Amazon announced that its crowdsourcing service Mechanical Turk will stop accepting new customers after July 30, 2026, though existing users can continue using it. Launched in 2005, Mechanical Turk allowed people to perform small tasks that resisted automation, playing a key role in AI data annotation and sparking ethical debates. The service's relevance has diminished amid fraud and AI advancements, with many workers now using AI tools themselves, raising questions about its future. Amazon will maintain the service without new features but may eventually discontinue it entirely.
Amazon is reportedly close to acquiring Decart, a small AI startup with about 100 employees, for around $7 billion. Decart develops software that accelerates AI models on various chips, including Nvidia's GPUs and Amazon's own Trainium chips, potenti...
The Asia-Pacific sustainable data center market is projected to grow from $16.74 billion in 2025 to $57.18 billion by 2031, at a CAGR of 22.7%. Growth is fueled by rising demand for AI, cloud computing, and hyperscale infrastructure, prompting invest...
Investing $1,000 in Amazon at around $258.35 per share today could grow to approximately $1,927 by 2030, based on a base case scenario projecting a 15.54% annualized return. This growth hinges on Amazon's accelerating cloud business (AWS) and rapidly...
Alphabet and Amazon each plan to invest about $200 billion in AI data centers by 2026, but Alphabet is showing faster revenue growth from its spending. Google Cloud revenue surged 82% in Q2, outpacing Amazon Web Services' 37% growth, indicating Alpha...
Amazon's AWS segment is accelerating rapidly, with growth jumping from 20% in late 2025 to 37% in Q2 2026, generating $42.23 billion revenue at nearly 40% operating margin. The company also benefits from a strong advertising and retail business, with...
