Recent executive departures and appointments at major tech companies reflect deeper industry transformations. From Starbucks’ digital overhaul to Amazon’s hardware challenges, these moves signal strategic pivots.
The busiest week of earnings season puts the Magnificent 7’s AI-fueled growth to the test amid Federal Reserve rate cut expectations. With 86% of reporting companies beating estimates, all eyes turn to whether tech giants can sustain their market-leading performance as economic visibility remains cl
Onyx Boox has introduced the Palma 2 Pro, a pocket-sized e-reader featuring a color E Ink display and 5G connectivity. The device runs Android 15 but lacks phone calling capabilities, positioning it as a distraction-free reading companion. At $399.99, it represents an intriguing alternative to traditional e-readers and smartphones.
While Amazon’s Kindle has dominated the e-reader landscape for nearly two decades with remarkably consistent form factors, Onyx Boox appears to be charting a different course. The company has unveiled its second-generation Palma device, reportedly shrinking the e-reading experience into something that closely resembles a smartphone—complete with color display and mobile data connectivity.
An Amazon design technologist is making waves in the creative technology space by developing open-source tools that enable robotic art creation. Maksim Surguy’s work demonstrates how algorithmic approaches are transforming both artistic expression and consumer technology experiences.
When Maksim Surguy briefly pursued an art degree years ago, he quickly realized traditional artistic methods weren’t his strength. “Two weeks later, I realized that I suck at art and I switched to computer science,” he recalled with amusement in recent interviews. Now, as a senior design technologist for Amazon Devices, he’s found an unexpected path back to creativity—through code and machines.
Wall Street faces a critical test next week as five of the Magnificent Seven tech giants report earnings against a backdrop of Federal Reserve policy decisions and high-stakes U.S.-China trade talks. The concentrated market rally faces its most significant challenge yet with these five companies accounting for roughly one quarter of the entire S&P 500’s value.
Wall Street is barreling into what analysts are calling one of the most consequential weeks of the year, with a trifecta of market-moving events that could define trading through 2026. According to market reports, five technology behemoths—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft—are set to report earnings against a backdrop of Federal Reserve policy decisions and high-stakes U.S.-China trade talks.
Amazon’s latest M8 cloud instances featuring AMD’s EPYC Turin, Intel’s Xeon 6 Granite Rapids, and AWS’s Graviton4 processors have undergone extensive performance testing. The benchmarks provide crucial insights into how these competing architectures stack up in real-world cloud workloads with identical configurations across 140+ tests.
Amazon Web Services has quietly escalated the cloud computing arms race with its latest M8 instance family, creating what industry observers are calling one of the most interesting processor competitions in recent memory. According to recent benchmark analysis, the cloud giant now offers customers three distinct architectural paths: AMD’s EPYC Turin, Intel’s Xeon 6 Granite Rapids, and AWS’s own Graviton4 processors, all available in the same instance class.
Anthropic has reportedly secured a massive computing agreement with Google Cloud valued in the tens of billions of dollars. The deal provides the AI company with unprecedented access to Google’s custom AI accelerator chips. This expansion comes as Anthropic maintains its existing partnerships with other cloud providers.
In what industry analysts are calling one of the largest AI infrastructure deals to date, Anthropic has reportedly secured a multi-billion dollar agreement with Google Cloud that provides access to an extraordinary scale of computing power. According to sources familiar with the arrangement, the deal includes access to up to one million of Google’s custom Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) AI accelerators specifically designed for artificial intelligence workloads.
Internal documents and reports indicate Amazon is accelerating warehouse automation with plans to replace hundreds of thousands of positions. The company’s robotics division aims to automate three-quarters of operations within the coming years, potentially transforming its workforce structure.
Amazon is reportedly planning one of the largest workforce transformations in corporate history, with internal documents revealing plans to replace more than 600,000 positions with robotic systems, according to reports from The New York Times. The e-commerce giant’s robotics division aims to automate approximately 75% of the company’s entire operations, sources indicate, representing a fundamental shift in how the world’s second-largest private employer approaches its workforce.
Apple has entered the race to acquire media giant Warner Bros., according to reports from Bloomberg. The move could bring HBO’s acclaimed content library to Apple TV, competing against Amazon and Paramount in a high-stakes bidding war.
Technology and media heavyweights including Apple, Amazon, and Paramount are reportedly engaged in preliminary discussions to acquire Warner Bros., according to sources familiar with the matter. The potential acquisition, first reported by Bloomberg, would represent a major strategic move in the increasingly competitive streaming landscape.
NordVPN has developed the first native VPN application for Amazon’s newly launched Fire TV Stick 4K Select, which runs on the Linux-based Vega OS. The cybersecurity firm built the app from scratch to provide full VPN protection optimized for Amazon’s redesigned operating system. Users can download the application immediately after Amazon releases the required software update to devices.
NordVPN has become the first virtual private network provider to develop a native application for Amazon’s latest Fire TV Stick 4K Select, according to reports from the cybersecurity company. This breakthrough comes as Amazon transitions its streaming devices from an Android-based operating system to a custom Linux-based platform called Vega OS, requiring VPN providers to completely rebuild their applications from the ground up.
