Tag: Amazon
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Make it so, Alexa: Amazon adds a few new Star Trek skills to AI assistant’s repertoire
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has said the Alexa voice-activated AI assistant was inspired by the talking computer on “Star Trek,” so it only makes sense that Alexa is saluting the latest incarnation of the Star Trek saga. “Star Trek: Discovery” premieres Sunday on CBS All Access, and in the show’s honor, Amazon has added a…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture provides hints about Amazon’s HQ2 plan
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos shows off an artist’s conception of the New Glenn rocket as Florida Gov. Rick Scott looks on during 2015’s announcement that Blue Origin would build a rocket factory in the Sunshine State. Will there be a similar production for Amazon’s HQ2 announcement? (NASA via YouTube) What do Jeff Bezos and…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture provides hints about Amazon’s HQ2 plan
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos shows off an artist’s conception of the New Glenn rocket as Florida Gov. Rick Scott looks on during 2015’s announcement that Blue Origin would build a rocket factory in the Sunshine State. Will there be a similar production for Amazon’s HQ2 announcement? (NASA via YouTube) What do Jeff Bezos and…
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Jeff Bezos fuels Blue Origin space venture with $941 million Amazon stock sale
Billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is sure to benefit from his record-high $941 million selloff of Amazon shares. The sale, executed this week and reported in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, represents just a thin slice of the Amazon founder’s estimated $80 billion net worth. But it meshes with his comment last…
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First live ultra-HD video from space features oohs, ahhs and zero-G ping pong
As NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson looks on, crewmate Jack Fischer jokes that “you can probably see into my pores” during the first’ever live 4K UHD video feed from the International Space Station. (NASA via YouTube) NASA and AWS Elemental showed off something completely different from the International Space Station today: the first live video in ultra-high-definition…
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Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos: ‘The only thing that’s disruptive is customer adoption’
Jeff Bezos discusses Blue Origin New Shepard booster rocket & crew capsule at the Space Symposium. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Amazon often gets the blame — or credit, depending on your perspective — for upending traditional industries, particularly in the brick-and-mortar retail sector. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and CEO, offered his view on this issue when answering…
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How Jeff Bezos is using Amazon’s success to fuel Blue Origin’s space effort, a billion dollars at a time
Blue Origin’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, peers out the window of a New Shepard crew capsule mock-up. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos has long said that he’s using his personal fortune to fund his Blue Origin space venture, and today he hinted at just how many billions…
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Video: Watch Jeff Bezos lounge in a spaceship and take questions about Blue Origin’s future
Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. (Facebook screen grab) Jeff Bezos showed off a mocked-up version of a crew capsule that he says fits into a space-flight dream that he has lived with since he was a little kid. The billionaire Amazon CEO and founder of Blue Origin spoke at the 33rd Space Symposium in…
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Video provides another look at Amazon delivery drone (and Blue Origin spaceship)
We already knew that Amazon provided a rare public demonstration of its delivery drone dropping off some sunscreen at this week’s MARS 2017 conference in Palm Springs, Calif. We also knew that Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket ship, which went to space and back five times, was on display at the invitation-only event, organized by Amazon…
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Video: Jeff Bezos shares big ideas, from Amazon’s drone landing pads to a 10,000-year clock
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos shows off a tortoise cufflink during the Pathfinder Awards banquet at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. The tortoise symbolizes the approach Bezos takes with his Blue Origin space venture. “We believe slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,” he says. (Credit: Tania Shepard / Azzura Photography) Someday, you’ll be printing out a…