Amazon is reportedly in talks to invest $50B in OpenAI

If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy.

Amazon wants you to shop for groceries online as it shutters retail stores

Amazon is shutting down its Fresh and Go stores in the US, signaling a clear shift toward online grocery shopping and delivery while placing bigger bets on the Whole Foods brand.
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Amazon says it is laying off 16,000 employees

This is Amazon’s second layoff after the company cut 14,000 corporate jobs in October.

Scientists Warn Growing Satellite Constellations Could Trigger Orbital Collapse

A new study warns that crowded internet satellite constellations like Starlink may push low Earth orbit toward a collision cascade, threatening global communication and navigation systems.
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Amazon agrees to pay consumers $309M in returns policy settlement

The lawsuit, filed in 2023, alleged that Amazon caused “substantial unjustified monetary losses” for consumers who returned an item but were still charged for it.

Amazon shutters all of its physical Go and Fresh stores
Amazon shutters all of its physical Go and Fresh stores

Amazon Go and Fresh physical store locations will soon be no more, with Amazon announcing on Tuesday that it’s closing the majority of the stores and converting others into Whole Foods Market locations. Customers will still be able to order from Amazon Fresh online, but won’t be able to shop at physical stores with the […]

Amazon is closing its physical Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores

These retail closures will not impact customers who use Amazon for grocery delivery.

Amazon will pay customers $309 million to settle ‘no hassle returns’ lawsuit
Amazon will pay customers $309 million to settle ‘no hassle returns’ lawsuit

Amazon is resolving claims that it incorrectly processed returns with a proposed settlement valued at over $1 billion, as reported earlier by Reuters and Bloomberg Law. The settlement includes $600 million in refunds, along with an additional $309.5 million in payments to affected customers. Initially filed in 2023, the class action lawsuit claims that while […]

Ring can verify videos now, but that might not help you with most AI fakes
Ring can verify videos now, but that might not help you with most AI fakes

Ring has launched a new Ring Verify tool that the company says can “verify that Ring videos you receive haven’t been edited or changed.” But since Ring won’t verify videos that have been altered in any way, it probably won’t be able to verify those videos you see on TikTok that look like they’re from […]

Ring is adding a new content verification feature to videos

Ring says the new feature will identify if video edits have been made, even if they’re minor.