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Amazon Music integrates Alexa Plus for AI-based discovery, more: What's new

Alexa Plus arrives in the Amazon Music app, offering users AI-driven, back-and-forth conversations to explore songs and artists

Amazon sues to stop Perplexity from using AI tool from purchasing stuff

The US online retailer filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding Perplexity stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases online for users

Amazon job cuts show how AI may upend India's white-collar future

As the economy struggles to move from lower-middle to higher-middle income, AI is threatening its biggest advantage: the youth bulge it enjoys against other countries that are rapidly aging

Amazon cloud growth boosts investor confidence amid AI spending boom

In the third quarter, Amazon Web Services generated $33 billion in revenue, a 20 per cent increase from a year earlier

Did Amazon lay off 14,000 due to cost-cutting and AI? Here's what CEO said

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in the company's quarterly earnings call on Thursday clarified the reason behind the recent job cuts

Israel's $1.2 bn Nimbus deal asked Google, Amazon for 'secret data codes'

The Nimbus agreement is a key Israeli initiative to move government and military data into private cloud centers, with leaked files revealing a covert 'winking' data alert system

Amazon launches four Echo devices powered by Alexa Plus: Check details

Amazon's new Echo lineup pairs custom silicon and sensor fusion with Alexa Plus to enable proactive, on-device AI in select markets

E-commerce giants adopt fiscal discipline to trim losses, stave off rivals

Firms are tightening spending, optimising supply chains, and expanding into smaller cities, positioning themselves for public listings as post-pandemic demand growth slows

Amazon India likely to cut up to 1,000 jobs amid global restructuring

The layoffs are expected across functions such as finance, marketing, human resources, and technology

Amazon to cut 14,000 corporate jobs as spending on AI accelerates

Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence. The reductions we're sharing today are a continuation of this work to get even stronger by further reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure we're investing in our biggest bets and what matters most to our customers' current and future needs, Beth Galetti, Senior Vice President of People Experience and Technology at Amazon said in message to employees Tuesday. Included in the letter was a memo to Amazon staff last year from CEO Andy Jassy. Teams and individuals impacted by the job cuts will be notified on Tuesday.

Amazon's automation drive could reshape global logistics and workforce

The company has responded to the news report with a statement that these are projections made by only one division (its robotics division) and they are not necessarily correct

Amazon’s biggest layoffs since 2023: Why is Amazon laying off 30,000 corporate employees?

Amazon is cutting around 30,000 corporate jobs — its biggest layoff round since 2023 — as CEO Andy Jassy pushes to cut costs and streamline operations.

Amazon to cut 30,000 corporate jobs starting Tuesday, largest since 2022

Amazon will lay off around 30,000 corporate employees this week, its largest job cut since 2023, as CEO Andy Jassy pushes cost control, AI-driven efficiency, and leaner operations

Amazon crosses $20 billion ecommerce exports target from India in 10 years

The ecom giant targets exports worth $80 billion from the country by 2030

Amazon revamps cloud gaming service Luna with new features, multiplayer

Amazon overhauls its cloud gaming platform Luna with a redesigned interface, family-friendly multiplayer mode GameNight, and 50+ games for Prime members at no extra cost

Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for delivery drivers: Here's what it can do

Amazon's new smart delivery glasses use AI and computer vision to guide drivers with package scanning, navigation, and safety alerts - all through a hands-free display

Amazon plans to replace more than half a million jobs with robots

Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75% of its operations

Amazon restores AWS cloud services after global outage hits businesses

It was at least the third time in five years that AWS's northern Virginia cluster, known as US-EAST-1, contributed to a major internet meltdown

AWS outage: Why Amazon's cloud failure broke top apps worldwide

Amazon Web Services faced a widespread outage that disrupted platforms including Perplexity AI, Pinterest, and Snapchat, highlighting the risks of global dependence on its cloud network

What to know about Amazon's cloud outage that exposed internet's fragility

A massive internet outage stemming from errors in Amazon cloud services on Monday morning demonstrated just how many people rely on the corporate behemoth's computational infrastructure everyday -- and laid bare the vulnerabilities of an increasingly concentrated system. But despite its omnipresence, most users do not know what -- or where -- the cloud is. Here is what to know about the data centres in Northern Virginia where the outage originated, and what the malfunction reveals about a rapidly evolving industry. Renting internet infrastructure Cloud computing is a technology that allows companies to remotely access massive computing equipment and services without having to purchase and maintain physical infrastructure. In other words, businesses ranging from Snapchat to McDonald's essentially rent Amazon's physical infrastructure located in places all around the world to operate their own websites. Instead of building expensive computing systems in-house, companies rely on Amaz