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Amazon’s Zoox Wins First US Approval For Paid Robotaxis Without Human Controls
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Amazon’s Zoox unit has won U.S. approval for limited commercial deployment of its novel steering-wheel-free robotaxis, a first for the autonomous ride industry, the U.S. auto safety agency said on Thursday. Zoox said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administratio … ⌘ Read more

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Amazon Trying to Launch a Global Satellite Cellphone Network In 2028
Amazon has asked the FCC to approve a 5,105-satellite constellation launching in 2028 that would provide global direct-to-cell “voice, messaging, data, and emergency services,” similar to Starlink’s partnership with T-Mobile. The network would use Globalstar spectrum, support future Apple satellite services, and complement Amazon’s existi … ⌘ Read more

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Apple Will ‘Watch Everything Burn’ When AI Bubble Bursts
MacRumors interviewed AI critic Ed Zitron, author of the Where’s Your Ed At newsletter and host of the Better Offline podcast, about what could happen to Apple if the costly AI infrastructure boom collapses. Zitron argued that Apple is relatively well insulated because it has spent far less on data centers than rivals such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. He sai … ⌘ Read more

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A New Middle Class of Content Creators Is Quietly Quitting the 9-to-5
“The rise of TikTok, Instagram Reels and Amazon storefronts has created a new kind of white-collar exit strategy,” reports Bloomberg. Workers ditch office jobs not to become celebrities, necessarily, “but to piece together an income online through brand deals, affiliate links and highly personal videos documenting everyday life.”

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Amazon Cracks Down On Use of AI Images By Sellers
CNBC reports:

Amazon is requiring that third-party sellers label any product images or videos that contain “AI-generated people” after New York recently passed a law mandating greater transparency around “synthetic performers” in ads… The policy directs sellers to tag images [and videos or other graphics on listing pages] with specific metadata keywords before they’re uploade … ⌘ Read more

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Are Wars Blurring Lines Between Corporate and National Security?
Subsea cables. Ukrainian power stations. Russian oil refineries. Even airports, water-desalination plants and Amazon data centers.

They’ve all become targets in wartime, notes the Wall Street Journal, and around the world now arguments “are already brewing between companies and governments over new regulations and potential costs.”

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Amazon Blames Piracy Apps With Malware For Killing New Fire Stick Sideloading
Amazon says it is ending sideloading on new Fire Sticks because “apps that facilitate piracy, and other apps, can carry malware,” adding that there is “a good amount of evidence” that sideloaded apps may contain unwanted code or behavior. However, the company did not provide specific examples of Fire Stick users being har … ⌘ Read more

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An Amazon Seller Says They Were Offered a Way to Bribe an Amazon Employee
Jack Nekhala had a business selling on Amazon — and in December he received an unusual offer, reports Bloomberg. A woman said she could bribe an Amazon employee “to help him retrieve $90,000 in funds that the e-commerce giant had frozen after suspending him over an alleged violation of review policy.”

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Linux Foundation & Others Launch “Akrites” To Defend Open-Source Software From AI-Enabled Exploits
The Linux Foundation along with others like Amazon, Anthropic, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Red Hat, and others have joined forces to launch Akrites. The Akrites project is aiming to help defend critical open-source software from the brisk pace of new AI/LLM-discovered software bugs and vulnerabilities in ensuring that said issues are effectively addressed before they can be exploited by bad actors… ⌘ Read more

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Amazon Retaliated Against Workers Who Supported Regulating Data Centers, Complaint Says
Three Amazon employees have filed a civil-rights complaint alleging the company retaliated against them for publicly supporting Seattle regulations on data centers. “The complaint was filed on the workers’ behalf by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, an independent group of corporate employees at Amazon … ⌘ Read more

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Amazon Drops Sam Altman Movie After Announcing OpenAI Partnership
Amazon MGM has dropped Luca Guadagnino’s nearly completed Sam Altman biopic Artificial and is seeking another distributor for the film. The move comes months after Amazon expanded its multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, fueling speculation about a potential conflict given the movie’s reportedly unflattering portrayal of Altman … ⌘ Read more

