Sept. 30, 2025
Amazon’s Hardware Event
All the headline’s from Amazon’s fall hardware event. Daniel Ek is stepping back from Spotify. A new Claude model. ChatGPT gets into the shopping biz. And OpenAI is likely launching it’s own TikTok clone soon to feature AI videos. And new buzzword alert! Microsoft wants you to start “vibe working.”
- Amazon announces new Kindle Scribes, including one with a color screen (The Verge)
- Amazon Revamps Echo Speakers, Displays in Hardware Reboot (Bloomberg)
- Spotify Founder Daniel Ek Leaving CEO Job (WSJ)
- Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.5, its best AI model for coding (TechCrunch)
- Etsy pops 16% as OpenAI announces ChatGPT Instant Checkout for the shopping site (CNBC)
- OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos (Wired)
- Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word (The Verge)
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