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Amazon subsidiary Zoox is ramping up production of its robotaxis ahead of its launch in Las Vegas later this year. It's flung open the doors to its second facility that's set up to roll out 10,000 of its driverless four-passenger vans annually.

Amazon is launching 27 satellites into Low Earth Orbit next week, kicking off its years-in-the-making plan to set up a massive constellation and deliver internet access anywhere on the globe – similar to SpaceX's Starlink service.

Amazon has unveiled its first quantum computing chip today, after four years in the making. Dubbed Ocelot, it uses 'cat qubits' for improved error correction, and could lead to cheaper practical quantum computing in the years to come.

Color E Ink has been in the wild for a while now, and we've featured a number of reading and note-taking devices that use it. Amazon's popular Kindle range has so far stuck with shades of gray. That's changed with the launch of the Kindle Colorsoft.

Nestled in the Amazonian rainforest, A Lodging in the Pigüe embodies a connection between architecture and nature. The tiny cabin has been designed to incorporate an existing Pigüe tree, allowing the structure to rise around it rather than disrupt it.

Tall, capable, and vaguely insectoid looking, a series of Digit robots are now moving around empty bins at an Amazon research and development facility. The trial run is the first step towards using the bots to automate repetitive warehouse processes.

Two test satellites blasted off on board a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket emblazoned with Amazon’s famous logo on Friday, ahead of more than 3,200 planned to orbit the Earth, challenging Elon Musk’s reign over broadband real estate in space.

Amazon is hoping to make buying easier by employing artificial intelligence to collate reviews and deliver a single summary, in order to save online shoppers time. It's also very optimistic that the function will be unbiased and immune to bots.

In a world first, Amazon has partnered with Cochlear to make watching movies and shows more accessible for folks with hearing loss by streaming audio from a Fire TV device directly to a Cochlear hearing implant's sound processor.

Zoox has announced the deployment on open public roads of its purpose-built electric robotaxi. Able to carry up to four passengers, the fully self-driving vehicle is being put to work shuttling the company's employees around Foster City, California.

Amazon has lofty and long-held ambitions when it comes to aerial deliveries and has today offered a glimpse of its latest Prime Air delivery drone, which it says will be lighter, quieter and capable of operating in the rain.

While there are already a number of sleep-tracking systems to choose between, many are made by small startups without much of a track record. Electronics giant Amazon has now thrown its hat in the ring, however, with the unveiling of the Halo Rise.