Amazon's AWS Grew 39% While Free Cash Flow Fell to -$42.4 Billion
AWS grew 39% and Amazon's operating income rose 61%, but trailing free cash flow fell to -$42.4bn after $77.3bn of capex in the quarter, and shares slipped.
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Google Open-Sources TorchTPU as Amazon's TorchNeuron Enters Beta
Google open-sourced TorchTPU and Amazon opened TorchNeuron's beta, both putting PyTorch on their own chips. Porting costs fall; benchmarks remain vendor claims.
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Amazon in Advanced Talks to Buy AI Startup Decart for About $7 Billion
The Wall Street Journal reported Amazon is in advanced talks to buy AI startup Decart for roughly $7 billion, to make its Trainium chips easier to use.
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Boston Dynamics Names Ex-Amazon AI Executive Rohit Prasad as CEO
Boston Dynamics named Rohit Prasad, Amazon's former Alexa and Nova AI chief, as its CEO effective October 7, 2026, as it pushes a Physical AI strategy.
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Amazon Redesigns the Kindle Line and Adds Its First Color Scribe
Amazon announced a redesigned 2026 Kindle lineup on October 1, 2026, including its first color Scribe; the Paperwhite and Colorsoft models ship October 28.
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Amazon Looks to Offload $8 Billion of Nvidia Chips Through a Financing Vehicle
Amazon is seeking outside investors for a vehicle holding about $8 billion of Nvidia chips, the Financial Times reported, as AI compute moves onto debt markets.
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Amazon Blocks Meta's Muse From Shopping, Testing Who Controls the AI Agent
Amazon cut Meta's Muse AI agent off from its store on 20 September 2026, citing its terms of use after Meta declined to remove Amazon from the assistant.
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AWS Abandons Two Middle East Data Zones After War Damage
Amazon's cloud arm told customers on September 15 that one UAE availability zone and its entire Bahrain region cannot be restored after Iranian strikes.
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Amazon Brings Alexa+ to India With Hindi Support and a ₹2,000 Monthly Price
Amazon launched Alexa+ in India on September 16 in early access with Hindi and Hinglish support, free at first and then ₹2,000 a month without Prime.
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Qualcomm Pays Amazon in Stock for a Place in the AI Data Centre
Amazon gets warrants worth about $4 billion as Qualcomm buys its way into AWS AI infrastructure, with a vesting ceiling of $60 billion in purchases.
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