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Amazon launches Rufus, an AI-powered shopping assistant
Amazon launched a new generative AI shopping assistant, Rufus, on Thursday. The chatbot is trained on Amazon’s product catalog, customer reviews, community Q&As and “information from across the web.”
Amazon terminates $1.4 billion iRobot acquisition after EU veto threat
Amazon is no longer buying iRobot, makers of the Roomba vacuums.
Ring is reportedly walking back its police-friendly stance on data sharing
Ring is reversing course on its police-friendly stance regarding data sharing, according to reporting from Bloomberg. Amazon told the publication that Ring’s home doorbell unit would stop acquiescing to police requests for footage from users’ video doorbells and surveillance cameras.
France fines Amazon $35 million over ‘intrusive’ employee surveillance
France’s data privacy watchdog organization, the CNIL, has fined Amazon $35 million after investigating an ‘overly intrusive’ surveillance system put in place to watch warehouse workers.
Amazon's latest layoffs hit Buy with Prime, which lets you use Prime benefits on other websites
Amazon is laying off fewer than five percent of the employees in its Buy with Prime division. Launched in 2022, Buy with Prime extends the membership’s perks to third-party merchants selling and shipping goods on other sites.
Amazon's newest Fire HD 10 tablet falls to just $105
The Amazon Fire Max 11 and Fire HD Plus 8 tablets are also on sale.
The Apple Watch Series 9 falls back to $329
We named it our favorite Apple Watch of 2024.
Audible reportedly lays off over 100 employees
If you thought Big Tech’s dreadful year of layoffs would be confined to 2023, you’re (sadly) mistaken. Audible laid off around five percent of its employees on Thursday, which Variety reports is “just over 100 staffers.”
Amazon is laying off ‘several hundred’ employees at Prime Video and MGM Studios
Amazon is laying off hundreds of people across Prime Video and Amazon Studios. This is a money-saving move, as usual, and follows the company gutting Twitch by 35 percent.
Twitch is laying off 35 percent of its workforce
Amazon-owned Twitch is preparing to lay off 35 percent of its employees or around 500 people.
Amazon and BMW are replacing the driver's manual with AI
Amazon and BMW announced a partnership at CES 2024 to combine an LLM with Alexa and the contents of a driver’s manual. This allows users to ask the bot anything about their car that would be in the manual.
Amazon won't support AirPlay or Chromecast, but will adopt Matter Casting instead
Amazon just announced its adopting the new Matter content casting standard at CES 2024. This is a similar technology to Apple AirPlay, allowing you to beam content from an app to an Amazon-branded device.
Sony's WH-1000XM5 ANC headphones are just $300 right now
The deal cuts 25 percent off their sticker price.
Google Pixel phones and smartwatches are up to 21 percent off
The new Google Pixel 8 is down to its all-time low of $549.
Apple's 10th-gen iPad falls back to a low of $349
It's the all-time low for the device.
Tech’s biggest losers in 2023
The Engadget team's pick of the worst things that happened in tech in 2023.
Amazon's third-generation Echo Show 8 falls to a new all-time low of $90
It offers new features like Adaptive Content.
Deathloop is free on PC for Amazon Prime members
Arkane’s time-bending FPS/mystery game Deathloop is free on PC for Amazon Prime members. The deal ends on January 10 and requires a linked Epic Games account.
SanDisk's 1TB microSD is just $90 in Amazon's storage sale
It's currently 40 percent off.
Amazon's Prime Video will start serving ads on January 29 unless you pay extra
Amazon will start showing ads with shows and movies on Prime Video starting on January 29.