The biggest change to the service is the addition of GameNight, a growing collection of more than 25 local multiplayer games that Amazon says are “designed to bring friends family together in the living room.”
Amazon’s new Help Me Decide tool will show you a personalized recommendation for a particular category and list reasons why you should buy it.
A New York Times report on Tuesday cited internal Amazon documents touting how its shift into automation could help it sell more products without hiring more people, but today the company has issued a PR blast about robotics and delivery tech that is much sunnier. Along with a tease of AI-connected augmented reality smart glasses […]
Remember when word got out that Amazon was building smart glasses for its delivery drivers before possibly launching a version for consumers as well? Amazon has just revealed those “Amelia” glasses to the world — with a built-in display and an always-on camera to assist drivers as they go. They can help drivers find the […]
Amazon and Rivian are back together again. The e-commerce giant is collaborating with Rivian’s Also spinoff on a custom-designed, pedal-assisted, four-wheel cargo bike. The bike would likely be based on the TM-Q quad vehicle that was unveiled by Also today in San Francisco. Amazon says it wants to expand its fleet of micromobility vehicles with […]
Amazon likely hopes that the new glasses will shave valuable time off of each delivery by providing delivery drivers with detailed directions and information about hazards directly in their line of sight.
The pedal-assist cargo quad vehicles are narrow delivery vans that can operate in a bike lane.
Jamie Siminoff has returned to Ring, the company he founded, with a renewed focus on its mission statement to “Make neighborhoods safer.” Talking to The Verge ahead of the release of his new book Ding Dong, Siminoff says he believes the new wave of AI could finally help him fulfill that vision. “When I left, […]
Some smart bed users were quite literally losing sleep over the massive AWS outage on Monday. Eight Sleep’s elevating, temperature-controlling mattress systems were temporarily knocked out of service by Amazon’s server issues, with users on Reddit and X reporting their smart beds were stuck at sweltering temperatures and uncomfortable incline positions. Even our senior reviewer, […]
Amazon is reportedly leaning into automation plans that will enable the company to avoid hiring more than half a million US workers. Citing interviews and internal strategy documents, The New York Times reports that Amazon is hoping its robots can replace more than 600,000 jobs it would otherwise have to hire in the United States […]