Amazon Moves into the Business of Elections
Amazon is reportedly making an aggressive push into the business side of state and local elections. Since the 2016 election, more than 40 states are using one or more of Amazon’s services for elections.
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Amazon to Provide Internet Connections from Space
Amazon has partnered with satellite company Iridium Communications on a project called CloudConnect to bring Internet connectivity to places in the world which currently lack connections.
Report: Personal Data of 123 Million U.S. Households on Exposed Server Potentially Compromised
The personal information of 123 million households in the US may have been compromised after an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud storage “bucket” was left exposed, according to a report.
Report: Walmart Orders Vendors Not to Use Amazon Web Services
According to multiple tech companies, Walmart is telling vendors that they are not allowed to run any applications for the retail giant using Amazon Web Services, and should instead use alternate solutions, such as Microsoft’s Azure.
Amazon Claims Web Shutdown Was Due to Typo
Amazon claims that the shutdown on Tuesday of over one million websites who use the company’s web-hosting service was due to an employee “typo.”
Downed Amazon Web Servers Cause Chaos Across Internet
A number of websites became unavailable Tuesday after Amazon’s website hosting service went down unexpectedly.
Amazon Hits Earnings Record, But Stock Tanks
Amazon set a quarterly earnings record of $1 a share on $35.7 billion in sales last quarter, but traders sent the stock plunging over 7% Friday after the e-commerce company missed Wall Street’s earnings estimates by 36 percent.
