Category: Amazon News

Amazon has introduced Amazon Connect Health, a specialized AI-powered solution designed to streamline administrative processes in healthcare and improve access to care for patients. This new offering builds on Amazon Connect, AWS’s established cloud-based contact center platform, by incorporating advanced generative AI capabilities tailored specifically for healthcare providers. The core purpose of Amazon Connect Health…

OpenAI has closed another round of funding, reporting that the company raised $110 billion. $50 billion of that is coming from Amazon, starting with an initial $15 billion and followed by another $35 billion in the coming months. Amazon announced today that the investment is part of a strategic partnership, with the two companies jointly…

Amazon has opened a public waitlist for its new home internet service, dubbed Amazon Leo. This satellite-based broadband offering promises to deliver high-speed connectivity to households across the globe, particularly in underserved rural and remote areas where traditional internet infrastructure falls short. Interested consumers can now sign up through the dedicated website to secure their…

In a recent statement, Amazon has refuted claims that an artificial intelligence coding tool was responsible for a significant disruption to its AWS cloud computing services. The company clarified that a brief service interruption last December stemmed from human misconfiguration rather than any malfunction in AI technology. This response comes in the wake of a…

Update: Amazon denies the Financial Times story that our story was based on. Amazon says the AWS outage was human-caused, and you can learn more HERE. Amazon has recently faced scrutiny over incidents involving its internal AI coding tools after reports emerged of service disruptions linked to automated systems. In mid-December 2025, Amazon Web Services…

Amazon Pharmacy, the online pharmaceutical service operated by the e-commerce giant, has unveiled plans to significantly broaden its same-day prescription delivery network. By the conclusion of 2026, the service will reach nearly 4,500 cities and towns throughout the United States, marking a substantial increase that adds close to 2,000 new communities over the course of…

Update: X and other services are now back online. In a major disruption to the digital landscape, many services are experienced a widespread outage early this morning, February 16, 2026, causing cascading failures across numerous online platforms. The incident, which began this morning, has left millions of users unable to access popular streaming services and…