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Amazon commits $100M to Bellevue to ‘accelerate’ production of affordable housing

Amazon announced that it is giving $100 million to support affordable housing efforts in Bellevue, Wash. The contribution is part… Read More

Amazon’s new quantum chip joins race to enable next era of computing

Amazon unveiled a prototype quantum processor with a novel architecture that promises to significantly reduce the resources required to unlock… Read More

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Amazon Web Services focuses on optimizing artificial intelligence in space

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are turning into requirements for space operations, and Amazon Web Services is optimizing its products… Read More

Amazon’s new Alexa+ uses generative AI to personalize conversations and automate tasks

Amazon unveiled Alexa+, a new service that integrates generative AI natively into the company’s longtime voice assistant — promising free-flowing… Read More

Seattle grocery space with ties to Amazon to become new H Mart

The physical grocery landscape in Seattle is taking another turn in a space once connected to Amazon. A former New… Read More

Amazon MGM Studios strikes deal for 007, takes over creative control of James Bond film franchise

Will James Bond finally return to action? The prospect for a new film in the long-running spy thriller series increased… Read More

Amazon to retire Chime meeting service, shift to Zoom internally as it rolls out Microsoft 365 apps

There will be no more apologies about Chime from Amazon employees to outsiders joining their meetings. That ritual of logging… Read More

Initial election results show support for Seattle social housing tax opposed by Amazon, Microsoft

Seattle voters are showing support for a new tax on big business that would fund a social housing developer. More… Read More

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Podcast: Amazon, AI, and the cloud — a reality check, with Corey Quinn of ‘Last Week in AWS’

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sounded more bullish than ever about the potential for artificial intelligence on the company’s earnings call… Read More

Amazon cuts workforce diversity reference from annual filing amid Trump-led backlash against DEI

Amazon scrubbed a reference to workforce diversity from its annual 10-K report this morning, reflecting a broader corporate retreat from… Read More

Amazon on pace for $100B+ in yearly capex; Jassy expects cost efficiencies to drive AI demand

Amazon reported $26.3 billion in capital expenditures in the fourth quarter, and the company plans to keep spending at that… Read More

Amazon’s quarterly profits soar to a record $20 billion, but cloud growth comes up short

Amazon beat Wall Street’s overall expectations with $187.8 billion in net sales, up 10%, and came in well ahead on… Read More

Amazon earnings preview: AWS cloud growth, AI demand, trade wars among key issues to watch

Amazon’s cloud growth rate has been increasing steadily in recent quarters, and investors are looking for the trend to continue… Read More

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Podcast: DeepSeek reality check; Amazon, Bezos, and the Post; lost in the Microsoft garage

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we dive deep into DeepSeek, the AI project shaking up the tech world, to… Read More

Amazon’s latest job cuts impact corporate communications and sustainability employees

Amazon laid off employees in its communications and sustainability organizations on Wednesday in the latest round of cuts at the… Read More

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Bezos vs. Bezos: Amazon sues WA state over Washington Post request for Kuiper records

The company that Jeff Bezos founded has gone to court to keep the newspaper he owns from finding out too… Read More

Whole Foods CEO’s role expands to oversee Amazon’s entire worldwide grocery initiatives

Amazon is adding some big items to the Whole Foods CEO’s cart. Jason Buechel will expand his role to oversee… Read More

Amazon pauses drone deliveries for software changes; Oregon test crash ‘not the primary reason’

Amazon confirmed that it voluntarily paused its Prime Air drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona, but downplayed the role of… Read More

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The documents that help Amazon think: Inside the tech giant’s process for strategic planning

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: An inside look at Amazon’s classic process for strategic thinking and decision-making, with a… Read More

Amazon cuts about 200 jobs in stores division

Amazon is laying off employees in its North America Stores division, impacting roughly 200 employees across the U.S., the company… Read More

Can a bear hug thaw the ‘Seattle Freeze’? Civic group tests theory in the wild around Amazon HQ

Whether or not you subscribe to the notion that the “Seattle Freeze” is definitely a real thing, there was no… Read More

Microsoft’s former head of Windows and Devices design to lead Amazon Devices & Services design

Ralf Groene, a key figure in the design of Microsoft’s devices for more than 17 years, has emerged from a… Read More

Amazon’s new playbook? NFL player reading on sideline helps obscure title shoot to No. 1 seller

Forget spending money on ads during NFL games, Amazon should just hand out books to players as a marketing ploy.… Read More

As AI booms, here’s how Microsoft and Amazon are coming up with energy solutions

Artificial intelligence and the data centers that drive the technology are booming with no end in sight. That’s putting mounting… Read More

Amazon and Seattle: Mayor Bruce Harrell on tech giant’s full return to office, and relationship with city

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is threading the needle with Amazon. In an interview with GeekWire this week, Harrell explained how… Read More

Amazon parents who got used to remote flexibility are frustrated by new 5-day in-office policy

Amazon’s mandate to bring corporate and tech employees back to the office five days per week is being met with… Read More

Amazon’s Ring expands into smoke detectors with integration into new Kidde devices

Ring, the Amazon-owned video doorbell and home security company, is branching out into smoke and carbon monoxide detection through a… Read More

Barnes & Noble sells ‘a better book’ than Amazon: CEO credits bookstore experience at revived chain

Barnes & Noble went from near-bust to back in action and the CEO of the nation’s largest remaining book chain… Read More

On the ground from Amazon HQ in Seattle: Small businesses ‘excited’ as 5-day policy kicks in

Standing inside her food truck Spice on Curve in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood on Thursday, Nasima Akhter was prepping… Read More

Downtown Seattle leader calls Amazon’s return-to-office mandate ‘influential’ as 5-day policy begins

Will other companies follow Amazon’s lead? That’s a key question for the future of downtown Seattle as the tech giant… Read More