Amazon News & Updates
Last updated September 20, 2026
Iran hits two Amazon data centers in Bahrain with cruise missiles in the fourth strike on cloud infrastructure since February
Amazon finishes paying out its $50B OpenAI investment, sending the final $35B without waiting for the company to go public
eBay closes myFitment as a standalone service on September 30, cutting off Amazon, Rithum, SureDone, and other outside tools
Disney drops Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot and two Amazon AI coding tools in the US in August while bringing in OpenAI’s Codex
Amazon takes the No. 1 spot on the Fortune Global 500 as Bezos names the chips business as the company’s next durable pillar
Amazon’s Zoox wins the first US approval to charge for robotaxi rides in vehicles with no steering wheel or human controls
Amazon burned $1.8M on a Claude project that ran 860% over budget for five months before anyone noticed
Alexa and Sparky can spot false made-in-USA labels on Amazon and Walmart but neither retailer acts on it, according to a Lina Khan study
Amazon raises its 2026 capital spending forecast to $220B on rising memory prices and says it still can’t meet AI demand
PayPal brings its Ratenzahlung installment loans to Amazon.de in Germany and Austria with terms stretching to 48 months
AMZ Advisers acquires a stake in TikTok Shop agency Reach Social Commerce, stretching its Amazon practice into social selling
Amazon deprecates its flagship Nova models and shuts AGI Lab as Peter DeSantis narrows the company’s AI strategy to the frontier
Amazon asks the FCC to clear 5,105 satellites for a direct-to-device network combining its own gear with Globalstar’s spectrum
Recursive Superintelligence commits $410M to a multi-year AWS compute deal, the bulk of what the AI startup has raised to date
TikTok Shop tests an Amazon Prime-style membership program called TikTok Shop Plus
Warner Bros Discovery accuses Amazon of raiding contracted staff, centering the suit on an HBO Max marketing executive’s exit
TikTok tests an Amazon Prime-style paid membership called TikTok Shop Plus with free shipping and member-only discounts in the US
ReFiBuy launches ACO Everywhere and opens an Amazon design partner program targeting Alexa for Shopping product listings
Amazon requires sellers to tag AI-generated people in product images and A+ content following New York’s synthetic performer law
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