Alex Davies

5 days ago | businessinsider.com | Alex Davies |Emma Cosgrove |Henry Blodget

Frederick Wallace Smith, the founder and former CEO of FedEx, died Saturday at the age of 80. Smith's death was confirmed by FedEx in a statement. He is survived by his wife, nine of his 10 children, and numerous grandchildren. "Fred was more than just the pioneer of an industry and the founder of our great company. He was the heart and soul of FedEx — its PSP culture, values, integrity, and spirit," Smith's successor, CEO Raj Subramaniam, said.

2 weeks ago | aboutamazon.com | Alex Davies

At its simplest, a data center requires three things to work properly. The first is a building, the kind of thing that can protect the servers from rain, snow, and even tumbleweed. The second is power, the juice that keeps all those servers running. The third is cooling. This is the element without which those servers could overheat and shut down in a matter of minutes.

3 weeks ago | dailymotion.com | Alex Davies

00:00I guess I should take it as a side 00:04I'm feeling lonely 00:06Oh, I wish I'd find a lover that could hurt me 00:10Then I'm crying in my room 00:12So skeptical now 00:14But still I want it more, more, more 00:17I give a second try to kill me 00:20But now I left you feeling stupid 00:23All the way it makes me feel 00:27The love isn't real 00:28You made it so dumb 00:31I look for his arrows every day 00:36I guess they got lost or flew away 00:39Waiting around is always 00:40Counting that...

1 month ago | aboutamazon.com | Alex Davies

The next time you drop a coin on the ground, consider how you go about picking it up again. Maybe your hearing tells you which way it bounced. Your vision lets you zero in on its location. And for the final, crucial act of getting it from the ground to your hand, you rely on your sense of touch to know exactly when to clasp your fingers together and how to flip it into your palm or your pocket. But what many humans do so easily, few robots can tackle.

Feb 27, 2025 | aboutamazon.com | Alex Davies

Last November, we took the latest big step in our Prime Air journey, launching our MK30 drone for commercial delivery service in the West Valley of Arizona’s Phoenix metro area and in College Station, Texas. As we expected, delivering packages to customers across these different environments provided valuable operational insights. For example, we knew that we’d experience more dust in the air in Phoenix than we would in other places, and that proved to be true.