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Amazon is a multinational technology company based in Seattle that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artificial intelligence. It is one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook. Founder Jeff Bezos serves as the company’s executive chair, and Andy Jassy has held the CEO role since 2021.

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Amazon Hedges Against AI Shopping Agents With 250 Million Outside Listings

By Catherine Perloff · Oct 28, 2026 6:00am PDT

For more than a year, Amazon has blocked outside shopping agents from its site while finding ways for its own customers to shop elsewhere. Now a new wave of AI assistants like Meta’s Muse is raising the stakes. In recent months Amazon has stepped up its Shop Direct initiative, which promotes products from brands that don’t sell on Amazon’s site,... For more than a year, Amazon has blocked outside shopping agents from its site while finding ways...

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Amazon’s Bargains Include Its Stock

By Martin Peers · Oct 11, 2026 3:01pm PDT

It’s the quiet before the storm of earnings season, which starts in a week or two. While we wait for the third-quarter updates, here’s a thought: Investor enthusiasm for semiconductor stocks and blue-sky vision companies like SpaceX appears to have sucked money out of stocks of long-established tech companies. Some are now trading at... It’s the quiet before the storm of earnings season, which starts in a week or two. While we wait...

The booth of Chinese optical equipment maker ZTT at the Data Centre World Asia last week. Credit: CloserStill Media

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Why Google, Amazon and Microsoft Need Chinese Data Center Suppliers

By Claudia Chong · Oct 5, 2026 8:00am PDT

U.S. data center operators’ reliance on Chinese manufacturers for batteries, cooling systems, optical transceivers and other equipment has come under scrutiny over national security concerns.But Chinese equipment makers have an edge over their American counterparts, which have been criticised for long lead times amid supply chain shortages. So... U.S. data center operators’ reliance on Chinese manufacturers for batteries, cooling systems,...