Amazon Web Services: News
SK Group, AWS to build South Korea's largest AI center
South Korea's SK Group and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are joining hands to build the country's largest artificial intelligence (AI) data center.
Amazon Web Services pledges to invest $8.3B in Maharashtra
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a massive investment of $8.3 billion in Maharashtra in the coming years.
Amazon takes on Google, Microsoft with first quantum computing chip
Amazon's cloud-computing arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled its first-ever quantum computing chip called 'Ocelot.'
RBI launching cloud service to rival AWS, Azure in 2025
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is gearing up to launch a one-of-a-kind cloud platform in 2025. The initiative, a first for any major global central bank, will utilize local IT companies.
Amazon CEO says 5-day-office mandate not a disguise for layoffs
Amazon's CEO Andy Jassy has denied claims that the new 5-day office mandate is a "backdoor layoff."
Meta gives US military access to its Llama AI models
Meta has announced that it will share its Llama artificial intelligence (AI) models with several US government agencies and contractors working on national security.
Amazon's Q3 profit surges by 55% to over $15 billion
Amazon has reported a whopping 55.2% increase in its third-quarter profit, largely due to the strong performance of its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Amazon to invest $500M in nuclear power projects: Here's why
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon, has announced plans to invest over $500 million in nuclear power.
Amazon joins coalition to boost transparency of AI-generated content
Amazon has become the latest member of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) steering committee.
Robust policy, talent pool make Tamil Nadu an AI hub
Tamil Nadu is fast becoming a major hub for artificial intelligence (AI) in India.
AI may soon replace software engineers, says AWS CEO
Matt Garman, the CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), has suggested that artificial intelligence (AI) could soon take over many coding tasks.
Critical AWS flaw exposes thousands of web apps to attack
A recently discovered vulnerability in Amazon Web Services's (AWS) Application Load Balancer, a traffic-routing service, could potentially expose thousands of web applications to security risks.
€470M package: How Google tried to upend Microsoft's antitrust settlement
Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., recently proposed a package worth approximately €470 million ($512 million) to the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE).
AWS announces plans for European 'sovereign cloud' in Germany
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud computing division, has confirmed its plans to launch a European "sovereign cloud."
Amazon reports $143.3B revenue in Q1, beats market expectations
Amazon's first quarter earnings and revenue have surpassed Wall Street's predictions, largely due to a surge in advertising and cloud computing.
Amazon ends bonus payments for Alexa developers
Amazon has announced the discontinuation of its paid incentives for Alexa developers, marking the end of the Alexa Developer Rewards Program.
Amazon Web Services lays off hundreds of employees
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the global leader in cloud services, has confirmed the termination of several employees from its sales, marketing, and physical stores technology departments.
Vaishali Kasture, AWS India's interim head, quits within a year
Vaishali Kasture has resigned as the interim head of Amazon Web Services (AWS) India and South Asia, after just seven months in the position, reported TechCrunch.
AWS's transcription platform can now recognize 100 spoken languages
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has revealed that its transcription platform, Amazon Transcribe, is now powered by generative AI models.
Amazon forms new team to train its AI model 'Olympus'
Amazon has formed a new team to train its large language model (LLM) codenamed "Olympus," aiming to compete with leading models from OpenAI and Alphabet, according to a Reuters report.
How Amazon is competing against Microsoft, Google in AI race
Amazon has entered the generative AI race. The cloud giant joining the fray is expected to crank up the intensity of an already fierce race.
Single customer triggered bug that caused global internet outage: Fastly
On June 8, a global internet outage took the world by surprise at around 3:00pm Indian Standard Time. The outage affected many prominent news outlets and social media platforms including CNN, The Verge, The New York Times, The Guardian, and Reddit.
Major websites including Amazon, The Guardian, CNN, Reddit down
A global internet outage (now resolved) was reported by several internet users around 3 PM Indian Standard Time. The disruption has affected a number of websites including news portals such as CNN, The New York Times, and The Guardian in addition to platforms such as Reddit.
Employee sues Amazon for racial, gender discrimination in corporate hiring
Amazon.com Inc has been sued for "systemic" discrimination against Black and female workers, especially for corporate roles. The lawsuit filed in federal court by Charlotte Newman alleges that Amazon hires Black people for lower positions and promotes them slower than White workers with similar qualifications.
Parler CEO reveals he has been fired by the board
Former Parler CEO John Matze sent a memo to staffers on February 3 saying his position as CEO of the company had been terminated with immediate effect on January 29.
