Apple okays Epic Games marketplace app in Europe
By Jaspreet Singh and Foo Yun Chee (Reuters) - Apple said on Friday it has approved Epic Games' games marketplace app on iPhones and iPads in Europe, after the "Fortnite" maker escalated its feud with the technology giant, accusing it of
Talen asks US regulators to reject challenge to Amazon data center deal
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Talen Energy has asked U.S. regulators to reject a challenge to its recent Amazon data center deal, which is being opposed by a group of electric utilities that say the agreement could raise power
Amazon lures cofounders from startup Adept to bolster AI efforts
By Greg Bensinger and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Amazon.com hired away artificial intelligence startup Adept's co-founders and some of its team in a move that echoes one by rival Microsoft, as it seeks to battle a perception that it is playing
Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access
Amazon, Vrio to launch satellite internet in South America, competing with Starlink
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Amazon and telecommunications firm Vrio will jointly launch a satellite internet service in seven South American countries, the two parties said on Thursday, putting them in direct competition with Elon Musk's Starlink. Vrio, the U.S.
Amazon’s robotaxi unit Zoox to begin testing in Austin, Miami
By Jaspreet Singh and Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) - Amazon.com's robotaxi unit Zoox said on Wednesday it plans to start testing its autonomous vehicles in Austin, Texas, and Miami, a move that would mark its first trial sites outside the western United
Duke Energy inks deals with Amazon, Google, Microsoft on clean energy supply
By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - Amazon, Google and Microsoft have signed initial agreements to develop new power contract terms with electric utilities in the U.S. south aimed at lowering the cost of building new nuclear technologies and batteries, Duke Energy said
Amazon in talks with Italy to invest billions of euros in cloud plan
By Elvira Pollina, Valentina Za and Supantha Mukherjee MILAN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Amazon's computing unit AWS is in talks with Italy to invest billions of euros in the expansion of its data centre business in the country as part of the tech
Amazon, AI startup Hugging Face pair to use Amazon chips
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Amazon.com's cloud unit on Wednesday said it has partnered with artificial intelligence startup Hugging Face to make it easier to run thousands of AI models on Amazon's custom computing chips. Valued at $4.5 billion, Hugging Face has