President Donald Trump’s plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centers across the U.S. could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation’s ability to power it.

Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt” will open the 63rd New York Film Festival, Film at Lincoln Center announced Wednesday.

Two of the biggest touring artists right now are headlining this fall's Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park.

In a new investigation, Consumer Reports found bike helmets that don’t meet basic safety standards sold on major websites, and that’s not the only potentially phony safety gear you might find online.

Online shoppers are scoring hot summer deals right now with retailers like Amazon offering big discounts. But all those purchases mean packages piling up outside your door and it’s an opportunity for thieves to steal your stuff.

Retail analysts say the first day of Amazon’s Prime Day event and competing sales drove solid online spending.

While Amazon Prime Days offer consumers an opportunity to find cost-effective deals on everyday items, a local nonprofit is using the four-day window to give the North Florida community a chance to support local kids in foster care.

A Jacksonville mom learned a lesson the hard way when she unknowingly buckled her newborn into a fake car seat, thinking it was safe.

Amazon's annual Prime Day sales are here again.

Knowing how to properly charge your golf cart is not just about keeping it powered—it’s also about preventing potentially devastating fires at home. The St. Johns County Fire Department has seen a rise in fires linked to golf carts, especially those with lithium batteries. Chris Naff of St. Johns Fire and Rescue said, “We are seeing about a 6 to 7% increase on our fires for golf carts over the last few years.”

Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office has signed a landmark agreement with Elon Musk’s Starlink to limit the use of its satellite internet service in illegal mining and other criminal operations in the Amazon.

Details of the wedding in Venice between Amazon multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are sketchy, but there are some numbers that can be shared.

In the 50-plus years of James Bond, the wait between films has never gone longer than six years.

Denis Villeneuve is going from “Dune” to Bond.

Greenpeace has joined the smattering of protests in Venice against the upcoming wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, following a visit this week by Indigenous leaders from Ecuador who urged lawmakers to help stop oil expansion in their territories.

Amazon is gearing up to make as many as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy anticipates generative artificial intelligence will reduce its corporate workforce in the next few years as the online giant begins to increase its usage of the technology.

Brazil has auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River, aiming to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups.

Pablo S., a Jacksonville Today reader, asks why a vehicle with flashing lights is blocking a westbound lane of Atlantic Boulevard at General Doolittle Drive.

When it’s time to meet in person to seal an online deal, Consumer Reports says a few simple steps can help keep your transaction safe.

Colombia’s deforestation dropped 33% in early 2025 compared to last year, with significant reductions in Amazon national parks.

Social media platform Reddit sued the artificial intelligence company Anthropic on Wednesday, alleging that it is illegally “scraping” the comments of millions of Reddit users to train its chatbot Claude.

Amazon is expanding its cloud computing infrastructure and artificial intelligence activities into a rural North Carolina county.

In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future.

Peru’s top court has issued a landmark ruling recognizing the territorial rights of the Kichwa people within a protected area of the Amazon.

Google is partnering with Elementl Power on three project sites for advanced nuclear energy amid the rapidly growing demand for artificial intelligence, the companies said Wednesday.

A Kentucky woman was in a sticky mess when she found stacks of boxes containing lollipops on her doorstep.

Amazon posted higher first-quarter profit and sales that beat analysts’ projections, underscoring the online behemoth’s hold on shoppers looking for low prices and a wide selection in an uncertain economy.

Amazon is not planning to display added tariff costs next to product prices on its site — despite a report that sparked speculation the e-commerce giant would soon show the new import charges, as well as fiery comments from President Donald Trump’s White House denouncing such a move.

UPS is looking to slash about 20,000 jobs and close more than 70 facilities as it drastically reduces the amount of Amazon shipments it handles.

A justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the federal government to seize private properties when owners are found responsible for illegal wildfires or deforestation.

Amazon's first internet satellites are in orbit.

As Big Tech kicks off its quarterly earnings season this week, the industry’s bellwether companies have been thrust into a cauldron of uncertainty and turmoil that they didn’t anticipate when Donald Trump re-entered the White House less than 100 days ago.

The inaugural launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper will use a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket to deliver the first satellites of the constellation into low Earth orbit (LEO).

With the first U.N. climate talks in the Amazon approaching, thousands of Indigenous people marched Tuesday in Brazil’s capital, demanding the state guarantee and expand their rights to traditional lands as part of the solution to the world’s climate crisis.

Consumer Reports did the digging, uncovering the best deals to spruce up your space without breaking the bank.

Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok.

In an unexpected upset, the Jason Statham thriller “A Working Man” has taken the No_ 1 spot at the box office, besting the rapidly declining performance of “Snow White.”.

Whether we’re checking out a hotel, rental home or buying something on Amazon, online reviews play a huge part in our decision. In fact, 95% of customers read online reviews before making a purchase. But some of them might not be real at all.

Amazon is suing the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for finding the e-commerce giant legally responsible for the recalls of hundreds of thousands of products sold on its site.

Amazon is ending a little-used privacy feature that let some users of its Echo smart speaker prevent their voice commands from going to the company’s cloud.

A lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission has walked back his comments about a lack of resources and staff turnover interfering with the agency’s preparations for a trial involving Amazon’s Prime program.

A lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission says the agency needs to seek a trial delay in a case against Amazon due to staffing and budgetary challenges.

The long-running reality TV show that boosted Donald Trump’s profile will begin streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video.

News4Jax took a look inside JAX7 to witness firsthand the journey of an Amazon package from storage to shipment.

