Cue two weeks of Malcolm Butler INT replays

Impossible to describe the excitement of my children upon seeing this:

Eau de AI: Amazon gives techies a whiff of software-driven perfume Amazon.com on Wednesday touted new capabilities for its SageMaker AI service that it says will help customers expedite customizing their artificial intelligence software models.

At Amazon’s annual cloud computing confab in Vegas, AI is serious business. But the most popular attraction is a gimmick: AI-designed perfume
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Amazon's head of human resources, Beth Galetti, sent a letter to all employees this morning about the initial round of layoffs. It contains an unfortunate typo:
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Letter of suggestion @MLB
Have the M’s and Blue Jays wear their 1977 expansion unis for at least one game:

iOS sure has gotten judgmental!

Exclusive: Amazon US Prime sign-ups slow despite expanded promotion, data shows Amazon doubled its Prime Day discount sales to four days this year and touted blowout numbers days after the event. But by one critical metric, it missed the mark.

".. Sign-ups in the U.S. failed to meet last year's total and even the company's own target, according to internal company data reviewed by Reuters."

$AMZN
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Exclusive: Amazon looks to ditch homegrown software for Android in Fire tablet revamp, sources say Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the company's homegrown operating system.

The new higher-end tablet is slated for release in 2026, sources tell me
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Exclusive: Amazon looks to ditch homegrown software for Android in Fire tablet revamp, sources say Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the company's homegrown operating system.

NEW: Amazon is preparing to release its first Fire tablet with Android, replacing its homegrown Fire OS — part of a project internally called Kittyhawk
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Sure enough, printed just a few days ago

And look at this formatting after Chapter 35 head…

Amazon prints a lot of the books you buy on-demand. You can tell by their cheap printer paper pages and unreviewed covers with nonsense AI generated words like “Histirical Ameclucatinc” & “Mecectiomi on Scial Anctitilotre (?)”

Weeks after Amazon's Alexa+ AI launch, a mystery: where are the users? Alexa, where are your users?

Amazon says "hundreds of thousands" have access to its new genAI-infused Alexa voice service -- so where are they?
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Amazon CEO sets out AI investment mission in annual shareholder letter Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy on Thursday justified the company's billions of dollars in outlays for artificial intelligence development, saying the investment was necessary to remain competitive.

Amazon removed all references to DEI in its proxy statement, which had numbered 21 in last year's report.
It scrubbed DEI as areas of expertise for two of its board directors, attorney Jamie S. Gorelick and Jonathan J. Rubinstein.
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Kinda sums it up, doesn’t it?

I would like to learn more about what went on in this San Francisco establishment

Amazon North Carolina workers reject union, handing retailer win in labor fight Amazon workers in North Carolina voted on Saturday against joining a union, a big win for the retail giant which has vigorously opposed organized labor at its facilities across the United States.

🚨NEW: Amazon warehouse workers reject by 3-1 joining a union in North Carolina
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Amazon union hopeful in North Carolina alleges interference in election count An upstart union in North Carolina alleged Amazon interfered with the vote counting process on Saturday at a warehouse near Raleigh.

Union hopeful in North Carolina claims Amazon is acting "above the law" as vote counting is underway:
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Huh, aren’t bananas “nature’s bananas”?

Amazon faces union vote at North Carolina warehouse Amazon is facing its second workers’ union vote in as many months as laborers at a warehouse in suburban Raleigh, North Carolina, decide this week whether they wish to collectively bargain with the retail giant.

Amazon is facing the second workers’ union vote in as many months following a successful drive at a Philadelphia Whole Foods, even as the retail giant is challenging the very existence of the NLRB. Voting begins today outside Raleigh, NC.
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Is Kendrick Lamar wearing the Amazon “a” as a medallion?

Oooh, Cars is on FX right now

Amazon's AI revamp of Alexa assistant nears unveiling Amazon is set to release its long-awaited - and delayed - Alexa generative artificial intelligence voice service, said three people familiar with the matter, and has scheduled a press event for later this month to preview it.

Amazon's long-awaited -- and delayed -- Alexa AI revamp is nigh. It's a big opportunity for Amazon...and a big risk. My story:
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🚨Breaking

Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s looking How Google, Apple and others are showing a shifting global landscape.

Viewing Google Maps from Pakistan and India shows entirely different versions of the Kashmir region
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Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.

Google Maps are a reflection of local government rules/laws, geopolitical pressure and the whims of Google executives
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And just like that, there are dozens of e-books to be had on Amazon about DeepSeek — many published yesterday

As Soon As…Prime? Huh?

How a TikTok ban would work and why users can't easily bypass it Here's a closer look at how the ban will be implemented.

In case you're wondering why TikTok not working even over a vpn -- How a TikTok ban would work and why users can't easily bypass it reuters.com/technology/h... by
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TikTok addicts see silver lining in US ban TikTok is entering its final hours in the U.S. ahead of a potential ban effective on Sunday, prompting howls of protest from devoted users of the beloved video-streaming app.

At least one upside to the TikTok shutdown — addicts get relief
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