Aug 1, 2024, 1:21 PM Amazon sales come up short, profits nearly double Amazon’s sales fell short of Wall Street’s estimates but profits exceeded expectations in the company’s second quarter results, released Thursday… Read More
Jul 31, 2024, 9:00 AM Amazon develops new AI model for ‘Just Walk Out’ as it accelerates rollout to third-party stores Amazon has developed a new AI model for its “Just Walk Out” technology to streamline the process of tracking shoppers’… Read More
Jul 30, 2024, 7:00 AM Amazon earnings preview: Analysts eye AI monetization Amazon will report earnings on Thursday, joining other tech giants lifting the hood on financial performance for the second quarter.… Read More
Jul 30, 2024, 6:31 AM Amazon Web Services AI leader on the future of large language models and autonomous agents The old saying in tech is that companies date their computing vendor, and marry their database vendor. So are AI… Read More
Jul 23, 2024, 8:46 AM Report details financial pressure on Amazon Alexa, confirms plans for paid tier and AI revamp Internal Amazon metrics have created a rosy view of the impact from Alexa and Echo on the company’s revenue from… Read More
Jul 23, 2024, 8:00 AM Amazon plans logistics site in new industrial building on former Weyerhaeuser campus Amazon plans to use a new building on the former Weyerhaeuser corporate campus in Federal Way, Wash., as a future… Read More
Jul 22, 2024, 10:13 AM Amazon acquires historic UK studio where Prime Video series ‘Rings of Power’ is filmed Amazon Prime Video is acquiring an historic British film studio that served as the production home for the second season… Read More
Jul 19, 2024, 12:23 PM Amazon’s Twitch reinstates Trump account three years after suspension over Jan. 6 violence Amazon-owned Twitch has reinstated the account of Donald Trump, three years after the former president was suspended indefinitely by the… Read More
Jul 18, 2024, 8:27 AM Amazon partners with Better Business Bureau in its first joint lawsuit against fake review brokers Amazon is getting some help in its fight against fake reviews. The Seattle tech giant and the Better Business Bureau… Read More
Jul 18, 2024, 7:53 AM Amazon sets Prime Day record as U.S. e-commerce sales top $14 billion Amazon said this week’s Prime Day was its biggest ever, setting a record for sales and items sold during the… Read More
Jul 17, 2024, 8:00 AM Businesses around Amazon HQ are bustling, a year after tech giant’s return-to-office mandate During the sunny, summer lunchtime rush around Amazon’s Seattle headquarters campus one day last week, it almost looked and felt… Read More
Jul 16, 2024, 11:45 AM Environmental groups target Amazon’s climate efforts with Prime Day protest at Seattle HQ Environmental protesters in Seattle seized on Amazon’s annual Prime Day sales event on Tuesday to once again call out the… Read More
Jul 13, 2024, 6:00 AM Seven years later, longtime Echo Spot user sizes up the first revamp of Amazon’s tiny Alexa device Amazon’s original Echo Spot has been sitting on the back corner of the desk in my home office for seven… Read More
Jul 10, 2024, 2:32 PM Costco raises membership fees — is Amazon Prime next? Costco membership fees will increase for the first time in seven years, the retail giant announced Wednesday. Customers in the… Read More
Jul 9, 2024, 10:04 AM Amazon’s investment in Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus is its latest foray into fashion Will Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus help Amazon find its fashion fit? That’s the question after the news last… Read More
Jul 3, 2024, 9:18 AM Amazon discontinues Astro for Business robot security guard to focus on Astro home robot Astro is leaving its job to spend more time with family. Amazon informed customers and employees Wednesday morning that it… Read More
Jul 3, 2024, 8:45 AM Jeff Bezos selling $5B worth of Amazon shares as company’s stock hits all-time high Jeff Bezos is selling 25 million Amazon shares worth $5 billion, according to a regulatory filing on the day the… Read More
Jun 28, 2024, 12:32 PM Amazon hires founders from well-funded enterprise AI startup Adept to boost tech giant’s ‘AGI’ team Amazon is amping up its AI efforts by hiring executives from Adept, a San Francisco-based startup building “agents” that automate… Read More
Jun 27, 2024, 10:43 AM Microsoft and Amazon team up to launch Xbox cloud gaming app on Fire TV devices Microsoft and Amazon announced Thursday that they are partnering to bring the Xbox gaming app to two models of Fire… Read More
Jun 25, 2024, 3:31 AM Amazon Prime Day set for July 16-17, as annual sales event falls into predictable schedule Amazon seems to have figured out a consistent approach to scheduling Amazon Prime Day, with the 10th installment in the… Read More
Jun 24, 2024, 1:20 PM Report: Amazon developing AI chatbot that would compete with ChatGPT and others Amazon is developing its own consumer-focused AI chatbot that would compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and could be revealed later this… Read More
Jun 18, 2024, 8:29 AM Amazon Labor Union partners with Teamsters to boost warehouse worker representation Workers in the Amazon Labor Union voted Tuesday to join Teamsters, partnering with one of the largest U.S. unions in… Read More
Play Jun 15, 2024, 8:12 AM Cybersecurity in the age of AI: A conversation with Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt Play This week on the GeekWire Podcast: It was a big week for cybersecurity for Seattle’s cloud giants, albeit in very… Read More
Jun 13, 2024, 12:00 PM Amazon CEO’s advice to computer science grads: take risks, keep learning, write your own story In a speech peppered with mentions of his own sports failings and achievements, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy offered up some… Read More
Jun 11, 2024, 3:25 PM Amazon adding $1.4B to its affordable housing fund in Seattle and other regions Amazon is adding $1.4 billion to its Housing Equity Fund and has pledged to preserve and create an additional 14,000… Read More
May 31, 2024, 10:39 AM Amazon shutting down warehouse near Seattle, will offer new roles to employees Amazon is closing a warehouse in Tukwila, Wash., just south of Seattle. The company confirmed the closure after we spotted… Read More
May 31, 2024, 9:39 AM Amazon’s departing cloud chief: Gen AI can be ‘one of the biggest opportunities AWS has ever seen’ Three years after returning to Amazon Web Services to lead the cloud giant through one of the most challenging and… Read More
May 31, 2024, 9:38 AM Adam Selipsky, the exit interview: Amazon Web Services CEO on AI, competition, and the future Adam Selipsky spoke with GeekWire this week at Amazon Web Services headquarters in Seattle in an interview prior to his… Read More
May 30, 2024, 6:06 AM Amazon plans major expansion of drone deliveries after winning key FAA approval Amazon says it will expand the range of its drone deliveries and the footprint of its drone network across the… Read More
May 30, 2024, 6:00 AM Amazon rolls out AI-powered search features for Fire TV Amazon is using natural language technology to give Fire TV users a new way to search for shows and movies.… Read More
