72 posts tagged ‘amazon’
Jeff Bezos' Superyacht Is So Damned Big It Has to Hang Out With Oil Tankers
Gizmodo,
Jeff Bezos might want to start accepting packages on his 417-foot superyacht as it’s becoming increasingly clear the ship isn’t much good for transporting the ultra-wealthy into the most luxurious ports. Pictures and live data show the Amazon founder has had to park his ship next to an oil tanker as it lingers in a… Read more...
AWS adds Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock to help safeguard LLMs
TechCrunch,
We are all talking about the business gains from using large language models, but there are lot of known issues with these models, and finding ways to constrain the answers that a model could give is one way to apply some control to these powerful technologies. Today, at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, AWS CEO […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon unveils new chips for training and running AI models
There’s a shortage of GPUs as the demand for generative AI, which is often trained and run on GPUs, grows. Nvidia’s best-performing chips are reportedly sold out until 2024. The CEO of chipmaker TSMC was less optimistic recently, suggesting that the shortage of GPUs from Nvidia — as well as from Nvidia’s rivals — could extend into […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon Takes the Delivery Throne From UPS and FedEx
Amazon will deliver more packages in 2023 than anyone, according to a report Monday from the Wall Street Journal. The tech giant is on track to surpass UPS and FedEx in shipping volume this year, and it seems fitting that a tech giant will undoubtedly ship more gifts than anyone this Cyber Monday. Read more...
Apple Asked Amazon to Block Rival Ads
mjtsai,
Eugene Kim (via Hacker News): Apple’s latest products directly sold by Amazon have a much cleaner page layout on Amazon with no ads or recommendations until the very bottom of the page, an Insider review of the e-commerce site shows. Most other brands don’t get this special treatment, according to people familiar with the matter, […]
15 Best Early Black Friday Deals Under $25
The Cut,
To buy for yourself and to gift.
Don’t Fall for Bad Black Friday ‘Deals’
It’s nearly Black Friday, the time of year when corporations show they’re thankful for you with discounts on thousands of products. But get this: Corporations are not as grateful as they appear (WTF?), and there are a lot of phony deals out there. Here are Gizmodo’s best tips for avoiding bad deals at any time of… Read more...
Diablo IV's developers talk about their big year, big plans—and big, nasty Butcher
AV Club,
In a year packed with major game releases, Diablo IV has been among the biggest. Building on the groundwork laid by 2012’s Diablo 3, the June 2023 release of the sequel has been one of the biggest launches in the studio’s history, with fans flocking to a more strategic and thoughtful take on the franchise’s standard… Read more...