Microsoft partners with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service for Azure Space cloud platformMicrosoft says it’s taking the next giant leap in cloud computing, in partnership with SpaceX and its Starlink broadband satellite… Read More
Microsoft pulls underwater data center back to the surface to assess benefits of deep-sea cloudTwo years after deploying a shipping-container-size data center to the depths off Scotland’s Orkney Islands, Microsoft has reeled it back… Read More
How the cloud helps lift ‘The Expanse’ and other science fiction epics out of this worldIt used to take a cast of thousands to create cinematic extravaganzas, but now the job can be done with… Read More
Company reportedly exposed 752,000 birth certificate applications stored on Amazon Web ServicesA company that lets users get copies of their birth and death certificates exposed more than 752,000 application documents it… Read More
SAP and Microsoft team up on 3-year cloud deal, strengthening relationship between tech giantsSAP and Microsoft struck a three-year partnership to help companies move their data to the cloud, a move that tightens… Read More
Oracle plans to hire 2,000 cloud workers; hundreds of open positions listed in SeattleOracle wants to ramp up its cloud business, and what better place to grow and pick off engineers than in… Read More
Universal blood test from Microsoft and Adaptive is a Google-sized data challengeA novel effort from Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies to diagnose multiple diseases from a single blood test is a data… Read More
Microsoft will use AI to supercharge Novartis’ giant drug-development engineMicrosoft has reached a deal with pharmaceutical giant Novartis that aims to bring the power of artificial intelligence to drug… Read More
Microsoft and Disney aim to speed up movie and TV production with new ‘scene-to-screen’ cloud dealMicrosoft and The Walt Disney Co. agreed to a five-year deal to leverage the tech giant’s cloud prowess to speed… Read More
Indictment says accused Capital One hacker also used exploited cloud servers for cryptojackingUpdated with Vodafone statement. A federal grand jury indicted Paige Thompson, a former Amazon engineer, on multiple counts of wire… Read More
Microsoft milestone: Tech giant’s cloud revenue now matches traditional products, analyst saysMicrosoft, which built its business on PC software like Windows and Office, has reached a tipping point in the cloud.… Read More
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is moving to the public cloud, and guess which platform it’s choosing?LinkedIn is moving all its data to the public cloud — bringing the professional information and networks of 645 million… Read More
Microsoft and AT&T team up in multi-year cloud and 5G partnershipAT&T is turning to Microsoft as the telecommunications giant aims to step up its 5G offerings and move big chunks… Read More
Lockheed Martin studies how to use a cloud of satellites for space missionsMore and more computing is being done in the cloud, but so far, the cloud-based approach hasn’t been applied in… Read More
Microsoft-backed universal blood test could start diagnosing disease ‘within a small number of years’REDMOND — A groundbreaking system that would use artificial intelligence to diagnose several diseases from a single blood test may… Read More
Seattle is the ‘landlord’ of the internet, thanks to Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud prowessDepending on the day, Amazon and Microsoft are the two most valuable companies in the U.S., and a big part… Read More
Straight outta Linux: Cloud tech conference KubeCon will feature hip-hop star at ‘Ice Cube-Con’Will Tuesday be a good day? It will be for those attending KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in Seattle this week if… Read More
Oracle expanding in Seattle with big new office lease, escalating cloud battle with AmazonPost updated with comments from Oracle Oracle is significantly boosting its presence in Amazon’s backyard with a new lease in… Read More
Future battles against cancer will expand tech frontiers, Fred Hutch’s chief saysThe fight against cancer isn’t just about drugs and genetics. It’s also about wearable devices, health-savvy chatbots, machine learning and… Read More
Clobotics raises $5M and opens office in Seattle area for drone data monitoringSmall drones, big data and computer vision: That’s the tech-frontier trifecta for Clobotics, a Shanghai startup that says it’s raised… Read More
Here’s how venture capitalists are thinking about cloud computing companies and technologiesCloud computing is changing the technology world and creating opportunity for hundreds of new companies — so how are investors… Read More
Human and computer vision unite to help Microsoft engineers stop traffic deathsIn the U.S., car crashes kill roughly 40,000 people a year. That’s a loss of life equivalent to four to… Read More
Cloud Computing wins again; this time, as a 13-1 shot at the PreaknessEmbed from Getty Images Most days of the week it’s a sure bet, but on Saturday, Cloud Computing was a… Read More
Trump signs cybersecurity executive order, mandating a move to cloud computingPresident Donald Trump today signed a long-awaited executive order aimed at beefing up cybersecurity at federal government agencies – with a… Read More
The Nature Conservancy and Microsoft bring tech innovations to environmental effortsThe Nature Conservancy is teaming up with Microsoft to bring machine learning and other tech innovations to the environmental group’s… Read More
Is this ‘as good as it gets’ for Amazon? Analyst downgrades stock after strong quarterFollowing yesterday’s positive earnings report, Amazon is well on its way toward hitting $1,000 a share, but one firm is… Read More
‘Watch your back, Jeff Bezos’: Amazon sparks laughs on HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’HBO’s “Silicon Valley” comedy series presents a California-centric view of how tech is done (and undone), but Amazon CEO Jeff… Read More
Amazon Web Services plays role in NASA’s first ultra-HD live video from spaceNASA astronaut Peggy Whitson stars in the highest-resolution video ever broadcast live from the International Space Station, bur Amazon Web… Read More
Amazon Web Services to open data centers in Sweden in 2018, continuing global growthAmazon Web Services said it will open data centers in Sweden next year to serve customers in Nordic countries such as… Read More
IBM announces new data center in China, aims to use Watson to beat out cloud competitorsThe cloud is becoming a bigger part of IBM’s business, and the technology giant is expanding its data center offerings.… Read More
