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Amazon’s Alexa+ Now Produces AI-Generated ‘Podcasts’ Featuring Chats Between Two Robot ‘Co-Hosts’
The podcast sector suddenly may have a big new player: Amazon‘s Alexa+ AI-powered voice assistant. Alexa has been answering billions of…
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Amazon’s AI tool matches shelter dogs and cats with adopters in the Protect Playtime campaign
In short: Amazon’s Brand Innovation Lab, PetIQ’s PetArmor brand, and Best Friends Animal Society have launched “Protect Playtime,” a…
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Amazon’s shares fall after announcing plan to increase capital spending by 60%
Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent…
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Amazon’s newest AI doesn’t just chat — it knows your health history
The next time you’ve got an itchy throat and a stuffy nose, Amazon wants you to describe your symptoms to an AI chatbot deputized to do…
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Amazon’s Bestselling Kids Tablet Is 43% Off Right Now
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Amazon's Zoox offers free robotaxi rides in San Francisco
Amazon-owned Zoox is offering free rides on its San Francisco fleet of boxy, driverless taxis. The company said Tuesday it is providing…
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What are Amazon’s layoffs really about?
Last week, Amazon became the latest company to announce massive layoffs. In a memo, senior vice president of people experience and…
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Amazon’s third-quarter results get a boost from its cloud computing business
Amazon posted higher fiscal third quarter profit and sales compared with a year ago, fueled by accelerating growth in its cloud computing…
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Why did Amazon's AWS outage disrupt Snapchat, Ring and many other services?
People struggled to access social media app Snapchat, online game Fortnite, payments app Venmo and other popular online services on Monday…
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Coinbase, Fortnite among services hit by global outage of Amazon’s cloud unit
AMAZON’S cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday (Oct 20), causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world…
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Unlocking Amazon’s Power for Beauty Brand Growth
What brands do off Amazon is equally as important as what they do on Amazon — “even if you’re off Amazon, you’re on Amazon.” That was the…
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Amazon’s ‘October Prime Day’ Is Here, With Steep Discounts on Everything From Soundbars to Espresso Machines
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I’m a Senior Shopping Editor—5 Basics I'm Not Wearing Anymore and 5 I Love That Are Part of Amazon's Latest Prime Day Sales
Lately, I have been taking inventory of my closet, especially of my collection of basics to check what might need an update. Basics are…
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How Amazon’s October Prime Day Could Help Predict Holiday Shoe Demand
Shoe buying and the start of the holiday shopping season are just around the corner. That’s because Amazon‘s October Prime Day sales are…
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Amazon’s ‘Fallout’ Season 2 Teams With Microsoft’s ‘Fallout 76′ to Launch In-Game Update Starring Walton Goggins’ The Ghoul
Ahead of Amazon’s launch of “Fallout” Season 2 this December, the makers of the video game franchise that inspired the Prime Video drama…
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Spotify Opens Up Ad Inventory to Amazon’s Demand-Side Platform
Spotify competes directly with Amazon Music for subscribers and ad dollars — but now Spotify is teaming up with a different division of…
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Amazon’s AWS CEO chides staff for slow product rollouts
Amazon Web Services’ top executive admonished staff on Thursday for what he called slow product rollouts by the cloud computing provider…
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Amazon’s $98 Cashmere Sweater Is Earning Rave Reviews for Its Classic Style, Attractive Fit, and Perfect-for-Fall Colorways
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Amazon’s latest move spells trouble for audio-based podcasting
Amazon is gearing up for a significant restructuring of Wondery—the podcast studio behind popular shows like Scamfluencers, Dr. Death, and…
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Amazon’s profit outlook gets overshadowed by cloud computing results
Amazon.com forecast third-quarter sales above market estimates on Thursday but failed to live up to lofty expectations for its Amazon Web…
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Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit cuts jobs
Amazon cut jobs in its Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit on Thursday (Jul 17), a spokesperson confirmed following a Reuters…
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Amazon’s Prime Day Is Here: These Are the Biggest Brands on Sale This Week
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Prime Day Discounts Amazon’s Glare-Free Kindle E-Reader to Lowest Price of the Year
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Why Amazon’s <em>Wheel of Time</em> Failed
Instead of adapting the story as it is, the writers of the now-canceled show decided they had more important things to say. Source link