Tag: Amazon
Amazon to stop paying Alexa developers
Amazon.com will no longer pay developers to create applications for Alexa, scrapping a key element of the company’s effort to build a flourishing app...
AI is the biggest thing since the cloud- Amazon CEO
Amazon.com CEO, Andy Jassy said his company’s cloud infrastructure will become an essential part of the generative artificial intelligence boom.“While we’re building a substantial...
Amazon: Tech giant cuts hundreds of jobs in cloud computing unit
Technology giant Amazon has announced job cuts affecting hundreds of staff at its cloud computing business.Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been growing and now...
Amazon pulls plug on cashierless grocery stores
Amazon.com is removing its cashierless Just Walk Out technology from grocery stores, a retreat from an ambitious system designed to let shoppers skip the...
Amazon spends $2.75 billion on AI startup Anthropic in its largest...
Amazon is making its largest outside investment in its three-decade history as it looks to gain an edge in the artificial intelligence race. The tech...
Nokia sues Amazon, HP over streaming patents
Nokia has filed lawsuits on three continents against Amazon for the alleged unauthorised use of its video-related technologies in streaming services and across devices.Arvin...
Vodafone, Amazon team up to compete with embattled Starlink in Africa
Vodafone is teaming up with Amazon's Low Earth Orbit satellite (LEO) communications initiative, and Project Kuiper to extend the reach of 4G/5G services to...
AWS steps up AI rivalry with Google, Microsoft
Amazon’s cloud computing division this week released a suite of technologies aimed at helping other companies develop their own chatbots and image-generation services backed...
Amazon to invest another $1.8 billion in SA
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest up to another $1.8 billion in its cloud infrastructure in South Africa by 2029.This adds to the R15.6-billion the...
M-Pesa partners Amazon to expand remittance services
Kenyan mobile money service, M-PESA has entered a strategic partnership with global e-Commerce company, Amazon, which will see M-PESA provide global remittance services.The United...