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Amazon is launching ads on Prime Video starting in late January 2024, with an ad-free option available for an additional $2.99 per month. The move aims to generate billions in advertising revenue while maintaining competitive pricing for subscribers.

Amazon allegedly coordinated with brands like Levi's and Hanes to pressure competitors such as Walmart and Target to raise prices. When brands sold products cheaper on other sites, Amazon would suppress their listings, leading brands to demand price increases from competitors. Multiple antitrust cases are now scheduled for 2027 regarding these alleged price manipulation practices.

A lawsuit alleges internal Amazon emails reveal the company pressured third-party sellers to raise prices on other websites. The legal action claims Amazon's practices led to higher prices across the internet by enforcing price parity agreements.

Anthropic has secured a $5 billion investment from Amazon, with the AI company committing to spend $100 billion on Amazon's cloud services in return. The deal represents a major partnership between the two companies in the artificial intelligence sector.

Amazon will invest up to $25 billion in AI startup Anthropic as part of a broader $100 billion cloud partnership over the next decade. The deal expands their existing collaboration on developing and deploying AI technologies.

California's district attorney alleges Amazon pressured Levi's and Hanes to raise prices on rival sites like Walmart and Target. The DA claims Amazon used its market power to enforce price parity across platforms. The case involves potential violations of California's antitrust laws.

Amazon will invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic as part of a broader $100 billion cloud technology deal over the next decade. The investment will help Anthropic develop its AI models using Amazon's cloud infrastructure.

Amazon is behind on creating the 25,000 jobs it promised in exchange for $750 million in state incentives for its Virginia headquarters. The company has created about 8,000 jobs so far and has until 2030 to meet its target. Virginia officials say they remain confident Amazon will fulfill its commitments.

California authorities allege that internal emails reveal Amazon colluded with third-party sellers to raise prices. The state claims Amazon coordinated price increases in violation of antitrust laws.

California has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the company of price fixing. The legal filing alleges that Amazon engaged in anti-competitive practices that harmed consumers and sellers on its platform.

Amazon plans to invest up to an additional $25 billion in AI company Anthropic as part of its broader AI infrastructure strategy. The investment builds on Amazon's previous $4 billion commitment to Anthropic.

Amazon is investing an additional $5 billion in Anthropic to advance generative AI development. The expanded strategic collaboration will enhance Amazon's AI capabilities across its businesses and provide Anthropic with access to AWS infrastructure.

Anthropic and Amazon are expanding their collaboration to develop up to 5 gigawatts of new compute capacity. This partnership aims to support the training and deployment of future AI models through increased cloud infrastructure and specialized hardware.

A customer with Business+ Support and eight-figure annual spend reports AWS support cases open for over two weeks without any response, exceeding the 24-hour response time guarantee. Multiple attempts to contact account management have gone unanswered, with similar complaints emerging from other organizations.

Amazon's rapid AI development has led to internal duplication of tools and data, creating operational challenges. The company's AI sprawl poses data management and security risks that could cost billions by 2026.

Amazon customers report that delivery drones are damaging orders by dropping packages from approximately 10 feet in the air. The company is investigating the complaints about its drone delivery service.

Older Kindle models will lose internet connectivity and access to the Kindle Store in 2025. This affects devices from 2012 and earlier, though downloaded books will remain accessible. Amazon is encouraging users to upgrade to newer models.

Amazon is reportedly planning to release a new Kindle model in 2026 with a color e-ink display and improved battery life. The device will feature a 6-inch screen and may include additional upgrades over current models.

Amazon provides support information for Kindle e-readers released in 2012 or earlier, including device-specific help pages and troubleshooting resources for older models.

The article discusses Amazon's challenge of managing infinite digital shelf space, drawing a parallel to Michelangelo's approach of revealing what already exists rather than creating something new.

Amazon will acquire Globalstar to add direct-to-device satellite services to its low Earth orbit network. The company also announced an agreement with Apple to continue providing satellite services for iPhone and Apple Watch, including Emergency SOS via satellite.

Amazon's Kindle Web platform uses obfuscation techniques to prevent users from accessing content in ways not intended by their official applications. The author discovered methods to reverse-engineer these protective measures due to dissatisfaction with the official Kindle app's functionality.