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EU To Soon Classify AWS and Azure As Gatekeepers Under DSA
The European Commission is reportedly preparing to provisionally classify Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act, bringing cloud infrastructure under the law’s stricter competition rules for the first time. The designation could require greater interoperability and data portability, making it easier for customers to … ⌘ Read more

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AI Will Lead To Labor Shortages, Bezos Says In Optimistic Talk
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Artificial Intelligence will lead to labour shortages, not the replacement of humans, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted in a highly optimistic appearance at the VivaTech technology conference in Paris on Wednesday. Bezos put forward a rosy vision of how technology will help humanity, speaking about projec … ⌘ Read more

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Amazon CEO’s Talks with U.S. Officials Triggered Crackdown on Anthropic Models
The Wall Street Journal reports:

The Trump administration’s decision to halt all foreign use of Anthropic’s most capable AI models was prompted by conversations between Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy and U.S. officials including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, people familiar with the matter said.

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The Boys Star Couldn’t Stop Crying After Learning His Season 5 Ending
Jack Quaid broke down after discovering his character’s ending in The Boys Season 5 finale. For context, Quaid stars as Hugh “Hughie” Campbell in Amazon Prime Video’s series. He’s the de facto lead and the emotional core of the ragtag vigilante group. Jack Quaid details his emotional reaction to his The Boys Season 5 ending […]

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Homelander & Starlight Make a Surprising Return After The Boys Finale
The Boys’ Homelander, Starlight, and Black Noir are making a return weeks after the Amazon Prime Video series’ finale. However, it’s not how most fans would’ve expected. Call of Duty: Mobile brings in Homelander and more from The Boys The Boys is collaborating with Call of Duty: Mobile for the game’s Season 5: Revenge update. […]

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The Girlfriend Season 2 Is Happening at Amazon MGM but There’s a Twist
The Girlfriend will reportedly receive a Season 2, but with a twist. Amazon MGM Studios is developing the follow-up, whose predecessor became a Prime Video hit last year. Amazon MGM is developing The Girlfriend follow-up The Boyfriend The Boyfriend is reportedly in development over at Amazon MGM Studios. However, this is not a Season 2 […]

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Arnold Schwarzenegger & Liam Hemsworth’s The Kellys Adds Oscar-Winning Actress
Amazon MGM’s The Kellys just added a legendary actress to its already stacked cast. The action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Liam Hemsworth welcomes an Oscar winner back to the genre after nearly 30 years. Latest cast update on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Kellys Geena Davis is the latest addition to Amazon MGM’s action film The […]

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James Bond: Possible 007 Actor Addresses Casting Rumors
A potential James Bond contender has addressed the casting rumors surrounding him. Amazon MGM Studios confirmed last month that the search for Daniel Craig’s successor is underway. Since then, many names have been floated, and one of them has now weighed in on the possibility of becoming the next 007. The announcement was made in […]

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Masters of the Universe 2: Why She-Ra Is Key to Amazon’s Franchise Plans
Masters of the Universe teased the inclusion of She-Ra in the next He-Man movie. A sequel isn’t a given, but if it happens, she will be key to Amazon’s plans for the movie. The new He-Man movie is directed by Travis Knight and stars Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Alison Brie, James Purefoy, Idris Elba, Jared Leto, Morena Baccarin, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, […]

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Security updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (poppler), Debian (dnsmasq, mistral, okular, openssl, poppler, and strongswan), Fedora (exim, firefox, pcs, putty, and xorg-x11-server), Mageia (freeciv, golang-x-net, jq, libssh, libxmp, libxpm, minetest, ruby-net-ssh, tor, and wireshark), SUSE (389-ds, ack, agama-web-ui, amazon-ssm-agent, avahi, dpkg, elemental-register, elemental-system-agent, elemental-toolkit, ggml-devel-9500, go1.25, go1.26, kernel, kubernetes1.23, kubernetes1.24, … ⌘ Read more

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AWS Bedrock to require sharing data with Anthropic for Mythos and future models
> For Fable 5, Mythos 5, and future models on Bedrock with similar or higher capability levels, Anthropic will require 30-day retention for all traffic on Mythos-class models. Retaining data for a limited period allows Anthropic to detect patterns of misuse that are not visible from a single exchange. Once you opt into data retention, your data will leave AWS’s data and security boundary.

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