Amazon puts 50 Mercedes-Benz eActros electric semi trucks to work in Germany
Amazon puts 50 Mercedes-Benz eActros electric semi trucks to work in Germany

From sea to shining sea, Amazon is serious about electrifying its delivery fleet – now, the company is taking that seriousness across the pond, announcing plans to deploy 50 of Mercedes-Benz’ new battery-electric eActros semi trucks before the end of 2…

Amazon lets its advertisers buy ads in ChatGPT in a pilot with OpenAI
Amazon lets its advertisers buy ads in ChatGPT in a pilot with OpenAI

Amazon will let advertisers buy ads in ChatGPT through its own advertising platform. Amazon Ads announced the partnership with OpenAI in a blog post on 10 September. Select US advertisers are already testing it in a pilot. Advertisers who plan and run …

Amazon adds Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to its board
Amazon adds Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to its board

“If there is a way in, the modern AI threat will find it,” Kevin Mandia wrote in March, in the blog post that launched his cybersecurity startup, Armadin. Six months later, Amazon has elected him to its board of directors. Amazon announced the appointm…

Amazon makes it easier to buy what you see on Prime Video

Amazon is expanding shopping integrations across Prime Video, letting viewers discover products tied to thousands of shows, movies, and live sports through X-Ray, its shopping app, and a new Lens-powered “Shop the Scene” feature.

Amazon sells its first sterling bonds, taking 2026 borrowing past $92bn
Amazon sells its first sterling bonds, taking 2026 borrowing past $92bn

Amazon has opened books on its first sterling bonds, a four-part deal running from three to 19 years, adding another currency to a borrowing programme that has already raised the equivalent of more than $92bn this year. The sale was reported by Reuters…

Amazon Prime Video’s new AI tech matches lips to dubbed audio
Amazon Prime Video’s new AI tech matches lips to dubbed audio

Amazon’s Prime Video is launching a new AI-powered feature that lines up an actor’s mouth with “human-dubbed” audio. The feature is only available with the English dub of the German series Maxton Hall for now, but Prime Video plans to expand it to “additional titles” in the future. In its announcement, Prime Video says it […]

Amazon accused of systematically denying pregnant warehouse workers chairs and breaks
Amazon accused of systematically denying pregnant warehouse workers chairs and breaks

Four former Amazon warehouse employees have filed a proposed nationwide class action accusing the company of routinely refusing pregnant workers the accommodations they are entitled to by law, and then disciplining them for the absences that followed. …

An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport
An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport

A plane bearing an Amazon logo overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday during landing, crashing into vehicles and resulting in multiple injuries. The extent of the damage or the seriousness of the injuries was not clear at the time of publication. In the aftermath of the incident, the FAA released a statement […]

Nobody can predict Amazon’s ad reserve prices, including Amazon. That is the defence.
Nobody can predict Amazon’s ad reserve prices, including Amazon. That is the defence.

The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states sued Amazon in Seattle on 31 August, alleging it inflated auction prices for Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands and Sponsored Display, and generated more than $20bn in additional advertising costs since 2019…

Amazon’s AI assistant can now spot fake emails from the company
Amazon’s AI assistant can now spot fake emails from the company

Amazon is trying to combat impersonation scams with a new feature that allows you to use its AI assistant to determine whether an email, text message, or phone call actually came from the company. With the update, you can ask Alexa for Shopping about a message you received, and it will use AI to compare […]