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'Told Them Not To Put Me': Indian Techie's Diwali 'Mayhem' Amid Amazon Outage Viral
Amazon's cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday, the same day as Diwali in India, leading to a techie sharing their experience.
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Many Websites, Apps Go Dark As Amazon's Cloud Unit Reports Global Outage
AI startup Perplexity, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and trading app Robinhood attributed the outages to AWS.
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Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky To Step Down, Says Firm
The chief executive of Amazon.com's cloud unit Amazon Web Services, Adam Selipsky, is stepping down, the company said on Tuesday.
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Oracle Said to Spend “Billions” on Nvidia Chips This Year to Expand Cloud Computing Service
Oracle is spending "billions" of dollars on chips from Nvidia as it expands a cloud computing service targeting a new wave of artificial intelligence (AI) companies, Oracle founder and Chairman Larry Ellison said on Wednesday. It is also spending on central processor units (CPUs) from Ampere Computing. Oracle's cloud division is working to gain gro...
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Amazon’s India, South Asia Head of Cloud Division, Puneet Chandok, Resigns: Details
The India and South Asia head of Amazon.com's cloud division, Puneet Chandok, has resigned with effect from August 31, the company said on Friday. Vaishali Kasture, currently head of enterprise for mid-market and global businesses at AWS India and South Asia, would take on the role of interim leader of commercial business for the unit, Amazon India...
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Amazon Records $3.2 Billion in Quarterly Profits as Revenue Climbs 9 Percent on Back of Cloud, Ads Units
Online retail titan Amazon on Thursday reported that its cloud and ads units helped it beat earnings expectations in the first quarter of this year despite shoppers and businesses being more careful about spending.
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Apple TV, Amazon’s AWS and Alexa Back Up After Thousands of Users Experience Outage
Amazon.com said its cloud computing division Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its voice assistant service Alexa were back online after a brief outage on Sunday. Downdetector, an outage tracking website, also reported Apple TV to be down for several users.
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Amazon’s Cloud Unit Partners With Startup Hugging Face to Target AI Developers
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon.com, on Tuesday said it is collaborating with startup Hugging Face, a software development hub, to make it easier to carry out artificial intelligence work (AI) in Amazon's cloud. While new generative AI services like chat-based search engines from Microsoft and Alphabet's Google have ca...
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Amazon Luna Officially Launched in US With Free Games for Prime Members, New Features
Amazon Luna has officially been launched in the United States. New channels available now on Luna include Prime Gaming Channel, Retro Channel, and Jackbox Games Channel. Amazon Prime members can stream a few games without a membership as well. Retro Channel and Jackbox Games Channel subscriptions cost $4.99 (roughly Rs. 370) per month each.
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Amazon Restores AWS Services After Power Outage; Cloud Unit Said to Face US Antitrust Probe
Several apps and websites, including those of Hulu, Slack, and Epic Games, were up and running after being hit by a brief power outage at one of Amazon's data servers on the US East Coast.
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Alibaba Unveils Custom ARM-Based Server Chip Yitian 710 for Cloud Computing Data Centres
Alibaba said it has developed a processor that will be used to power servers in its data centres.
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Time to Boost Privacy Protection Around Cloud Data: US Lawmakers
The United States needs to accord the same legal protections to user data held on tech companies' servers as it does to physical files stored in personal file cabinets, media attorneys and lawmakers.
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Amazon Web Services, Ferrari Enter Agreement on Cloud Storage, Machine Learning, AI
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Ferrari have entered an agreement to make Amazon's cloud computing unit the luxury carmaker's cloud storage, machine learning, and artificial intelligence provider, AWS said.
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Nokia Partners With Google to Build Cloud-Based 5G Network
Nokia partnered with Google Cloud unit to build 5G core network infrastructure and allow business customers to offer services such as smart retail and automated manufacturing.
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Amazon Web Services Taps Own Arm-Based Chips for New Supercomputing Offering
Amazon's cloud unit Amazon Web Services (AWS) offered a new supercomputing service based on its self-designed processors, a further sign of how chips based on Arm technology are encroaching on Intel and AMD turf.
