Amazon Pharmacy will expand Same-Day prescription delivery to 4,500 U.S. cities by the end of 2026, adding nearly 2,000 communities including Idaho and Massachusetts. The expansion addresses pharmacy closures, staffing shortages, and transportation barriers affecting millions. Amazon uses innovative delivery methods-e-bikes in Manhattan, electric vehicles in suburbs, ferries and horses in remote areas-achieving faster speeds across all 50 states. Prime members save up to 80% on generics through Prime Rx, while RxPass offers 50+ medications for $5 monthly. The service includes 24/7 pharmacist access, automatic refills, PillPack medication management, and caregiver support features, particularly benefiting underserved pharmacy deserts where delivery times have dropped from days to hours.
Prime Video has announced Boys of Tommen, a romantic drama series based on Chloe Walsh's TikTok-famous, bestselling novels. Season 1 adapts novels Binding 13and Keeping 13, which follows Johnny Kavanagh, a star rugby player with a career-threatening injury, and Shannon Lynch, a shy newcomer hiding a violent home life at a prestigious college. Their forbidden, emotionally charged connection helps them save each other despite coming from opposite worlds. The series features Poppy Cogan as lead writer and executive producer alongside Walsh. It will premiere exclusively on Prime Video across 240+ countries and territories worldwide, though no release date is announced yet.
Amazon Leo is preparing for its first heavy-lift mission of 2026 aboard Arianespace's Ariane 64 rocket, scheduled to launch February 12 from French Guiana, which will deploy 32 satellites into low Earth orbit-the largest Leo payload to date-bringing the total constellation to over 200 satellites. This LE-01 mission marks the first of 18 contracted launches with Arianespace (their largest commercial contract) and the first of 80+ heavy-lift launches on the Leo manifest, with the Ariane 64's four-booster configuration capable of delivering up to 20 metric tons to low Earth orbit. The mission represents a critical step in accelerating deployment of Amazon's satellite internet constellation while supporting jobs and economic growth across Europe, with future Ariane 6 missions designed to carry even more satellites as performance upgrades and optimizations come online.
Amazon.com has reported fourth quarter 2025 net sales of $213.4 billion (up 14% year-over-year) and full-year 2025 net sales of $716.9 billion (up 12%), with AWS growing 24% to $35.6 billion in Q4-the fastest growth in 13 quarters-while advertising grew 22% and custom chips (Trainium and Graviton) reached a combined $10 billion annual revenue run rate growing at triple-digit percentages. The company plans to invest approximately $200 billion in capital expenditures in 2026, driven by strong demand for AI, chips, robotics, and low Earth orbit satellites, with CEO Andy Jassy emphasizing continued rapid innovation and customer problem-solving across AWS, advertising, stores, and emerging technologies. Amazon delivered at record speeds for Prime members in 2025, with same-day deliveries nearly doubling in rural areas and Rufus (the AI shopping assistant) generating nearly $12 billion in incremental annualized sales after being used by 300 million+ customers..