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Edited images showing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and actor Jason Statham with full heads of hair have circulated on X, Threads, and Bluesky, prompting some users to believe the two had undergone hair transplants. The Verge traced the Bezos photo to an unaltered 2023 original using reverse image search and a watermark credit, and similarly debunked the Statham image, confirming both are fabricated.
Amazon introduced its new Amazon Kids Tablets line, pitching the devices as an ideal 'first tablet' for toddlers. The company's marketing emphasizes all-day battery life to keep children occupied on flights and car rides, and includes a child-sized handle and protective case for independent use. Built-in generative AI features are promoted as a premium selling point for young users.
The author's book, previously sold only through the publisher, is now stocked on Amazon in the US, Canada and multiple European sites, as well as Barnes & Noble and other major retailers. The author notes the book was checked to ensure it contains no AI-generated content.
Blue Origin announced a $330 million expansion of its Rocket Park campus in Cape Canaveral, set for completion in summer 2027, that will add two launch and landing pads and let it build up to 150 New Glenn upper stages a year. The company is also building a customer integration facility with the U.S. Space Force to prepare multiple missions simultaneously, and says it has now invested over $3 billion across more than 20 Florida sites employing over 5,000 people.
Blue Origin announced a $330 million expansion of its Rocket Park campus in Cape Canaveral, adding two launch and landing pads for its New Glenn rocket and boosting upper-stage production capacity to 150 units annually. The expansion, expected to finish by summer 2027, aims to support multiple New Glenn launches per week by the end of the decade, the company said in a blog post from SVP Ian Richardson.
In a Fox News interview, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said artificial intelligence could boost productivity enough that people choose to work fewer days, potentially a three-day workweek. He said this shift could result in a labor shortage as workers opt for more leisure time instead of maintaining current work hours.
Jeff Bezos told Fox News anchor Bret Baier that AI-driven productivity gains could eventually let single incomes support a household and allow some workers to earn enough in three days a week. He argued this would create hiring shortages rather than mass unemployment, as some workers choose to work less or leave jobs.
A commentary piece recounts how Jeff Bezos, in his 1997 Amazon shareholder letter, pledged to prioritize long-term decisions over short-term Wall Street pressure. Despite Amazon's stock falling below $6 per share by late 2001 and media skepticism such as Barron's 1999 'Amazon.bomb' cover, Bezos continued investing in warehouses, software, and customer trust, re-attaching his original letter to every subsequent annual report.
A new CBS drama incorporates themes of technological upheaval, including AI misuse and corporate power, through fictionalized stories inspired by real-world events. The show, created by Robert and Michelle King, follows a Silicon Valley law firm fighting against major tech companies in a case-of-the-week format. It aims to explore societal anxieties about rapid technological change and its impact beyond the Bay Area.
Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said the company's first external capital raise has not yet closed and has attracted strong investor demand, calling it "oversubscribed." He spoke at a Washington tech summit, days after the Wall Street Journal reported the company had already raised $10 billion at a $140 billion valuation, with Jeff Bezos contributing $2 billion to the round. Limp did not confirm those figures or say how much Bezos has invested in total since founding the company in 2000.
During a press scrum following a meeting with tech executives including Jeff Bezos, Dario Amodei and Elon Musk, a reporter asked President Trump why he has called AI safety concerns a 'hoax.' White House staffers quickly ended the event and moved to clear reporters from the room as the question was asked.
Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, has been funded with roughly $30 billion of his personal fortune, according to reporting on the company's finances. The company is reportedly aiming to sharply increase revenue in coming years as it scales up production and launches of its large rockets.