In 2014, Amazon introduced its first smartphone, hoping to take on Apple and Samsung. Instead, the Fire Phone - overseen directly by founder Jeff Bezos - was scrapped in barely over a year, one of Amazon’s highest-profile flops.

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Amazon plans smartphone comeback more than a decade after Fire Phone flop 

 

Trump releases AI policy to pre-empt state rules 

 

Russia to give itself sweeping powers to ban or restrict foreign AI tools 

 

Beijing-backed brain chip firm says it is 3 years behind Musk's Neuralink 

 

US, Germany, Canada disrupt botnets that infected millions of devices  

 

Tesla in talks with Chinese firms to buy $2.9 billion worth of solar equipment, sources say 

 

Ecolab to buy CoolIT for $4.75 billion to tap into AI data center boom 

 

Pinterest CEO calls for ban on social media for youth under 16 

 

Super Micro shares plunge as US charges co-founder, 2 more for smuggling AI chips to China 

 

ByteDance to sell gaming unit Moonton to Saudi PIF-owned firm 

 

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