
Amazon has announced that starting on May 20th, 2026, Kindle e-readers and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier will “no longer be able to purchase, borrow, or download new content via the Kindle Store,” Amazon spokesperson Jackie Burke wrote in an email to The Verge. Users will still be able to read books […]
The new model will be used by a small number of high-profile companies to engage in defensive cybersecurity work.
Uber is expanding its AWS contract to run more of its ride-sharing features on Amazon’s chips. This is a thumb-of-the nose at Oracle and Google.

Jeff Bezos badly wanted a voice computer. He had been saying so publicly since the very early days of Amazon, telling anyone who would listen about why voice might make it easier and more natural to interact with technology. (And to buy stuff from Jeff Bezos.) But when a team at Amazon set out to […]
Amazon is adding a 3.5% fuel surcharge on fees for third-party sellers starting April 17, driven by surging oil prices tied to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Shoppers could soon feel the impact too.
The e-commerce giant called the surcharge “temporary” but couldn’t give a date for when the policy would be retired.
Alexa, you know the drill. Feed me.