AWS launches Deep Learning Containers and new options for AI infrastructure
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added new features that should give enterprises more flexibility in how they use the cloud platform. These include Deep Learning Containers, writes Silicon Angle.
AWS Deep Learning Containers is a software bundle consisting of popular artificial intelligence (AI) tools ... Read more
Amazon and Volkswagen want to set up industrial cloud
Volkswagen and Amazon are exploring the possibilities of a strategic partnership. The two companies want to find a way to increase the productivity of the German car manufacturer. The two are considering setting up an industry cloud, with Amazon setting up a network between Volkswagen's factories an... Read more
AWS introduces EC2 instances with Nvidia Tesla T4 chips
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced EC2 instances with Tesla T4 GPUs from Nvidia, reports Venturebeat. The instances will be available to users in G4 instances in the coming week. T4 will also be available through the Amazon Elastic Container service for Kubernetes.
The new instance will get Nv... Read more
“AWS Pro-Rate links venture capitalists to startups.
Amazon Web Services is testing a new investment program specifically designed for risky start-ups. The program is called Amazon Web Services Pro-Rata and aims to link private investors to companies using AWS, as well as venture capital funds whose portfolio is full of potential cloud customers.
That... Read more
AWS launches ‘feature-rich’ version of Elasticsearch: Open Distro
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched its new Open Distro for Elasticsearch. The new release is a "value-added distribution of Elasticsearch that is 100 percent open source," according to the company. The distribution is available under an Apache 2.0 license and supported by Amazon.
Elasticsearch i... Read more
AWS announces new bare metal instances for EC2
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added five new bare metal instance options to its Elastic Compute Cloud, writes TechCrunch. The new types are designed for workloads that require direct access to the processor and underlying hardware, while ensuring scalability and security.
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“Face Recognition Amazon doesn’t work as well as claimed.
A study by MIT shows that Amazon's facial recognition software seems to be biased against women with dark skin tones. It also turned out that the software had more difficulty distinguishing between men and women than similar Microsoft and IBM techniques.
This is the conclusion of a study published b... Read more
AWS launches automated backup service Backup
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Backup. This is a new tool that should make it easier for developers on the platform to back up their data from various AWS services and their on-premise apps. That's what TechCrunch reports.
The service is made immediately available to all developers. With thi... Read more
AWS defends itself against Oracle in lawsuit around lucrative JEDI project
Oracle is currently conducting a lawsuit against the U.S. government. The company feels that the process surrounding the JEDI defence project is not going well and that Amazon Web Services (AWS) benefits too much. And so it wants the judge to throw the trial open. AWS joins in a new twist with the U... Read more
Amazon Web Services announces series of new Lambda features
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a series of new Lambda features. This should make the service even more suitable for developers, says TechCrunch.
Lambda was unveiled in 2015 and played a role in making serverless computing more popular. In addition, a developer writes code and AWS handles th... Read more