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Parler's website is back up, but the service is still unavailable
One week after it lost access to Amazon’s hosting servers, Parler’s website is back online in limited form.
Amazon says it spent months warning Parler about violent posts
Amazon says it warned Parler officials about the violent threats on its platform nearly two months before the riot at the US Capitol.
Parler sues AWS after Amazon knocks service offline
Parler is suing Amazon Web Services in a last-ditch attempt to get back online.
Amazon is cutting off Parler's servers
Unless Parler can find a new host, it will go offline on Sunday.
Amazon adds Mac Minis to its cloud to assist Apple developers
Amazon is bringing the Mac Mini to the cloud for developers who want cloud-based build and test machines for any Apple device app.
Amazon Web Services outage subsides after unplugging services for hours
An AWS outage has affected access to many Amazon services, as well as platforms like Roku, Adobe and Flickr that rely on the servers.
Hotels.com, Expedia provider exposed data for millions of guests
A cloud provider left exposed for millions of guests using major hotel reservation services.
Microsoft migrates ‘Minecraft’ from Amazon Web Services to its own Azure
After depending on AWS for years, Mojang plans to migrate Minecraft to Azure later by the end of the 2020.
Amazon Honeycode is a no-programming-needed app builder for businesses
A new tool from AWS lets businesses create mobile or web apps without doing any programming.
Slack video and voice calls will rely on Amazon Chime
A new deal between Slack and Amazon cements their partnership against Microsoft Teams.
Amazon opens its first cloud data center in Africa
Internet connectivity in South Africa is set to improve with the arrival of Amazon's cloud data centers.
Developers can use Alexa's 'long-form' speaking style to read the news
Amazon's AI-powered text to speech systems are getting better.
Amazon wants to question Trump over his role in the $10 billion DoD contract
It's no secret that Amazon was unhappy with the Pentagon's decision to award the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract to Microsoft. Now, Amazon wants to depose President Trump and six other officials, CNBC reports. The company hopes to question Trump about his involvement in the bidding process, including private conversations, instructions given related to the award and "efforts to harm Amazon and AWS."
Amazon is the latest to pull out of MWC over coronavirus worries
Mobile World Congress just lost another one of its biggest names over coronavirus fears. Amazon has withdrawn from the tech trade show over the "outbreak and continued concerns" around the virus. The company was going to the late February event to push Amazon Web Services rather than anything consumer-facing, but it's still a big blow when MWC has already lost multiple companies.
Amazon might offer Twitch's streaming technology to businesses
It's already been five years since Amazon purchased Twitch, giving the company a major stake in rapidly-expanding video game streaming space. Twitch is still quite popular, but a report today from The Information indicates the company may have some new plans to make money from the service: selling Twitch's streaming technology to other companies. According to the report, it would be similar to how Amazon Web Services (AWS) was used internally and then eventually became one of the company's most important products -- AWS accounts for about half of all Amazon revenue. The service would almost certainly be rebranded for sales to business customers, though there's no hints that Amazon would shut down the existing, consumer-facing Twitch platform.
752,000 US birth certificate applications were exposed online
According to a report from TechCrunch, an online company that allows people in the US to obtain a copy of their birth certificate has exposed more than 752,000 applications. The case of negligence was discovered by Fidus Information Security, a company that conducts online penetration testing, and verified by TechCrunch. The two found that the company is storing the applications on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cache that's not protected by a password. By simply entering the "easy-to-guess" address of the cache in a browser, a malicious visitor could access the documents held within. TechCrunch didn't disclose the name of the company to protect the privacy of those who used its service.
Amazon claims Trump's 'personal vendetta' cost it $10 billion Pentagon contract
Last month, Amazon said it would formally challenge the US Department of Defense's decision to award the $10 billion JEDI contract to Microsoft, instead of Amazon Web Service (AWS). The lawsuit, unsealed today, reveals the details behind Amazon's argument. The company claims that "AWS was the consensus frontrunner" and that not only was the Pentagon's decision based on "egregious errors on nearly every evaluation factor," it was "the result of improper pressure from President Donald J. Trump."
Amazon and the NFL team up to create a 'Digital Athlete' simulation
Amazon's AWS and the NFL plan to use AI and machine learning to protect players. The partners announced today that they'll co-develop a "Digital Athlete" platform, which will create a computer simulation model of an NFL player. Using the computer simulation, they'll be able to test different game scenarios without putting actual players at risk.
Amazon offers quantum computing on its AWS servers
Quantum computing is arguably the next major milestone for tech companies, but unless you're the likes of Google or IBM, it's a fairly costly endeavor. But Amazon -- which up until now has been pretty quiet on the quantum front -- has plans to offer a quantum computing service to companies through the internet, thereby eliminating some of the costs and other challenges associated with pursuing the technology.
Amazon created a musical keyboard to help developers learn about AI
Amazon has just announced AWS DeepComposer, what the company claims is the world's first machine-learning enabled musical keyboard. In practice, the actual device is a lot simpler than Amazon's grand statement might make it seem.