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Amazon Prime Video’s ad-free plan is getting a price hike

Amazon Prime Video’s ad-free plan is getting a price hike

Amazon Prime Video's ad-free plan is getting a price hike Amazon Prime Video is raising the price of its ad-free plan in the US and adding several new features. Starting April 10th, Prime Video’s ad-free tier will cost $4.99 per month instead of $2.99, and include “exclusive” access to 4K/UHD streaming. The price increase comes […]

Judge blocks Perplexity’s AI agents from shopping on Amazon

Judge blocks Perplexity’s AI agents from shopping on Amazon

Judge blocks Perplexity's AI agents from shopping on Amazon A federal judge has issued an order blocking Perplexity’s web browser-based AI agents from placing Amazon orders on a user’s behalf, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. In a ruling on Monday, US District Judge Maxine Chesney writes that Amazon has “provided strong evidence” that Perplexity’s Comet […]

Amazon.com says things are fixed after some issues with logging in and checking out

Amazon.com says things are fixed after some issues with logging in and checking out

Amazon.com says things are fixed after some issues with logging in and checking out If you were having issues shopping on Amazon or loading your playlists on Amazon Music on Thursday, you weren’t alone. For over three hours today, Downdetector showed a sizable spike in people reporting issues with checkout, search, and logging in. The […]

Amazon.com is up and down, with login errors and prices not loading

Amazon.com says things are fixed after some issues with logging in and checking out

Amazon.com is up and down, with login errors and prices not loading If you’re having issues shopping on Amazon or loading your playlists on Amazon Music, you’re not alone. Downdetector is showing a sizable spike in people reporting issues with checkout, search, and logging in. The problem seems to be affecting both the site and […]

We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots

We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots

We don't have to have unsupervised killer robots It’s the day of the Pentagon’s looming ultimatum for Anthropic: allow the US military unchecked access to its technology, including for mass surveillance and fully autonomous lethal weapons, or potentially be designated a “supply chain risk” and potentially lose hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts. Amid […]

Here’s your first look at Kratos in Amazon’s God of War show

Here’s your first look at Kratos in Amazon’s God of War show

Here's your first look at Kratos in Amazon's God of War show Amazon has slowly been teasing out casting details for its live-action adaptation of God of War, and now we have our first look at the show. It’s a single image but a notable one showing protagonist Kratos and his son Atreus. The characters […]

OpenAI snags $110 billion in investments from Amazon, Nvidia, and Softbank

OpenAI snags 0 billion in investments from Amazon, Nvidia, and Softbank

OpenAI snags $110 billion in investments from Amazon, Nvidia, and Softbank OpenAI has closed another round of funding, totalling $110 billion being newly committed to the maker of ChatGPT, which it says has more than 900 million weekly active users and over 50 million consumer subscribers. Amazon is investing $50 billion and striking a deal […]