Blue Origin to lay off 10% of workforce — read memo from CEO to employees Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture plans to cut about 10% of its workforce, according to an announcement Thursday by… Read More
Departing Amazon exec Dave Limp will become CEO at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture Blue Origin has confirmed that Dave Limp, who is leaving his post as Amazon’s senior vice president of devices and… Read More
Amazon unveils new AI features in quest to make Alexa ‘superhuman’ It was tough, as usual, to keep up with the announcements coming out of Amazon’s fall Devices & Services event… Read More
Amazon previews Alexa ‘Let’s Chat’ feature for Echo devices, building on generative AI technology Amazon this morning showed a new feature, dubbed “Let’s Chat” driven by generative artificial intelligence, designed to make its Alexa… Read More
Should Amazon be ‘pumped’ to land Panos Panay? A closer look at longtime Microsoft devices leader Microsoft developed its first Surface tablet more than a decade ago under strict secrecy to give then-CEO Steve Ballmer the… Read More
Report: Departing Microsoft exec Panos Panay set to lead Amazon’s Alexa and Echo business Amazon is expected to name Panos Panay, the longtime Microsoft Windows and Devices leader, as the new executive in charge… Read More
Amazon devices chief Dave Limp is leaving in latest executive departure Dave Limp, the longtime leader of Amazon’s devices division, will step down later this year. Limp is leaving Amazon after… Read More
Play Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Layoffs land at Amazon HQ; Redfin’s real estate reversal; Jeff Bezos and Jay-Z Play Amazon became the latest tech giant to make layoffs in its corporate workforce this week in the face of the… Read More
Amazon devices chief Dave Limp addresses layoffs in memo to employees As Amazon has started the process of laying off employees from its corporate and tech workforce this week, one senior… Read More
Amazon unveils a new $340 ‘Kindle Scribe’ e-reader that doubles as a digital notebook Amazon started its fall devices event this morning by unveiling a new version of its Kindle e-reader, called Kindle Scribe,… Read More
Amazon exec Dave Limp expects Project Kuiper satellites to boost sales and cloud Why is Amazon planning to put thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit? Part of the motivation is to expand… Read More
Amazon considered stricter privacy settings after criticism over handling of voice recordings After it faced public backlash against the practice of using people to review voice recordings from Alexa devices, Amazon gave… Read More
Play Podcast Amazon expands Alexa’s horizons while attempting to alleviate consumer privacy concerns Play Amazon announced a long list of new Echo and Alexa products and initiatives this week — from smart glasses to… Read More
Why Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sees new opportunity in the yard, on the sidewalk, and beyond Alexa is finally moving out of the house. That was the underlying theme of Amazon’s annual hardware and services unveiling… Read More
Amazon introduces revamped $99 Echo, new Echo Connect calling device, Echo Buttons and more FOLLOW-UP: Here’s everything Amazon announced today Amazon this morning unveiled an array of new Echo devices, including a smaller and… Read More
