cloud computing
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UK Investigating AWS, Microsoft, and Google Over Anticompetitive Cloud Practices
On Thursday, UK regulators initiated a competition probe into Microsoft, Google, and Amazon’s cloud computing practices. The investigation is based on a study by media watchdog Ofcom which forwarded its findings to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to examine U.S. big tech companies’ competitive practices. The UK government said in a press release that…
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Amazon Web Services Outage Borks the Internet Again
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the web-hosting service that powers, well, most everything online suffered its third outage this month on Wednesday morning, bringing giant chunks of the web crashing down with it. Services like Coinbase, Slack, and the Epic Games store have all had user reports pouring in since roughly 7 am ET, according to…
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Tired of Microsoft and Amazon’s Bickering, Pentagon Cancels $13 Billion JEDI Contract
JEDI is officially dead, folks. At least, for now, it’s dead.
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Oil Giant Shell Hacked Thanks to Flaw-Ridden Accellion System
Royal Dutch Shell, the petrochemical giant (and one of the largest companies in the world), is the latest in a string of high-profile victims to have suffered a data breach in connection with beleaguered cloud provider Accellion.