Nov 29, 2017, 12:00 PM Building permit analysis sheds light on how much Amazon has spent on massive Seattle footprint Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include official data on capital investments from Amazon’s HQ2 website. As Amazon… Read More
Nov 29, 2017, 10:54 AM New machine-learning services from Amazon Web Services include video recognition, transcription LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services added several new items to its suite of machine-learning driven services Wednesday at AWS… Read More
Nov 29, 2017, 10:28 AM Amazon Web Services unveils a $249 wireless deep learning video camera for developers Amazon’s newest hardware product is meant to help developers run deep learning and image recognition models directly from a video… Read More
Nov 29, 2017, 9:36 AM All’s fair in love and new databases for Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy LAS VEGAS — Database technology has become a rather contentious segment of the enterprise tech market over the last few… Read More
Nov 29, 2017, 8:49 AM Amazon Web Services goes all-in on Kubernetes, launches new container deployment service LAS VEGAS — As the year of Kubernetes wraps up, Amazon Web Services joined its cloud rivals by rolling out… Read More
Nov 29, 2017, 6:33 AM Amazon Web Services expands cloud business with NFL, Expedia, and Disney deals Amazon Web Services, aiming to boost its reach among big corporate customers, announced major expansions of its relationships with the… Read More
Nov 28, 2017, 11:03 PM Amazon GuardDuty is a new account-wide cloud security service from Amazon Web Services Security is a perennial concern for cloud skeptics and cloud enthusiasts alike, and Amazon Web Services hopes to stay one… Read More
Nov 28, 2017, 9:26 PM That’s so metal: Amazon Web Services unveils bare-metal instances for EC2 compute customers Server virtualization was one of the great breakthroughs in enterprise computing over the last 20 years, allowing people to get… Read More
Nov 28, 2017, 1:21 PM Google eliminates Kubernetes cluster-management fees just before the main event at AWS re:Invent LAS VEGAS — With the cloud computing industry gathered in Las Vegas for Amazon Web Services’ big re:Invent conference, Google… Read More
Nov 28, 2017, 12:21 PM Amazon gives $500K first place Alexa Prize award to Univ. of Washington team’s ‘socialbot’ The winning team of Amazon’s inaugural Alexa Prize competition sits right in the company’s backyard. The Seattle-based tech giant today… Read More
Nov 28, 2017, 12:19 PM Nonprofit Project Veritas — which targeted Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post — eligible for donations via AmazonSmile Project Veritas, the nonprofit organization caught this week in an apparent undercover scheme to deceive The Washington Post with a… Read More
Nov 28, 2017, 12:13 PM Amazon Web Services previews a new partner program alongside new services and competencies LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services plans to make a few changes to its partner program next year, it told… Read More
Nov 28, 2017, 10:27 AM Amazon’s ‘urban treehouse’ revealed in new images of future Seattle office building Seattle’s once-barren Denny Triangle neighborhood has transformed into a forest of high-rises in recent years, thanks in part to Amazon’s… Read More
Nov 28, 2017, 9:24 AM Amazon reports another record-breaking holiday shopping weekend for its Alexa devices Update: Jeff Wilke, CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, said that Cyber Monday was the biggest day ever for small businesses on… Read More
Nov 28, 2017, 6:00 AM Turner tunes into Amazon Web Services, plans to migrate older apps and videos to the cloud LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services is getting the first big customer announcement of re:Invent 2017 out of the way… Read More
Nov 28, 2017, 5:00 AM VMware, Amazon Web Services expand hybrid cloud partnership with new app migration services LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services and VMware surprised a few folks last year when they agreed to a sweeping… Read More
Nov 27, 2017, 5:16 PM Amazon Web Services acquired technology behind new ‘Sumerian’ AR/VR tool from a bankrupt startup LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services appears to have acquired technology for its new AWS “Sumerian” 3D modeling tool from… Read More
Nov 27, 2017, 10:02 AM Amazon Web Services releases five new Elemental cloud tools for video publishers For those pivoting to video, or others who are just getting started, Amazon Web Services released five new video tools… Read More
Nov 27, 2017, 6:30 AM Amazon moves into AR and VR with ‘Sumerian’ service to create 3D scenes for Oculus, Vive, iOS, Android Amazon Web Services made the first major announcement of its re:Invent cloud conference in Las Vegas overnight: a new service… Read More
Nov 26, 2017, 12:00 PM Blast from the past: Watch Jeff Bezos describe Amazon’s business in 1999 https://youtu.be/6cTjhzSgdwE Amazon’s rise to the top of the tech world is remarkable. A company that started out selling books online… Read More
Nov 24, 2017, 8:25 PM The $100 billion man: Jeff Bezos’ net worth hits milestone as Amazon soars on Black Friday Jeff Bezos’ net worth soared above $100 billion on Friday — meaning the Amazon founder is now richer than the… Read More
Nov 24, 2017, 1:00 PM Startup Spotlight: GrailAI hopes to use AI to detect cancer’s most subtle red flags Anand Prakash is taking an unexpected path toward building GrailAI, a startup that he recently launched to fight cancer. He’s… Read More
Nov 24, 2017, 9:27 AM Amazon warehouse workers in Germany and Italy reportedly on strike as peak holiday season begins Some workers at Amazon fulfillment centers in both Italy and Germany have gone on strike, according to a new report,… Read More
Nov 24, 2017, 9:00 AM A tale of two Amazons: Why Seattle’s boogeyman has the opposite reputation outside its hometown Seattle is experiencing some serious growing pains, and many longtime residents blame Amazon for forcing their town to grow up… Read More
Nov 24, 2017, 1:55 AM Smartphone shopping: Amazon says Thanksgiving mobile orders spiked 50% from last year New data from Amazon shows how consumers are becoming more and more comfortable purchasing items with their smartphone. Amazon released… Read More
Nov 23, 2017, 6:50 AM Amazon poised to spend a record $7B on shipping this holiday quarter To fully appreciate the way online shopping is transforming the economy, look at how much Amazon spends to put packages on… Read More
Nov 22, 2017, 3:48 PM Amazon Web Services re-invents the holiday news dump with Symantec win As a steady stream of last-minute Thanksgiving shoppers poured into Whole Foods stores around the country Wednesday afternoon, Amazon Web… Read More
Nov 22, 2017, 10:23 AM Report: Amazon Web Services to launch big health care push next week with Cerner Amazon Web Services likes to use its annual re:Invent conference to show off new ways cloud computing is growing in… Read More
Nov 21, 2017, 2:56 PM YouTube returns to the Echo Show as Amazon and Google patch up their differences YouTube is back on Amazon’s Echo Show device, two months after Google pulled the video service over a violation of… Read More
Nov 21, 2017, 5:00 AM Amazon horticulturalist on the impact of the Spheres: ‘Lose yourself in a little piece of nature’ Go ahead and smile at that little plant you’ve been tending on your desk. It feels nice, doesn’t it? Now… Read More
