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Amazon’s ‘Proteus’ Robot Heads to Europe in B Automation Push

Amazon’s ‘Proteus’ Robot Heads to Europe in $11B Automation Push

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Amazon’s warehouse robots are starting to sound less like machines waiting for commands and more like coworkers taking direction. At its Delivering the Future event in London, Amazon unveiled an upgraded version of Proteus that can interpret natural-language instructions and turn them into coordinated material-movement tasks. The update is part of a broader European robotics push that includes new deployments, a planned €10 billion investment, and a 25,000-person workforce expansion. The shift points to a bigger change inside Amazon’s fulfillment network: robots are not just getting stronger or faster. They are becoming more flexible, more autonomous, and more deeply woven into the way warehouse work is planned. A new kind of Proteus According to a company news release, Proteus is one of Amazon’s most useful robots. As one of the company’s top fulfillment-center robots, it handles one of the most important and physically demanding tasks in those facilities: moving carts weighing up to 800 pounds. Additionally, it is equipped with sensors that enable it to operate autonomously, a feature many fulfillment-center robots lack. Now, Amazon …

Amazon’s cloud unit hit by outage involving AI tools in December | Technology News

Amazon’s cloud unit hit by outage involving AI tools in December | Technology News

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1 min readNew DelhiFeb 23, 2026 10:54 AM IST Amazon’s cloud unit AWS had suffered an outage impacting a cost-management feature in December, a spokesperson told Reuters on Friday. The Financial Times reported earlier that the service suffered ⁠two ​outages in December stemming from errors involving its own AI tools, citing people familiar with the matter. The report said ​AWS ​suffered a 13-hour interruption ⁠to a system used by customers when engineers allowed its Kiro ‌AI coding tool to carry out certain changes. The agentic tool, which is capable of taking autonomous actions for users, decided to “delete and recreate the environment”, according to the FT report. “That event ⁠interrupted an ⁠AWS feature – a single service used for cost management – not AWS ⁠generally,” ‌the Amazon spokesperson said in ​an emailed statement, adding that ‌the event impacted a system used by customers to monitor usage ‌costs in one ​of its ​39 ​regions. The spokesperson called the disruption brief and attributed it to ​user error. The service interruption ⁠was an “extremely limited event” when a …

This Holiday Season Stock Up On Your Favourites From Amazon’s Everyday Essentials

This Holiday Season Stock Up On Your Favourites From Amazon’s Everyday Essentials

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The holiday season brings busy kitchens, packed calendars, and special moments to enjoy with family. Amazon’s Everyday Essentials brings together baby care, wellness products, and household staples—all in one place to help you navigate the season effortlessly. Whether stocking up on wellness products, household staples, or indulgent treats, it makes holiday prep simple and enjoyable. This Holiday Season Stock Up On Your Favourites From Amazon’s Everyday Essentials Amazon’s Everyday Essentials offers the widest selection of value-based essentials across categories such as pet care, baby care, gourmet groceries and health & personal care. Customers can enjoy the convenience of same-day or next-day delivery right at their doorstep. As part of the year-end picks, the specially curated Year-End Store — available until 31 December 2025—brings up to 50% across a wide selection of everyday essentials. Effortless Holiday Hosting with Gourmet Groceries Savour the Season with Gourmet Treats: From shared meals to small indulgences, food brings warmth to the season. Amazon’s Everyday Essentials makes shopping simple with a curated selection of gourmet groceries, including ready-to-enjoy hampers such as …

On Our Beauty Radar: Amazon’s The Beauty Sale Is Back With The Ultimate Winter Regime from 22nd – 26th November | Sponsored-lifestyle News

On Our Beauty Radar: Amazon’s The Beauty Sale Is Back With The Ultimate Winter Regime from 22nd – 26th November | Sponsored-lifestyle News

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As the season changes, it’s the perfect moment to refresh your winter beauty regime — and Amazon’s The Beauty Sale – presented by Maybelline, in association with Vaseline, makes it easy to explore, experiment, and elevate your self-care rituals. With up to 70% off across global and homegrown beauty brands, this five-day shopping event brings together everything you need to nourish, protect, and glow this winter. We have specially curated a step by step guide, for the perfect winter care, that you can easily shop and discover on Amazon Beauty. “The Beauty Sale’s seventh edition showcases the most-loved global beauty trends of the season — from cult-favourite Korean and Japanese skincare to dermatologist-recommended essentials like sunscreens and moisturisers that help customers build a complete, effective routine,” said Siddharth Bhagat, Director, Amazon Fashion and Beauty. “We are making it easier than ever for beauty enthusiasts to discover trusted international brands and build their perfect beauty regimen. Whether they’re exploring winter-care staples, curating a daily makeup routine, or discovering luxury and professional-grade favourites, our thoughtfully curated selection …

5 things I love about Amazon’s new Echo Shows — and 3 things I don’t

5 things I love about Amazon’s new Echo Shows — and 3 things I don’t

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Amazon’s newest Echo Show smart displays launch this week. They’re purpose-built for the new AI-powered Alexa Plus, which comes preloaded in the US. I’ve had a couple of days to play with them, and I have some early thoughts to share. Overall, the devices are a significant upgrade from the last-gen Show 8 and aging Show 10. They’re sleeker, with more modern hardware, a more responsive touchscreen, and packed with radios and sensors. They’re also powered by the new AZ3 Pro processor, which makes them feel faster. The new Shows look ready to take center stage in your smart home. But Amazon tells me that the devices will still display the full-screen ads the company recently introduced to its devices. And that significantly dampens my enthusiasm for the new hardware. The Echo Show 8 ($179.99) and Echo Show 11 ($219.99) are mostly identical to each other, save for the bigger 10.95-inch, full HD touchscreen on the 11. The 8 sports a smaller, 8.7-inch HD display. If you want more room to see your Ring cameras, …

