Prime Video’s ad free subscription becomes Prime Video Ultra for $4.99 a month

Amazon is launching Prime Video Ultra, a $4.99 monthly add-on that removes ads from Prime Video for existing Prime or Prime Video subscribers starting April 10.
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Amazon Prime Video nearly doubles the price to go ad-free and stream 4K video
Amazon Prime Video nearly doubles the price to go ad-free and stream 4K video

Starting April 10th, Amazon’s ad-free Prime Video subscription will be rebranded as Ultra as its price increases to $4.99 per month from the current $2.99. Once it launches, it will also be the “exclusive” way to access 4K/UHD streaming, removing 4K streaming access from Prime subscribers who don’t pay extra. Paying the extra five bucks […]

Amazon is bringing new chat styles to Alexa+ and one of them can be cuss, too

Alexa+ is getting customizable chat styles that change how the assistant talks to you, including a new Sassy personality with humor, sarcasm and censored profanity.
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Amazon plans to move its massive Prime Day sale to a different month

Amazon is reportedly planning to move its annual Prime Day sale from July to late June, marking a rare schedule change for one of the biggest online shopping events of the year.
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AI code wreaked havoc with Amazon outage, and now the company is making tight rules

From a 13-hour AWS outage to 6.3 million lost orders, Amazon’s AI coding push has had a rough few months.
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Amazon expands a program that lets customers shop from other retailers’ sites

The changes allow more merchants to participate in Amazon’s Shop Direct program, which sends Amazon customers to other retailers’ websites.

Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app

Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments, and more.

Judge orders Perplexity to stop AI agents from shopping on Amazon
Judge orders Perplexity to stop AI agents from shopping on Amazon

A federal judge has issued an order blocking Perplexity’s web browser-based AI agents from placing Amazon orders on a user’s behalf, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. In a ruling on Monday, US District Judge Maxine Chesney writes that Amazon has “provided strong evidence” that Perplexity’s Comet browser accesses user accounts “without authorization” from the retail […]