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Amazon buys MGM for $8.45 billion in second largest acquisition to date
The deal will drastically increase the number of film and television titles available on Prime Video.
University of Melbourne builds AI application to predict traffic congestion
An AI application has been developed by the University of Melbourne's Australian Integrated Multimodal Ecosystem that can predict traffic conditions up to three hours in advance.
AWS announces three new data centres in the Middle East
Cloud giant will be opening an infrastructure region in the United Arab Emirates, consisting of three new availability zones.
Fraudsters employ Amazon ‘vishing’ attacks in fake order scams
Case studies highlight how scam artists are using voice messages to dupe their victims into handing over credentials or cash.
Amazon extends ban on police using Rekognition facial recognition technology, no end in sight
The existing moratorium will continue as Congress has not tackled concerns raised by the use of the technology in criminal cases.
Australia's Ceres Tag converting livestock into IoT devices
Ceres Tag has developed an animal monitoring platform using AWS satellite technology to extend the cloud into rural Australia.
AWS App Runner to help run containers at scale
Cloud giant announced AWS App Runner as the simplest way to build and run containerised web applications in AWS.
Swimming Australia dips into new data lake to prep Olympic athletes for Tokyo
Australia's peak swimming body is harnessing the power of analytics to prepare for gold at the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Moderna leveraging its 'AI factory' to revolutionise the way diseases are treated
The biotech firm was built in the cloud and, as a result, it's been able to speed up every step of the process required to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. It now has plans to take its learnings further to revolutionise the way diseases are treated.
AWS introduces new Application Migration Service
The company launched the effort as a way to facilitate migration services for lift-and-shift migrations to AWS.
Commonwealth Bank commits to a cloud-powered future
The yellow and black bank's CEO has used his AWS keynote address to share the benefits of sending the majority of CBA's apps to the cloud.
Kayo thanks cloud for successful bounce-back following COVID sports pause
The sports streaming platform's CEO said there was never a business plan that factored in sport actually stopping.
Amazon opens new AWS Local Zones in Boston, Houston, Miami
AWS now has five Local Zones generally available across four cities, bringing cloud infrastructure closer to particular geographic areas, industries and IT centers.
Amazon seized, destroyed two million fake products sent to warehouses in 2020
Over 10 billion suspect listings were also wiped out during the year in a counterfeit crackdown.
Data leak implicates over 200,000 people in Amazon fake product review scam
Names, email addresses, and PayPal details were exposed and left online.
Ten Alexa skills to celebrate Mom
We all love Mom. Now, you can use your Amazon Echo or Dot to show her how much you care.
Best gifts: Amazon Alexa-enabled holidays
Amazon Alexa isn't only found on Echo devices. Third-party hardware makers have released their own take on hardware that supports the voice-controlled assistant.
Best gifts: Smart speakers for the holidays
From Amazon to Google, a virtual assistant is ready for your home or office this holiday season. Apple will join the mix in early 2018.
15 companies you might not know are owned by Amazon (and one that got dumped for a huge loss)
With Amazon taking on seemingly all of retail, it may not be immediately obvious how far the company reaches. Here are some companies you might not know it owns.
Amazon Prime Day 2017: The best UK deals in tech
The one-day sale event has some great technology and gadget deals for UK customers.
Amazon Prime Day 2017: The best back to school deals
Is your child heading back to school? Check out Amazon's one-day sale to save some serious cash.
Amazon Prime Day 2017: The best US deals in tech
The one-day sale event has some great technology and gadget deals for US customers.
Amazon Echo: 5 Alexa-compatible products, services for your smart office
There's no reason to get up from your desk, just bark a command at Alexa.
Amazon Echo: 10 Alexa productivity skills to try
Let artificial intelligence help your productivity.
Amazon Echo: 6 interesting Alexa skills to try with your new speaker
From Uber to recipes, your new Amazon Echo is feature-packed. Here are some of our favorite, lesser-known skills.
2016 Holiday gift guide: Smart speakers
From Amazon to Google, a virtual assistant is ready for your home or office this holiday season.
The most epically bad tech product launches of all time
In "go big or go home" world of tech, these products went home.
Tablet shootout: iPad Air 2 vs. Fire 10 HD
Two of the most popular tablets currently in use are Apple's iPad Air 2 and Amazon's Fire 10 HD.
Sleep with your Amazon Echo
Here's how to create white noise playlists with the Echo and Alexa.
At your service: 8 personal assistant robots coming home soon
Eat your heart out, Siri. The global service robotics market is set to boom, and the second half of 2015 should usher the first wave of these new helpers. Here are seven devices leading the charge.
New Zealand's Weta Digital sends visual effects to the cloud
The creative studio is sending the vast majority of its IT to the AWS cloud.
AWS and NZ's Vector launch IoT-connected energy platform
The New Energy Platform aims to change how energy is managed, delivered, and consumed across Australia and New Zealand.
'Siri, what's a monopoly?' EU launches digital assistants, IoT probe
The EU competition watchdog is looking at whether top IoT providers are building unfair monopolies.
Amazon and TikTok: The story of "an error"
Amazon has said that the email sent to employees banning TikTok was sent in error. Employees will still be allowed to use the app on their devices.
UN reports global e-waste production soared beyond 53 million tonnes in 2019
That's equivalent to the weight of 350 cruise ships the size of the Queen Mary 2.
Amazon to launch $2 billion fund to invest in sustainable technology
The Climate Pledge Fund is named after Amazon's pledge to be net-zero carbon by 2040.
Facing pressure from lawmakers, Amazon creates Counterfeit Crime Unit
Amazon is establishing a special unit to take on counterfeiters, comprising former federal prosecutors, investigators and data analysts.
Amazon buys self-driving startup Zoox
Amazon now has access to a team of fresh talent dedicated to smart city transport.
Amazon expands fulfilment warehouse footprint to Brisbane
It will be the company's fourth fulfilment warehouse in Australia.
AWS says it mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded
It was a 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack. The previous record was an attack of 1.7 Tbps, recorded in March 2018.
Amazon expands fulfilment warehouse footprint to Brisbane
It will be the company's fourth fulfilment warehouse in Australia.
IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft halt sale of facial recognition tech to US law enforcement
Amazon hopes Congress will put a regulatory structure in place for the technology.
WWF-Indonesia using machine learning to save critically endangered orangutans
World Wildlife Fund for Nature Indonesia has turned to AWS to speed up orangutan conservation efforts.
Pushed by hectic demand, Amazon reinforces its logistics network with 12 Boeing planes
The e-commerce giant is leasing 12 new Boeing cargo planes, expanding its Amazon Air fleet to more than 80 aircraft.
Amazon's five new solar projects to power operations in Australia, China, US
Amazon hopes to supply approximately 1.2 million MWh of additional renewable energy to the company's fulfilment network and its data centres.
