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Designkit launches free browser-based image background remover for sellers
Designkit has launched a free, browser-based Image Background Remover aimed at brands, online sellers and marketers. According to the company, users can run up to 100…
AWS to deploy 3M's Expanded Beam Optical platform in its data centers
Amazon Web Services plans to deploy and scale 3M's Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) platform across its data center infrastructure, the two companies said in an announcement…
Blink launches five cameras, including its first 4K, spotlight and pan-tilt models
Blink, Amazon's home security camera brand, has announced five new cameras, among them its first 4K, battery-powered spotlight and pan-tilt models. All five are…
Amazon has an outside nonprofit audit the tests it uses to check its AI models
Amazon asked an independent nonprofit to assess not its AI models but the safety tests used to evaluate them. According to Amazon, the review by AVERI confirmed several…
Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion in Germany in 2027
Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, with money going to data centers and AI infrastructure, satellite internet, logistics and…
Amazon backs 960 MW nuclear project on former coal site in Indiana
Amazon, X-energy and American Electric Power (AEP) have signed an agreement to explore building 12 Xe-100 small modular reactors in Indiana, targeting 960 megawatts of…
Amazon launches Bee Frontier wearable and Bee Eclipse phone attachment
Amazon has introduced two new personal AI devices under its Bee brand: Bee Frontier, a wearable available now for $74.99, and Bee Eclipse, a magnetic phone attachment…
AI agents may make dollar stablecoins the money of machine commerce
As AI agents begin to buy services, pay for data and transact with other systems, the choice of money and payment rails they use is being made now, according to an…
Baseten to host Runway's Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0 video models in dedicated environments
Baseten and Runway have partnered to let enterprises deploy Runway's Gen-4.5 and Aleph 2.0 video models, including fine-tuned versions, in single-tenant environments…
Gears of War: E-Day Arrives on GeForce NOW, Fire TV Memberships Coming
Gears of War: E-Day is now streaming on NVIDIA's GeForce NOW cloud gaming service, following its global release on Tuesday, Oct. 6. NVIDIA also said Fire TV users will…
Amazon Launches Kids Tablets With AI Storybuilder and Google Play Access
Amazon has introduced a new family of Amazon Kids Tablets in 8.7-inch and 11-inch sizes, adding an AI-powered creative tool called Storybuilder and parent-managed access…
Amazon launches Alexa Tablets in three sizes with Alexa+ built in, from $229
Amazon has introduced Amazon Alexa Tablets, a new lineup of three Android tablets with Alexa+ built into the core of each device. According to Amazon, the range starts…
Duke Energy settles with Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft on data center costs
Duke Energy has reached a settlement with the North Carolina Public Staff, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other parties that requires data centers and other…
Ring Smart Lock can be recharged by hand with a built-in power dial
Ring has unveiled the Ring Smart Lock, which includes a power dial that lets owners recharge the lock by hand if its battery dies. According to Ring, the lock is due to…
Ring unveils four 4K cameras and a pan-tilt indoor cam with 360-degree coverage
Ring has introduced five new home cameras: four Retinal Vision 4K models for indoor and outdoor use, and the Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam 2K, which follows motion across 360…
Amazon's Holiday Kids Gift Book returns with 600+ toys and an Alexa+ story
Amazon's Holiday Kids Gift Book is back for a ninth year with more than 600 toys and gifts, and this edition adds an Alexa+ audio adventure featuring its Forest Friends…
AWS shows how to train a search agent with multi-turn RL on SageMaker AI
AWS has published a walkthrough of how to fine-tune a search agent with Amazon SageMaker AI multi-turn reinforcement learning (MTRL). The post describes training a…
Amazon Rebuts Data Center Myths as 100 Moratoriums Loom in US
Amazon has published a long statement arguing that the US cannot afford to slow its data center buildout, and it takes aim at four common criticisms of the facilities.…
Synopsys and Amazon sign multi-year IP deal worth more than $1B
Synopsys has signed a multi-year agreement with Amazon, worth more than $1 billion according to the company, to supply silicon IP and AI-powered engineering software for…
Amazon launches faster Fire TV Stick 4K and a remote you can use by feel
Amazon has launched the Fire TV Stick 4K, which the company says gets users to content nearly 20-40% faster than a similarly priced 4K stick from another leading brand.…
Amazon details Indiana deals meant to keep data center energy costs off neighbors
Amazon says long-term agreements with two Indiana utilities are designed to keep the energy costs of its data centers away from other customers. The company described…