Amazon to buy Globalstar for $11.57B in bid to flesh out its satellite biz
Amazon on Tuesday agreed to buy satellite company Globalstar, known for powering Apple’s “Emergency SOS” feature, for $11.57 billion in cash.
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Amazon unveils a slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, opens Ember Artline TVs for preorder
Following the initial release of the first-generation Fire TV Stick HD two years ago, Amazon has created a new model that is its thinnest streaming device to date, the company says.
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Amazon-backed X-energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO
Nuclear startup X-energy hit the road today to sell prospective investors on its initial public offering.
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Anthropic takes $5B from Amazon and pledges $100B in cloud spending in return
Amazon has made another circular AI deal: It’s investing another $5 billion in Anthropic. Anthropic has agreed to spend $100 billion on AWS in return.
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Amazon taps Sweden’s Einride for its electric big rigs
The agreement comes just as Einride is finalizing a merger with blank-check company Legato Merger Corp. to go public.
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Amazon Music partners with Bandsintown for concert listings
Users will be able to see live events of an artist on their Amazon Music profile.
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AI | Enterprise | Hardware | TC
In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs
Meta has commandeered a big chunk of Amazon’s homegrown CPUs (not GPUs) for AI agentic workloads, signaling that a new kind of chip race has begun.
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Nuclear startup X-energy raises $1B in data center-driven IPO
Amazon-backed X-energy was able to raise around 20% more money in its IPO as demand for nuclear power surges.
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TechCrunch Mobility: Elon’s admission
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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Amazon’s new podcast strategy: Monetize everything
Amazon’s podcasting business seems to have transformed over the past six months.
