The Latest Breaking News from Amazon

Ocker reboot makes Alexa 'authentically Australian'

Amazon Australia is upgrading its Alexa chatbot with the same technology that underpins ChatGPT, and says it has been trained to understand Australian culture.

AAP · Aug 5

Warhammer Is Suddenly Getting A Surprising TV Spinoff

Alongside Henry Cavill's live-action TV series, there's now an animated Warhammer 40K show in development at Amazon MGM Studios.

Inverse · Aug 5

eBay Hit With Massive Karma After Campaign To Ruin Old Couple’s Lives Backfires Spectacularly

“This was a bizarre, premeditated attack on our lives with buy-in at the highest levels of eBay,” David Steiner said.

Bored Panda · Aug 5

The Trump administration has doled out $100 billion in tariff refunds, but Americans are suing U.S. companies for not seeing a penny of the returns

Customers of Five Below, Sony, and Nintendo have filed class action lawsuits demanding they receive refunds from the struck-down import taxes.

Fortune · Aug 5

CMF has unveiled a pair of budget open-back earbuds, and I'm eager to see what they can do for my Nintendo Switch 2

Nothing's budget CMF brand just unveiled its new Clip Pro open-back earbuds that are designed to clip onto the side of your ears.

GamesRadar · Aug 5

Meta Platforms Stock Is Not a Top Pick at This Point. Here’s Why.

Meta offers ad strength, but Amazon stock looks like a better option for investors given the company's diverse set of businesses and leverage to the AI boom.

Barchart · Aug 5

Melania Trump to be the subject of a new Amazon Prime docuseries

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The Independent UK · Aug 5

$4,429 order for a ROG Astral RTX 5090 cancelled by Nvidia due to a 'late' price increase, with Asus blamed — marketplace buyer refunded after immediate $500 increase, with top-spec GPU now almost 2.5x higher than MSRP

Nvidia cancelled a Redditor's Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 BTF GPU order, originally priced at $4,429, because of a $500 price rise, with Nvidia blaming Asus for the confusion.

Tom’s Hardware · Aug 5

Melania Trump's Senior Aide Claims She Is 'Most Consequential First Lady in History' Today

Melania Trump's senior aide discusses her impactful second term, highlighting her humanitarian efforts and upcoming docu-series, positioning her as a significant First Lady in US history.

International Business Times UK · Aug 5

Amazon doubles down on Melania with plans for a new docuseries on the First Lady

‘Melania’ chronicled the first lady throughout the 20 days leading up to Donald Trump’s second inauguration

The Independent UK · Aug 5