Chris breaks down the backlash to Ring’s Super Bowl “Search Party” ad, which aimed to help find lost pets but reignited privacy concerns over AI-powered neighborhood surveillance. He also explores the surge of AI-themed Super Bowl ads, Apple’s delayed Siri…
Amazon is finally launching the long-awaited generative AI version of Alexa — Alexa Plus — that, if all goes well, will take away much of the friction that comes with talking to a speaker to control your smart home or…
Amazon will discontinue its app store for Android on August 20 this year. The company sent a notice to developers indicating the they will no longer be able to submit new apps to the store, TechCrunch reported. The company said…
Amazon is ramping up ad spending on ElonMusk’s X, according to people familiar with the situation, a major shift after pulling much of its advertising more than a year ago, when many brands had concerns about hate speech on the…
Washington, D.C.’s attorney general sued Amazon on Wednesday, accusing the company of covertly depriving residents in certain ZIP codes in the nation’s capitol from access to Prime’s high-speed delivery, CNBC reported. The lawsuit from AG Brian Schwalb alleges that, since…
Amazon is shuttering its drone delivery operations in Lockeford, California, one of the earliest U.S. test sites for the decade-long project, CNBC reported. The program, called Prime Air, has struggled to get off the ground since Amazon founder Jeff Bezos…
Amazon has decided to give up on its Just Walk Out program that lets customers leave its brick-and-mortar grocery stores without a formal checkout process, The Verge reported. Instead, it’s switching fully to “Dash Carts,” where customers can scan products…