A critical outage at Cloudflare disrupted major portions of the internet early Tuesday, taking down key platforms like Elon Musk’s X, ChatGPT, Downdetector, and even several news websites.
Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI says it has been hit with a “bullying” legal threat from Amazon after Amazon demanded the startup stop allowing users of its browser “Comet” to make purchases on the Amazon platform via automated AI agents.
A major outage in Amazon Web Services (AWS) disrupted global internet infrastructure early Monday, affecting scores of popular websites, apps, and platforms used daily by millions.
In 2021, Pfizer and Amazon both earned perfect scores on the Corporate Equality Index for their treatment of LGBT employees while funding programs linked to Qatar, a nation with an appalling human rights record.
Amazon’s move to stretch Prime Day from two to four days is facing sharp criticism after new data revealed a staggering 41% plunge in Day 1 sales compared to 2024’s event. The report, released by Momentum Commerce and cited by Bloomberg, tracks 50 brands across categories and shows that extending the mega-sale backfired as consumer urgency evaporated.
Amazon is on the verge of having more robots than human employees in its massive warehouse network, as automation continues to redefine the future of retail logistics. The company currently operates over one million robots—nearly matching the size of its human workforce—and is expected to surpass that number soon.
