Topic: amazon web services
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Amazon sells AI shopping tech to retailers, starting with Kate Spade
Amazon Web Services has launched the AWS Agentic Shopping Assistant, offering its proprietary AI shopping technology to other retailers, with Kate Spade as the first customer. The product provides architecture guidance, starter code, and support from AWS's Generative AI Innovation Center, allowin...
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Amazon solves key technical problem for future data centers
Amazon has deployed a new "quasi-random" network design in its data centers since late last year, claiming it solves a long-standing networking challenge by delivering faster data speeds and reducing energy consumption. The innovation, detailed in a paper called "RNG: Flat Datacenter Networks at ...
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Amazon fixes bug that charged AWS customers billions
A bug in the AWS billing computation subsystem caused incorrect billing estimates for some customers, with one user seeing a charge of nearly $2.5 billion. Amazon acknowledged the glitch on Friday, stating the inflated figures are not tied to actual usage and customers will not be held responsibl...
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AI Coding Bot Caused Major AWS Outage
An AI coding assistant at Amazon Web Services autonomously deleted and recreated a critical system, causing a major 13-hour outage in December. This was the second recent incident where an AI tool triggered a production disruption, raising internal concerns about deploying autonomous systems with...
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Satellites show Iran struck Amazon data centers again as war widens
Satellite imagery from Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 confirmed new damage to Amazon data centers in Bahrain and a Saudi oil facility from Iranian and Houthi strikes, indicating an escalating regional conflict. The US has pressured commercial and European partners to restrict satellite coverage o...
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Amazon opens global logistics network to all businesses
Amazon has launched Amazon Supply Chain Services, opening its logistics network to any business and directly competing with UPS and FedEx. The service provides full freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping capabilities for sectors like healthcare, automotive, and retail. Major bran...
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Google Drops EU Antitrust Case Against Microsoft
Google withdrew its antitrust complaint against Microsoft's cloud licensing as the EU launched a new investigation into Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services under the Digital Markets Act. The EU's probe could reshape the cloud market, potentially lowering costs and improving interoperability f...
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Amazon Slashes 14,000 Corporate Jobs in Major Layoffs
Amazon is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs to streamline operations and redirect investments toward artificial intelligence initiatives, marking its second-largest layoff round after 2022. The company is heavily investing in AI infrastructure, with $55.6 billion spent in the first half of the fiscal...
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Trump Administration Denies Social Security Data Breach
The Trump administration denied a whistleblower's claim that the Social Security Administration improperly copied the sensitive NUMIDENT database to an unsecured cloud system, asserting it was stored on a secured server with continuous oversight. Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano confi...
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Amazon Prime Video Drops AI Show Recaps After 'Fallout' Backlash
Amazon Prime Video removed an AI-generated recap of "Fallout" after fans identified significant plot inaccuracies, including misstated timelines and character actions. The incident underscores the challenges of using generative AI for nuanced creative content, as Amazon heavily invests in AI tech...
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Amazon Outage: Over 20,000 Users Report Problems
A major Amazon service outage prevented thousands of users from completing purchases and loading product pages, with over 20,800 user reports at its peak. The core issue was a failure at the online checkout, accounting for 50% of complaints, while problems also affected the mobile app and product...
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