Amazon reportedly expanding chip design efforts, aiming at Echo, cameras, and AI Amazon has been designing its own chips for a few years, ever since acquiring Annapurna Labs in 2016, but it… Read More
Former Microsoft Research chief Rick Rashid on the rise of ‘invisible’ tech, robotics, AI, and Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH — So much has changed, in this city and in the technology world, since Rick Rashid arrived in 1979… Read More
‘Whose City? Our City!’: Pittsburgh citizens worry about consequences of Amazon HQ2 PITTSBURGH — Economic development officials around the country are competing for Amazon’s $5 billion second headquarters, which promises 50,000 jobs… Read More
Report: Amazon gearing up to roll out FedEx and UPS competitor ‘Shipping with Amazon’ in L.A. Amazon is on the verge of rolling out a new delivery service that will compete with carriers like FedEx and… Read More
Amazon Web Services adds new at-rest encryption option for DynamoDB database users DynamoDB users have a new encryption option from Amazon Web Services, as the cloud leader continues to try and make… Read More
At community forum on Amazon HQ2, Pittsburgh looks to avoid becoming the next Seattle PITTSBURGH — Seattleites like to point to the San Francisco Bay Area as a case study in problems to avoid:… Read More
New details on Amazon’s private meeting with Seattle officials: Who’s going, and what they’ll discuss Amazon’s private meeting with Seattle leaders is coming into focus. The Feb. 9 roundtable will convene Amazon executives and city officials… Read More
Amazon unveils Whole Foods grocery delivery service, free for 2-hour Prime orders over $35 Amazon’s integration with Whole Foods took a big step forward Thursday as the tech giant announced a new grocery delivery… Read More
Amazon ditching lock screen ads on Prime discount smartphones in exchange for $20 price increase Amazon says it is getting rid of the lock screen ads and offers that support its Prime smartphone program, but… Read More
Amazon passes Samsung for 2nd place in worldwide tablet shipments, sees 50% growth in 2017 Amazon’s worldwide tablet shipments spiked 48 percent last quarter while the tech giant passed Samsung for second place in vendor… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa takes the trophy for top Super Bowl ad by beating the NFL, Budweiser and more Despite the fact that the actual football game was the more entertaining part of the evening for once, some Super… Read More
When Big Tech comes to town: Pittsburgh tries to repair Uber deal and apply lessons to Amazon bid PITTSBURGH — When Uber started eyeing this city as a testing ground for self-driving cars back in 2016, Mayor Bill… Read More
This church has faith in Amazon: Tech giant’s HQ2 could help ‘make Pittsburgh alive again’ PITTSBURGH — The stunning 14-foot cross suspended above the altar at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral was constructed of steel, glass and… Read More
Seattle freeze, meet Pittsburgh nice: A love letter and a warning to the Steel City PITTSBURGH — With bone-chilling temperatures dipping into the teens and a light dusting of snow on the ground, Pittsburgh’s bitter… Read More
Behind the scenes: Pittsburgh’s mayor talks with GeekWire about Amazon HQ2 and more PITTSBURGH — One of the highlights of our first week here was the chance to sit down with Pittsburgh Mayor… Read More
Amazon now employs 566,000 people worldwide — a 66 percent jump from a year ago The number of people working for Amazon continues to go way, way up as the Seattle-based tech giant reached 566,000… Read More
Amazon profits soar to $1.9B in key holiday quarter, eclipsing Wall Street’s expectations Amazon told the world last holiday season was its biggest yet, and the retail giant wasn’t messing around. Amazon posted… Read More
Amazon Web Services hits $5B in quarterly revenue with no signs of slowing down It looks like the whole cloud computing thing is going to work out well for Amazon. Amazon Web Services reported… Read More
Visitor experience at Amazon’s newly opened Spheres leaves some wishing for better look inside People hoping to visit the newly opened Spheres on Amazon’s Seattle campus would do well to double check just what… Read More
LGBT activists urge Amazon to avoid these 11 cities for HQ2 When Amazon narrowed the list of contenders for its second headquarters down to 20 earlier this month, some LGBT activists… Read More
Watch: GeekWire talks Amazon HQ2, Steel City tech and more on ‘Pittsburgh Today Live’ PITTSBURGH — Everywhere we go in Steel City, curious Pittsburghers have asked us some variety of the question: What do… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella explains why he’s not worried about Alexa on Windows PCs Alexa’s impending arrival on several Windows PCs looks like it could be trouble for Microsoft’s Cortana, but its CEO Satya… Read More
Pittsburgh’s mayor says Amazon HQ2 could boost his city more than any other contender — if tech giant can learn from Seattle’s problems PITTSBURGH — In his 53 years on this planet and in this city, Bill Peduto has never seen a real… Read More
Amazon releases full Super Bowl ad, with celebrity cameos and a mysterious Alexa headset — but company says it’s just a prop After offering a teaser last week, Amazon released its full Super Bowl ad this morning in advance of this weekend’s… Read More
Nearly 100 scholars and urbanists urge HQ2 cities to collectively reject Amazon’s call for incentives Some of the top minds in North America are expressing deep concern about Amazon’s solicitation of incentives from cities vying… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa can now send SMS text messages to smartphones via voice command Amazon’s digital brain, Alexa, can already make calls and now she can send text messages too. Users can now ask Alexa to… Read More
Amazon’s Treasure Truck rolling up to Whole Foods stores across the U.S. starting today Amazon’s Treasure Trucks will show up at several Whole Foods locations around the nation starting today, the latest integration between… Read More
Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway to form their own healthcare tech company Three of the world’s most influential business leaders — Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon — are bringing their… Read More
‘The plants look happy’: Jeff Bezos, with help from Amazon’s Alexa, opens ‘remarkable’ Spheres After hearing from Washington’s governor, Seattle’s mayor and others, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos turned to a voice he truly recognizes… Read More
This city is in the running for Amazon’s HQ2: But do residents really want the tech giant to move in? PITTSBURGH — This city of bridges may be a long-shot for Amazon’s second headquarters. But residents here would certainly welcome… Read More
