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Amazon Web Services

Amazon preps for a ‘multi-robot’ world: RoboRunner cloud service builds on its own warehouse tech

The concept of “multi-cloud” has become widely accepted in the tech industry, as companies use different cloud vendors for various… Read More

AWS launches Skills Center in Seattle, boosts efforts to give free cloud training to 29M people

Amazon on Thursday is opening the doors to its first Amazon Web Services Skills Center in downtown Seattle. The 8,000-square-foot… Read More

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Amazon partners with UCLA on science hub focusing on AI and its social impact

Amazon and UCLA are launching a research hub that will draw upon industry and academic research to address the social… Read More

AWS quantum hardware

The box is open: AWS Center for Quantum Computing is definitely alive at Caltech

It’s been nearly two years since Amazon Web Services announced a quantum computing initiative that included the establishment of an… Read More

Light the lamp — and the arches: Seattle landmark will put on display to celebrate Kraken hockey goals

When the Seattle Kraken “light the lamp” by scoring a hockey goal at Climate Pledge Arena this season, another lighting… Read More

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How Amazon Web Services is helping Satellogic manage its whole Earth catalog

It’s one thing to send down more than a trillion bytes of satellite data every day, and quite another thing… Read More

Amazon Web Services launches $40M initiative that aims to reduce health inequities

Amazon Web Services will provide $40 million in credits and technical support over three years for organizations working to enhance… Read More

Punt or go for it? AWS’ latest analytics for NFL helps fans second-guess 4th down play calls

Second-guessing an NFL coach on whether he should have gone for it or kicked on fourth down is one of… Read More

Amazon plans to investigate discrimination within AWS after hundreds of employees sign petition

Amazon says it plans to investigate allegations of discrimination and bias within its Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit after… Read More

Amazon provides key tools in the cloud for designing Formula 1’s race car of the future

Amazon’s interest in sports has taken the tech giant from NFL stadiums to NHL hockey arenas and now onto the… Read More

Amazon elevates two more execs to its senior leadership team under new CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon bolstered its senior leadership team in the final days of Jeff Bezos’ tenure as CEO last week, making a… Read More

Amazon adding more space east of Seattle in Redmond for 800 new AWS jobs, Project Kuiper lab

Amazon is making more real estate moves east of Seattle, adding hundreds of Amazon Web Services roles in Redmond, Wash.… Read More

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To the moon! Amazon Web Services lists first startups for AWS Space Accelerator

The first 10 companies to participate in Amazon Web Services’ accelerator program for space-centric startups are targeting territory ranging from… Read More

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Report: Amazon, Microsoft and Google vie for billion-dollar Boeing cloud contract

Amazon, Microsoft and Google are involved in a bidding process to provide Boeing with cloud computing services, a contract that’s… Read More

Behind release of NFL’s new schedule, Amazon Web Services helped sort endless matchup options

It might seem like a no-brainer to pit the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tom Brady against “America’s… Read More

AWS Ground Station

Amazon Web Services is launching Space Accelerator for final-frontier startups

Amazon Web Services is raising the curtain on AWS Space Accelerator, a four-week business support program that’s open to space… Read More

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NASA releases jaw-dropping video and audio from Mars, with an assist from AWS

For the first time ever, NASA has captured video of a rover landing on the surface of Mars, plus audio… Read More

Amazon inks another sports deal as AWS will power NHL’s digital transformation and in-game analytics

Amazon Web Services is broadening its reach across the professional sports landscape, announcing a new partnership with the National Hockey… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon, Andy Jassy and the cloud, with Corey Quinn of The Duckbill Group

What does Andy Jassy’s track record at Amazon Web Services say about how he’ll lead Amazon as the company’s next… Read More

Federal judge cites U.S. Capitol breach in denial of Parler’s initial motion for reinstatement on AWS

A federal judge in Seattle has denied an initial attempt by Parler to require Amazon Web Services to restore cloud… Read More

Court filings show how Amazon Web Services is using Section 230 as a legal sword against Parler

[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in journalist Eli Sanders’ “Wild West” newsletter, which covers internet-related legal issues. Subscribe here.]… Read More

Ground Station

Project Kuiper plus AWS: How Amazon’s cloud and satellite internet ventures mesh

Amazon Web Services and the Project Kuiper satellite internet venture may be separate domains of Jeff Bezos’ business empire, but… Read More

Amazon: Trump corruption the only plausible explanation for Microsoft winning $10B cloud deal

In a newly unsealed court filing, Amazon blames an “extraordinary environment of corruption, interference, and retribution” by President Donald Trump… Read More

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AWS opens up its Amazon Braket platform as ‘launch pad’ for quantum computing

Eight months after unveiling its Amazon Braket quantum computing platform, Amazon Web Services says the cloud-based service is officially open… Read More

Amazon moves annual AWS re:Invent conference online as part of a free 3-week event

Amazon’s annual cloud conference is going fully digital this year as the global pandemic forces companies to move events online.… Read More

Meet the ‘chief availability officer’: Salesforce names Seattle-area exec to unusual C-suite role

Salesforce, the San Francisco-based cloud company known for its flagship customer relationship management software, has created a new C-suite role:… Read More

Ground Station

Amazon Web Services is creating its very own space force for cloud computing

Amazon Web Services today unveiled a new business unit devoted to developing data infrastructure and cloud services for the aerospace… Read More

Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he takes Google Cloud job

Follow-up: Amazon asks court to block former AWS marketing VP from working on Google Cloud Next speeches A lawsuit filed… Read More

Slack and Amazon vs. Microsoft Teams: Why voice and video are essential in enterprise messaging

Slack and Amazon recently announced a significant partnership where Slack will power its voice and video infrastructure with Amazon Chime.… Read More

Zoom revenue spikes to $328M in Q1; CEO thanks Amazon Web Services for help meeting demand

Zoom blew past expectations for its first quarter earnings as the video conferencing company added millions of new users amid… Read More

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