Best Deals from October’s Amazon Prime Day

Amazon’s second Prime Day of 2023 is here, and it runs October 10-11. Yes, that’s right before the holiday shopping season really kicks off in November, but if you shop early, there are some good deals to be found on TVs, audio gear, laptops and especially Amazon’s own branded items. Top 5 Shopping Tips for … Read more

Amazon launches Project Kuiper satellite internet prototypes

United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation stands ready for launch on pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 5, 2023 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States.  Paul Hennessey | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images United Launch Alliance Atlas V … Read more

Blue Origin and Sierra Space Station Effort Hits Turbulence

Once among the star companies championing a deal to create a private successor to the International Space Station, talks between Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Sierra Space regarding the Orbital Reef project now appear to be souring. Meet Microsoft’s New Surface Laptops CNBC reports that the two space companies are potentially discussing an end to … Read more

Does the BOJ have a communication issue?

The Japan flag is juxtaposed against a Japanese yen bank note. Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You … Read more

Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith resigns, replaced by outgoing Amazon exec Dave Limp

Bob Smith, chief executive officer of Blue Origin LLC, (L), and Dave Limp, senior vice president of devices and services for Amazon.com Inc. Getty Images Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will replace CEO Bob Smith with outgoing Amazon executive Dave Limp, CNBC has learned. Smith is retiring effective Dec. 4 and will remain with the company … Read more

Amazon is racing to catch up in generative A.I. with customized AWS chips

In an unmarked workplace constructing in Austin, Texas, two small rooms include a handful of Amazon workers designing two varieties of microchips for coaching and accelerating generative AI. These customized chips, Inferentia and Trainium, supply AWS prospects a substitute for coaching their giant language fashions on Nvidia GPUs, which have been getting troublesome and costly … Read more

ChatGPT and Bard AIs Made Me 12 Nasty Cocktails

Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris (Getty Pictures) The fast proliferation of ChatGPT-style chatbots over the previous yr has led an honest chunk of salesmen, docs, journalists, and different keyboard warriors to nervously fret over their future job safety. One body of workers that most likely don’t want to fret about chatbots anytime quickly, nonetheless, are bartenders. Gizmodo … Read more