by ray | Oct 8, 2019 | Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon, Security, Tech News
Should you own Amazon stock? It would certainly be a better investment if its most profitable business, AWS, was growing faster. And the odds of that happening would be better if the industry in which it competes — cloud services — was accelerating. But news that...
by ray | Oct 2, 2019 | Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon, Security, Tech News
On Monday evening, federal prosecutors said a tech worker named Paige A. Thompson had been charged with computer fraud and abuse on allegations that she stole data from millions of Capital One customers. In the complaint, we get some technical details about how...
by ray | Aug 29, 2019 | Amazon
Amazon’s announcement that it will invest US$700 million to retrain 100,000 employees—a third of its U.S. workforce—in new technologies is the latest reminder that the much-heralded future of work is well underway. Policy makers, analysts, and scholars trying to...
by ray | Aug 22, 2019 | Amazon
Amazon Inc.’s plan to upskill employees claims that several occupations are growing at phenomenal rates. The fastest growing, what Amazon dubs “data mapping specialist,” is telling. It may point to Amazon’s efforts to improve delivery times....
by ray | Aug 22, 2019 | Amazon
On Wednesday, 140 House Republicans, 224 House Democrats, and Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) — led by Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) — voted to allow Indian nationals to effectively monopolize the U.S. green card system for at least ten years, providing a...
by ray | Aug 19, 2019 | Amazon, General News
Seattle University announced today that Amazon has made a $3 million gift to the new Center for Science and Innovation. This gift supports the school’s commitment to increase access to computer science and STEM education, particularly for women and...
