[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in journalist Eli Sanders’ “Wild West” newsletter, which covers internet-related legal issues. Subscribe here.] The social media platform Parler marketed itself as a place where Americans… Read More
Amazon Web Services and the Project Kuiper satellite internet venture may be separate domains of Jeff Bezos’ business empire, but even Amazon’s executives admit there’s a lot of potential for… Read More
In a newly unsealed court filing, Amazon blames an “extraordinary environment of corruption, interference, and retribution” by President Donald Trump for improperly influencing the U.S. Department of Defense to reaffirm… Read More
Eight months after unveiling its Amazon Braket quantum computing platform, Amazon Web Services says the cloud-based service is officially open for business. In a video that pokes a bit of… Read More
Amazon’s annual cloud conference is going fully digital this year as the global pandemic forces companies to move events online. Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent 2020 will be a 3-week free… Read More
Salesforce, the San Francisco-based cloud company known for its flagship customer relationship management software, has created a new C-suite role: chief availability officer. And it has appointed as its first… Read More
Amazon Web Services today unveiled a new business unit devoted to developing data infrastructure and cloud services for the aerospace and satellite industry — and headed by someone who helped… Read More
Follow-up: Amazon asks court to block former AWS marketing VP from working on Google Cloud Next speeches A lawsuit filed by Amazon against Brian Hall, former Amazon Web Services vice… Read More
Slack and Amazon recently announced a significant partnership where Slack will power its voice and video infrastructure with Amazon Chime. This deal is significant for several reasons — on the… Read More
Zoom blew past expectations for its first quarter earnings as the video conferencing company added millions of new users amid the global pandemic. Revenue came in at $328 million, up… Read More
Coca-Cola Co. will standardize its business operations on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, Dynamics 365 customer service software and Microsoft 365 apps such as Microsoft Teams under a five-year deal announced… Read More
Amazon released a new cloud service called AppFlow that promises to easily connect cloud-based apps to AWS services, automating the flow of data between them without requiring companies to write… Read More
Amazon Web Services and two tech industry groups have created a new online resource that lists dozens of digital health products, tools and services to help the health care industry… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the World Health Organization’s director-general are trading ideas on how to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control, using tools ranging from Amazon Web Services’ firepower… Read More
Less than a week after the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy organized a consortium to focus the power of artificial intelligence on addressing the coronavirus outbreak, another… Read More
Could Amazon and Microsoft end up sharing the Pentagon’s coveted $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract? That’s the likely scenario to play out in light of recent legal developments, according… Read More
Adam Bosworth, a veteran tech executive known for his work at companies including Microsoft, Salesforce and Google, is leaving his role as an Amazon Web Services vice president but says… Read More
Google parent Alphabet gave new insight into the state of its cloud division this week, disclosing quarterly and annual revenue for the first time as the search giant challenges rivals… Read More
Mobile voting is coming to the Seattle region, thanks in part to two homegrown companies. A partnership of local government officials, nonprofits, and tech companies will enable 1.2 million registered… Read More
Amazon’s legal quest to overturn the decision to award the coveted JEDI cloud contract to rival Microsoft could be a long, drawn-out process. While the court battle plays out, Amazon… Read More
A company that lets users get copies of their birth and death certificates exposed more than 752,000 application documents it had stored in an Amazon Web Services cloud bucket. U.K.-based… Read More
A newly unsealed court document reveals more details about Amazon’s strategy to get the Defense Department to overturn its award of a major cloud contract to rival Microsoft. The U.S.… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy says he believes there was “significant political interference” in the U.S. Department of Defense decision to overlook AWS and award its… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy put the company’s neighboring tech giant directly in his sights here Tuesday morning, criticizing Microsoft’s licensing practices and making it clear… Read More
Amazon Web Services is leaping into quantum computing with both feet — or maybe more than both feet, in keeping with the weird world of quantum physics. AWS’ quantum initiative,… Read More
Amazon Web Services will be able to tout some of the biggest numbers in the booming cloud industry at its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this week. AWS is… Read More
Amazon is releasing a new integration designed to help hardware makers build its Alexa voice assistant directly into smaller devices, such as light switches, thermostats and small appliances, without needing… Read More
Amazon is expanding its work with the NFL, scoring a deal with the Seattle Seahawks to provide the team with cloud, machine learning, and artificial intelligence services. The Seahawks —… Read More
Amazon’s cloud division has been hit with multiple lawsuits, alleging the tech giant violated state law in Illinois by obtaining and storing biometric data without appropriate public disclosures. But there’s… Read More
Amazon and Salesforce today strengthened their relationship with a new cloud partnership focused on technology for customer service centers. The announcement comes just days after Salesforce and Microsoft unveiled a… Read More