Anthropic could spend $750bn on compute, The Wall Street Journal reports
Anthropic could spend $750bn on compute, The Wall Street Journal reports

A new draft of Anthropic’s S-1, the prospectus for its IPO, puts its possible computing spend at $750bn over the coming years. That includes deals it is still negotiating. Anissa Gardizy reported the figures for The Wall Street Journal, which saw the d…

OpenAI brings GPT-6 Astra and Codex to Google Cloud, a rival’s platform
OpenAI brings GPT-6 Astra and Codex to Google Cloud, a rival’s platform

OpenAI is bringing its frontier models and its Codex coding agent to Google Cloud, the two companies said on Wednesday. GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna are rolling out now in private preview in Google Cloud’s Model Garden, Google wrote. Select …

Blink brings 4K to its low-cost security camera lineup
Blink brings 4K to its low-cost security camera lineup

Amazon is launching a new lineup of Blink security cameras, including its first 4K, pan-tilt models, and battery-powered spotlight models. These new additions provide better resolution and extended range for monitoring your property compared to Blink’s current Mini 2K, Mini 2K Plus, and Outdoor 2K Plus offerings, with a variety of different specializations to best […]

Amazon will hire 300,000 for the holidays as other retailers hold back
Amazon will hire 300,000 for the holidays as other retailers hold back

Amazon plans to hire more than 300,000 US workers for the holiday season, up 20% from last year, with seasonal staff paid an average of $20 an hour. It is adding health cover for seasonal workers who stay into January. Overall US seasonal retail hiring…

Amazon plans to make a €16bn investment in Germany in 2027
Amazon plans to make a €16bn investment in Germany in 2027

Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, expanding its cloud computing, AI, logistics, satellite internet, and TV production businesses. The company announced the investment today at the Invest in Germany Summit in…

Walmart’s Flipkart is quietly building a food delivery challenger in India

Flipkart has expanded access to its food-delivery service to thousands of employees ahead of its public launch.

Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant

Amazon and X-energy have inked another deal to deploy nuclear power to the grid. This one will generate nearly 1 gigawatt of electricity.

Amazon’s TorchNeuron lets PyTorch code run on AWS Trainium chips
Amazon’s TorchNeuron lets PyTorch code run on AWS Trainium chips

Amazon has launched TorchNeuron, an open-source backend that lets PyTorch code run on its Trainium AI chips with a one-line change. It goes into public beta on 20 October under the Apache 2.0 licence and supports Trainium2 and Trainium3. Some PyTorch f…

Amazon is funding a new nuclear plant in Indiana
Amazon is funding a new nuclear plant in Indiana

Amazon has signed an agreement with X-energy and American Electric Power (AEP) to fund the building of a new nuclear energy facility in Indiana. The proposed plant, which would replace the now defunct coal-fueled Breed Generating Station in Fairbanks, Sullivan County, aims to provide up to 960 megawatts of carbon-free energy for both the regional […]

UK watchdog says AWS and Microsoft must do more to ease cloud switching
UK watchdog says AWS and Microsoft must do more to ease cloud switching

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have made it easier to switch cloud providers but still have more to do, the UK competition watchdog said on Friday. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also proposed bringing Microsoft under its toughest digit…