Dr Vogels shares his optimism on how AI can be empowered to uplift economies, businesses and communities
The heightened demand comes alongside expectations of speed, convenience, and reliability
The chatbot was launched in beta version to a small subset of customers in Amazon’s mobile app in the US and will be rolled out across the country in the coming weeks
Shopping is becoming more streamlined as retailers harness AI technology for personalisation, gamification and support, says Karl Escritt, CEO of Like Digital & Partners
Amazon has vowed to invest $10bn into its Kuiper project, which was announced in 2019
The lawsuit against Amazon is part of a larger effort to address antitrust concerns related to major tech companies
The device features a new industrial design, intuitive home screen experience, upgraded processor, spatial audio and a built-in smart home hub
Amazon.com and Alphabet say these are the first products that will let people use two assistants at once
The reportedly lukewarm response by media firms ahead of BCCI’s auction highlights the struggle to make money from bilateral cricket series
The 209,000 square metre four-level fulfillment centre is due to be complete in 2025
The device is available in Lavender Bloom, Midnight Teal, Glacier White and Charcoal colours
Amazon Web Services commissioned a study to provide an econometrical method for calculating the aggregate productivity gains realised by economies that adopt cloud computing
The US company’s cloud business, which has data centres in the Mumbai and Hyderabad regions has already invested $3.7bn in India from 2016 to 2022
The company is axing 27,000 mostly corporate positions after a hiring spree during the pandemic left the company with too many people
How Amazon is aiming to better serve customers through faster and more efficient delivery
The new facility will increase Amazon’s storage capacity by 70 per cent, supporting a wider selection of products for customers
Hyper-localisation is key to driving brand growth in new markets, says, the company’s regional general manager
One Medical operates more than 200 medical offices in 26 markets in the US
Investment represents Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund’s first direct foray into the D2C branded food space
The company’s spokesperson Laura Davis stated that the cuts were part of regular business planning
New deals include the launch of a data centre and two dedicated academies for developing technical skills and unearthing homegrown talent
The company’s current headcount is 260,000
The brand is working on a slate of devices, including new displays and a faster TV set-top box, after relaunching its larger HomePod speaker
Tech giant Amazon regained top spot from Apple to become the world’s most valuable brand
The reduction is concentrated in the firm’s corporate ranks, mostly Amazon’s retail division and human resources functions like recruiting
Currently, AWS relies on recycled water for 20 of its data centres
Amazon says making its own chips will give customers more cost-effective computing power than they could get by renting time on processors
In recent earnings reports, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Microsoft and others fell short of projections, sending shares plunging and shaving hundreds of billions of dollars from their market valuations
Amazon employs hundreds of thousands of workers, whose dexterity and intuition currently let them pick and pack items more quickly and more reliably than existing machines
With the opening of the new office, Amazon is also working to launch an initiative to empower and train Saudi talent