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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.

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Amazon blows past estimates for holiday quarter, sets record with $125.6B in revenue

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy will replace Bezos, who founded Amazon 27 years ago. The Seattle tech giant has surged amid the pandemic as consumers turn to online shopping and more people rely on its cloud arm, Amazon Web Services. Profit: Amazon reported net income of $7.2 They trail Apple ($2.2

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Can AI level the playing field? GeekWire Podcast with Nancy Wang of Advancing Women in Tech

GeekWire

Startup investor Nancy Wang sees the potential for generative artificial intelligence to change the balance of power in fields such as cybersecurity, which is one of her areas of focus, leveraging her background as a former Amazon Web Services general manager and Google lead product manager. She’s also a contributor to Forbes.

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Amazon rips Microsoft for ‘spotty operational performance during the COVID-19 crisis’

GeekWire

Cloud lift: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple and others find a common cushion in the crisis. Amazon Web Services has long been the cloud infrastructure market leader, though Microsoft Azure has gained momentum in recent years. Amazon Web Services posted net sales of $10.2 GeekWire File Photo).

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LinkedIn Shuts Down Four XSS Flaws, Is wireless the Trojan horse in your network security? and more

CTOvision

There are also many web services only available via IE (ugh). Via Help Net Security, more here. ” Via Help Net Security, more here. .” IE is still one of the most widely used browsers in the world (I don’t know why , but I’m looking at you, USG), and thus any vulnerabilities should concern us all.

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

CIO Business Intelligence

More recently, under the tutelage of former CTO Mark Holt, Trainline became a story of scale and mobility, moving to DevOps, agile principles and leveraging compute power through Amazon Web Services (AWS). app integrates with Apple MapKit so iOS users can plan their journey without having to leave the app.

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Inside the intense world of COVID-19 science, and unexpected findings from Seattle researchers

GeekWire

The objective was to cast a broad net rather than to focus on a certain set of immune cells, for example, in order to capture the big picture of what’s going on. The scientists are deconstructing the human biological response to COVID by studying thousands of markers found in blood and plasma.

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