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'Told Them Not To Put Me': Indian Techie's Diwali 'Mayhem' Amid Amazon Outage Viral
Amazon's cloud services unit AWS was hit by an outage on Monday, the same day as Diwali in India, leading to a techie sharing their experience.
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Many Websites, Apps Go Dark As Amazon's Cloud Unit Reports Global Outage
AI startup Perplexity, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and trading app Robinhood attributed the outages to AWS.
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Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky To Step Down, Says Firm
The chief executive of Amazon.com's cloud unit Amazon Web Services, Adam Selipsky, is stepping down, the company said on Tuesday.
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Oracle Said to Spend “Billions” on Nvidia Chips This Year to Expand Cloud Computing Service
Oracle is spending "billions" of dollars on chips from Nvidia as it expands a cloud computing service targeting a new wave of artificial intelligence (AI) companies, Oracle founder and Chairman Larry Ellison said on Wednesday. It is also spending on central processor units (CPUs) from Ampere Computing. Oracle's cloud division is working to gain gro...
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Amazon’s India, South Asia Head of Cloud Division, Puneet Chandok, Resigns: Details
The India and South Asia head of Amazon.com's cloud division, Puneet Chandok, has resigned with effect from August 31, the company said on Friday. Vaishali Kasture, currently head of enterprise for mid-market and global businesses at AWS India and South Asia, would take on the role of interim leader of commercial business for the unit, Amazon India...
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Amazon Records $3.2 Billion in Quarterly Profits as Revenue Climbs 9 Percent on Back of Cloud, Ads Units
Online retail titan Amazon on Thursday reported that its cloud and ads units helped it beat earnings expectations in the first quarter of this year despite shoppers and businesses being more careful about spending.
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Apple TV, Amazon’s AWS and Alexa Back Up After Thousands of Users Experience Outage
Amazon.com said its cloud computing division Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its voice assistant service Alexa were back online after a brief outage on Sunday. Downdetector, an outage tracking website, also reported Apple TV to be down for several users.
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Amazon’s Cloud Unit Partners With Startup Hugging Face to Target AI Developers
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon.com, on Tuesday said it is collaborating with startup Hugging Face, a software development hub, to make it easier to carry out artificial intelligence work (AI) in Amazon's cloud. While new generative AI services like chat-based search engines from Microsoft and Alphabet's Google have ca...
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Amazon Luna Officially Launched in US With Free Games for Prime Members, New Features
Amazon Luna has officially been launched in the United States. New channels available now on Luna include Prime Gaming Channel, Retro Channel, and Jackbox Games Channel. Amazon Prime members can stream a few games without a membership as well. Retro Channel and Jackbox Games Channel subscriptions cost $4.99 (roughly Rs. 370) per month each.
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Amazon Restores AWS Services After Power Outage; Cloud Unit Said to Face US Antitrust Probe
Several apps and websites, including those of Hulu, Slack, and Epic Games, were up and running after being hit by a brief power outage at one of Amazon's data servers on the US East Coast.
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Alibaba Unveils Custom ARM-Based Server Chip Yitian 710 for Cloud Computing Data Centres
Alibaba said it has developed a processor that will be used to power servers in its data centres.
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Time to Boost Privacy Protection Around Cloud Data: US Lawmakers
The United States needs to accord the same legal protections to user data held on tech companies' servers as it does to physical files stored in personal file cabinets, media attorneys and lawmakers.
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Amazon Web Services, Ferrari Enter Agreement on Cloud Storage, Machine Learning, AI
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Ferrari have entered an agreement to make Amazon's cloud computing unit the luxury carmaker's cloud storage, machine learning, and artificial intelligence provider, AWS said.
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Nokia Partners With Google to Build Cloud-Based 5G Network
Nokia partnered with Google Cloud unit to build 5G core network infrastructure and allow business customers to offer services such as smart retail and automated manufacturing.
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Amazon Web Services Taps Own Arm-Based Chips for New Supercomputing Offering
Amazon's cloud unit Amazon Web Services (AWS) offered a new supercomputing service based on its self-designed processors, a further sign of how chips based on Arm technology are encroaching on Intel and AMD turf.
