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AWS

Microsoft in standoff with Amazon over big hire, names Charlie Bell to lead ‘bold’ new security group

Microsoft confirmed that it has hired longtime Amazon Web Services leader Charlie Bell to lead a newly formed engineering organization… 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

Emails indicate Amazon’s use of force while seeking JEDI cloud contract, GOP lawmakers say

Previously undisclosed emails appear to indicate that as Amazon pursued the now-canceled $10 billion JEDI cloud contract, it enlisted such… Read More

How a Seattle fintech entrepreneur built a network of support through multiple organizations

Seattle is home to a handful of fintech companies, notably money transfer startup Remitly, but it isn’t known as a… Read More

Amazon Web Servies acquires end-to-end encryption messaging software startup Wickr

Amazon Web Services has acquired Wickr, an end-to-end encrypted communication platform, the company announced Friday. Financials of the deal were… Read More

Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

— T-Mobile appointed former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director Letitia Long to its board. Long served as the director of… Read More

Lunar Outpost's MAPP rover

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

Incoming AWS CEO Adam Selipsky shares leadership lessons from pandemic in first public appearance since leaving Tableau

Adam Selipsky has years of work experience to draw upon, from stints as a vice president at RealNetworks and Amazon,… 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

Amazon Spheres

Amazon Web Services debuts 5-week accelerator for clean energy startups

Amazon Web Services is announcing the creation of a 5-week accelerator to support clean technology startups. Applications to the AWS… Read More

Tech Moves: AWS exec named Splunk president; Amazon vet joins Overstock as CMO; and more

— Former Amazon Web Services and Microsoft executive Teresa Carlson will join Splunk in the new role of president and… 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

Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will return to Amazon Web Services as CEO, replacing Andy Jassy

Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take… Read More

Parler unleashes 15-count lawsuit on Amazon, alleging defamation, bullying and bias for Twitter

Parler wasn’t ending its fight against Amazon Web Services last night when it abruptly dropped its suit seeking to require… Read More

Amazon Web Services inks deal with the PGA Tour, its latest cloud computing sports deal

Amazon Web Services continues to expand its reach into the sports world. The latest deal, announced Tuesday, is with the… Read More

Mars Perseverance panorama

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

Podcast

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

Dispute between Elastic and AWS highlights ongoing battle over open source business model

Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Daniel Li, partner at Madrona Venture Group, which first appeared in his… Read More

Amazon Web Services posts record $13.5B in *profits* for 2020 in Andy Jassy’s AWS swan song

Turns out Andy Jassy was basically running most of Amazon already. Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing giant led by… 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

Amazon will cut off Parler from AWS for violating terms of service

Amazon’s cloud unit will no longer provide services to Parler, the social media platform popular with conservatives and extremists. BuzzFeed… 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

Inside the intense world of COVID-19 science, and unexpected findings from Seattle researchers

If the Keanu Reeves’ pedal-to-the-metal thriller “Speed” had a COVID-19 sequel, James Heath would be a worthy candidate for a… Read More

Amazon Web Services launches new tool to detect bias and blind spots in machine learning

A new feature from Amazon Web Services will alert developers to potential bias in machine learning algorithms, part of a… Read More

Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals

Microsoft is rolling out new cloud technologies for wrangling, protecting and analyzing large amounts of corporate data, escalating its competition… Read More

After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention

Kicking off the annual Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference this week, AWS CEO Andy Jassy pointed to a major milestone… Read More

Amazon Web Services to offer macOS on-demand in the cloud, in new appeal to Apple developers

Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising… Read More

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