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Qualcomm and Amazon announce a multi-generation AI chip deal for data centres, 1.6T optical connectivity; shares jump 10%.

Prime Video has cancelled Nicolas Cage’s Spider-Noir after eight episodes, despite strong reviews, a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score and 11 Emmy nominations, while Amazon and Sony continue developing other Marvel projects.

Shardendu Tiwari, a former Amazon cloud engineer, will be commissioned as an officer in the Indian Army. After facing eight selection attempts, he was finally chosen through the Technical Entry Scheme, pursuing his passion for adventure and a family legacy in the military.

Amazon and Meesho are ramping up hiring ahead of India’s festive season, with 1.6 lakh and over 10 lakh seasonal job opportunities, respectively. Overall, 2.5–2.7 lakh temporary jobs are expected across e-commerce, logistics, quick commerce, retail and BFSI.

Amazon is asking some third-party sellers using its fulfilment service to to bid for access to faster delivery, expanding its sub-Same Day programme while giving sellers a chance to boost sales.

Plus: Canada plans retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on U.S. imports; Persian Gulf shipping insurance costs surge higher.

Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk, its crowdsourced work platform, on 30 September, 2026. Launched in 2005, the service connected workers with tasks such as data labelling and surveys, but faced declining investment, growing competition, and questions over data quality.

The socialist mayor has taken the retail giant to task over the status of delivery workers, the sale of illegal e-bikes and fines for idling vehicles.