Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’
Charlie Bell, a former Amazon Web Services executive, is now the leader of Microsoft’s newly formed, 10,000-person security engineering organization. (Microsoft Photo) “Your code will be attacked.”…
Light the lamp — and the arches: Seattle landmark will put on display to celebrate Kraken hockey goals
The arches at Pacific Science Center in Seattle are lit with the colors of the city’s new hockey team, the Seattle Kraken. (Pacific Science Center Photo) When…
Has Amazon found its fourth pillar? Revisiting a key question for the company’s future
Andy Jassy, left, will take part in his first annual shareholder meeting as Amazon CEO this week, nearly a year after succeeding Jeff Bezos, who remains the…
Amazon Web Services partners with Brazil’s space agency to boost business on the final frontier
Alcantara Space Center serves as Brazil’s main launch site. ( ASCOM / MCTIC Photo / Odjair Baena) Amazon Web Services and the Brazilian Space Agency are joining…
How this Amazon engineering outpost is translating its unique geographic position into growth
Laura Dickey, site leader for Amazon’s Pittsburgh engineering office, and a general manager in the company’s machine translation group. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) PITTSBURGH — When…
Jeff Bezos’ worlds collide: Amazon and AWS join Blue Origin on Orbital Reef space station team
An artist’s conception shows the Orbital Reef space station. (Orbital Reef via Amazon) Amazon and its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, say they’re joining forces with…
More AI for devs: Amazon unveils CodeWhisperer machine-learning ‘coding companion’
Swami Sivasubramanian, AWS VP, announces the new CodeWhisperer service at re:MARS in Las Vegas. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services showed a…
How this Amazon cloud device made it to the International Space Station, and what it did in orbit
An AWS Snowcone SSD on the International Space Station during the Axiom Space Ax-1 mission. (NASA Photo via Amazon) LAS VEGAS — Axiom Space tested an Amazon Web Services…
In its second year, Amazon Web Services’ Space Accelerator boosts 10 far-out startups
Artwork shows the Nyx spacecraft during atmospheric re-entry. (Illustration via The Exploration Company) For the 10 startups participating this year in Amazon Web Services’ Space Accelerator program,…