Judge says Amazon won’t have to restore Parler web service

By MATT O'BRIENJanuary 22, 2021 GMT

Amazon won't be forced to immediately restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday against a plea to reinstate the fast-growing social media app, which is favored by...

Bundesliga, Amazon want to predict what happens next

By RONALD BLUMJanuary 13, 2020 GMT

Statistics on sports broadcasts give context to what happened. The German Bundesliga and Amazon want to provide a data-based guess on what will occur next.

Trump: Administration to review Pentagon computer contract

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MATT O'BRIENJuly 18, 2019 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the administration will "take a very long look" at a massive multibillion-dollar contract the Pentagon is preparing to award for a cloud...

Amazon works with Louisiana colleges on new computing degree

May 8, 2019 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's community college system is creating a new, two-year associate degree in cloud computing, in coordination with Amazon Web Services.

Volkswagen to network factories in the cloud with Amazon

By DAVID McHUGHMarch 27, 2019 GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen said Wednesday it is partnering with Amazon to develop cloud computing capacity aimed at improving efficiency and coordination across the automaker's vast...

Community college to offer degree in cloud computing

March 11, 2019 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new two-year program at Columbus State Community College aims to teach students about cloud computing.

The college says the new associate of applied science degree in...

Amazon posts another record profit, but revenue disappoints

By JOSEPH PISANIOctober 26, 2018 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon reported another record quarterly profit Thursday, fueled by the growth of online shopping and its cloud-computing service.

But its revenue grew less than Wall Street analysts expected, and Amazon's shares fell after the results were released.

Amazon Web Services to bring up to 1,500 new jobs to Fairfax

June 9, 2017 GMT

HERNDON, Va. (AP) — A division of Amazon.com Inc. is establishing a corporate campus in Fairfax County that could bring up to 1,500 new jobs.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Thursday that Amazon Web Services, which already has a significant presence in northern Virginia, is establishing an East Coast corporate campus in the Herndon area.

Virginia competed against Texas and Washington State for the project.

Fat finger: Typo caused Amazon’s big cloud-computing outage

By MAE ANDERSONMarch 2, 2017 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon says an incorrectly typed command during a routine debugging of its billing system caused the five-hour outage of some Amazon Web Services servers on Tuesday.

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