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Amazon Approved for Massive Satellite-based Broadband Constellation Project Kuiper

Amazon has won approval from the FCC to send more than 3,200 satellites into orbit to bring broadband service to underserved parts of the world.

August 7, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Amazon has won approval from the Federal Communications Commission to send more than 3,200 satellites into orbit to bring broadband service to unserved and underserved parts of the world. In a 5-0 vote last week, the – named Project Kuiper – to operate a constellation of 3,236 satellites that will help expand internet access to […]

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Amazon facial recognition, police

Amazon Won’t Let Police Use Their Facial Recognition Tech for One Year

Amazon has halted law enforcement use of Rekognition, the Amazon facial recognition technology, for one year, citing ethics reasons.

June 17, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Amazon says it won’t allow law enforcement to use Rekognition, its facial recognition technology, for a year. “We’ve advocated that governments should put in place stronger regulations to govern the ethical use of facial recognition technology, and in recent days, Congress appears ready to take on this challenge,” Amazon said in a blog post Wednesday. “We hope […]

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Red Hat

Red Hat, AWS Announce Amazon Red Hat OpenShift

AWS and Red Hat are expanding their relationship with the release of Amazon Red Hat OpenShift, a jointly-managed enterprise Kubernetes service on AWS.

May 18, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Amazon Web Services and Red Hat are expanding their working relationship with the release of Amazon Red Hat OpenShift. The new jointly-managed and supported enterprise Kubernetes service on AWS — set to launch later this year — will provide a self-service experience for cluster creation and operations, deeper integrations with AWS services, on-demand billing, a […]

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AWS Training

AWS Launches Amazon AppFlow for Bridge Between SaaS apps, AWS Services

AWS says Amazon AppFlow provides an easier and more secure solution to transfer data between common enterprise apps and AWS services.

April 23, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Amazon AppFlow, a fully managed service that makes it easier and more secure to transfer data between common enterprise apps and AWS services. In a press release, the cloud platform giant said Amazon AppFlow allows for the transfer of data without writing custom integration code for common enterprise software-as-a-service […]

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Amazon Just Walk Out

Amazon Begins Selling Cashier-less Store Tech to Other Brick and Mortar Retailers

Amazon unveils its Just Walk Out business, taking its Amazon Go cashier-less store technology and selling it to other retailers.

March 10, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Online retail giant Amazon is beginning to sell its cashier-less store technology to other retailers, the company announced Monday. In a new website unveiled Monday, Amazon said it is now offering its Just Walk Out technology used in the Amazon Go brick and mortar stores to other retail stores. “Born from years of experience at […]

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Amazon Project Kuiper

Amazon To Open HQ For Project Kuiper

Tech giant's new initiative to bring high-speed broadband to unserved and underserved regions of the world is getting a new headquarters.

December 20, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Amazon is making major headway on its plan to bring high-speed internet to most of the world, and the tech giant is now securing real estate for that project. On Thursday, the company said it’s building a research and development facility in Redmond, Wash. to serve as the headquarters of Project Kuiper, Amazon’s new initiative […]

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Amazon, Amazon Project Kuiper

Amazon To Open NYC Office

Tech giant's planned New York City office comes without the promise of more than $1 billion in tax incentives offered as part of its HQ2 search.

December 10, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Amazon is coming to New York City after all, without the promise of $1 billion in tax breaks. However, the 1,500 jobs the tech behemoth is bringing to the city that never sleeps is far fewer than the 25,000 that were slated to come as part of the company’s HQ2 search. According to media reports, […]

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AWS Verizon 5G

Amazon To Challenge $10B Cloud Contract Award to Microsoft

Amazon Web Services says it will fight the Pentagon's decision to award the $10B JEDI cloud contract to Microsoft, citing clear biases and politics.

November 15, 2019 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Tech giant Amazon has filed paperwork to protest the U.S. government’s decision to overlook the company’s cloud computing service and award a $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft, according to multiple reports. First reported by the Federal Times, a source inside the company confirmed that paperwork was filed last Friday with the U.S. Court of […]

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