incident report.

Back to Top / Thursday, October 2, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 14967 / 7 stories in 5 months

The second-gen Apple Watch SE drops to a record-low price ahead of Prime Day

Kris Holt / engadget - If, like me, you're wondering how it could possibly be October already, perhaps you need a watch. Probably one with a calendar function. Strangely enough, there are some solid deals on several Apple Watch models right now ahead of Amazon's Prime Big Deal …

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 14947 / 4 stories in 5 months

Amazon unveils a new Fire TV lineup, including the $40 Fire TV Stick 4K Select

engadget - It's hard to muster much excitement for Amazon's Fire TV hardware these days — the company's main goal has been to offer cheap TVs and set top boxes for mainstream consumers who haven't been swayed by more compelling offerings from Roku, Apple and Google.…

Back to Top / Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 11:20 am / permalink 14919 / 8 stories in 5 months