4 h. ago Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX's Starlinks

Amazon's first internet satellites are on their way to orbit

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3 d. ago China's answer to Amazon set to take on British retailers with launch of discount website JoyBuy

Jingdong, known as JD.com, whose chairman is one of China's richest men, has set up a trial website in the UK ahead of a full launch later this year.

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7 d. ago Probe continues after 'Brit is LYNCHED and burned alive in Ecuador' after mob hauled him out of police station

An investigation has been launched into the vicious murder of a man in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, allegedly carried out by a baying mob seeking justice over an alleged shooting.

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1 week ago Amazon UK Book Sale launches with up to 70% off books and devices

Amazon’s first ever UK Book Sale is now live, with huge savings across fiction, kids’ books, cookery, comics, Kindles and more

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2 w. ago Amazon’s satellite launch designed to compete with Musk’s Starlink cancelled

‘Liftoff not possible’ for rocket carrying Project Kuiper satellites, due to clouds that could trigger lightning strikesWeather prevented a rocket carrying the first batch of Amazon satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink from lifting off on Wednesday, in a setback for the planned Project Kuiper network.“Stubborn cumulus clouds and persistent winds make liftoff not possible within the available window,” read a liveblog update from operator United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida had originally been slated for 7pm (2300 GMT). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Google Pixel 9a launch live as Amazon, Sky, EE and more sell affordable new phone

Follow our live blog below as retailers stock the new Google Pixel 9a smartphone

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2 w. ago Every single retailer with Nintendo Switch 2 bundles as EE, Argos and Amazon launch pre

If you're looking to pick up some new games alongside your new Nintendo Switch 2, Very is the place to shop.

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3 w. ago Under Trump and Musk, billionaires wield unprecedented influence over US national security

Government officials and contractors long controlled spy operations. Now the likes of Musk and Bezos are in controlJust days before Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its New Glenn rocket, named for John Glenn, the Mercury astronaut who was the first American to orbit the Earth. Around 2am on 16 January, the 30-story rocket powered by seven engines blasted off into the Florida night from Cape Canaveral’s historic launch complex 36, which first served as a Nasa launch site in 1962.The flight’s end was marred by a failure to bring the booster rocket back for further use, but the successful launch and orbit still marked a watershed moment for Blue Origin in its bid to compete with SpaceX, the company owned by Elon Musk, for dominance over American spy satellite operations. During the Trump administration, it is likely that both companies will play significant roles in placing spy satellites into Earth orbit, ...

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3 w. ago Amazon to send internet satellites into space to rival Starlink

Amazon plans to begin offering satellite internet before the end of 2025

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