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06/05/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 06/05/2026 01:53
What you need to know about Amazon today: June 5, 2026
Amazon unveils next-gen Proteus robot as part of €10 billion European investment in its fulfillment network
Amazon unveiled its next-generation Proteus autonomous robot at its Delivering the Future event in London, part of a planned €10 billion investment to expand and modernize European fulfillment operations. The upgraded Proteus understands natural language commands, allowing employees to direct it conversationally without any programming interfaces. Designed to handle physically demanding tasks like moving heavy 400-kilogram carts, it will deploy across European sites by early 2027. Amazon also announced expansions of Vulcan, its first touch-sensitive picking robot, and STARK, a collaborative tote-handling system expanding to 15 European sites. The investment includes growing the European fulfillment workforce by 25,000 new roles.
Amazon unveiled its next-generation Proteus autonomous robot at its Delivering the Future event in London, part of a planned €10 billion investment to expand and modernize European fulfillment operations. The upgraded Proteus understands natural language commands, allowing employees to direct it conversationally without any programming interfaces. Designed to handle physically demanding tasks like moving heavy 400-kilogram carts, it will deploy across European sites by early 2027. Amazon also announced expansions of Vulcan, its first touch-sensitive picking robot, and STARK, a collaborative tote-handling system expanding to 15 European sites. The investment includes growing the European fulfillment workforce by 25,000 new roles.
Amazon customers in the UK can now add fresh groceries to same-day delivery orders in parts of London
Amazon has launched fresh grocery delivery within its Same-Day service in parts of London, enabling UK customers to add perishable items like fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy, and frozen foods to the same basket as millions of other products. Prime members receive free Same-Day Delivery on eligible orders over £20 with no additional grocery fees. The service, initially available in Central and East London, will expand nationwide. This builds on Amazon's £40 billion UK investment commitment and its fast-growing Everyday Essentials category, which now represents one in three items ordered on Amazon.co.uk, growing nearly twice as fast as other categories.
Amazon has launched fresh grocery delivery within its Same-Day service in parts of London, enabling UK customers to add perishable items like fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy, and frozen foods to the same basket as millions of other products. Prime members receive free Same-Day Delivery on eligible orders over £20 with no additional grocery fees. The service, initially available in Central and East London, will expand nationwide. This builds on Amazon's £40 billion UK investment commitment and its fast-growing Everyday Essentials category, which now represents one in three items ordered on Amazon.co.uk, growing nearly twice as fast as other categories.
Pinterest inks $4 billion AI deal with AWS, the largest infrastructure commitment in its history
Pinterest has announced a planned $4 billion commitment for cloud services through 2031-the largest infrastructure deal in the company's history. The visual discovery platform will use AWS Trainium and Graviton to train and run AI models that power visual search and personalized discovery for more than 600 million monthly users. The deal extends a partnership with AWS dating back to 2010 across AI training, inference, and platform infrastructure.
Pinterest has announced a planned $4 billion commitment for cloud services through 2031-the largest infrastructure deal in the company's history. The visual discovery platform will use AWS Trainium and Graviton to train and run AI models that power visual search and personalized discovery for more than 600 million monthly users. The deal extends a partnership with AWS dating back to 2010 across AI training, inference, and platform infrastructure.
Amazon to provide 2,000 free rapid response technology systems that restore critical services in minutes
Amazon will provide over 2,000 portable rapid response technology systems to nonprofit disaster relief partners at no cost by 2027-a 50x expansion from last year. Each system restores a critical service (power, connectivity, or clean water) and can be carried and set up by one person in minutes. The 10+ configurations include satellite Wi-Fi, solar microgrids, water purification, and mapping drones.
Amazon will provide over 2,000 portable rapid response technology systems to nonprofit disaster relief partners at no cost by 2027-a 50x expansion from last year. Each system restores a critical service (power, connectivity, or clean water) and can be carried and set up by one person in minutes. The 10+ configurations include satellite Wi-Fi, solar microgrids, water purification, and mapping drones.
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