What Amazon shipped in August 2026

Amazon’s response to the FTC’s lawsuit regarding Sponsored Ads

Amazon issued a formal response to the FTC's lawsuit alleging deceptive practices in its Sponsored Ads program. The company denied wrongdoing, stating its advertising policies comply with all applicab…

AWS to launch first cloud infrastructure region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by December 2026

AWS will launch its first cloud infrastructure region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by December 2026, marking its entry into the Saudi market. The expansion includes a $500M commitment to train Saudi…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced plans to launch its first cloud infrastructure region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by December 2026. This marks AWS’s entry into the Saudi market, expanding its g

Amazon Ads Launches "First Day Ready," a Multi-Brand Campaign Connecting Brands to Gen Z at College's Biggest Moment

Amazon Ads introduced 'First Day Ready,' a multi-brand campaign targeting Gen Z college students with shoppable video, immersive campus experiences, and a livestreamed concert featuring Kane Brown. Br…

Arlington Community High School Opens Its Doors at Amazon’s HQ2

Amazon and Arlington Public Schools opened Arlington Community High School (ACHS) at Amazon’s HQ2 in Arlington, VA, after decades without a permanent home. Amazon fully funded the 30,000 sq ft school,…

How Amazon is preparing for the energy needs of the future

Amazon announced new renewable energy investments, including Germany’s largest-ever power purchase agreement and wind projects in Sweden and Greece, expanding its global carbon-free energy portfolio t…

AWS and DuckLabs: Building the future of analytics together

Amazon agreed to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind the open-source DuckDB analytical database, with founders Hannes Mühleisen and Mark Raasveldt continuing to lead the project. The …

Ring introduces TAKE, setting a new industry standard for default encryption and control

Ring launched 4K video resolution for battery-powered doorbells for the first time, alongside three new 2K doorbells, expanding high-resolution video across its lineup. The company also introduced Thr…

AWS to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind DuckDB

Amazon's AWS announced its intention to acquire DuckLabs, the company behind the DuckDB database management system, based in Amsterdam.

AWS and NVIDIA to Deliver 2 Million Additional GPUs and Next-Generation Infrastructure for Agentic and Physical AI

AWS and NVIDIA announced a major expansion of their strategic collaboration, including the deployment of 2 million additional NVIDIA GPUs across AWS’s global infrastructure by 2027–2028. The partnersh…

I'm an Amazon SVP who hadn't coded in 25 years. Then I wrote 100,000 lines of code with AI.

An Amazon Senior Vice President, who hadn't coded in 25 years, wrote 100,000 lines of code using AI tools, highlighting a shift in executive engagement with AI-driven development.

Inside the grocery operation Amazon built to be pickier than you

Amazon published a behind-the-scenes story detailing the intricacies of its grocery delivery operations, emphasizing quality control and operational efficiency.

AWS, NBA Africa, and Learn Fresh Bring Math Education to Students in South Africa

AWS committed AWS AI and cloud technology to scale NBA Math Hoops, a basketball-based math education program, to 1,000 students in Johannesburg with plans to expand across Africa. AWS will provide AI …

AWS commits more than $500 million to student cloud and AI training

Amazon and Brooks Running introduced a global student challenge using generative AI and recycled materials as part of the Amazon Think Big Spaces program. The initiative includes over $70 million in s…

Prime Video to invest $2 billion in Latin America between 2027 and 2030

Amazon announced a $2 billion investment in Prime Video to expand its streaming services in Latin America from 2027 to 2030, signaling a major push into the region's growing digital entertainment mark…

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy highlighted Prime Video's growth and profitability, emphasizing investments in original films, live sports, and streaming partnerships in Latin America. The expansion targets dee

Alexa+ is now included on Fire TV at no additional cost

Amazon introduced Alexa+, a next-generation AI assistant, alongside a redesigned Fire TV interface and mobile app. The new Fire TV experience debuted with the Amazon Ember Artline lifestyle TV, offeri…

Amazon has integrated Alexa+ into Fire TV devices at no extra charge, expanding AI assistant capabilities for users.

