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Mar 31, 2025, 5:20 PM

Analysis: Google-Wiz deal sparks questions about cloud security strategy at AWS and Microsoft

Editor’s note: This analysis is written by Christopher Budd, a tech industry veteran who previously worked at the Microsoft Security… Read More

Mar 29, 2025, 7:10 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Inside Amazon’s attempt to reinvent Alexa for the new era of AI

[Update, Monday, March 31: Amazon’s Alexa+ Early Access page is now live, and the company confirmed that the new Alexa… Read More

Mar 26, 2025, 8:32 AM

Amazon testing new AI search experience that suggests products based on prompts

Amazon is using generative AI for a new feature called “Interests” that turns natural language queries into product recommendations —… Read More

Mar 25, 2025, 9:10 PM

Amazon ramps up its fight against fakes with help from AI and law enforcement

Amazon says it seized more than 15 million counterfeit products in 2024 — more than double the prior year —… Read More

Mar 8, 2025, 8:24 AM

What Alexa’s AI upgrade means for Amazon’s business and Alexa users

For many years, Amazon has been trying to put its Alexa voice assistant at the center of the smart home.… Read More

Mar 7, 2025, 8:03 AM

Amazon and FTC set to square off in ‘Economics Day’ hearing in Seattle federal court

Amazon and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will get a chance to educate the federal judge in the FTC’s antitrust… Read More

Mar 5, 2025, 2:31 PM

How will the new China tariffs impact Amazon’s e-commerce business?

Amazon and its wide network of third-party retail partners could be disrupted by President Trump’s additional tariffs on goods from… Read More

Mar 4, 2025, 1:15 PM

Internal memo: Amazon One Medical CEO Trent Green leaving to lead publicly traded NRC Health

Trent Green, the CEO of Amazon’s primary healthcare company, One Medical, is leaving to take a job as CEO of… Read More

Mar 3, 2025, 11:05 AM

The two questions that Kara Swisher would ask Jeff Bezos about The Washington Post

“Why do you want to own this paper anymore? And do you love it as much as I do?” That’s… Read More

Mar 3, 2025, 8:26 AM

Oscars host Conan O’Brien delivers jokes about Amazon and Jeff Bezos

Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien took a couple shots at Amazon and founder Jeff Bezos during the opening monologue of… Read More

Feb 27, 2025, 6:06 PM

Amazon commits $100M to Bellevue to ‘accelerate’ production of affordable housing

Amazon announced that it is giving $100 million to support affordable housing efforts in Bellevue, Wash. The contribution is part… Read More

Feb 27, 2025, 3:00 AM

Amazon’s new quantum chip joins race to enable next era of computing

Amazon unveiled a prototype quantum processor with a novel architecture that promises to significantly reduce the resources required to unlock… Read More

Illustration: D-Orbit ION satellite carrier in orbit

Feb 26, 2025, 5:05 PM

Amazon Web Services focuses on optimizing artificial intelligence in space

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are turning into requirements for space operations, and Amazon Web Services is optimizing its products… Read More

Feb 26, 2025, 8:29 AM

Amazon’s new Alexa+ uses generative AI to personalize conversations and automate tasks

Amazon unveiled Alexa+, a new service that integrates generative AI natively into the company’s longtime voice assistant — promising free-flowing… Read More

Feb 25, 2025, 8:35 AM

Seattle grocery space with ties to Amazon to become new H Mart

The physical grocery landscape in Seattle is taking another turn in a space once connected to Amazon. A former New… Read More

Feb 20, 2025, 11:49 AM

Amazon MGM Studios strikes deal for 007, takes over creative control of James Bond film franchise

Will James Bond finally return to action? The prospect for a new film in the long-running spy thriller series increased… Read More

Feb 20, 2025, 9:47 AM

Amazon to retire Chime meeting service, shift to Zoom internally as it rolls out Microsoft 365 apps

There will be no more apologies about Chime from Amazon employees to outsiders joining their meetings. That ritual of logging… Read More

Feb 11, 2025, 10:20 PM

Initial election results show support for Seattle social housing tax opposed by Amazon, Microsoft

Seattle voters are showing support for a new tax on big business that would fund a social housing developer. More… Read More

Feb 8, 2025, 7:20 AM

Podcast: Amazon, AI, and the cloud — a reality check, with Corey Quinn of ‘Last Week in AWS’

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sounded more bullish than ever about the potential for artificial intelligence on the company’s earnings call… Read More

Feb 7, 2025, 10:38 AM

Amazon cuts workforce diversity reference from annual filing amid Trump-led backlash against DEI

Amazon scrubbed a reference to workforce diversity from its annual 10-K report this morning, reflecting a broader corporate retreat from… Read More

Feb 6, 2025, 3:20 PM

Amazon on pace for $100B+ in yearly capex; Jassy expects cost efficiencies to drive AI demand

Amazon reported $26.3 billion in capital expenditures in the fourth quarter, and the company plans to keep spending at that… Read More

Feb 6, 2025, 1:26 PM

Amazon’s quarterly profits soar to a record $20 billion, but cloud growth comes up short

Amazon beat Wall Street’s overall expectations with $187.8 billion in net sales, up 10%, and came in well ahead on… Read More

Feb 5, 2025, 10:32 AM

Amazon earnings preview: AWS cloud growth, AI demand, trade wars among key issues to watch

Amazon’s cloud growth rate has been increasing steadily in recent quarters, and investors are looking for the trend to continue… Read More

Feb 1, 2025, 7:29 AM

Podcast: DeepSeek reality check; Amazon, Bezos, and the Post; lost in the Microsoft garage

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we dive deep into DeepSeek, the AI project shaking up the tech world, to… Read More

Jan 29, 2025, 2:28 PM

Amazon’s latest job cuts impact corporate communications and sustainability employees

Amazon laid off employees in its communications and sustainability organizations on Wednesday in the latest round of cuts at the… Read More

Atlas V launch with Amazon Kuiper satellites

Jan 29, 2025, 10:38 AM

Bezos vs. Bezos: Amazon sues WA state over Washington Post request for Kuiper records

The company that Jeff Bezos founded has gone to court to keep the newspaper he owns from finding out too… Read More

Jan 27, 2025, 12:45 PM

Whole Foods CEO’s role expands to oversee Amazon’s entire worldwide grocery initiatives

Amazon is adding some big items to the Whole Foods CEO’s cart. Jason Buechel will expand his role to oversee… Read More

Jan 18, 2025, 9:56 AM

Amazon pauses drone deliveries for software changes; Oregon test crash ‘not the primary reason’

Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of… Read More

Jan 18, 2025, 8:01 AM

The documents that help Amazon think: Inside the tech giant’s process for strategic planning

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: An inside look at Amazon’s classic process for strategic thinking and decision-making, with a… Read More

Jan 16, 2025, 2:28 PM

Amazon cuts about 200 jobs in stores division

Amazon is laying off employees in its North America Stores division, impacting roughly 200 employees across the U.S., the company… Read More