Amazon on Wednesday unveiled a generative-AI infused Alexa that it says will allow the popular voice assistant to have more personality, check a user’s tone and even plan romantic dates.

In a James Bond shakeup that stirred the film industry, MGM Amazon announced that the studio has taken the creative reins of the 007 franchise after decades of family control.

Amazon has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle charges that the e-commerce company subsidized its labor costs by taking tips its delivery drivers received from customers.

U.S. stocks slumped as worries flared again on Wall Street about tariffs and inflation.

Amazon has reported better-than-expected revenue and profits for the holiday shopping period.

Amazon-owned Whole Foods is asking the National Labor Relations Board to set aside the results of a union election that led to a labor win.

Nine months ahead of the 2025 U.N. climate conference known as COP30, prices for lodging are alarming those who want to attend the event in Belem, Brazil’s Amazonian host city.

Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Pennsylvania have voted to unionize, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the Amazon-owned grocery store chain.

News from China upset U.S. markets Monday and disrupted the frenzy that had built up around artificial intelligence.

A scam known as “brushing” has recently been popping up nationwide.

Amazon is saying goodbye to “Try Before You Buy.”.

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A diamond heist, wedding disaster and musical round out movies for January

Joining companies such as John Deere and Walmart, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc. is getting rid of its diversity, equity and inclusion program, a company spokesperson confirmed on Friday.

Now that the gift-giving season is over, it’s time to kick off 2025 by treating yourself. The main event in January is Martin Luther King weekend, which tends to bring big sales of mattresses. But it doesn’t stop there.

The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024.

Researchers and watchdog groups say the emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools that allow people to efficiently produce detailed and novel online reviews has put merchants, service providers and consumers in uncharted territory.

Santa Claus has braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to the children of a small village near the Brazilian city of Manaus.

Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract.

Jacksonville police are looking to identify a man accused of stealing an Amazon truck nearly two weeks ago, leaving it with no packages inside.

Consumer Reports did the homework, so you don’t have to. Here are retailers with the best and worst return policies.

Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union are on strike for a second day at seven of the company’s delivery hubs just days before Christmas.

Renowned New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Amazon bestselling author Emily Rath is set to captivate readers once again with the release of her debut fantasy novel, North Is The Night. Launching TODAY, this highly anticipated work is the first installment in the Tuonela duet, a dark fantasy series inspired by Finnish mythology.

Amazon Web Services will invest another $10 billion to bolster its data center infrastructure in Ohio.

In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs have joined a parade of business and world leaders in trying to improve their standing with President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office in January.

A U.S. Senate committee says at least two internal Amazon studies have found a relationship between worker speed and injuries in the online retailer's warehouses.

Mail carriers are preparing for a busy holiday shipping season. Several major carriers published their holiday calendar on when to get items in the mail.

Donald Trump is hosting Apple CEO Tim Cook for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to dismantle the Amazon soy moratorium.

Amazon is planning to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund.

The next United Nations climate conference will be held in Belem, the capital of an Amazon region where widespread deforestation has turned the surrounding rainforest from a vital carbon sink into a significant carbon source.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he is “optimistic” about President-elect Donald Trump’s second term and expressed some excitement about potential regulatory cutbacks in the coming years.

The European Union has agreed to delay by a year the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation.

The District of Columbia is alleging in a lawsuit that Amazon secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents of two predominantly Black neighborhoods in the city.

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Amazon staff in India have joined strike action calling for better wages.

Amazon has introduced a handful of robots in its warehouses that the e-commerce giant says will improve efficiency and reduce employee injuries.

Many Shipibo-Konibo craftswomen migrated from their Indigenous communities in the Amazon to Peru's capital, Lima, in the past few decades.

Amazon is investing an additional $4 billion in the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic as major technology companies rush to fund generative AI.

Indigenous leaders from the Wampis Nation in Peru are urging lawmakers at the House of Commons in London to ban international banks’ support for Amazon oil activities they say harm their ancestral rainforests.

On Wednesday, the FWC announced that it is offering a 50% discount on select hunting and fishing licenses through Jan. 3, 2025, including the annual and five-year Gold Sportsman license, along with the Youth Lifetime Sportsman licenses.

Attorneys for Amazon and Elon Musk’s SpaceX have argued in a federal appeals court that the National Labor Relations Board’s structure is unconstitutional.

The big budget, star-driven action comedy “Red One” is topping the North American box office charts.

Joe Biden witnessed the devastation of drought up close as the first sitting American president to set foot the Amazon rainforest.

Amazon has launched a low-cost online storefront featuring electronics, apparel and other products priced at under $20.

Amazon workers in Alabama will have the opportunity decide whether to unionize for the third time in three years.

According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, according to official monitoring.

Consumer Reports hand-picked some of the best November deals to help you start the holiday shopping season.

Brazilian police have indicted a Colombian fish trader as the person who planned the slayings of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon in 2022, they announced Monday.

It’s one of the most under-publicized policies of some of the biggest U.S. retailers: sometimes they give customers full refunds and let them keep unwanted items too.

In 2006, environmental nonprofits and some of the world’s largest soybean traders came together in a landmark “soy moratorium” to stop the sale of soy grown on illegally deforested land in Brazil's Amazon.

Amazon led U.S. stock indexes higher, while a surprisingly weak jobs report marred by some unusual occurrences cemented bets on Wall Street for another cut to interest rates next week.

Amazon reported a boost in its quarterly profits Thursday and exceeded revenue estimates.

Drops for Big Tech companies including Microsoft and Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms led Wall Street lower.