Controversial and influential Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA ) CEO Elon Musk was recently named Time Magazines "Person of the Year" for 2021 . The award is a tremendous honor for Musk, but some long-time Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ) investors may still have nightmares about the time Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos was also named Times "Person of the Year." Time Magazine Curse? Bezos received "Person of the Year" honors for 1999 on Dec. 20, 1999. On that day, Amazon shares closed at $97. Less than two years later, Amazon shares closed at a new all-time low of $5.67 on Sept. 27, 2001. During that 11-month stretch immediately following Bezos award, Amazon shares Full story available on Benzinga.com

Global content battle pushes media dealmaking to record highs

10:07pm, Wednesday, 15'th Dec 2021 JD Supra
Intense competition to deliver on-demand content accelerates dealmaking in the sector - The entrance of tech-first players, such as Netflix and Amazon, into the global media industry has pushed the industry to reactand M&A has become a vital to build scale in a competitive market. Against this backdrop, the value of media M&A transactions has reached new heights. A total of US$253.2 billion changed hands in the first three quarters of the year, with seven megadeals (over US$5 billion) By: White & Case LLP
Image: Amazon When Amazons cloud gaming service Luna launched last October, the fact it ran on Windows set it apart . Unlike Google Stadia, it wouldnt necessarily need to convince developers to painstakingly port their games to an unproven platform. But it now appears that Amazon is considering a shift to Linux-based servers, too the company is hiring three software engineers to bring Windows games to Linux (via Phoronix ). Like Valves Steam Deck an upcoming gaming handheld that also runs on Linux the idea isnt to abandon Windows games. Both the Steam Deck and Amazons seemingly new Luna initiative will still run Windows games, but both of them will do it through Valves Proton compatibility layer. [T]his role involves working with Proton - Continue reading
If you didn’t snag a coveted AirPods deal over Black Friday, then you’re in luck. Amazon just dropped the 2nd generation Apple AirPods to $89.99 (was $159). That’s a massive $69 discount and the lowest price we’ve ever seen. The Apple AirPods are packing an upgraded H1 Chip that enables faster pairing and seamless connectivity. […]
THE Amazon Echo Dot is one of the most popular smart speakers around, offering a cost effective way for anyone interested in Alexa to find out what all the fuss is about. If youre thinking of picking up an Amazon smart speaker in December 2021 then here are the best Echo Dot deals available right Continue reading Best Echo Dot Deals: Unmissable offers available right now for Amazons Alexa speaker Best Echo Dot Deals: Unmissable offers available right now for Amazons Alexa speaker

Amazon Web Services Suffers Another Outage

07:53pm, Wednesday, 15'th Dec 2021 Silicon UK
AWS recovers from a second outage in the space of a week, which impacted services at Netflix, Slack, and Amazon''s Ring doorbells

EU lawmakers back rules to curb Big Tech

07:20pm, Wednesday, 15'th Dec 2021 BOL News
STRASBOURG, France, Dec 15, 2021 (AFP) The European Parliament on Wednesday approved its proposal for major EU legislation to impose unprecedented restrictions on how tech giants do business. Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of their version of the Digital Markets Act, aimed at slapping far-reaching rules on behemoths like Meta/Facebook, Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. [] The post EU lawmakers back rules to curb Big Tech appeared first on BOL News .
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): Amazon Web Services had barely finished the post-mortem on last week''s incident that interrupted deliveries and shut off feeds from security cameras before AWS started having problems again in the USA today. According to The Verge, while last week''s outage was in the US-EAST-1 region, reports on Wednesday showed connections to the company''s US-West servers were failing. The network of A

Amazon''s New Silk Road

07:00pm, Wednesday, 15'th Dec 2021 DailyFX
The big American online retailer has become inextricably intertwined with Chinabut do Americans care? Amazon and China cant seem to get enough of each other. If somethings made in China, then Am

Alexa Gets a Santa Claus Voice, Heres How to Enable It Review Geek

06:55pm, Wednesday, 15'th Dec 2021 Techtelegraph
Amazon Tis the season, which is why Amazon just introduced another new voice for Alexa. While the company added a bunch of celebrity voices earlier in the year, this new one is the most famous of all Santa Claus. Heres how to use the Santa Claus voice on Alexa. Once enabled, users can enjoy [] The post Alexa Gets a Santa Claus Voice, Heres How to Enable It Review Geek appeared first on TECHTELEGRAPH .
So much Amazon packaging ends up in the ocean, it''s like "dumping a delivery van payload of plastic into the oceans every 67 minutes," Oceana said.

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Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it had recovered from a brief outage at its Amazon Web Services cloud unit that affected internet connectivity in two regions on the U.S. West Coast.
Amazon is joining other tech giants by lowering its cut of developer revenue generated by voice apps, known as Alexa skills, which run on Amazons smart speakers and other Alexa-powered devices. The company this week announced it would next year reduce its commission from 30% to 20% for Alexa skill developers who earn less than []
Amazon, APT, ARSAT, Intersputnik, Lockheed Martin, Omnispace and Star One sign on as new members Chief Executives of the world''s leading satellite operators announced today in Paris on the occasio…
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