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Paramount Skydance’s planned $81 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery cleared a major regulatory hurdle Friday, giving investors one less reason to worry about the deal—one of the biggest of its kind in years. But it doesn’t remove all the risk.

Amazon is paying Corning billions of dollars for optical fiber to power and connect its rapidly expanding U.S. data centers, the latest megadeal featuring two companies at the center of the artificial intelligence boom.

Amazon on Thursday unveiled an upgraded ‌AI-powered mobile robot for its warehouses that can respond to conversational prompts, as part of a €10 billion ($11.6 billion) investment in its European fulfilment network.

Amazon said Wednesday that its cloud division has landed a $6 billion spending commitment from Snowflake, which includes the use of the company’s custom silicon and chips for artificial intelligence.

Amazon Web Services recorded 28% revenue growth in the first quarter, beating analysts’ estimates, as the cloud infrastructure leader boosted its investment in Anthropic and prepared to work more closely with OpenAI.

Meta Platforms (META) said Friday that it will use Amazon (AMZN) chips to power some of its artificial-intelligence computing needs. The deal looks like validation of Amazon’s in-house chip plan.

Amazon agreed to acquire satellite operator Globalstar in a deal that would boost the tech giant’s efforts to build its own satellite operation.

Amazon.com (AMZN) said on Thursday its cloud business’s AI revenue run rate was more than $15 billion in the ​first quarter of 2026, the company’s first disclosure of ‌direct financial returns from its artificial intelligence efforts.

Amazon (AMZN) is reportedly in negotiations to acquire satellite company Globalstar (GSAT). But Apple (AAPL) might pose an obstacle to a purchase that would boost the e-commerce company’s push into space.

OpenAI has raised $122 billion ahead of its planned initial public offering. The ChatGPT developer got its biggest backing from Amazon.com (AMZN) as it looks to lessen its dependence on Microsoft (MSFT).

Amazon (AMZN) is making the single largest investment in artificial-intelligence infrastructure among the major U.S. technology companies.

Amazon (AMZN) is ramping up its speedy delivery service by offering 1-hour and 3-hour shipping in markets across the ​U.S., including Los Angeles and Chicago, in its latest efforts to ‌stave off e-commerce competition from its biggest rival Walmart.

Amazon’s Zoox is making its toaster-shaped self-driving vehicles available through the Uber app in Las Vegas starting this summer, the latest sign of momentum in the nascent but fast-growing robotaxi market.

OpenAI has closed a $110 billion funding round, a financing that’s more than double the size of its last raise a year ago, which was a record for a private tech company.

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Amazon shares plunged more than 10% in extended trading Thursday after the company posted mixed fourth-quarter earnings and boosted its 2026 spending forecast to $200 billion.

Long delays to get power grid connections are challenging Amazon’s (AMZN), opens new tab plans to expand data centers in Europe, the company told Reuters, as industries ramp up pressure on policymakers to upgrade ageing energy grids.

OpenAI is in discussions with Amazon about a potential investment and an agreement to use its artificial intelligence chips, CNBC confirmed on Tuesday.

Amazon on Wednesday committed to investing over $35 billion in India’s cloud and artificial intelligence space by 2030, as hyperscalers race to get a foothold in the market.

Italian police carried out searches and seizures at two Amazon sites in Italy on Monday as part of an investigation into the alleged smuggling of Chinese goods, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.