Amazon Game Studios has been around for many years now, beginning early development on projects back in 2014. Now, with the company's first major release now out of the way, Amazon Games Studios will be shaking things up internally, with former head, Mike Frazzini, stepping down. Mike Frazzini has had …
Read More »World’s richest to invest more than $1 billion to fight climate change
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and many more of the richest people in the world, have together announced a new initiative that will invest at least $1 billion over the next 20 years to help combat climate change. Specifically the fund will look to invest in developments in electricity …
Read More »Blue Origin booster lands successfully after in-flight escape test
Blue Origin's New Shepherd rocket has touched back down safely after it was jostled by the launch of the flight escape system during a test run as part of its latest firing. This was far from expected, with CEO Jeff Bezos claiming beforehand that the test would likely cripple or destroy …
Read More »Amazon facing anti-trust investigation in Japan
It's probably no surprise to most of you, but Amazon isn't always seen as the most morally upright of companies. It might have helped its founder Jeff Bezos become the third richest man in the world, but not everyone thinks it did so cleanly. In Japan, the Amazon offices have …
Read More »Amazon boss is now world’s third richest man
Elon Musk and Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, may like to spar over Twitter in only the way fellow billionaires can, but financially they aren't in the same ballpark. While Musk may have a personal fortune around $12 (£9) billion, Bezos' stockpile of Amazon shares has now made him the third …
Read More »Blue Origin can land safely with a failed parachute
Travelling into space, even for a few minutes, is incredibly dangerous. There is the lack of oxygen to consider, radiation from the sun and if you're returning to Earth, extreme speed and heat too. Fortunately then if you took Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin craft beyond our atmosphere, you'd be safe …
Read More »Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket has fourth successful launch, landing
Blue Origin's new Shepherd has once again launched and landed successfully, making this the fourth re-use of the same rocket hardware. This not only continues to prove the viability of the passenger rocket, but showed that even with a deliberate parachute failure, the capsule can come down safely. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYYTuZCjZcE'] …
Read More »Amazon’s Blue Origin succeeds in suicide burn landing
In the ever more exciting space race to commercialise the waters beyond the shore of our cosmic ocean, Amazon has again re-launched its Blue Origin space craft out of our atmosphere and safely returned it to Earth. This time though, it completed a suicide burn, saving fuel, improving efficiency and still …
Read More »Bezos confirms Blue Origin has touched down again
Even without the billionaire sarcasm war between Space X CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, there's no denying that Blue Origin's efforts to get people into space are still exciting. That's doubly so when launches can be repeated with the same hardware too, as it brings costs down …
Read More »Amazon’s Bezos sends snarky tweet to Musk over Space X landing
It looks like no matter whether you're in the school playground or a billionaire CEO of a space-faring company, the size of your rocket matters. Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon.com, has sparked a heated response from Space X fans, after sending a tweet to Elon Musk, in a …
Read More »Amazon hints at big budget, big salaries for Top Gear crew
The new car show set to be hosted by ex-Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May on Amazon Prime, will be “very, very, very expensive,” for Amazon, according to the company head and 15th world's richest man, Jeff Bezos. While he wouldn't confirm how much any of …
Read More »Amazon linked in ‘confirmed’ $600 million deal with the CIA
An interesting story broke which appears to link Amazon with the CIA. According to Federal Computer Week, a magazine that deals with technology and the federal government it would appear that Amazon have signed a deal with the CIA, agreeing to help the agency develop cloud computing technology over the …
Read More »Amazon CEO rescues Apollo 11 engines from ocean floor
In 1969 five engines of the Apollo 11 disengaged from the spacecraft to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean, sitting three miles under the surface for more than 40 years. Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO wanted to rescue these engines from the murky depths with the goal of resurrecting them. …
Read More »Will Amazon Kindle ‘Fire’ force tablet prices down?
Amazon have announced their new Kindle Fire tablet, which is set to launch at a low price point of only $199. This extremely competitive price point is lower than initial expectations and follows the Amazon strategy of allowing the audience to buy the hardware at a cutthroat price, only to …
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