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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. He did not acknowledge the AWS outage that impacted a large swath of the internet last week. Nor did he seek to alleviate concerns about Amazon Web Services’ market power.

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

GeekWire

The company showed a series of benchmarks claiming better performance than Apple computers on a variety of fronts. Microsoft is looking to take advantage of interest from end users to fuel demand for its Azure cloud platform in competition with Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services.

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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 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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Amazon is planning more aggressive moderation of its hosting platform

The Verge

Amazon is planning to expand its in-house moderation team for Amazon Web Services, according to a new report from Reuters. The move comes on the heels of a similar shift from Apple, which recently announced a controversial system to proactively scan for child abuse imagery in iCloud photos.

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FBI Warns of ‘More Destructive’ DDoS Attacks

SecureWorld News

As of January 2019, the vast majority of Internet-accessible CoAP devices were located in China and used mobile peer-to-peer networks. As of August 2019, there were 630,000 Internet accessible IoT devices with the WS-DD protocol enabled. The February 2020 incident was the straw that finally broke the camel's back.

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A new browser extension blocks any websites that use Google, Facebook, Microsoft, or Amazon

The Verge

The extension is called Big Tech Detective , and after using the internet with it for a day (or, more accurately, trying and failing to use), I’d say it drives home the point that it’s almost impossible to avoid these companies on the modern web, even if you try. The Hiking Project and AllTrails were also lost to the block.

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