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Analysis / AI will become a Madison Avenue sensation in 2025

Even companies such as Netflix and Amazon, which until recently relied mainly on subscriptions, are getting in on the action

Amazon officially begins selling cars online

Amazon has officially entered the online car sales market with the launch of Amazon Autos, an e-commerce platform enabling customers to search for, order, and purchase new vehicles directly from dealerships.

Amazon unveils Nova, new set of AI models

Amazon has introduced Nova, a collection of advanced AI models designed for tasks like analysing text, generating images, and creating videos. These models, announced at the AWS conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, aim to help businesses reduce costs, speed up processes, and customise AI for their specific needs, says Amazon in an official blog post.

Amazon develops Olympus AI: Report

Amazon, the e-commerce platform, has reportedly developed a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) model, codenamed Olympus, capable of processing images and videos in addition to text.

Amazon invests additional $4 bln in AI startup Anthropic

Amazon has poured another $4 billion into Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup behind the chatbot Claude. This new funding doubles Amazon’s total investment in the startup to $8 billion. 

Amazon wants to be everything to everyone

Innovations unveiled in recent days by the Seattle-based tech titan included a delivery van computer system to shave time off deliveries by its speed-obsessed logistics network

Amazon to hire 250,000 workers for upcoming holidays

Amazon has announced plans to hire 250,000 transportation and warehouse workers for the upcoming holiday shopping season, matching its hiring efforts from last year, as per a recent Reuters report.

Online sellers on Walmart's Flipkart sue India watchdog over antitrust probe

The filings come after antitrust investigations concluded in August found Amazon and Flipkart, some of their sellers and smartphone brands, violated local competition laws

What we know about the fire 'pandemic' plaguing Brazil

Nearly two-thirds of Latin America's biggest country is under smoke.

February 4, 2024
February 4, 2024

Bezos to sell up to 50 million Amazon shares by Jan 31 next year, filing shows

Bezos will sell up to 50 million shares in the online retail and cloud services firm over the next one year

January 30, 2024
January 30, 2024

Shothik AI gets selected for Google for AI Startup Cloud Program

Shothik AI, a Bangladeshi AI-based startup has recently received USD 350,000 from Google for AI Startup Cloud program and USD 100,000 from Amazon. 

January 29, 2024
January 29, 2024

US tech and media company layoffs in 2024 so far

Notable major technology and media corporations in the United States have begun 2024 with a fresh round of job cuts, with reasons citing the global economic crisis that is expected to remain persistent in the new year. Let's take a look at the US tech and media companies that have fired or plan to fire a large percentage of their employees in 2024.

December 3, 2023
December 3, 2023

Amazon to take help from rival SpaceX to launch Kuiper satellites

The e-commerce giant Amazon recently announced that it has secured three Falcon 9 rocket launches from their rival company SpaceX to deploy its Project Kuiper satellite network.

November 29, 2023
November 29, 2023

Amazon unveils new AI chip for training AI

Amazon has recently unveiled its brand new AI chip that will be used for the company's cloud computing service. Named Trainium2, the second-generation chip is designed for training AI systems and is said to be four times faster and twice as energy efficient as its previous model.

June 24, 2023
June 24, 2023

Amazon raises investment in India to $26 bln by 2030

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said on Friday it will take its investments to $26 billion in India by 2030, adding $6.5 billion in new planned investments in an announcement made after CEO Andy Jassy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the United States.

June 24, 2023
June 24, 2023

Google and Amazon commit to Modi to invest $25 Billion in India

In a significant move to bolster India's digital economy, global tech giants Google and Amazon have jointly pledged a massive investment of $25 billion. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, announced the company's commitment to invest $10 billion in India's digitisation fund during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, D.C. Furthermore, Google unveiled its plans to establish a state-of-the-art global fintech operation centre in Gujarat.

May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023

There’s a new book out soon. Is it by Taylor Swift or BTS?

The guessing game began a few days ago, when an anonymous, untitled book scheduled for July 9, “4C Untitled Flatiron Nonfiction Summer 2023”, had Taylor Swift fans so convinced she had written a memoir that they made it a bestseller.

March 25, 2023
March 25, 2023

Amazon, other retailers revamp 'free' shipping as costs soar

There is no such thing as free shipping. Even so, Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and other online retailers who use so-called free delivery to cultivate customer loyalty are scrambling to keep it from draining profits as costs climb and e-commerce contracts.

March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023

Amazon to lay off 9,000 more employees

“Given the uncertain economy and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have chosen to be more streamlined in our costs and headcount,” Jassy said in a memo to staff.