Sarah Perez / TechCrunch ·
Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the US, automatically upgrading users even if they don't subscribe to Prime
AI is coming to your TV, whether you want it or not.
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge ·
Amazon appears to have leaked Jason Statham's new film Mutiny, streaming it in full on Prime Video in the US, two days before it is supposed to hit theaters
The film isn't supposed to hit theaters for two days, but it's available to stream on Prime Video now.
Matt Day / Bloomberg ·
Amazon plans to expand Prime Air drone deliveries to cities in at least five more US states in the coming months, including Chicago and Atlanta by 2026's end
Amazon.com Inc. plans to expand its drone delivery operation to cities in at least five more US states in the coming months …
Hannah Lang / Reuters ·
As sweeping US crypto legislation stalls, the SEC and CFTC are moving to write new rules; the SEC is set to exempt certain token offerings from securities laws
As sweeping U.S. crypto legislation stalls, President Donald Trump's regulators are set to fill the void, but efforts …
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media ·
Investigation: Amazon is buying huge quantities of rare books, scanning them for AI, and destroying them; a tracked Biblio order went to its Las Vegas facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg ·
Amazon adds a clause in its user agreement that seeks to prevent shoppers from filing class-action lawsuits against it, after removing a similar clause in 2021
Amazon.com Inc. reintroduced a clause in its user agreement that seeks to prevent shoppers from filing class-action lawsuits …
Jonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal ·
In Q2, "other income", mostly from investment gains, at Amazon and Alphabet totaled ~$121B after taxes and made up 66% and 71%, respectively, of profits
Gains on investments in companies like Anthropic are boosting earnings at some of the biggest technology companies
J.J. McCorvey / Bloomberg ·
A judge orders Kalshi to stop offering most of its prediction contracts in Washington state, after finding it likely violated state gambling-related laws
Kalshi was told by a judge to stop offering most of its prediction market contracts in Washington state, after regulators …
Wall Street Journal ·
Tech hardware companies report the highest US CBP tariff refunds at $2.5B across six companies, including $2.2B in refunds to Apple alone; Amazon received $640M
Apple, Nike and FedEx are just a few companies recovering big sums relatively quickly, and some are passing at least a share on to customers
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch ·
Twitch says it intends to use videos streamed on its platform to help train Amazon's generative AI models and tells creators how to opt out
The streaming platform Twitch will now use creators' content to help train generative AI models for its parent company, Amazon.
Sumedha Mukherjee / Reuters ·
FlightAware withdraws its Kalshi lawsuit, after alleging Kalshi used its data to let users bet on flight cancellations; Kalshi no longer names it as a source
Flight-tracking company FlightAware withdrew its lawsuit against Kalshi on Tuesday, a day after it filed the suit that accuses …
Bloomberg ·
An NYC bill, backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, calls for Amazon, FedEx, and others to directly employ thousands of delivery workers; the bill could pass this fall
A New York City bill calls for the company to hire thousands of contract couriers. Amazon says the proposal will make delivery pricier and slower.
Nick Gray / PatronView ·
PatronView's owner details a year of fighting scrapers: 214:1 bot-to-human page loads, 35,000 Claude crawls per referred user, and Amazon's bot referred none
A year of fighting scrapers on my 1.5 million-page website. What I tried, how I failed, and what's working now. August 7, 2026
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac ·
OpenAI debuts Agent Plugins, an open standard for bundling skills and MCP servers, and says Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, and Vercel are on its steering committee
OpenAI's GPT-5 turns one tomorrow, and the company is marking the week by looking beyond individual models.
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch ·
Amazon's Zoox will start charging for rides in Las Vegas from August 10, marking the launch of its commercial operations after offering free rides since 2025
Nearly a year ago, Zoox opened its robotaxi service to the public in Las Vegas. Now, it is ready to start charging for those rides.
Blake Brittain / Reuters ·
A US appeals court overturns a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tools on Amazon's platform
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its AI-powered agentic shopping tools on Amazon's (AMZN.O) platform.
Jody Godoy / Reuters ·
New Jersey files an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, alleging it abuses its dominance to impose low pay and poor conditions on independent delivery drivers
New Jersey sued Amazon.com on Tuesday, accusing the online retailer of abusing its market power over independent delivery drivers.
Russell Brandom / TechCrunch ·
AWS launches an internal organization for AI-focused forward-deployed engineers, backed by $1B in resources, following OpenAI and others in launching FDE teams
As companies struggle to integrate AI, they're increasingly ready to bring in outside help
Peter Vercoe / Bloomberg ·
Australia's ACCC sues Amazon for allegedly introducing ads to Prime Video under unfair contract terms and forcing existing subscribers to pay more to avoid them
Amazon.com Inc. has been sued by Australia's consumer watchdog for introducing advertising to its Prime Video streaming service …
Catherine Perloff / The Information ·
Amazon is weighing using OpenAI's and its own Nova models to cut costs after Anthropic raised prices for using its models in Amazon products
As Anthropic grows to become a leading AI model used by enterprises, it's been flexing its power with customers
Catherine Perloff / The Information ·
AWS hikes prices for Nvidia GPUs in its EC2 Capacity Blocks service, which let businesses rent AI compute in advance, by 20%; Trainium chip pricing is unchanged
Amazon Web Services is raising the price for its AI workload rental service by 20%, the company said on Friday.
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