Category: Amazon
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Future of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud Contract
PENTAGON—Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) canceled the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud solicitation and initiated contract termination procedures. The Department has determined that, due to evolving requirements, increased cloud conversancy, and industry advances, the JEDI Cloud contract no longer meets its needs. The Department continues to have unmet cloud capability gaps for enterprise-wide,…
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Amazon is acquiring Zoox for $1.2 billion to help bring their vision of autonomous ride-hailing to reality
FOSTER CITY, CA ― Amazon has signed an agreement to acquire Zoox, a California-based company working to design autonomous ride-hailing vehicles from the ground up. Aicha Evans, Zoox CEO, and Jesse Levinson, Zoox co-founder and CTO, will continue to lead the team as they innovate and drive towards their mission. Zoox is a forward-thinking team…
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Amazon Announces All-New Fire HD 8 Tablets for the Entire Family
SEATTLE — Amazon today announced the next generation of its Fire HD 8 tablet lineup, designed with the entire family in mind: the all-new Fire HD 8, Fire HD 8 Plus, and Fire HD 8 Kids Edition. All-New Fire HD 8 Kids Edition: Built from the Ground-Up for Kids The all-new Fire HD 8 Kids…
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Amazon’s Future Engineer Program funds High School Computer Science Courses
Jeff Bezos visits Dunbar High School in Washington,D.C. Amazon launches Future Engineer Program
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Senator Warren’s plan for “Platform Utilities” could down-size tech giants Amazon, Facebook, and Google
WASHINGTON — In her blog post written Friday of this week, “Here’s how we can break up Big Tech”, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), calls for breaking apart certain components of Alphabet (Google’s parent), Facebook, and Amazon into new components called “Platform Utilities.” According to Senator Warren, these new spinoffs are necessary to launch with new…
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Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for New Headquarters
Amazon Selects New York City and Northern Virginia for New Headquarters