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NFL reveals new ‘Expected Rush Yards’ stat, with help from Amazon Web Services

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Football fans wondering whether the next handoff to a running back could be another Beast Quake have another stat to track thanks to Next Gen Stats , the platform powered by Amazon Web Services. The NFL has used AWS cloud computing technology for Next Gen Stats since 2015 and introduced machine learning to the mix in 2017.

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Tech Moves: Ad Lightning CEO Scott Moore steps down; Amazon Prime Video adds Nike vet

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Spun out of Pioneer Square Labs in 2017, Ad Lightning provides tools for publishers and ad networks to identify non-compliant ads. Frechtling was most recently president of G2 Web Services, a Verisk Analytics company. Frechtling was most recently president of G2 Web Services, a Verisk Analytics company.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Philips CEO joins Absci board; AWS exec departs; and more

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During a nearly 12-year tenure as CEO, he divested in the company’s consumer tech divisions, including TV, audio, video, and lighting, while acquiring more than 30 med-tech companies. He served in 2017 as co-chair at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Absci began commercial operations in 2018.

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Amazon reportedly close to deal to acquire Hollywood studio MGM for almost $9B

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The deal at that price tag would be Amazon’s second largest behind its 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods for $13.7 Amazon is already an active player in film and television with content it creates and acquires through Amazon Studios and that it broadcasts through its streaming service, Prime Video.

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Amazon will acquire MGM for $8.5B in tech giant’s second-largest deal to boost Bezos’ media empire

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billion purchase of Whole Foods in 2017. Amazon is already an active player in film and television with content it creates and acquires through Amazon Studios and that it broadcasts through its streaming service, Prime Video. Amazon uses Prime Video as one of many perks — including free shipping, cloud storage, etc. —

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In new NFL deal, Amazon to be exclusive home for ‘Thursday Night Football’ at a reported $1B per year

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Amazon is going deep in its relationship with the National Football League, signing on for a new 11-year deal that will make Prime Video the exclusive home of “Thursday Night Football.” Amazon first took over streaming rights for “TNF” from Twitter in 2017. (Amazon Image).

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Microsoft and HPE team up to connect Azure cloud to International Space Station

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This won’t be the first time NASA has connected the space station to cloud computing services. In 2019, for example, Amazon Web Services participated in a demonstration that used cloud-based processing to distribute live video streams from space. It won’t be the first orbital go-round for HPE, either.

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