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EU plans to name AWS, Azure DMA gatekeepers, Bloomberg says

The European Commission plans to designate Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act in November. Bloomberg reported the plan on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The move would bring the two largest…

AWS becomes first cloud provider cleared for NATO restricted data

Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has become the first cloud provider approved to handle NATO RESTRICTED workloads across all 32 member nations, a milestone that positions the company ahead of rivals Microsoft and Google Alphabet…

AWS says it cannot restore Gulf cloud facilities damaged in Iran war

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Web Services announced on Tuesday that it cannot restore access to its cloud-computing facility in Bahrain and one of three data hosting zones in the United Arab Emirates, months after the infrastructure was damaged during the Iran…

AWS and Microsoft Azure launch joint multicloud networking service

Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. and Microsoft Azure on Monday announced a joint multicloud networking solution that allows customers to provision private, high-performance connectivity between the two cloud platforms on demand — an unusual collaboration between the world's two largest…

AWS to deploy 2 million more NVIDIA GPUs by 2028

Amazon Web Services and NVIDIA announced on Wednesday a major expansion of their strategic collaboration, with AWS planning to deploy 2 million additional NVIDIA GPUs across its global infrastructure in 2027 and 2028 to meet what both companies described as…

Nvidia shares rally after Q2 revenue doubles, topping estimates

Nvidia reported fiscal second-quarter 2027 results on Wednesday that topped Wall Street expectations on every key metric, posting revenue of $96.2 billion — a 106% increase from a year ago — and adjusted earnings per share of $2.22 against consensus…

AWS to acquire DuckLabs, the company behind DuckDB

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind DuckDB, one of the fastest-growing open-source analytical databases in data engineering. The transaction is expected to close in early September,…

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 models launch inside AWS’s Kiro coding tool

OpenAI announced on Monday that its GPT-5.6 model family is now available inside Kiro, AWS's Amazon.com, Inc. spec-driven development environment, deepening a partnership between the two companies that has escalated to more than $100 billion in committed spending over the…

AWS launches autonomous payment service for AI agents

Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. has made Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments generally available, enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for APIs, data feeds, and digital content using the USDC stablecoin — a move that brings autonomous machine-to-machine financial transactions into…

IBM and OpenAI announce partnership on AI and cybersecurity

OpenAI's specialized cybersecurity models are now available through Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Bedrock, marking the first time offensive security AI of this caliber has been distributed through a major cloud marketplace. The move, announced August 11, places tools capable of finding…

Amazon Quick AI assistant launches inside Microsoft 365

Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. announced on Wednesday that its Amazon Quick AI assistant is now generally available inside Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, embedding agentic AI capabilities directly into the productivity suite used by millions of enterprise workers.

Amazon nears $3 trillion valuation as AWS powers record growth

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Web Services posted $42.2 billion in second-quarter revenue, a 37% year-over-year increase that beat Wall Street expectations and marked the cloud unit's fastest quarterly growth in 18 quarters. The results, reported on July 30, have propelled Amazon's…

Bezos reclaims third-richest spot as Amazon surges on blowout earnings

Jeff Bezos vaulted back into third place on the world's wealth rankings on Friday after Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. shares surged more than 14%, their largest single-day gain in over four years. The rally, which followed a quarterly earnings report that…

Amazon tops Q2 estimates as AWS posts fastest growth in 18 quarters

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. reported second-quarter results after the bell on Thursday that far exceeded Wall Street expectations, driven by accelerating demand for its cloud and artificial intelligence services.

Recursive commits $410M to AWS in massive compute deal

Recursive Superintelligence, the AI startup pursuing autonomous self-improving systems, announced on Tuesday a multi-year, $410 million agreement with Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. to run its automated research infrastructure on AWS's cloud platform.

Amazon shares rise as Jassy touts strong AI chip demand

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. shares climbed about 3% on Tuesday after CEO Andy Jassy reiterated that demand for the company's custom artificial intelligence chips remains robust, with customer interest described as "incredibly strong" as enterprises seek cost-effective alternatives for training and…

Amazon launches $25 billion bond sale to fund AI buildout

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. returned to the U.S. investment-grade bond market on Tuesday, launching an eight-part offering of floating and fixed-rate notes seeking to raise at least $25 billion, according to Bloomberg News as reported by Reuters. The proceeds will fund…

Amazon to close Mechanical Turk to new customers

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. will stop accepting new customers for its Mechanical Turk crowdsourcing platform on July 30, 2026, placing the 21-year-old service into maintenance mode as advances in AI automation erode the need for human microtask labor.

AWS to raise GPU cloud prices 20% on July 1

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Web Services will increase prices on its EC2 Capacity Block reservations for machine learning GPU instances by approximately 20% effective July 1, 2026, according to an update posted to the company's official pricing documentation page. The increase…

EU moves to designate AWS and Azure as gatekeepers under DMA

The European Commission on Thursday issued preliminary findings that Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. and Microsoft Azure should be designated as "gatekeepers" under the Digital Markets Act, a move that would extend the bloc's strictest digital competition rules into the…

AWS lets publishers charge AI bots for content access

Amazon Web Services Amazon.com, Inc. has launched a new capability within its Web Application Firewall that allows content owners and publishers to charge AI bots and agents for accessing their protected web content, marking a step toward formalizing the economic…

Microsoft turns to AWS to keep GitHub running amid AI overload

Microsoft has begun purchasing cloud capacity from rival Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Web Services to keep its GitHub platform running as AI-powered coding tools overwhelm its infrastructure, according to a Business Insider report citing two people familiar with the plans. The…

QuEra and AWS announce fault-tolerant quantum computer for 2028

QuEra Computing on Monday unveiled Libra, its first fault-tolerant quantum computer, set to arrive on Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. Braket in 2028 as part of an expanded multi-year strategic collaboration with AWS.

Amazon MGM Studios launches AI fund, orders three animated series

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. MGM Studios and Amazon Web Services on Wednesday announced the GenAI Creators' Fund, a joint initiative providing filmmakers and digital creators with AI production tools and funding to develop scripted content for Prime Video. The fund's first…