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How Jeff Bezos upended The Washington Post with layoffs and cuts

Bezos has said repeatedly since he bought the paper in 2013 for $250 million that he wants the company to break even, not to rely on his largess

Amazon expands its dedicated air cargo services to northeastern region

Amazon has expanded its dedicated air cargo network, Amazon Air, to the Northeast with new Delhi-Kolkata-Guwahati routes aimed at cutting transit times and improving delivery speeds

Amazon Air expands to Northeast, adds Guwahati, Kolkata to cargo service

In a move to bolster its services in the Northeast, Amazon India has added a new route connecting Guwahati and Kolkata to its dedicated air cargo fleet, Amazon Air. Launched in 2023, the freighter service initially served Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. The expansion, expected to speed up shipments by 5x, will support deliveries across all seven sister states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura -- the company said in a statement. The inaugural Amazon Air flight to Guwahati was flagged off from the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, by Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Friday. "For sellers in the region, the introduction of Amazon Air services to Guwahati will enable enterprises to connect with customers nationwide. Improved fulfilment speeds will allow businesses to reach a wider customer base and participate more meaningfully in India's rapidly growing digital economy, while also bringing the ...

Amazon adds 'Sassy' personality for Alexa+ for sharp humour and sarcasm

Amazon has introduced a new Sassy personality for Amazon Alexa on Alexa+, adding a sarcastic and witty response style alongside existing Brief, Chill and Sweet personalities

Amazon launches 'Health AI' to answer medical queries, manage records

Amazon introduces Health AI assistant on its website and app to answer health questions, explain medical records, manage prescriptions and connect users with One Medical providers

Amazon rolls out redesigned Fire TV app, new TV interface: Check details

Amazon's updated Fire TV experience introduces a refreshed mobile app, expanded watchlist and a redesigned TV interface

Amazon Electronics Premier League sale: Check offers on phones, TVs, more

Amazon India's Electronics Premier League sale has begun with discounts across smartphones, TVs, laptops and accessories, alongside bank offers, exchange deals and no-cost EMI options

Amazon cloud suffers outage after unidentified objects hit UAE data centre

While it is unclear if the incident is related to the conflict between the US and Iran, the fire broke out on the same day Iranian projectiles struck the UAE in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes

Amazon India announces zero-referral fees on over 125 million products

By eliminating referral fees across over 1,800 categories covering over 12.5 crore products, and reducing logistics costs, sellers can save up to 70 per cent in fees

OpenAI raises $110 billion with investments from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank

Amazon will start with an initial $15 billion investment, followed by another $35 billion in the coming months when certain conditions are met

Amazon opens 12-storey office in Bengaluru, company's 2nd largest in Asia

Amazon inaugurates a 1.1 million sq ft, 12-storey campus in Bengaluru, its second-largest in Asia, supporting 7,000 employees and reinforcing its long-term India investment plans

Amazon becomes world's largest company by annual sales, dethrones Walmart

Walmart is having more success developing its e-commerce operation than Amazon is having in creating a physical stores business despite its 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods Market

Audible now lets you switch to 'Read & Listen' mode for synced storytelling

Audible has launched Immersion Reading in its app, letting users read and listen at the same time with synced, highlighted text for better focus and comprehension

Why are Americans boycotting big tech?: Inside the 'Resist and Unsubscribe' movement

A growing boycott campaign in the United States is urging people to cancel subscriptions to major tech platforms. Here’s what the “Resist and Unsubscribe” movement is, why it began

India uniquely positioned to see benefits of AI: Amazon exec David Zapolsky

Zapolsky spoke about how Amazon is balancing rapid AI innovation with evolving regulatory guardrails

US claims India will remove digital services tax: Here's what it means

India has already abolished existing equalisation levies by April 2025, which were highlighted as a concern by the United States Trade Representative

Amazon deepens ties with STMicro to secure semiconductors for data centres

Under the agreement, AWS received warrants to acquire as many as 24.8 million ordinary STMicro shares

Amazon shares falls after vow to spend $200 billion on AI this year

Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy said the money "predominantly" would go toward the company's Amazon Web Services cloud unit, and most of that spending would be for AI workloads

AI race sends Big Tech's capital spending to stratospheric high of $650 bn

The ever-larger numbers - in total, an estimated 60 per cent increase from a year ago - means yet another acceleration in the wave of data centre construction taking place around the world

Amazon misses Q4 earnings estimates despite strong sales, cloud growth

Amazon reported fourth-quarter earnings slightly below Wall Street estimates even as sales surged and it reported the fastest growth in its prominent cloud computing business in 13 quarters. The Seattle-based online behemoth on Thursday reported net income of USD 21.2 billion, or USD 1.95 per share, for the three-month period ended December 31. That compares with USD 20 billion, or USD 1.86 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenue rose 14 per cent to USD 213.4 billion in the fourth quarter, compared with USD 187.8 billion in the year-ago period. Analysts were expecting USD 1.97 per share on sales of USD 211.4 billion, according to analysts polled by FactSet. Revenue from its cloud service arm called Amazon Web Services increased 24 per cent to USD 35.6 billion. Analysts were expecting USD 34.9 billion. Amazon said it plans to increase capital spending to USD 200 billion this year from USD 125 billion as it sees opportunities in artificial intelligence, robots, semiconductors an