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UK CMA Issues Warning on Big Tech Dominance of AI

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today warned that Big Tech’s dominance of the…

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Amazon CEO Talks AI, Cost Cutting, and Prime Video

Amazon today published its annual letter to shareholders, with CEO Andy Jassy highlighting why he's…

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Amazon Will Stop Paying Developers Building Alexa Apps in June

Amazon is planning to stop paying developers building apps for its Alexa assistant at the…

EU Targets Apple, Others for DMA Compliance Violations

The European Commission (EC) is moving swiftly to address Digital Markets Act (DMA) compliance violations…

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Amazon Concludes Its $4 Billion Investment in Anthropic

Amazon announced that it has concluded its $4 billion investment in AI startup Anthropic, more…

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Amazon’s New AI Tool Lets Sellers Create Product Pages With a Simple Link

Amazon's new generative AI listing tool now lets sellers create detailed product pages using a…

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Microsoft Finally Kills Azure Egress Fees

Bowing to pressure from AWS and Google, Microsoft announced that it would finally eliminate Azure…

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Google is Wary of Microsoft Cloud Moves in Europe

With Microsoft trying to evade an EU antitrust charge related to its cloud computing licensing…

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Amazon’s Echo Hub is Now Available at $179.99

The Amazon Echo Hub, a new smart home control panel with Amazon’s Alexa assistant is…

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An American PC Display in Mexico (Premium)

Amazon Mexico is almost always as efficient and useful here in Mexico City as it…

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Amazon Revenues Up 14 Percent to $170 Billion

Amazon reported a net income of $10.6 billion on revenues of $170 billion in the…

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Amazon Prime Video Now Shows Ads in the US Unless You Pay Extra

Amazon Prime Video users in the US will start seeing ads in movies and TV…

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Advertising is Winning. We Need to Keep Fighting (Premium)

I often feel like we're part of a vast experiment to see how much enshittification…

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Amazon Gives Up on its $1.4 Billion iRobot Acquisition

After the EU Commission formally objected to Amazon’s proposed acquisition of iRobot back in November,…

FTC Launches Investigation Into Microsoft/OpenAI, Other Cloud/AI Partnerships

The U.S. FTC announced investigations into Microsoft and OpenAI and other related partnerships between cloud…

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Amazon is Working on a Paid AI Version of Alexa

According to a report in Business Insider, Amazon is working on a paid subscription plan…

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