While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat | TechCrunch

Walmart is embracing agentic commerce with the launch of its own Agent Gateway to manage transactions and other new features aimed at customers using AI agents, the retailer announced on…

Blink brings 4K to its low-cost security camera lineup

Amazon is launching a new lineup of Blink security cameras, including its first 4K, pan-tilt models, and battery-powered spotlight models. These new additions provide better resolution and extended range for…

Amazon Prime Video introduced ads despite paid subscription, asked Rs 699 extra for ad-free viewing; court orders payout

AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A district consumer commission in Telangana has held Amazon guilty of deficiency in service and unfair trade practice after it introduced…

Walmart’s Flipkart is quietly building a food delivery challenger in India | TechCrunch

Flipkart, the Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce giant, is preparing to challenge India’s food-delivery duopoly of Zomato and Swiggy. It is entering a fiercely competitive market that has defeated even previous attempts…

Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant | TechCrunch

Amazon is funding development of a proposed 960-megawatt nuclear plant in Indiana and would be the first customer to buy its power, the companies announced Monday. Utility company American Electric…

Amazon is funding a new nuclear plant in Indiana

Amazon has signed an agreement with X-energy and American Electric Power (AEP) to fund the building of a new nuclear energy facility in Indiana. The proposed plant, which would replace…

Amazon devices chief Panos Panay on the importance of failure and bouncing back from it  | TechCrunch

Amazon executive Panos Panay has a message for startup founders: Failure is an inevitable, required part of building a successful product. Panay, Amazon SVP of Devices, Alexa, and Leo, shared…

Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps | TechCrunch

Amazon is placing its bets on ambient computing, not apps, as the future of personal AI. Alongside the launch of the company’s new AI wearables from Bee, Panos Panay, who…

Nvidia, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta gave Trump a combined $92 million for his ballroom

We knew that a number of big tech firms were helping to fund the construction of Trump’s ballroom, but we didn’t know just how much they were giving to the…

Amazon’s always-listening Bee wearable can now help you buy stuff

Last year, Amazon bought Bee, a relatively unknown startup with a $50 always-listening AI wearable that summarized every conversation you had. Today, the e-commerce giant is announcing two new Bee…