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Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
An Amazon delivery drone snagged and cut an internet cable in Texas last week.

Following two Amazon drone crashes in Arizona last month, the FAA is investigating another incident in Waco, Texas, according to CNBC. After delivering a package the drone “got tangled in a nearby internet cable” before shearing the wire and performing a “safe contingent landing.” There were no injuries or widespread internet outages.

Elissa Welle
Elissa Welle
Amazon is investing billions in data centers for the feds.

The infrastructure buildout will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of capacity for AI and cost up to $50 billion, the company said. US government customers will have access to both AWS Trainium AI chips and NVIDIA chips, and Amazon said it plans to start building the data centers in 2026.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Alexa Plus is starting to roll out in Canada.

It’s the first international expansion of Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered Alexa, which launched first in the US. Amazon plans to invite “tens of thousands of Canadians every week to enjoy the new experience,” according to a blog post.

The DoorDash Problem: How AI browsers are a huge threat to Amazon
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Amazon’s lawsuit against Perplexity has blown the doors open on the great AI browser fight.

Nilay Patel
Camera support could be the boost Matter needs

The 1.5 spec fills a huge gap in the standards’ promise of universal smart home compatibility.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Dudes rock.

The new trailer for Amazon MGM’s adaptation of Alex Weir’s novel Project Hail Mary teases a bit more of the catastrophe that’s imperiling Earth, but it’s mostly about the friendship that’s going to develop between astronaut Dr. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) and an alien that looks like a pile of rocks.

Ring’s Jamie Siminoff thinks AI can reduce crime
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Ring’s ‘chief inventor’ on AI, lost dogs, and why cameras aren’t dystopian.

Nilay Patel
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
More layoffs at Crystal Dynamics, which is working on a new Tomb Raider.

“We’ve parted ways with just under 30 team members across various departments and projects as we restructure the company and business for our next generation,” the studio wrote in a LinkedIn post.

These new layoffs follow other rounds of job cuts at the studio from earlier this year.