GeekWire

JULY 22, 2020

based mobile marketplace OfferUp hired Amazon Web Services and Real Networks veteran Michael Eggers as its chief financial officer. He previously led youth-sports platform Sports Illustrated Play, which was acquired by Comcast/NBC, and was an exec at social gaming pioneer Zynga. Bellevue, Wash.-based Read the story.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 27, 2024

A study by Verizon in their 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report found that 68% of breaches involved a human element, such as social engineering, misuse of privileges, or simple mistakes. The breach was caused by a misconfigured web application firewall, which allowed an attacker to access sensitive data stored on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Several tech events take place in Amsterdam, including GOTO Amsterdam, Tech Summit Europe, Codemotion, and Reach Live, bringing tech workers from all around the world to network and connect in Amsterdam. Booking.com and TomTom were founded in Amsterdam, and companies such as Google, Canon, IBM, and Cisco each have offices located in the city.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 4, 2021

When the pandemic hit, lockdowns and social distancing moved us from the physical world to the Internet for our work and social lives. All three services’ ability to grow and meet this skyrocketing demand also reflects other companies’ work. Obviously, Google’s and Microsoft’s services relied on their own clouds.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In 2006, Amazon debuted one of its most significant products: the web server product that would come to be known as Amazon Web Services, or AWS. And on February 2nd, 2021: Bezos announced that he’ll be stepping down as Amazon’s CEO later in 2021, marking the end of his tenure at the head of the company.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Well, unlike large organizations, small to medium businesses lack the full accompaniment of network defenses. But if there’s an advanced persistent threat or APT lurking on one of the small or medium business networks, how would that organization know. VAMOSI: Something has changed in the last five years, and demonstrably so.

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The Verge

JANUARY 9, 2021

A group of Amazon employees is demanding the company sever its relationship with social networking site Parler and stop providing web hosting services to the platform. As Amazon workers, we demand Amazon deny Parler services until it removes posts inciting violence, including at the Presidential inauguration.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2021

A Washington judge has denied social network Parler’s demand to be reinstated on Amazon Web Services. Parler’s allegations at this time are both inaccurate and unsupported, and are disputed by evidence submitted by [Amazon Web Services],” Rothstein wrote in an order.

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GeekWire

JUNE 15, 2021

— Oren Etzioni (@etzioni) June 10, 2021. Microsoft veteran and former Amazon Web Services (AWS) leader Harshit Shah joined New York-based Spring Health as chief technology officer. The social, political and health factors in the last year have affected every single individual in one way or another,” said Shah.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 12, 2022

Even though Nvidia’s $40 billion bid to shake up enterprise computing by acquiring chip designer ARM has fallen apart, the merger and acquisition (M&A) boom of 2021 looks set to continue in 2022, perhaps matching the peaks of 2015, according to a report from risk management advisor Willis Towers Watson. M&A volume climbed from $3.26

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Vox

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Zhang has been invited to speak before the UK Parliament, lawmakers in India, and other governmental bodies about regulation to limit the harm of social media platforms like Facebook. A new network of tech whistleblowers. Ifeoma Ozoma in February 2021. Adria Malcolm. There’s a lot of isolation that takes place.”.

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Vox

JANUARY 12, 2021

Signal, once a niche messaging service for the privacy-minded, is currently the most downloaded app in the United States, unseating perennially popular social media and gaming apps. Use Signal — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021. Previously, the number of new Signal users has rocketed up following social or political unrest.

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Vox

JANUARY 21, 2021

The debate over deplatforming Trump has overshadowed how effective social media bans are at fighting extremism. Trump’s social media accounts were suspended across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitch, and TikTok. . | Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images. It’s not a violation of the First Amendment.

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