Clash of the titans as Amazon declares war on Visa
Amazon has written to some of its UK customers to say it will no longer be accepting Visa credit cards as payment from next year.
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Sainsbury’s turns to Amazon for cashierless tech
UK grocer Sainsbury’s has entered into a Faustian bargain with etail leviathan Amazon to power its new cashierless stores.
Verizon chooses Amazon as its LEO satellite buddy
US operator Verizon has announced its collaboration with Amazon’s Project Kuiper to help it with its 5G coverage challenges.
Tesco takes on Amazon with its first checkout-free store
A new Tesco store trial called ‘GetGo’ uses similar technology to Amazon Fresh shops to automatically charge you for any stuff you walk out with.
Amazon bids to become an even bigger part of your life
Internet giant Amazon has unveiled a bunch of new products apparently designed to ensure there’s seldom a moment when you’re not interacting with the company.
Amazon launches an Alexa telly
Unperturbed by its questionable track record in the device market, Amazon has decided to launch an own-brand TV.
NEC and AWS expand partnership to drag 5G even further into the cloud
The two tech heavyweights are expanding their existing collaboration to deliver cloud native 5G, enhanced digital government solutions, as well as hybrid cloud.
What telcos may learn from banks when migrating to cloud
Findings from a recent Google survey of the financial institutions’ cloudification experience may serve as a mirror held up to the telecoms industry.
Eurobites: Amazon’s Prime Air programme enters tailspin in UK – report
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Sparkle turns to Infinera to power 400G services; auctions ahoy in French overseas territories; EE puts on its headphones and Hawaiian shirt in the cause of 5G.
Are we seeing the beginning of the end of big tech’s good pandemic in Amazon’s quarterly?
Amazon has delivered another solid quarter, but the numbers fell short of market expectations. When looked together with the latest financial results from other big tech companies, it is tempting to ask if the pandemic bonus is coming to an end.
Intel vows to regain chip leadership from TSMC and Samsung by 2025
Once dominant chip maker Intel shared its R&D and foundry roadmaps for the next four years, during which it plans to regain the global leader position, and unveiled two marquee customers in AWS and Qualcomm.
As US lawmakers attack its competitors, Microsoft warns of state over-reach
There is a mounting battle of wills in the US between its tech giants and its state apparatus over who gets to exploit its population more.
Amazon mental health initiative backfires
Tech giant Amazon is so concerned about its warehouse workers’ mental health that it’s providing capsules in which they can sit and sort their heads out.
Amazon buys MGM for $8.45 billion
As rumoured a week ago, etail and cloud giant Amazon is buying movie studio MGM to augment its Amazon Prime SVoD offering.
Amazon reportedly thinking of buying MGM
The video content arms race continues unabated, with Amazon looking at dropping $9 billion on movie studio MGM.
Dish gambles on Faustian pact with AWS
Nascent US MNO Dish is the latest telecoms company to go all-in on the public cloud, entrusting Amazon Web Services to handle its entire 5G network.
US escalates its anti-Big Tech crusade
The US House of Representatives has given the thumbs-up to a report that recommends a raft of legal measures designed to curb the power of Big Tech.
Jeff Bezos signs off with aplomb
In his final letter to shareholders as CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos looked back on the achievements during his tenure, laid out visions on multiple fronts for the company, and defended its track record in labour relations.
Amazon escalates hostilities between big tech and politicians – good
US politicians are increasingly grandstanding in opposition to technology giants and it looks like they’ve decided it’s time to fight back.
Amazon opens its first UK bricks-and-mortar shop
The world’s dominant internet retailer has signaled its intent to do a similar job in the physical world by opening its first shop outside of the US.
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