Also likely to be affected by the news that the JEDI contract is back up for bidding after having been awarded to Microsoft initially…
That certainly helps
Amazon’s net sales rose to $113.08 billion in the second quarter ended June 30 from $88.91 billion, a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected $115.20 billion
Down 5% in after market which seems dramatic.
What do you think of Amazon’s latest investment?
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The Post Offices exclusivity deal with Royal Mail should have ended as soon as the Conservatives sold off more of the family silver Royal Mail was privatised.
The sooner that Post Offices can sell postage options from all couriers the better and the more chance it will have of surviving. As much as I dislike Amazon and its practices, this is great news for the PO.
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Not such good news for those with Royal Mail shares.
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Amazon’s moving into the territory of delivery firms in the USA - shipping anything for anyone, not just Amazon orders. Those companies should be worried. Royal Mail shareholders are a brave kind anyway given that the company is saddled with having to provide universal coverage and make unprofitable deliveries to remote locations. It’s a millstone round their necks and an obvious reason why even the USA hasn’t privatised their national mail service… but I digress.
I imagine Amazon’s growing logistics wing will one day be spun off when the already overdue break up of the company happens.
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Nooooo my single free share I got given shall be doooomed
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“Alexa roll me joint”
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“Alexa, Does my hand always look like this”
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“Alexa, add Pringles to my basket”
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“Alexa, my company doesn’t pay me enough to live on, they work me to death, I can’t pee when I want to, taxpayers have to subsidise my wage so that I don’t starve to death and I barely feel alive… please give me some drugs so that I can have a temporary escape”
Star Trek fans might think that Amazon are just using weed as a stop gap until they can give their workers ketracel-white to ensure worker loyalty and docility.
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I can’t help but think this is going to be really good money maker even after 2nd or 3rd generation.
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Only available in the US 
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Thanks, I could see it being useful for people who want to check on their home while away, actually. It’s either that or an internal camera system. I personally wouldn’t want either.
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While the world looks confused at Astro the real money will be made by this. Hey, Disney!
If this is delivered right it’ll be a have to have for anyone with and echo & kids in the house.
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There are so many possibilities for this such as security, monitoring pets or ill people, checking you turned the stove off, playing when drunk etc etc 
That’s why I said 2nd or 3rd gen as by then it will have many new possibilities not thought of yet.
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To be honest that looks sort of like a solution looking for a problem, a bit like home 3d Printers. I can’t see that many people actually wanting or needing one other than as a gimmick
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I don’t know but my neighbour is elderly and his wife bed ridden so he can’t go out unless nurses come around which is expensive. With this he could potentially go to the shop or garden in a relaxed manner more. Like I said a few gens later it may do more.
Amazon Astro could be the robot we’ve been waiting for. Here’s what the $1,000 bot can do (msn.com)
Amazon’s Astro robot is a 24-hour security guard and smart assistant all rolled into one | TechRadar
Besides who hasn’t wanted one of these since seeing Rocky buy a similar looking one