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09/07/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/07/2026 01:49
What you need to know about Amazon today: September 7, 2026
Amazon expands Career Choice employee benefit with new programs in high-demand industries
Amazon is expanding its Career Choice program with new credential programs designed for employees who have years of professional experience and are ready to explore a new career direction. The programs-spanning clean energy, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, education, and healthcare-are offered through education providers including Stanford Online, Purdue, Western Governors University, and SANS Institute. Enrollment opens in October 2026.
Amazon is expanding its Career Choice program with new credential programs designed for employees who have years of professional experience and are ready to explore a new career direction. The programs-spanning clean energy, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, education, and healthcare-are offered through education providers including Stanford Online, Purdue, Western Governors University, and SANS Institute. Enrollment opens in October 2026.
Amazon expands water replenishment programs in Brazil, recovering an additional 785 million liters annually
Amazon has announced two new water supply initiatives in Brazil. The first will bring more efficiency to crop irrigation, contributing to water security in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte by saving 200 million liters annually once completed. In São Paulo, the objective is to detect leaks in water supply systems to avoid wasting 585 million liters of water once finalized.
Amazon has announced two new water supply initiatives in Brazil. The first will bring more efficiency to crop irrigation, contributing to water security in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte by saving 200 million liters annually once completed. In São Paulo, the objective is to detect leaks in water supply systems to avoid wasting 585 million liters of water once finalized.
Is that message really from Amazon? Just ask Alexa for Shopping.
Amazon now lets U.S. customers ask Alexa for Shopping to instantly verify whether a message, email, call, or text is genuinely from Amazon-drawing on a catalog of billions of messages to deliver a definitive answer. Each verification also helps Amazon identify and shut down scammers.
Amazon now lets U.S. customers ask Alexa for Shopping to instantly verify whether a message, email, call, or text is genuinely from Amazon-drawing on a catalog of billions of messages to deliver a definitive answer. Each verification also helps Amazon identify and shut down scammers.
Claude Fable 5.1 is now available on AWS
Anthropic's new frontier model delivers top-tier intelligence for coding, scientific research, and enterprise workflows-now on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS.
Anthropic's new frontier model delivers top-tier intelligence for coding, scientific research, and enterprise workflows-now on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS.
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