Amazon’s Car Sales Bet Is Getting Bigger With New Brands and More Cities - WSJ

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Amazon has expanded its Amazon Autos car sales program to over 130 cities, adding Kia, Mazda, Subaru, Chevrolet, and Jeep to its offerings.

This Corvette’s a Hybrid, but It’s Built for Raw Power, Not Efficiency - The New York Times
The 2025 Corvette ZR1X is a hybrid showpiece starting at $207,000, offering raw power that rivals Ferrari and McLaren at a lower price.
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Korea's biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data
Config, a robotics data startup backed by Samsung and Hyundai, supplies proprietary training data for manufacturers building their own robot AI, likening itself to TSMC.
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Amazon Launches 1-Hour Delivery in Hundreds of U.S. Cities - WSJ
Amazon launches one-hour and three-hour delivery in hundreds of U.S. cities to compete with Walmart's growing threat.
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Amazon faces a dilemma — fight AI shopping agents, or join them
Amazon faces a dilemma between blocking external AI shopping agents like OpenAI's Instant Checkout and partnering with them, as the company risks losing control over e-commerce transactions to these agents.
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