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Amazon deploys 1 millionth robot as automation transforms warehouse jobs

Amazon has recently reached a milestone in warehouse automation, deploying its one-millionth robot across its global operations network. The company announced the achievement alongside a new AI system designed to enhance the efficiency of its robotic workforce.

Amazon to invest $54 billion in UK expansion, create jobs

Amazon has announced plans to invest £40 billion ($54 billion) in the UK over the next three years. The investment will fund new fulfillment centers, corporate offices, and infrastructure upgrades, while creating thousands of jobs, according to a report by Reuters.

Amazon enters space internet race; first Kuiper satellites launched

Amazon has launched its first batch of 27 satellites for Project Kuiper, marking the beginning of its $10 billion plan to build a global broadband internet network. The satellites were carried into space on April 28, 2025, by a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.  

Analysis / AI will become a Madison Avenue sensation in 2025

Even companies such as Netflix and Amazon, which until recently relied mainly on subscriptions, are getting in on the action

Amazon officially begins selling cars online

Amazon has officially entered the online car sales market with the launch of Amazon Autos, an e-commerce platform enabling customers to search for, order, and purchase new vehicles directly from dealerships.

Amazon unveils Nova, new set of AI models

Amazon has introduced Nova, a collection of advanced AI models designed for tasks like analysing text, generating images, and creating videos. These models, announced at the AWS conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, aim to help businesses reduce costs, speed up processes, and customise AI for their specific needs, says Amazon in an official blog post.

Amazon develops Olympus AI: Report

Amazon, the e-commerce platform, has reportedly developed a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) model, codenamed Olympus, capable of processing images and videos in addition to text.

Amazon invests additional $4 bln in AI startup Anthropic

Amazon has poured another $4 billion into Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup behind the chatbot Claude. This new funding doubles Amazon’s total investment in the startup to $8 billion. 

Amazon wants to be everything to everyone

Innovations unveiled in recent days by the Seattle-based tech titan included a delivery van computer system to shave time off deliveries by its speed-obsessed logistics network

November 15, 2022
November 15, 2022

Amazon plans to cut 10,000 jobs: Reports

Online retail giant Amazon is planning to cut 10,000 jobs, which is 3 percent of its global workforce, as it grapples with the uncertain economy taking over globally, the New York Times (NYT) and Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Monday.

November 3, 2022
November 3, 2022

AWS Outposts Rack service now available in Bangladesh

AWS Outposts rack, a part of the Amazon Web Services, can now be shipped and installed at data centres and on-premises locations in Bangladesh.

October 20, 2022
October 20, 2022

Amazon faces US $1 billion lawsuit in UK for 'favouring its own products'

E-commerce giant Amazon.com is facing a lawsuit in Britain for damages of up to US $1 billion over allegations that the online marketplace abused its dominant position by favouring its own products, lawyers said.

October 11, 2022
October 11, 2022

Debunking the myth of the bestsellers

Despite the exclusivity of the title, bookstores are flooded with "number one bestsellers".

October 11, 2022
October 11, 2022

Big Tech and our right to know

The right to know doesn’t end with the existence of a law.

August 24, 2022
August 24, 2022

TikTok influencers boycott Amazon

TikTok influencers, with over 51 million followers collectively, refuses to work with Amazon until the company halts anti-union activities and deliver key concessions to employees. 

January 7, 2022
January 7, 2022

How tech giants took advantage of the pandemic

In a dramatic reversal of fortune for the big tech companies, Amazon and Facebook capitalised on being seen as essential for people in lockdown,

September 16, 2021
September 16, 2021

Five global tech firms paid Tk 4.6 crore VAT in August to NBR

Five global tech firms paid Tk 4.6 crore as value added tax (VAT) in August with social media giant facebook depositing the highest amount, which reflects the growing desire of businesses to advert about their product and services in the digital sphere.

June 16, 2020
June 16, 2020

Amazon launches tech to maintain social distancing at its facilities

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) says it launched a technology-aided system in some of its facilities to maintain social distancing, called ‘Distance Assistant’.

September 7, 2019
September 7, 2019

7 Amazon countries sign forest pact

Seven Amazonian countries sign a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest via disaster response coordination and satellite monitoring, amid recent fires that torched thousands of square miles of the jungle.