Amazon Prime Air drone delivery is expanding to nearly 500 cities and towns this year

Amazon expanded its Prime Air drone delivery service to 11 U.S. metro areas across 10 states, covering Phoenix, Tampa, Kansas City, Baton Rouge, Detroit, Omaha, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Waco.…

BrightSign Scales Premium, Cloud-Based Device Management Solution on Amazon Web Services

BrightSign introduced BrightSign Control Plus, a premium cloud-based device management solution for digital signage players, running on AWS. The new tier offers advanced fleet management, real-time di…

Razorpay Launches Vulcan, India's First AI Payments Foundation Model, Fueled by NVIDIA and AWS - Re-architecting Payments for a $350 Bn E-Comm Future by 2030

Razorpay introduced Vulcan, India’s first transformer-based AI foundation model for payments, designed to improve reliability, safety, and predictability of digital transactions. Built with NVIDIA and…

AppFolio Names Amazon Web Services its Preferred Cloud Provider

AppFolio designated AWS as its preferred cloud provider, embedding AWS infrastructure into its AI-native Performance Platform and Realm AI suite. The partnership includes deep collaboration on feature…

Oracle and AWS Deepen Strategic Collaboration as Enterprise Adoption of Oracle AI Database@AWS Accelerates

Oracle and AWS announced a long-term strategic collaboration to accelerate enterprise migration to Oracle AI Database@AWS, now available in 22 AWS Regions. The partnership includes expanded investment…

Amazon Expands Locker Network to more than 750 U.S. College Locations

Amazon expanded its Locker pickup network to more than 750 locations across over 500 U.S. college campuses, offering students secure, no-cost package pickup. The move integrates package delivery into …

Axiad Achieves FedRAMP® Moderate Authorization on AWS, Giving Federal Agencies a Faster Path to Modernize PKI and Phishing-Resistant Identity

Axiad announced FedRAMP Moderate authorization for its Axiad Conductor service on AWS, enabling federal agencies to deploy Derived PIV Credentials and PKI-as-a-Service in weeks rather than years. The …

Inside Amazon's first-ever drone delivery site in the UK

Amazon announced the operational readiness of its MK30 drone for UK deliveries, featuring advanced safety systems for adverse conditions. The Stockton-on-Tees facility will become the first UK site to…

POSe Modernized Core Applications Six Months Ahead of Schedule Using Kiro

Indonesian fintech POSe compressed eight months of engineering work into nine weeks by adopting AWS’s generative AI tool Kiro, modernizing eleven core applications six months early. The tool helped re…

Mitra Keluarga Advances Its Digital Transformation with Generative AI on Amazon Bedrock

Mitra Keluarga, Indonesia’s largest private hospital network, is using AWS’s generative AI service Amazon Bedrock and AWS Partner Sarana AI’s HR screening assistant Nara to streamline hiring and appli…

Greenland International Industrial Center (GIIC) Expands Water Reclamation Program to Advance Sustainable Industrial Development in West Java

AWS became the first tenant at Greenland International Industrial Center (GIIC) to adopt reclaimed water for data center cooling, reducing freshwater consumption by 60% through a 8,000 m³/day treatmen…

'Sterling Point' Season 2: Everything to know and how to watch Season 1 on Prime Video

Amazon MGM Studios is developing a series adaptation of Rebecca Yarros' bestselling fantasy novels titled 'Sterling Point' for Prime Video. The series joins another adaptation, 'Boys of Tommen,' based…

Amazon Celebrates 5-Year Milestone at Its Largest Field Operation

Amazon marked five years of operations at its 600-acre Amazon Air Hub in Northern Kentucky, its largest field site, having processed over 1.5 billion packages and created 4,000 local jobs since launch…

Instructure Advances Education Equity with AWS Support, Accelerating AI-Powered Learning Modernization and Workforce Pathways

Instructure, maker of Canvas LMS, and AWS announced a partnership to build AI-powered tools that modernize learning infrastructure for underserved communities. The effort includes AI-driven LMS migrat…

Superblocks and AWS Announce Strategic Collaboration to Bring Secure Enterprise AI App Development to Amazon Bedrock

Superblocks and AWS announced a multi-year collaboration to integrate Superblocks' generative AI platform with Amazon Bedrock, Amazon EC2, and Amazon Aurora. This allows enterprises to build, secure, …