Amazon has developed a new warehouse robot that uses touch to rummage around shelves to find the right product to ship to customers. The robot, called Vulcan, is a meaningful step towards making robots less sausage-fingered compared to human beings. Honing robots’ tactile abilities further may allow them to takeContinue Reading
We have been talking to US retailers who don’t sell on ecommerce websites, meaning they have their own stores or are suppliers to Walmart, Target, etc. These companies are also freaking out because many of them have complex supply chains in China and can’t easily move their manufacturing operations toContinue Reading
Dust off your “to be read” piles and charge up your Kindles, because Amazon is back with another big Book Sale. It officially runs from April 23 to 28, with early deals available now. You can expect savings on hardcover and paperback books, plus ebooks, audiobooks, Kindle devices, and bookishContinue Reading
For Easier Reading Photograph: Nena Farrell If you’ve ever had a long reading session that gives you hand cramps, these accessories might help. You can check out more options in our Best Kindle Accessories guide. Strapsicle E-Reader Hand Straps for $21: Attach one or both of these to the backContinue Reading
It’s been a week since President Donald Trump imposed massive tariffs on Chinese imports to the United States, but the policies haven’t forced Amazon shoppers in the US to dig deeper into their wallets just yet. Recent data from price tracking websites reviewed by WIRED show little in the wayContinue Reading
If you logged on to X or Bluesky this past week, you were likely swept up in the onslaught of posts about Trump’s reciprocal tariffs and the plunging stock market. And, if you follow the tech industry as closely as I do, you probably also noticed who wasn’t posting aboutContinue Reading
Known as the de minimis exemption, it has been used by the Chinese shopping giants Shein and Temu to send millions of packages to the US each year duty-free, helping keep the prices of their products low for Americans. But the exemption is also important for marketplaces like eBay andContinue Reading
Tim Stokely, founder of the adult content platform OnlyFans, has submitted an eleventh-hour proposal to buy TikTok’s US operations from its Chinese owner ByteDance. The “intent to bid” was made by Zoop—a social media startup Stokely cofounded with RJ Phillips, who serves as CEO and has a background in influencerContinue Reading
Prime Day is months away. Black Friday is nearly a year off. Amazon has spied a gap in the calendar and plans to cram it full of deals. Amazon’s Big Spring Sale kicked off on March 25 and ends today, March 31. With no other big sale events in view,Continue Reading
Amazon is still seen as a bit of a laggard in the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence, but it has quietly created a lab that is now setting records when it comes to AI performance. Amazon’s AGI SF Lab, which is located in San Francisco and dedicated to buildingContinue Reading
