amazon Amazon Reports Strong First Quarter Earnings Despite Rising Costs Amazon releases its first quarter earnings report, showing significant revenue growth as the tech giant continues to expand its cloud and advertising businesses.
snapchat Snapchat User Growth Returns Thanks to Improved Android App Snapchat ends a year of stagnant growth by reaching 190 million daily active users and beating Q1 2019 revenue expectations. However, rising cloud infrastructure costs threaten to delay the company's profitability goals.
amazon Amazon Introduces First-Ever Certification Program for Alexa Skill Developers Amazon launches a new specialty certification for Alexa developers to validate their expertise in voice app creation. The program aims to improve the overall quality of third-party skills across millions of Alexa-enabled devices.
google cloud Google Cloud Next Reveals New Strategy to Rival AWS TechCrunch analysts break down Google Cloud Next announcements, highlighting how the company packages complex AI and container technologies into accessible enterprise products to better compete with AWS.
google cloud Google Cloud Next 2019 Reveals Anthos Hybrid Platform and Open-Source Partnerships Google unveils Anthos, a new hybrid cloud platform that manages applications across Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure from a single dashboard. The company also integrates major open-source databases directly into its cloud console.
nvidia NVIDIA Launches CUDA-X AI Platform to Accelerate End-to-End Data Science NVIDIA unveils CUDA-X AI, a new platform designed to speed up machine learning and data science workloads by up to 50x using Tensor Core GPUs. Major cloud providers and hardware vendors are immediately integrating the technology into their servers and services.
google Google Commits $13 Billion to U.S. Data Centers and Offices Google plans to spend $13 billion on U.S. infrastructure in 2019, significantly increasing its footprint to compete with AWS and Azure. The massive investment focuses heavily on new and expanded data centers in middle America.
aurora Aurora Secures $530M as Amazon Joins Autonomous Driving Push Self-driving startup Aurora raises a massive $530 million Series B round led by Sequoia Capital, with notable strategic investments from T. Rowe Price and Amazon.
google cloud Analysts Estimate Google Cloud Revenue Hits $2.2B as Alphabet Stays Silent Alphabet continues to withhold exact Google Cloud revenue figures, but CEO Sundar Pichai shares promising growth metrics. Analyst firm Canalys estimates the cloud division brings in $2.2 billion for the quarter.
aws Amazon and Microsoft Dominate as Global Cloud Market Surpasses $250 Billion Amazon and Microsoft report massive cloud revenue growth, capturing roughly half of the expanding worldwide market. Experts note that cloud adoption remains in its early stages, potentially shielding the sector from broader economic downturns.
aws Amazon and Microsoft Dominate a Rapidly Expanding Cloud Market Amazon and Microsoft report massive cloud revenue growth, capturing the lion's share of a $250 billion global market. Meanwhile, competitors like IBM struggle to keep pace.
amazon Amazon Quietly Drops Content Removal Data From Transparency Report Amazon releases its latest bi-annual transparency report showing steady government data demands, but noticeably omits previously tracked content removal requests. The company continues its trend of providing bare-minimum disclosures compared to other major tech giants.
amazon Amazon Q4 Earnings Beat Expectations Despite Growth Slowdown Concerns Amazon surpasses fourth-quarter profit and revenue estimates, but its stock drops over 5 percent after warning of increased investments and slower international growth in 2019.
jedi contract Pentagon Dismisses Conflict of Interest Claims in JEDI Contract Process Despite a recent court filing suggesting a potential conflict of interest involving a former Amazon employee, the Pentagon insists its investigation into the JEDI cloud contract remains closed. The Department of Defense maintains that the individual followed all necessary rules and regulations.
aws AWS Introduces WorkLink to Simplify Secure Intranet Access on Mobile Amazon Web Services launches WorkLink, a managed service that replaces clunky VPNs with one-click access to internal websites for a flat monthly fee. The service renders intranet pages as secure vector graphics to keep corporate data off employee devices.