Entertainment News: 12 October 2025

November 10, 2025, 6:02 AM EST. Amazon's AWS is driving growth and margin expansion as it accelerates in AI. Q3 revenue hit a record $33 billion, up 20% year over year, marking the strongest AWS growth in nearly three years and shaping Amazon's profitability engine, with AWS accounting for 65% of operating income despite representing 18% of revenue. AWS's AI push includes the in-house Trainium2 chips, which could cut AI training costs by up to 40%, fueling demand from customers like Anthropic. Amazon plans about $125 billion in AI data-center infrastructure in 2025 and ends the quarter with a $200 billion backlog for capacity. With a market cap around $2.6 trillion, AWS could help Amazon join the $3 trillion club next year if momentum continues.

November 10, 2025, 6:00 AM EST. Together Gaming Solutions has chosen Internet Vikings as its hosting provider to power its VMware Cloud and backup services, strengthening its cloud infrastructure for online gaming operations. The partnership aims to deliver scalable, secure hosting, enhanced performance, and reliable disaster recovery for European Gaming Industry News brands across Europe. By leveraging Internet Vikings' managed hosting and VMware Cloud capabilities, Together Gaming Solutions can streamline deployment, optimize latency, and ensure robust data protection for players and partners. This move underscores the European gaming industry's push toward enterprise-grade cloud solutions, better uptime, and simplified operations in a competitive market. Stakeholders can expect improved service continuity, proactive security measures, and flexible scalability to support growth in online gaming services.

November 10, 2025, 5:56 AM EST. Two 20-year-old founders built an AI-powered note-taking app that helps students study smarter. In just six months, the app reached about 5 million users through a mix of student-friendly features, a freemium model, and aggressive word-of-mouth. The team focused on privacy-first design, seamless class integration, and AI-assisted summarization to replace high-friction note-taking. They leveraged campus partnerships, viral referrals, and a lightweight onboarding to drive rapid growth while keeping costs low. Key takeaways include the importance of product-market fit, distribution, and a founder-led culture that prioritizes user feedback and rapid iteration.

November 10, 2025, 5:54 AM EST. The new Galaxy Tab A11 is now available for £99 after a £50 cut, making it one of the best budget tablets ahead of Black Friday. It's a compact, portable 8.7-inch slate at under 8mm thick and roughly 300g, ideal for media and light tasks. You'll get Samsung's One UI and an impressive 7 years of software updates for a device this cheap. Don't expect flagship performance or top cameras, but the value is clear at retailers like Amazon, AO, Argos, Currys, Very and the Samsung store. Review coming soon.

November 10, 2025, 5:52 AM EST. Samsung's Galaxy S26 is rumored to be thinner than the S25 at about 6.9mm, a 0.3mm decrease, with a vertical triple-camera array in a pill-shaped module. Leaked imagery hints at a ring on the back for built-in Qi2 wireless charging, potentially Samsung's first device with true Qi2 certification (not just Qi2 Ready). The lineup is expected in base, Plus, and Ultra variants. Specs reportedly include a 6.3-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, 3,000 nits peak brightness, in-display ultrasonic fingerprint, 50MP main, 50MP ultrawide, 10MP tele, either a 2nm Exynos 2600 or Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 12GB RAM, 256/512GB, Android 16-based One UI 8.5, with GPS, 5G, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, NFC, USB-C, IP68, a 4,300mAh battery, 25W wired and 15W wireless charging.