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Advertising Agencies Consolidate in the Face of Big Tech

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The transaction would create the world’s largest advertising agency — that is, if you don’t count Big Tech players like Google and Amazon.

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Patent Drop

Amazon Tries to Help Alexa Get Personal

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Today, a patent application for making Amazon’s voice assistants more personal highlights the race – and roadblocks – to creation of an AI-powered…

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Big Tech

Amazon Pours Another $4 billion into Anthropic

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It’s not quite Christmas yet, but Amazon is putting cash in the stocking of its favorite AI startup, Anthropic.

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Media & Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery isn’t out of the NBA Business Just Yet

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The longtime broadcast partner may soon be losing out on live games, but Warner Bros. Discovery won’t be completely sidelined by the NBA.

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Media & Entertainment

Disney’s Streaming Bet is Paying Off. So What’s Next?

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Has Bob Iger now done it? Has he restored the magic, the thing defeated activist agitator Carl Icahn said was missing?

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Big Tech

Amazon Doubles Down on AI Processor Bet

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Amazon wants to reduce its reliance on Nvidia and offer an alternative to Nvidia for Amazon Web Services clients in the process.

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Patent Drop

Amazon Privacy Patent Highlights ‘Data Repatriation’ Movement

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A cloud privacy patent from Amazon highlights the growing movement toward data repatriation, and the tricky situation it presents for cloud…

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Healthcare

Walmart and Amazon Bet on Medication Delivery

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Walmart announced on Tuesday that it’s introducing a new same-day delivery service for prescription medication.

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Patent Drop

Walmart AI Analytics Patent Highlights Retailer’s Tech Overhaul

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. It may aim to level the playing field with one competitor in particular: Amazon.

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Economics

Amazon’s Ex-Logistics Boss Takes on Supply Chain’s ‘Franken-Software’ Monster

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Dave Clark, who created Amazon’s mammoth, world-leading logistics network, announced in a LinkedIn post that he’s starting his own venture.

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Patent Drop

Amazon Patent Brings AI Into Its Healthcare Bet

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Amazon’s patent to help doctors take better notes highlights the company’s massive bet on the healthcare space.

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Media & Entertainment

Is Amazon Finally Breaking into the News Industry?

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The e-commerce and media titan is in talks with veteran TV news anchor Brian Williams to host an election night special, Variety reported.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI is Passing the First Stage of its Antitrust Era

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It’s not a hallucination: Artificial intelligence companies have actually managed to placate at least one national regulator.

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Artificial Intelligence

Can Voice Assistants Make a Comeback in the Age of AI?

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Once upon a time, the biggest prestige battle in Silicon Valley was who had the best voice assistant. Then came ChatGPT.

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Big Tech

How Amazon Web Services Became King of the Cloud

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Amazon is crushing in the cloud services industry. Usurping it would necessitate a monumental shift in the tech industry writ large.

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Patent Drop

Amazon Patent Highlights Double-Edged Sword of Personalized AI

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A recent Amazon patent may seek to make Alexa smarter and more personalized — but it could have the opposite effect

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Big Tech

A Small Union Win Casts a Big Shadow Over Amazon

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Prosecutors for the NLRB concluded that a group of 84 unionized Amazon drivers in Palmdale, California are employed by Amazon.

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Artificial Intelligence

The UK Investigates Amazon’s Partnership with Anthropic

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is probing whether Amazon’s $4 billion partnership with Anthropic might break antitrust rules.

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Consumer

Temu Faces a Supplier Revolt

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Suppliers are upset Temu is swapping to a more Amazon-esque supplier model and trying to drive prices ever-downward.

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Patent Drop

Walmart AI Patent Signals Continued Pressure to Compete with Amazon

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A patent from Walmart for an in-house machine learning development framework highlights that the company’s strategy to compete with Amazon extends to…

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