Amazon shuts down accounts and cloud infrastructure related to NSO Group
Amazon Web Services has shut down cloud infrastructure and accounts linked to the Israeli-based NSO group according to a news report by VICE on Monday.
Recent reports from The Washington Post and other publications revealed that NSO Group’s spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of...
EU lawmaker’s proposals for tougher tech laws in the bloc gets backing
A pivotal EU lawmaker in the European Parliament leading the debate on stricter rules aimed at tech giants (Facebook, Google, Amazon) and other similar platforms, now has the backing to tighten the bloc's citizens' fundamental rights in the draft rules.
The Digital Services Act, which was propos...
Big brands come together against Amazon’s empire in France
A collective of powerful brands (including Heineken and L'Oréal) have won the first round in a legal battle against Amazon, concerning contracts made with the e-commerce giant. A French court ruled against the US giant’s efforts to delay the case, in a ruling given on June 22.
According to de...
Tech Leaders have a new strategy to create tech giants in Europe
Will they ever give Amazon, Facebook, Google and Twitter a literal run for their money?
As we reported yesterday, 2020 is proving to be a banner year for EU tech startups. European tech firms are seeing massive growth in funding, and that is also fueling growth. The performance in this sector is...
Amazon launches ‘bug bust’ initiative
Amazon Web Services is trying to entice developers to build better software with minimal bugs, through the launch of its global AWS BugBust competition. The idea is to get developers to compete to find and fix more than a million software bugs before the end of this year.
The developers who find...
Amazon gives developers AWS credits and reduces commission cut to 20%
Amazon is taking an interesting approach in its bid to entice developers to use Amazon Web Services for its AI services and IT infrastructure. The company started by becoming part of the app-platform pack, through the reduction of the cut it takes from smaller developers who use the Amazon Appstore...
Amazon Web Services and Ferrari enter an agreement on data
Ferrari has agreed to make Amazon Web Services (AWS) their artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cloud storage provider. This is to aid the design and testing of their cars and launch their fan engagement platform.
Amazon Web Services has agreed to be luxury carmaker Ferrari's provider ...
Amazon may have to pay a fine of $425 million in EU privacy case
A European Union privacy regulator has proposed that a $425 million fine be levied against Amazon, as part of a process that could lead to the largest fine ever handed down under the EU’s law. The news comes from people close to the case.
The CNPD, Luxembourg’s data protection commission, ha...
Amazon launches competitor for Google Maps
Amazon Web Services announced that it is making a new service generally available. The service helps developers add location-based capabilities like package tracking to apps. Amazon location Service is a simple and cheap way to add location functionality to all kinds of apps.
All of this is done...
Amazon under the Federal Cartel Office’s microscope in Germany
Germany’s antitrust watchdog announced that it has opened an investigation into whether Amazon, the US retail giant, is leveraging its market dominance in unfair and illegal ways. The Federal Cartel Office said that the first step for the watchdog will be to look into whether Amazon is “of outs...
Amazon found not guilty of tax evasion via Luxembourg
Amazon does not have to pay back 250 million euros in tax to the European Union. This was ruled by a judge after the company was accused of paying too little tax through a financial construction in Luxembourg.
In 2017, the European Commission ruled that Luxembourg had given an unfair tax advanta...
AWS introduces Amazon FinSpace
The new analytics service aims to serve the Financial Services Industry.
Amazon Web Services is targeting financial analysts with a new, purpose-built data analytics tool that it says will enable them to perform their jobs much more effectively than before.
Amazon FinSpace is a new service th...