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  • Apple, Google Warn Amazon Over Pornographic Content Accessible to Children on Kindle App

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    Apple and Alphabet have raised concerns with Amazon after learning that sexually explicit photographs could be accessed by children on the popular Kindle app and called on Amazon to strengthen its content moderation. The warnings were sparked by questions posed by Reuters to spokespeople at the three companies about users’ ability, via the Kindle app, to […] More

  • Amazon Releases New Cloud Tools to Help Build Chatbots as AI Competition With Microsoft, Google Heats Up

    Amazon Releases New Cloud Tools to Help Build Chatbots as AI Competition With Microsoft, Google Heats Up

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    Amazon.com’s cloud computing division on Thursday released a suite of technologies aimed at helping other companies develop their own chatbots and image-generation services backed by artificial intelligence.  Microsoft and Alphabet are adding AI chatbots to consumer products like their search engines, but they are also eying another huge market: selling the underlying technology to other […] More

  • Amazon Prime Video Signs Deal With Paramount to Expand Its Indian Catalogue

    Amazon Prime Video Signs Deal With Paramount to Expand Its Indian Catalogue

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    Amazon Prime Video is expanding its Indian catalogue through a newly-signed partnership with Paramount Global Content Distribution. The four key highlights of the deal include exclusive Paramount TV series’, namely Star Trek: Discovery, The Stand, Mayor of Kingstown, and the Yellowstone prequel series 1883. The new content will be included as part of your general […] More

  • Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen) Smart Speaker Review: Smarter and Better

    Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen) Smart Speaker Review: Smarter and Better

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    The Echo series of smart speakers from Amazon is arguably the best among the competition right now, and the varied sizes and prices also provide something for every budget. New Echo devices usually bring incremental changes over multiple generations, as is the case with the Echo smart speaker that I’m reviewing here. The Amazon Echo […] More

  • Amazon Partners With Indian Government to Promote State Content

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    Amazon.com is partnering with India’s federal government to stream movies and TV shows from state-run studios as well as provide internships to students from government film institutes in a key market for the US e-commerce giant. India’s broadcasting ministry and Amazon signed an agreement on Wednesday, the company said in a statement, adding that the […] More

  • Citadel, Beef, Jubilee, Dead Ringers, and More: April Web Series on Netflix, Hotstar, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video

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    What are the biggest web series and TV shows in April 2023? Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden-led Citadel leads the pack of new releases this month, alongside Jubilee, the next big project from Vikramaditya Motwane (Sacred Games). The former is a high-stakes sci-fi thriller bankrolled by the Russo Brothers (Avengers: Infinity War) and follows […] More

  • Amazon Said to Be Facing FTC Complaint for Illegally Collected Kids’ Data

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    Federal regulators are expected to sue Amazon over allegations that the e-commerce giant illegally collected data on children, according to two people familiar with the case. The Federal Trade Commission recommended filing a complaint that Amazon’s Alexa-powered speakers are collecting information about children under the age of 13 without parental consent in violation of the […] More

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    Amazon Plans to Launch Its First Internet Satellites in 2024 to Rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Others

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    Amazon.com plans to launch its first internet satellites to space in the first half of 2024 and offer initial commercial tests shortly after, the company said Tuesday, as it prepares to vie with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others to provide broadband internet globally. Amazon’s satellite internet unit, Project Kuiper, will begin mass-producing the satellites later […] More