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Amazon’s giant anacondas reached their peak size 12 million years ago, study shows
A study of anaconda fossils shows that these snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago and then stopped growing. As some of…
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Amazon's Zoox offers free robotaxi rides in San Francisco
Amazon-owned Zoox is offering free rides on its San Francisco fleet of boxy, driverless taxis. The company said Tuesday it is providing…
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Why did Amazon's AWS outage disrupt Snapchat, Ring and many other services?
People struggled to access social media app Snapchat, online game Fortnite, payments app Venmo and other popular online services on Monday…
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Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit cuts jobs
Amazon cut jobs in its Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit on Thursday (Jul 17), a spokesperson confirmed following a Reuters…
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Amazon’s delivery, logistics get an AI boost
[SUNNYVALE, California] Amazon wants customers to know that artificial intelligence is not just for writing college essays. In a series of…
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Amazon’s Zoox to scale up robotaxi production for US expansion
ON’S self-driving start-up Zoox will increase production next year as it ramps up plans for a commercial rollout of its robotaxi fleet in…
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Amazon's robotaxi effort will begin testing in Los Angeles
Zoox, the autonomous driving technology company owned by Amazon, is preparing to begin testing its vehicles in Los Angeles this summer.…
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Amazon’s New Movie Strategy Starts With Theaters
Amazon’s movie strategy is finally ready for its close-up. After a decade-long dalliance with big-screen theatrical releases, the giant…
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Amazon's James Bond takeover has 007 fans worried
Many James Bond fans are worried about the future direction of the spy movie franchise after the handing over of creative control to…
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Amazon’s cloud business faces crucial test after rivals Microsoft, Google stumble
THE pressure is on Amazon.com to deliver on lofty expectations for cloud computing in its fourth-quarter results on Thursday (Feb 6),…
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Amazon’s Fight With Unions Heads to Whole Foods Market
At a sprawling Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia, a battle is brewing. The roughly 300 workers are set to vote on Monday on whether to…
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Amazon's $5 Billion Bet: Mexico Set to Become Latin America's Cloud Powerhouse
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) just dropped a game-changer. The tech giant is pouring over $5 billion into a cutting-edge AWS data center in…
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Amazon’s AWS to invest US$11 billion in Georgia to boost AI infrastructure development
AMAZON.COM said on Tuesday (Jan 7) that its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), plans to invest about US$11 billion to…