Amazon stories
Mounting scrutiny over AI budgets is pushing software teams to prove whether the tools speed delivery enough to justify their cost.
Recognition in the Propel-AIR 2026 final seven gives the Sydney robotics firm a platform as demand grows for robots that can handle fragile items.
AI hiring is spreading unevenly across revenue teams, with senior roles and Sydney adverts most likely to mention the skill.
Investors seeking income now have a simpler route to options-based returns as the new fund combines monthly payouts with stock-market growth potential.
Forrester says investors and buyers could face new risks and disclosures as OpenAI and Anthropic move towards listings and Washington weighs equity.
Investor hopes are outpacing returns as major tech groups pour US$725 billion into AI this year, academyEX says.
North American expansion is now being funded as the startup targets cloud risks introduced at the design stage, not after deployment.
Strong US demand has pushed the skincare brand to seek NZD $4 million, as stock shortages and FDA registration open wider retail channels.
The move targets firms struggling to shift AI pilots into live systems, with AWS embedding engineers to speed deployment and cut reliance on consultants.
Urgent discounts are failing to speed up purchases, with most shoppers consulting multiple sources and many abandoning baskets over shipping fees.
The state is seeing jobs and seller sales boost from the retailer's logistics, cloud and community spending since 2010.
Most creators now send affiliate traffic to several shops, weakening brands' control over where sales leads are sent and tracked.
Australian shoppers facing tighter budgets are being drawn to Amazon's biggest annual discount event, which covers hundreds of thousands of items.
Eligible US food and beverage merchants can now be found, viewed and ordered from in AI chats, with no extra marketplace commission.
Cost-of-living pressures are pushing Australians to delay buys, with 80% waiting for major sales events and Prime Day shaping decisions.
Scammers are exploiting Prime Day shopping sprees as Australia's new rules aim to stop fraudulent texts, emails and instant payments.
Jobs and local suppliers in Florida have benefited from Amazon's USD $27 billion spending spree since 2010, the company says.
The spending now supports more than 41,000 jobs in Ohio, while Amazon's local sellers and suppliers add further economic lift across the state.
Louisiana's economy has gained more than USD $33 billion in GDP from the company's spending and pay since 2010, Amazon said.
Customers can now use Anthropic's newest AI models again after export controls were lifted, easing a shutdown that hit global access and coding work.
