Amazon looks to boost generative AI projects with new $100M cloud initiative Amazon Web Services says it will invest $100 million in a new initiative to connect its machine learning and artificial… Read More
Amazon confirms abrupt departure of AWS data center chief Chris Vonderhaar The Amazon Web Services executive who oversaw the cloud giant’s massive network of data centers is suddenly gone, without explanation.… Read More
Amazon Web Services gets set to ignite space accelerator program’s third stage The 14 startups selected for Amazon Web Services’ third annual AWS Space Accelerator program include a company that’s building 3D-printed… Read More
How the NHL is using AI to predict key moments in games The NHL brought its third annual Technology Showcase event to Seattle this week, a stone’s throw from the global headquarters… Read More
Dancing with the cloud: Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky takes steps to fight homelessness There’s no dancing around the seriousness of the homelessness crisis in Seattle. But a group of notable personalities in the… Read More
Pentagon splits giant cloud contract among Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle Correction: This story previously misstated the total value of the contracts. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded cloud contracts with… Read More
The cloud in orbit: Amazon Web Services demonstrates data analysis on a satellite For the past 10 months, Amazon Web Services has been running data through its cloud-based software platform on what’s arguably… Read More
Amazon Web Services launches accelerator that focuses on the healthcare workforce Amazon Web Services is launching a four-week accelerator program for 20 global startups working on digital solutions for the healthcare… Read More
Microsoft and Amazon take on new roles in Pentagon’s space communication plans Microsoft Azure Space, Amazon Web Services and Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network are now among the Pentagon’s partners in a… Read More
Amazon moves physical retail tech teams into cloud division, looking to accelerate third-party adoption Amazon is shifting tech teams for its physical stores from its consumer division to its Amazon Web Services cloud division,… Read More
How this Amazon cloud device made it to the International Space Station, and what it did in orbit LAS VEGAS — Axiom Space tested an Amazon Web Services Snowcone cloud device in orbit in April during the first… Read More
More AI for devs: Amazon unveils CodeWhisperer machine-learning ‘coding companion’ LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services showed a new service that uses machine learning to generate code suggestions for software… Read More
How this Amazon engineering outpost is translating its unique geographic position into growth PITTSBURGH — When we last visited Amazon’s engineering center in this city, back in 2018, the company had just announced… Read More
Has Amazon found its fourth pillar? Revisiting a key question for the company’s future One year ago, the last question put to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during his final shareholder meeting as the company’s… Read More
In its second year, Amazon Web Services’ Space Accelerator boosts 10 far-out startups For the 10 startups participating this year in Amazon Web Services’ Space Accelerator program, the sky is not the limit.… Read More
Amazon, Google or Microsoft? Boeing chooses all of the above for cloud computing services The billion-dollar competition to provide Boeing with cloud computing services is finished, and the winner is … a three-way split.… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ worlds collide: Amazon and AWS join Blue Origin on Orbital Reef space station team Amazon and its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, say they’re joining forces with another company founded by Jeff Bezos… Read More
Amazon Web Services partners with Brazil’s space agency to boost business on the final frontier Amazon Web Services and the Brazilian Space Agency are joining forces to support long-term growth of the space industry in… Read More
Former Seattle entrepreneur and her husband to get back most of funds seized by FBI in Amazon case Amy Sterner Nelson and Carleton Nelson have reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. government that will return most of… Read More
Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’ “Your code will be attacked.” That warning, so obvious today, was a blunt wake-up call 20 years ago for many… Read More
Tech Moves: Former Outreach CMO joins Fastly; SmartRecruiters adds ex-Tableau SVP; and more — Fastly named Margaret Arakawa as chief marketing officer of the publicly traded San Francisco-based cloud network provider. Arakawa spent nearly 20… Read More
AWS and Washington state launch cloud training, but educators have big questions about rollout Amazon Web Services and Washington state officials this week announced a new partnership to provide cloud computing education for high… Read More
AWS problems impact Amazon, Disney, Smartsheet, Canva and other online services If you’re having problems buying items or logging in to Amazon.com, you’re not alone, and thanks to the widespread use… Read More
Amazon cloud chief Adam Selipsky sees ‘endless’ opportunities to tailor services to industries Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky echoed his predecessor Andy Jassy in his first AWS re:Invent keynote address Tuesday morning,… Read More
Amazon cloud chief Adam Selipsky hints at new directions for AWS as re:Invent begins Amazon Web Services this week is holding its first re:Invent conference without Andy Jassy at the helm of the tech… Read More
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
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
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
