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

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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.

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

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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. The cloud giant also said in January it would invest around $15 billion by 2027 in Japan. Tadao Nagasaki.

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

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Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy with a chart showing AWS revenue growth at the company’s virtual re:Invent conference this week. Jassy showed stats that put AWS’s share of the cloud infrastructure market at 45%, more than double its closest competitor, Microsoft Azure. Screenshot via webcast). Amazon Photo).

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AI in the cloud: Microsoft boosts share; Amazon predicts ‘tens of billions’ in new revenue

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“AI projects are not just about AI meters, they have lots of other cloud meters as well,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, citing the impact of AI on the Azure cloud platform. GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) AI is starting to generate real money for the big cloud providers. storage and computing).

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Apple cloud future: Amazon, Google, Microsoft living on borrowed time?

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Apple boots out Amazon AWS -- it's migrating most of its S3 storage to Google's Cloud Platform. Apple's are more high-profile bytes moving away from Amazon Web Services, so soon after recent news of the Dropbox mostly-defection. And what is Apple up to, anyway? And what is Apple up to, anyway?

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Amazon shares rise 4% as cloud and advertising power record Q4 revenue of $170B

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The company’s cloud, advertising, and third-party seller services businesses met or exceeded estimates in Q4, while overall operating income increased to $13.2 Other tech giants including Microsoft , Apple , and Meta also reported earnings this week. Amazon Web Services: Amazon’s cloud business was up 13% at $24.2

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Amazon earnings preview: AWS, advertising, AI in the spotlight for holiday quarter results

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Analysts will be watching growth rates for Amazon Web Services and advertising; potential impact from faster shipping times ; and updates related to generative AI, which was the big theme at the AWS re:Invent conference in November. Apple and Meta also report this week. Wall Street expects earnings of $0.80