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JUNE 8, 2023

Explore a comprehensive comparison of two leading managed machine learning platforms: Amazon Sagemaker and IBM Watson The post Amazon Sagemaker vs. IBM Watson: Which One to Choose? appeared first on Spiceworks.

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IT Toolbox

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Regulators in the EU have listed Amazon as one of the 19 companies labeled Very Large Online Platforms (VLOP). The post EU Court Backs Amazon on Avoiding Requirements of Digital Services Act appeared first on Spiceworks.

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IT Toolbox

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Amazon Alexa now has generative AI capabilities for an enhanced conversational experience. The post Amazon Devices & Services Event: Alexa Update, a Powerful New Router, and More appeared first on Spiceworks.

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GeekWire

APRIL 17, 2024

Dilip Kumar, VP of AWS applications, at an Amazon event in 2022. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon’s grocery technology has been in the news a lot over the past couple of weeks, following layoffs in the Amazon Web Services group responsible for the company’s physical store checkout and identity services.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Amazon’s acquisition of One Medical was its third largest ever. One Medical Photo) Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs at its health care units, Amazon Pharmacy and the primary care company One Medical, the tech giant confirmed Tuesday. Amazon announced its $3.9 Business Insider first reported the news.

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GeekWire

APRIL 23, 2024

(Amazon Photo) Amazon Prime members in more than 3,500 U.S. Prime members — who already pay $139 per year — can order online from Whole Foods or Amazon Fresh and select a one-hour delivery window or pick up at the physical store. Amazon first entered the grocery delivery market back in 2007.

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GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2024

The franchise announced an innovative new broadcast deal Thursday that will bring games to Amazon Prime Video and Tegna stations KING 5 and KONG in the Seattle area. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is part of the team’s ownership group. Amazon touted a boost in U.S. Prime subscribers who pay $139 per year or $14.99

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GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2024

Amazon says its next-generation MK30 drone will start making deliveries later this year. Amazon Photo) Amazon says it’s gearing up to add a community in Arizona to its list of Prime Air drone delivery zones. The West Valley region joins College Station in Texas as an Amazon drone delivery site. ”

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GeekWire

APRIL 19, 2024

The 13 Seattle-area students awarded “Amazon Future Engineer” scholarships by the company this week during an event at a Prime Air drone facility in Seattle. Amazon Photo) Students receive up to $40,000 to pursue computer science, engineering or related degrees at the college or university of their choice.

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GeekWire

APRIL 11, 2024

Business and technology leader Andrew Ng was named to Amazon’s board Thursday. Photo via Amazon) Amazon’s newest board member is Andrew Ng , a business and technology leader, serial startup founder, investor, and educator who specializes in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and online education.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 18, 2024

Amazon Photo) John Felton , a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team who most recently helped lead the company’s logistics operations, took a new role as senior vice president and CFO of Amazon Web Services. John Felton. He’ll replace Richard Puccio , who is reportedly leaving the company.

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TechSpot

APRIL 19, 2024

Amazon set up a company called Big River Services in 2015 that sold items such as t-shirts, shoes, and beach chairs, writes The Wall Street Journal, part of Project Curiosity, a program designed to compare rival businesses against Amazon's own. Read Entire Article

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GeekWire

APRIL 4, 2024

Amazon’s 42-story Sonic office tower in Bellevue, Wash. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon is restarting construction on a 42-story office tower in Bellevue, Wash., Amazon has big growth plans in Bellevue, where it has said it will employ 25,000 people across various buildings. Located at 555 108th Ave.

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GeekWire

APRIL 24, 2024

Both founders are veterans of Prime Air , Amazon’s effort to field a fleet of delivery drones. They left Amazon in mid-2022 to found Radical — and the aerospace startup is just now coming out of stealth. “We have a really good team at Radical, bringing experience from programs like Amazon.

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GeekWire

APRIL 26, 2024

(GeekWire File Photo) Amazon is making another big move into the sports world with a reported deal in place with the NBA to stream games for at least a decade. The Athletic reported Friday that Amazon and the NBA have the “framework for a deal” that would begin in the 2025-26 season.

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GeekWire

APRIL 11, 2024

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s compensation has come under close scrutiny from investors since he took the role in 2021. GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s compensation for 2023 totaled $29.2 Amazon spent $986,164 on security costs for the CEO in 2023. He realized value of $27.8 Click to enlarge.)

