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 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 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 […]
Seven tech giants signed Trump’s pledge to keep electricity costs from spiking around data centers
Seven tech giants signed Trump's pledge to keep electricity costs from spiking around data centers Trump summoned tech leaders to the White House on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 to sign pledges committing their companies to foot the electricity bill for energy-hungry data centers. | Photo: Getty Images Leaders from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, OpenAI, Amazon, […]
Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus gets a better interface and a 40 percent discount
Amazon's Fire TV Stick 4K Plus gets a better interface and a 40 percent discount Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K Plus is on sale for $29.99, which is $5 shy of its best price. | Image: Amazon When Amazon first showed off its redesigned Fire TV OS at CES, we were impressed. It’s faster, better […]
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 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 $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 […]
You can now make Alexa’s AI personality more friendly, blunt, or chilled out
You can now make Alexa's AI personality more friendly, blunt, or chilled out That Brief option sounds great for people like me who find cheerful chatbots to be creepy or unsettling. | Image: Amazon Amazon is giving you more control over how Alexa behaves during conversations and responses. Three “personality style” presets are launching today […]
Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent’s mistake
Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent's mistake Amazon Web Services suffered a 13-hour outage to one system in December as a result of its AI coding assistant Kiro’s actions, according to the Financial Times. Numerous unnamed Amazon employees told the FT that AI agent Kiro was responsible for the December incident affecting […]