Amazon’s like-new Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is on sale for just 7

Amazon’s like-new Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is on sale for just $127

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If you didn’t get around to reading more this year, now’s a great time to start. That’s because Amazon is selling the latest Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition in like-new condition for $126.99 ($53 off), which matches the e-reader’s best price to date. If you haven’t purchased a refurbished product from Amazon before, know that each refurb model is inspected, cleaned, and tested to ensure it’s fully functional; they also come with the same one-year limited warranty as new products. Amazon’s Signature Edition model offers a few upgrades over the standard Paperwhite, which remains our favorite Kindle despite the arrival of the new Kindle Scribe and Kindle Colorsoft. For starters, it supports an optional wireless charging dock, allowing you to easily top it off each night. Even if you forget to charge it, though, it should last for up to 12 weeks on a single charge. The step-up model also features an auto-adjusting front light sensor, ensuring the screen is always at optimal brightness, whether you’re reading indoors or outside. In addition, the Signature Edition features …

Amazon’s grocery store dreams are reshaping Whole Foods

Amazon’s grocery store dreams are reshaping Whole Foods

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Amazon built a portal to Kraft Mac & Cheese, Goldfish crackers, and Nestlé Drumsticks inside one of its Whole Foods stores — and it plans to do the same at others. In a blog post on Wednesday, Amazon details a Whole Foods concept store in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, where shoppers can order grocery items from Amazon using QR codes scattered throughout the supermarket. The Pennsylvania concept store has a built-in “microfulfillment center” packed with products that you wouldn’t normally find inside Whole Foods. When a customer places an order from Amazon Fresh, autonomous “ShopBot” robots developed by a company called Fulfil will begin to retrieve the products. Customers will then receive a text notification when their order is ready for pickup at the Amazon pickup and returns counter inside the store. “As we gather customer feedback from this first location, we plan to refine and expand this offering to additional stores over time,” Amazon says. A report from The Wall Street Journal first highlighted the Pennsylvania-based Whole Foods concept store last year. This new post …

Anurag Kashyap says Netflix, Amazon’s content is ‘worse than television’; criticises Bollywood for being creatively bankrupt: ‘When you hit rock-bottom’ | Bollywood News

Anurag Kashyap says Netflix, Amazon’s content is ‘worse than television’; criticises Bollywood for being creatively bankrupt: ‘When you hit rock-bottom’ | Bollywood News

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Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who expected a new wave of freedom to sweep over the Indian film industry after the arrival of streaming platforms, expressed his dismay at how things have turned out. He said that the type of material that these platforms are producing is ‘worse than television’, as he revealed what feedback he often gets. In an interview, Anurag said that platforms such as Netflix and Prime Video are driven by only one goal. “They’re looking for subscriptions and profits. They have an algorithm that they follow,” he said. In an interaction with The Hindu, Anurag looked back on his earliest collaborations with Netflix, the crime drama series Sacred Games and the anthology film Lust Stories. He said, “When we did Sacred Games and Lust Stories, when Netflix came in, we thought this was an opportunity. And it seemed like an opportunity; we created some very good work with them. And then, slowly, roughly around the time of Covid, everything turned around again. Now what they’re doing is worse than television. Now you go …

Amazon’s New Vulcan Robots for Fulfilment Centres Have a ‘Sense of Touch’

Amazon’s New Vulcan Robots for Fulfilment Centres Have a ‘Sense of Touch’

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Amazon introduced a new warehouse-focused robot last week that can carefully manipulate a wide range of objects. Dubbed Vulcan, the new class of robots feature force feedback sensors that allow it to understand the amount of force it is applying while picking an object or pushing a cart. These robots will be used in the tech giant’s fulfilment centres globally and are designed to assist the human workers. Amazon said that these robots have created hundreds of new categories of human jobs at the warehouses. Amazon’s Vulcan Robots Come Close to Human Dexterity In a newsroom post, the Seattle-based tech giant introduced Vulcan and highlighted its capabilities. The new robots solve a critical problem in automating Amazon’s fulfilment centres – robots are numb and dumb. “In the past, when industrial robots have unexpected contact, they either emergency stop or smash through that contact. They often don’t even know they have hit something because they cannot sense it,” said Aaron Parness, Director, Applied Science, Amazon. The company highlighted that Vulcan, which is built using advances in …

Amazon’s ad-free Kindle Paperwhite Kids has hit its best price to date

Amazon’s ad-free Kindle Paperwhite Kids has hit its best price to date

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Whether you’re after a distraction-free reading experience or a fun way to keep the kids engaged this summer, the latest Kindle Paperwhite Kids is worth considering. And now, thanks to Amazon’s Mother’s Day promo, you can pick it up at either Amazon or Best Buy starting at just $139.99 ($40 off), which matches the e-reader’s best price to date. Although aimed at children, Amazon’s kid-friendly ebook reader is almost identical to the standard Kindle Paperwhite, which is remains our favorite e-reader for devouring Kindle books. It boasts IPX8 water resistance and the same seven-inch 300ppi display, along with USB-C support and enough space for stowing thousands of digital books. It’s just as snappy as the standard model, too, and Amazon has included a color-temperature-adjustable backlight for nighttime reading. What sets the 16GB Kids model apart are the extras, many of which are great for the whole family. Notably, it’s free of distracting lockscreen ads and comes with a two-year hardware protection plan. You also get expanded parental controls and can choose from one of several …