Category: Amazon News
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HBO Max Will No Longer Work on Older Fire TV Models
The HBO Max app no longer supports older Fire TV devices, after a recent update. According to the HBO Max support page, as reported by AFTV News, Fire OS 6 is now the minimum supported Fire TV OS, with newer versions also supported, along with Vega OS 1 or later. New Fire TV devices running…
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Amazon Now Has Over 300 Satellites In Space For Its New Home Internet Service
Amazon has reached a notable milestone in its ambitious low Earth orbit broadband initiative, deploying more than 300 satellites as part of the Amazon Leo network, formerly known as Project Kuiper. The company achieved this through two successful launches in late April, marking continued progress toward building a massive constellation aimed at delivering high-speed internet…
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Amazon Eyes Possible Apprentice Comeback With a New Trump Calling the Shots
Amazon is weighing a potential revival of the long-running reality competition series “The Apprentice,” though any return appears to be in the earliest stages and far from guaranteed. According to a report by Variety, internal conversations have taken place at Amazon following its acquisition of MGM, which owns the rights to the franchise. The discussions…
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Amazon Made $181.5 Billion in Net Sales in the First Quarter of 2026
Amazon released its Q1 2026 financial results today, sharing that the company made $181.5 billion in net sales in the first three months of the year, a 17% increase. In the report ahead of today’s earnings call, the company shared some of the highlights from the period, including major AWS partnerships with companies like OpenAI,…
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Review: Amazon Fire TV Stick HD – 2026 Model
Amazon has unveiled the Fire TV Stick HD (2026 model), a refreshed entry-level streaming device that marks a significant shift in the company’s hardware strategy. Priced at $34.99, the new stick ships starting April 29, 2026, and positions itself as the slimmest Fire TV device yet while introducing a completely new operating system under the…
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Amazon Accelerates Its New Home Internet Ambitions as It Launches 29 New Satellites
Yesterday, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully deployed 29 additional operational satellites for Amazon’s Leo constellation. The launch at 8:53:30 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 marked continued progress toward Amazon’s goal of providing home internet service starting this summer. This mission brought the total number of Leo satellites launched by ULA to…
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The FCC Has Banned Many WiFi Routers But Just Gave Amazon An Exemption
The Federal Communications Commission has implemented a sweeping ban on the importation and sale of most Wi-Fi routers manufactured outside the United States, citing national security risks tied to vulnerable global supply chains. At the same time, the agency has granted a temporary exemption to Amazon’s Eero division, allowing the company to continue bringing new…
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Oprah Partners with Amazon for Her Podcast, TV Show & Book Club
Amazon and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Entertainment have signed a deal to bring The Oprah Podcast on audio and video to Amazon’s Wondery. Beginning in July, the podcast will air two new episodes per week. Wondery will bring The Oprah Podcast to Amazon platforms including Prime Video, Amazon Music, Fire TV Channels, and Audible. The podcast will also…
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California Accuses Amazon of Price Fixing, Driving Up Prices at Walmart & Target
California authorities have escalated their long-running antitrust battle against Amazon by releasing previously sealed internal documents that detail alleged efforts by the e-commerce giant to influence pricing across the retail landscape. The materials, made public on April 20, 2026, form part of a 2022 lawsuit filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta in San Francisco…
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Amazon Plans to Stop Using Android on All Future Fire TV Sticks
Amazon is accelerating its shift away from Android on its Fire TV streaming devices, with plans to launch all future Fire TV Stick streaming players exclusively on its in-house Vega operating system, according to a new report from Lowpass and confirmed by Amazon’s developer portal statement. In a notice to developers from Amazon, they said:…