Amazon aims to offer drone deliveries in 500 cities in 2026, China’s Ministry of State Security accelerates plans to retire Microsoft Windows, and Spotify’s AI Running Mode is now available on Android.
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Amazon Prime Air drone delivery is expanding to nearly 500 cities and towns this year
On Wednesday, Amazon announced plans to expand drone deliveries to include “nearly 500 cities and towns in the United States by the end of 2026”. Prime Air currently delivers within major centers in Arizona, Texas, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, and Louisiana. The service will soon be available in “Chicago, Illinois; Syracuse, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia; and Boise, Idaho metro areas”.
OpenAI Is Taking Its Ad Business to 31 New European Markets
OpenAI announced an expansion to 31 additional markets in Europe for its ad pilot, including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, and several Nordic countries. Previously, the pilot test was only available in North America, Australia and New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil. In a briefing call, OpenAI’s enterprise CMO Colin Fleming noted the company’s ad revenue grew over 25% since early August and that 20% of approximately one billion weekly active ChatGPT users have commercial intent.
Source: AdWeek
Samsung hikes chipmaking prices by up to 15% on demand spike, sources say
Reuters’ sources claim Samsung raised prices for select advanced contract chipmaking services by up to 15%. Samsung currently is unable to meet demand for existing Chinese orders as Samsung needs to reserve some capacity for its own products, as well as meet US demands. Chinese customers are reportedly accepting the price hikes due to restrictions issued by the United States over exports of advanced chipmaking gear. Samsung declined to comment.
Source: Reuters
China is removing Microsoft’s Windows 10 from state agencies
Bloomberg reports China’s Ministry of State Security ordered select “state-linked entities” to uninstall the currently in-use customized version of Windows 10. This is ahead of the previously scheduled internal retirement of the Microsoft operating system due to data security concerns. A Microsoft representative told Bloomberg, “Microsoft is not aware of a security incident affecting this product, which continues to receive regular security updates”. The retirement was originally planned for February 2027 as part of China’s effort to reduce use of foreign technology.
Source: Bloomberg and The Next Web
Young adults in the U.S. are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs
Pew Research Center published results of a June 2026 poll showing 52% of Americans are “more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life”, a jump from 37% in 2021. In this latest report, 37% are “equally excited and concerned” about the increased usage, with only 9% “more excited than concerned”. Within the sample group, 55% of adults under 30 years old are in the “more concerned than excited” grouping. In Pew Research’s jobs-related query, 71% of adults responded “AI will lead to fewer jobs in the United States” in the next twenty years, and only 5% think “AI will lead to more jobs”.
Source: Pew Research Center
Spotify’s Running Mode is now available on Android
Spotify’s AI-powered Running Mode is now available for Premium subscribers on Android in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. The mode is in the Spotify Fitness Hub and has 25 presets for different music genres and can be adjusted to the length of a scheduled run, as well as beat match if aiming for a specific pace, with optional audio cues. Running Mode launched for iOS earlier in July.
Source: Engadget
Firefox Smart Window adds AI web search, automatic tab groups, and more
Mozilla and search and retrieval company Exa.ai have partnered to add new features to Firefox’s Smart Window beta. Smart Window enables users to “retrieve current web information and show the sources behind its response without taking you to a separate search results page” using natural language prompts. It can also suggest tab groupings by topic and close duplicate tabs with a single click. Currently the Smart Window beta is only available in English within the United States and Canada.
Source: 9to5Mac
NVIDIA GeForce NOW adds Firefox to its supported browser lineup
In other Firefox news, game streaming service Nvidia GeForce Now added support for Firefox on Windows. Previous officially supported GeForce Now browsers included Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Safari. Games can run up to a resolution of 1440p and at 120fps, but only for GeForce Now Ultimate subscribers, which costs $19.99 a month.
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