Amazon announces raft of new AI gambits as it battles rise of Temu and Shein October 9, 2024 Amazon has announced a raft of new artificial intelligence (AI) features and technologies to speed up deliveries and reduce costs across its business. The logistics giant plans to deploy a fleet of 1,000 electric delivery vans with a new AI-powered ‘vision-assisted package retrieval’ (VAPR) technology that allows drivers to find packages faster and more easily. [...]
Two IPL team owners battle to buy Manchester Originals in Hundred sale October 9, 2024 The interest is a significant boost for England cricket chiefs’ much-maligned sales process.
Audible: UK’s love for original content helps double profit October 3, 2024 Profit at the UK arm of audiobook and podcast giant Audible, which is owned by Amazon, doubled during its latest financial year, it has been revealed. The London-headquartered division has posted a pre-tax profit of £29m for 2023, up from the £14.7m it achieved in 2022. Newly-filed accounts with Companies House also show that Audible’s UK turnover [...]
Big Tech is muscling broadcasters out of live sports streaming October 2, 2024 Traditional broadcasters might be starting to sweat. Live sports streaming has always been a cash cow, but the game is changing, and there are new players on the field. For years, Sky and BT ruled the arena of sports media rights but, over the past decade, Big Tech has been muscling its way into the [...]
Drones to dominate UK skies by 2027 September 25, 2024 Fleets of autonomous drones will operate routinely across Britain within three years, paving the way for quicker deliveries and emergency services.
The real star of The Grand Tour is friendship September 12, 2024 It’s not the individual talents of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond that have made Top Gear and the Grand Tour such great shows – it’s the connection between them, says Will Cooling This Friday will truly mark an end of an era, with the former stars of Top Gear completing their last televised [...]
Amazon Web Services plots £8bn investment in UK data centres September 11, 2024 Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning to invest £8bn to build, maintain and operate a number of data centres in the UK over the next five years. The tech giant’s cloud division estimates the cash injection will contribute £14bn to the UK’s total gross domestic product (GDP) through to 2028, and will support an average [...]
Amazon announces pay rise for its operational employees September 4, 2024 Online giant Amazon has announced a pay rise for its operational staff. The minimum starting pay for frontline operations employees will increase to between £13.50 and £14.50 an hour, depending on location. For those with 36 months’ service, the increase will be to between £13.75 and £14.75 an hour. Amazon said the increase was worth at least 9.8 [...]
Amazon Prime top of the table to bag Liverpool documentary rights August 14, 2024 Amazon Prime are in pole position to pick up the UK rights for the Liverpool documentary based on Jurgen Klopp’s last six months at Anfield. City A.M. has learned that Amazon have entered advanced negotiations with the club and production company Lorton Entertainment to show the documentary, which was filmed over the second half of [...]
Nvidia and Apple lead losses as trillions wiped from Nasdaq tech stocks August 5, 2024 Trillions of dollars have been wiped from the Nasdaq-listed tech giants taking a nosedive amid a global stock sell off, as fears of a US recession are causing investors to run for the hills. The so-called Magnificent Seven’s combined market capitalisation has lost at least $2.3t (£1.8t), equal to a 15 per cent slide from [...]