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Jan 22 • 4 months ago

eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents

New policy requires "buy for me" AI tools and chatbots to obtain permission before accessing the platform. ...

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Jan 16 • 4 months ago

TSMC says AI demand is “endless” after record Q4 earnings

Amid fears of bubble, world's top chipmaker TSMC says customers just keep asking for more. ...

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Jan 16 • 4 months ago

Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon

Wikimedia Enterprise signs Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI to paid deals. ...

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Jan 13 • 4 months ago

Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers

Company responds to community concerns over electricity bills and water use. ...

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Jan 05 • 4 months ago

Amazon Alexa+ released to the general public via an early access website

Amazon brings back browser-based Alexa but will eventually add a paywall. ...

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Dec 16 • 5 months ago

Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans

Senators demand Big Tech pay upfront for data center spikes in electricity bills. ...

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Dec 10 • 5 months ago

Kindle Scribe Colorsoft brings color e-ink to Amazon’s 11-inch e-reader

Amazon has added color e-ink to its devices more slowly than its competitors. ...

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Nov 18 • 6 months ago

With a new company, Jeff Bezos will become a CEO again

He stepped down at Amazon in 2021 and doesn't hold a CEO title at Blue Origin. ...

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Oct 25 • 6 months ago

A single point of failure triggered the Amazon outage affecting millions

A DNS manager in a single region of Amazon's sprawling network touched off a 16-hour debacle. ...

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Oct 22 • 7 months ago

AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea

“Would be great if my bed wasn’t stuck in an inclined position ..." ...

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Oct 18 • 7 months ago

Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement

Amazon's Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE. ...

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Oct 11 • 7 months ago

People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads

"I'm about to just toss the whole thing..." ...

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