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GeekWire

MARCH 27, 2024

Environmental activists with a group called the Troublemakers blocked entrances at Amazon’s Day 1 building in Seattle on the morning of March 27, 2024. Troublemakers Photo) Dozens of environmental activists this morning blocked the entrances at Amazon’s Day 1 building at its Seattle headquarters. The measure failed.

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GeekWire

APRIL 23, 2024

Amazon announced a series of new features for its AWS Bedrock service. GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services is releasing new capabilities for its Bedrock artificial intelligence service, including the ability for customers to import their own custom AI models to run alongside models from major providers.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A suit by author David Goggins says Amazon knowingly allowed the sale of bootleg copies of his self-published books. ” “Despite Amazon’s full knowledge of these bootleg book sales, Amazon continued to allow them on its websites and marketplaces,” the suit says. “Amazon did not care.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2024

In a fresh round of layoffs, Amazon is laying off hundreds in the company’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Despite maintaining robust double-digit growth rates, market leader Amazon witnessed a decline in its global market share, which “dropped to 31%.” Just Walk Out was a pet project of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

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GeekWire

APRIL 3, 2024

The produce section inside the Amazon Fresh grocery store on Capitol Hill in Seattle. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon is closing its Fresh grocery store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, the company confirmed Wednesday, saying that it plans to focus on redesigned stores with an expanded selection.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Amazon Fresh Pickup location at the base of the Starbucks headquarters building in SoDo, Seattle. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon is letting anyone use its Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service, even if they aren’t a Prime member. The moves aim to boost growth for Amazon’s grocery business.

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GeekWire

APRIL 9, 2024

GeekWire’s Todd Bishop waits for his ID to be checked due to the canned cocktails included in his Amazon Dash Cart at the Amazon Fresh store on Aurora Avenue in Seattle. GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Amazon has been trying to reinvent the way people buy groceries for 17 years.

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GeekWire

MARCH 3, 2023

An Amazon Go location in downtown Seattle. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon announced Friday that it is permanently closing eight of its high-tech Amazon Go convenience stores, including two in Seattle. “We remain committed to the Amazon Go format, operate more than 20 Amazon Go stores across the U.S.,

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Mary’s Place Family Center in The Regrade on Amazon’s headquarters campus in Seattle. Amazon Photo) Amazon is donating $9 million to six organizations in the Seattle area that are working to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness, the company announced Thursday.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 29, 2024

(iRobot Photo) Amazon is abandoning plans to acquire Roomba maker iRobot, a $1.4 In a statement Monday, the companies said “Amazon’s proposed acquisition of iRobot has no path to regulatory approval in the European Union.” Dave Limp, Amazon’s former devices chief, left a few months later.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

(Amazon Image) Amazon has set the date for when it will introduce ad breaks to streaming content on Prime Video: Jan. Amazon first announced the change was coming on Sept. We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers,” Amazon said in its email. per month or $139 annually.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Amazon Fresh Pickup location at the base of the Starbucks headquarters building in SoDo, Seattle. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon will begin offering its grocery delivery service to customers who aren’t Prime members in select cities. Amazon Fresh is now available to non-Prime members in a dozen metro areas.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The new Rufus AI assistant will be accessed through the search bar in Amazon’s mobile app. Amazon Images) The new Rufus AI assistant will be accessed through the search bar in Amazon’s mobile app. Amazon Images) The new Rufus AI assistant will be accessed through the search bar in Amazon’s mobile app.

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GeekWire

APRIL 3, 2024

GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services will cut several hundred jobs in its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, and a few hundred jobs on its Physical Stores Technology team, executives in the tech giant’s cloud computing division informed employees Wednesday morning in internal emails. .”

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The new Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a “reinvented” Amazon Fire TV Cube, will sell for $195, designed for enterprise customers to offer to their employees. Amazon Web Services executives say they decided to take the approach after hearing from enterprise customers that they wanted a low-priced device.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Amazon Fresh Pickup location at the base of the Starbucks headquarters building in SoDo in Seattle. GeekWire File Photo / Christie Brydon) Amazon closed the last of its only two Amazon Fresh Pickup locations, marking the end of another effort by the tech giant to disrupt how and where people get their groceries. Lander St.,

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MARCH 28, 2024

Amazon has announced it is investing $2.75 In September last year, Amazon had invested an initial tranche of $1.25 As part of this partnership, Anthropic will use Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its main cloud provider for key operations, including safety research and the development of foundational models.

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