Meet Andy Jassy: Next CEO of Amazon replacing Jeff Bezos
Andy Jassy may keep a low profile, but he has led the Amazon Web Services (AWS) to an impressive $50 billion revenue this year.
Apple quietly headhunts top cloud computing talent; Hints at self-reliance
Apple has reportedly been headhunting high-profile cloud computing engineers, while focusing on engineers specializing in container and Kubernetes technologies. These form the building blocks of cloud computing infrastructure underpinning Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft's Azure.
NewsBytes Briefing: Indian pathology lab exposes patient data, and more
Last night, leading Indian lab testing company Dr. Lal PathLabs was caught exposing confidential patient data through an unprotected storage bucket on Amazon Web Services.
Edureka e-learning platform caught exposing data of 20 lakh students
Amid growing cases of cyber-attacks and data breaches, Edureka, a renowned Bengaluru-based online learning platform, has been caught exposing personal user information.
Zoom bug allowed breaking into private password-protected meetings
Even after all the promises, video conferencing giant Zoom keeps running into security issues.
Amazon launches 'Interactive Video Service' for businesses
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the entire world to switch to the routine of interacting, studying, and working remotely.
Meet Sumit Ghosh, co-founder of Chingari (India's answer to TikTok)
The border tensions between India and China and the ensuing crackdown on 59 Chinese applications has surged 'vocal for local' calls.
#LeakAlert: Data of 7 million+ BHIM users exposed
Personal and financial data of more than 7 million users of BHIM, a government-backed peer-to-peer UPI payments app, has been leaked publicly.
Xiaomi refutes allegations of mining data via phone software 'backdoors'
Xiaomi has refuted the data mining allegations leveled by two popular security searchers.
Hacker flags Safari vulnerabilities, wins Rs. 57 lakh from Apple
Apple encourages security researchers to flag vulnerabilities in its products and is also willing to pay some really good money for that.
More than 15,000 private Zoom meetings leaked online: Details here
Zoom, the video conferencing service that shot to fame in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, is drawing flak for leaking private meetings of its users.
Now, Amazon's AI converts patient-doctor conversation into medical record
For years, doctors have been treating patients by spending time with them and then detailing their condition in their medical records.
Amazon's facial-recognition system can now detect fear
Just as concerns over data security continue to increase, a new report has revealed that Amazon's facial-recognition system, 'Rekognition' has become sophisticated enough to detect signs of fear on your face.
Why Microsoft banned employees from using Slack, other software products
Microsoft appears to have banned certain software products for its employees.
Millions of Instagram influencers' contact information leaked online
In another Facebook-specific leak, personal data of Instagram influencers, celebrities and brands has been exposed online.
Amazon reaches $1 trillion mark, but that's just the start
On Tuesday night, Amazon's shares briefly touched $2050.50, taking the e-commerce giant's market capitalization to $1 trillion, and making it the second company after Apple to touch the mark.
'ReUnite': A mobile app to track missing children
A mobile application for tracking missing and abandoned children was launched by Union Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi in New Delhi today.
No more unpredictable weather for Maharashtra farmers
Farmers will now get detailed information about the climatic conditions in their area allowing them better crop management.
Amazon in trouble again for distorted India map
They say if once bitten, people are twice shy, but this doesn't apply to Amazon.
Bye-bye 2FA, this start-up verifies user-identity based on your typing
US-based start-up TypingDNA has come up with a unique solution to verify user identity online based on how you type.
Uber paid hackers $100,000; concealed data stolen of 57mn users
Uber is facing another PR nightmare. It has emerged that the company concealed a massive data breach affecting 57mn users/riders for a whole year.
Microsoft mulls on investing $100 million in Ola's parent firm
According to reports, Microsoft is now mulling on investing $50-100 million (Rs. 320-640 crore) to acquire a minority stake in ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs Ola, the home-grown ride hailing platform.
Database can help Mumbaiites to watch out for sex-offenders
Kerala governor P Sathasivam, during a legislative Assembly session in Thiruvananthapuram detailed a plan to maintain a national sex offenders' registry.
Amazon posts third-quarter earnings; misses estimates
Amazon posted third-quarter 2016 earnings 52 cents a share on revenue of $32.71 billion.
Succumbing to cloud rivals, Rackspace goes private in an acquisition
Cloud computing company Rackspace has announced that it has entered into a $4.3 billion cash deal with Apollo Global Management to become a private company.