Amazon News & Updates
Last updated October 27, 2026
Seven-figure Amazon sellers are planning an advertising boycott April 15th
Andy Jassy’s annual shareholder letter covers AI chips, drones, satellites, grocery, and a $200B infrastructure bet
Amazon and USPS reach a new deal to only reduce package volume by 20% instead of more than 67%
Amazon’s internal Project Houdini aims to cut data center construction from 15 weeks to 2-3 weeks using prefabricated modular server rooms
Amazon’s board is urging shareholders to vote against a proposal requiring more disclosure on how AWS expansion affects its climate goals
Amazon’s Andy Jassy says the company may sell Trainium chips to outside customers, putting the business at $50B in annual revenue
Iranian drone strikes on AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain are giving Chinese cloud rivals an opening in the Gulf
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy defends $200B in 2026 capex in shareholder letter, citing AI demand and a deal with OpenAI worth over $100B
Amazon denies viral reports of 14,000 planned layoffs in May, calling the claims “not based in fact”
YouTube creators including H3 Podcast sue Amazon, alleging it scraped millions of videos to train its Nova Reel AI model
AWS CEO says investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is no different from competing with its own partners
AWS launches Amazon S3 Files, embedding a file system directly into its S3 object storage service to eliminate separate data environments
Amazon ends support for Kindles from 2012 or earlier on May 20, cutting off downloads for devices up to 18 years old
Perplexity says Amazon can’t prove its AI agent actually caused any harm
Amazon adds fuel and logistics surcharges for FBA sellers
Shareholders push Amazon, Microsoft, and Google for more transparency on data center water and energy consumption
Levanta acquires Perch+ to add hundreds of Amazon sellers and publishers to its affiliate creator marketplace
Amazon and USPS reached a new package-handling deal that cuts Amazon’s volume by 20% rather than two-thirds
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