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Amazon’s cloud was hit by two outages involving AI tools in December

An Amazon Web Services spokesperson told Reuters in an emailed response that the disruption was brief and attributed it to user error

20 February, 2026

BMW to integrate Amazon Alexa+ into vehicles from 2026, starting with iX3

Powered by a Large Language Model (LLM), the AI-enabled BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant no longer relies on predefined voice commands

13 January, 2026

Amazon.ae 11.11 sale begins; discounts, deals, delivery in minutes

The 11.11 sale will run from November 7 to 12, with early deals already live on the platform, Amazon said

07 November, 2025

OpenAI, AWS forge $38bn partnership to power the next frontier of AI

The deal will give OpenAI access to AWS’s large-scale AI infrastructure, which includes clusters of more than 500,000 chips.

05 November, 2025

Amazon’s Ronaldo Mouchawar on innovation, regional strategies and leadership

Leading one of Amazon’s fastest-growing regions, the VP Amazon Middle East Africa and Turkey details the pursuit of minutes-long delivery and the use of AI to solve complex last-mile challenges

29 October, 2025

Dubai: DFF, Amazon launch gig economy delivery pilot

Dubai Future Foundation said the programme could reduce reliance on delivery vehicles in densely populated areas

29 August, 2025

GMG and Amazon join forces to elevate MENA ecommerce experience

GMG and Amazon will enhance delivery speeds for high-demand products in grocery, wellness, and lifestyle categories

30 July, 2025

Amazon exercises option to acquire direct stake in Valu

The agreement stems from a 2022 deal in which Amazon invested $10m in global depositary receipts (GDRs) of EFG Holding

23 June, 2025

Amazon announces four-day Prime Day discount event

US shoppers spent $14.2bn, up 11 per cent year-over-year, during Amazon’s July 2024 Prime Day event, according to Adobe Analytics

17 June, 2025

Amazon, Google sign pledge to support tripling of nuclear energy capacity by 2050

Shale company Occidental and Japanese heavy machinery maker IHI Corp also added their names to the pledge

12 March, 2025