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New machine-learning tech from Amazon Web Services includes GPU acceleration and a brand-new custom chip

LAS VEGAS — Machine learning is one of the fastest growing cloud services at the moment, and Amazon Web Services… Read More

Amazon Web Services joins the blockchain party with managed blockchain service for Hyperledger Fabric or Ethereum

LAS VEGAS — Last year at re:Invent 2017, Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy questioned whether blockchain technology was really… Read More

The top selling items at Amazon and other retailers this holiday season

From smart speakers to gaming consoles, U.S. consumers spent billions of dollars between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. According to Adobe… Read More

With Firecracker, Amazon Web Services reinvents its serverless computing infrastructure and open-source reputation

LAS VEGAS — Early developer reaction to Amazon Web Services’ Firecracker project suggests the company has pulled off a big… Read More

Amazon unveils new service to mine and decode medical records using artificial intelligence

Sorting through and analyzing medical records is incredibly time-consuming, limiting the ability of patients, doctors and administrators to make connections and… Read More

Amazon Web Services launches AWS Ground Station, a cloud service for satellite operators

LAS VEGAS — Space is hard, and getting data to and from orbiting satellites can be even harder. Amazon Web… Read More

Amazon sets new holiday shopping records over a long Thanksgiving weekend and Cyber Monday

It’s beginning to look a lot like a record Amazon Christmas, if the start of the holiday shopping season is… Read More

Amazon Web Services will now let companies set up internal IT-approved sets of cloud services in AWS Marketplace

LAS VEGAS – A lot of companies moving into cloud computing like to slow-play that transition, working with long-trusted partners… Read More

Network effects: Amazon Web Services touts improvements to its networking services that should boost app performance

LAS VEGAS – Amazon Web Services has built a state-of-the-art network around the world in order to serve its cloud… Read More

Amazon Web Services introduces its own custom-designed Arm server processor, promises 45 percent lower costs for some workloads

LAS VEGAS — After years of waiting for someone to design an Arm server processor that could work at scale… Read More

Microsoft on the cusp of passing Apple to become the most-valuable U.S. company

Someone time traveling from five years ago might not believe it, but it’s 2018 and Microsoft is poised to surpass… Read More

Amazon Web Services customers can now build applications for robots in the cloud

Companies using robots across a wide variety of industries will now be able to write cloud-based applications for those robots… Read More

Long-time Amazon exec Dave Stephenson to join Airbnb as its new CFO

Veteran Amazon executive — and one-time president of Big Fish Games — Dave Stephenson is joining Airbnb as its chief… Read More

What to expect at Amazon Web Services re:Invent 2018: serverless, open source, and traffic

Amazon Web Services will attempt to set the cloud-computing agenda for 2019 this week over four days of keynote speeches… Read More

Black Friday online sales rise 24% to $6.2B in U.S., including record $2B purchased on smartphones

Online sales rose 23.6 percent to $6.22 billion on Black Friday in the U.S., according to new industry stats released… Read More

Amazon warehouse workers protest in Europe, but company says shipping network ‘fully operational’ on Black Friday

Workers at several Amazon warehouses across Europe protested for better conditions on Black Friday, though the tech giant says it’s… Read More

Watch: As Seattle tunnel nears opening, 6-year time-lapse also captures Amazon going up, up up

If it appears, on many days, like Amazon’s Seattle headquarters has seemingly popped up overnight to transform the look of… Read More

Alexa, heat up our leftovers: GeekWire gives Amazon’s new voice-controlled microwave a spin

Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa boasts more than 50,000 skills, and one of its newest is microwave chef. That’s thanks to… Read More

As it gears up for re:Invent 2018, Amazon Web Services rolls out several new features that apparently didn’t make the keynotes

Improvements to its SageMaker machine-learning tool and new scaling options for cloud computing customers were among the new features rolled… Read More

‘Technical error’ exposes Amazon customer names and email addresses, company says issue is fixed

Some Amazon customers had their names and emails “inadvertently disclosed” by the tech giant’s website due to a “technical error.”… Read More

Amazon releases new tools to help device makers build Alexa into bluetooth products

Amazon just made it easier for makers of bluetooth devices such as headsets and smart watches to build in the… Read More

Amazon’s new HQs in DC and NY could grow much larger than previously reported, records show

Amazon HQ2 became a media spectacle because of the promise to bring 50,000 new jobs to a single community. News… Read More

Analysis: Amazon reaches $1 trillion in cumulative revenue at record pace for tech industry

Add this to the list of things Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: $1 trillion… Read More

Amazon reportedly bids for Disney’s regional sports networks being sold as part of Fox deal

Amazon is bidding for Disney’s 22 regional sports networks picked up as part of the acquisition of major chunks of… Read More

Want to work at Amazon? Former ‘Bar Raiser’ launches startup to prepare candidates for tech giant’s grueling interview process

In his five years at Amazon, Nick Dimitrov learned a thing or two about what it takes to interview stronger… Read More

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