The Japan TimesJun 5
Thirteen years after entering the market, Amazon occupies an awkward middle ground in India. It's too large to pivot quickly and too constrained to match rivals' agility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/04/companies/india-amazon-struggle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #flipkart #amazoncom #ecommerce #india #relianceretail #jeffbezos #andyjassy
Why Amazon has struggled to crack India

India, fast-growing and democratic, was supposed to be the ultimate proof that the Amazon model would succeed outside the U.S. and a handful of smaller industrialized countries.

The Japan Times
Jetstream [Unofficial]May 17

日本直送対応！「SwitchBot ロックVision Pro」米Amazon登場

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://jetstream.blog/2026/05/17/switchbot-lock-vision-pro-us-amazon-pre-order/

GravitasFeb 5

Amazon's Illusion of Quality: How Dangerous Products Get Top Ratings!

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/oc1iAH44dhHNgwWnMvKksr

Amazon's Illusion of Quality: How Dangerous Products Get Top Ratings!

PeerTube
Interesting LinksOct 28, 2025

It's always DNS
Regarding last week's 16-hour partial AWS outage:
"In this case, the race condition resided in the DNS Enactor, a DynamoDB component that constantly updates domain lookup tables in individual AWS endpoints to optimize load balancing as conditions change." Delays resulted in multiple DNS Enactors rewriting the same configs and deleting each other's "outdated" changes, breaking routing *and* the re-balancing process, requiring manual intervention.

#SinglePointOfFailure #AWS #DNS #CloudComputing #AmazonCom

A single point of failure triggered the Amazon outage affecting millions

A DNS manager in a single region of Amazon’s sprawling network touched off a 16-hour debacle.

Ars Technica
The Japan TimesOct 28, 2025
Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 jobs, or nearly 10% of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/companies/amazon-30000-corporate-job-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #amazoncom #jobs #ai
Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say

The company’s largest cut since 2022 represents nearly 10% of its roughly 350,000 corporate employees.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesOct 20, 2025
Amazon.com said it had largely contained fallout from a widespread internet outage that caused turmoil among thousands of sites globally. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/tech/amazon-aws-outage-worldwide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #amazoncom #aws #tech #apps
Amazon's AWS nears recovery after major outage disrupts apps, services worldwide

It was the largest internet disruption since last year's CrowdStrike malfunction hobbled technology systems in hospitals, banks and airports.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesOct 20, 2025
Amazon's cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage, causing connectivity issues for many companies around the world and disrupting services for several popular websites and apps including Fortnite and Snapchat. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/20/tech/websites-apps-dark-amazon-outage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #amazoncom #tech #cloud
Many websites and apps go dark as Amazon's cloud unit reports global outage

AI startup Perplexity, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and trading app Robinhood attributed the outages to AWS.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesAug 18, 2025
The rapid data center build-out is driving sales and stock prices of companies from Caterpillar to Trane, but the digital gold rush won’t last forever. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/18/world/ai-bubble-bursting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #ai #artificialintelligence #caterpillar #siemens #microsoft #alphabet #metaplatforms #amazoncom #xai #blackstone
The AI building boom is bound to bust

For now, the boom has room to run. The introduction of artificial intelligence into the workplace and society will match the rollout of electricity and the internet.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesAug 2, 2025
If there’s any lesson to take from the AI spending plans issued by the world’s largest technology companies over the past two weeks, it’s to never underestimate the fear of missing out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/02/big-tech-ai-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #microsoft #amazoncom #meta #apple #google #ai #markets #investments #stocks
The AI race has Big Tech spending $344 billion this year

Microsoft, Amazon.com, Meta and Alphabet are pouring money into artificial intelligence in order to get a leg up on the competition.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesJun 24, 2025
Global environmental lobby Greenpeace has added its voice to protests against this week's celebrity wedding in Venice between American technology billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist Laura Sanchez. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/greenpeace-bezos-wedding-venice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #greenpeace #italy #venice #amazoncom #jeffbezos
Jeff Bezos's gala wedding in Venice draws criticism from locals and activists

Some Venetians see the celebration as the latest sign of the brash commodification of a beautiful but fragile city long overrun with tourism and depopulating.

The Japan Times