article thumbnail

Amazon Web Services to offer macOS on-demand in the cloud, in new appeal to Apple developers

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising to speed up the process and reduce the cost of making software for Apple’s computers and devices. Dave Brown, Amazon EC2 vice president, announces the new Mac Instances on Monday night.

article thumbnail

Tech Moves: OpenAI hires former Amazon Web Services leader to lead new Tokyo office

GeekWire

LinkedIn Photo) Tadao Nagasaki , a longtime tech exec who led Japan-related operations for Amazon Web Services and F5, is joining OpenAI to head up the company’s new hub in Tokyo, its first office in Asia. ” Before helping launch Fixie, Welsh was an engineering leader at Apple, Google, Xnor.ai, and OctoML.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

After reaching $40B in revenue in record time, Amazon Web Services hints at its own reinvention

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy with a chart showing AWS revenue growth at the company’s virtual re:Invent conference this week. Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy at AWS re:Invent this week, in front of a slide showing some of the company’s customers and partners. Screenshot via webcast). Amazon Photo).

article thumbnail

Ex-Apple engineers raise $7.5M for new Seattle data storage startup

GeekWire

A trio of former Apple engineers is leading a new data storage platform for developers building machine learning and artificial intelligence applications. XetHub aims to help developers speed up how they write and implement code for “intelligent” applications, particularly for teams that are working remotely.

Storage 108
article thumbnail

Why Epic is burning its own cash to cook Apple

The Verge

Follow the money, baby Epic Games didn’t sue Apple to get a big payout, but that’s because the lawsuit itself is an investment. And to rewrite Apple’s rules, Epic is spending a fortune. Apple booted Fortnite for violating its rules. Epic Games Store runs on Amazon Web Services. So does Fortnite itself.

Apple 122
article thumbnail

Microsoft unveils new ‘Copilot + PC’ initiative in new bid to revitalize Windows with AI

GeekWire

“We believe AI will be distributed,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said at a media event here Monday morning in advance of the company’s Build developer conference in Seattle this week. The company showed a series of benchmarks claiming better performance than Apple computers on a variety of fronts.

Microsoft 107
article thumbnail

How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

CIO Business Intelligence

A long-time Googler, who’s role as engineering director saw her lead the Google Play developer ecosystem, Nikolic was keen for something new that offered a greater sense of social purpose. “ Since joining a year ago, Nikolic has split teams into horizontal and vertical functions to support operational efficiency and product development.