AWS plans to expand its datacenter footprint in Virginia
Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest $35 billion by 2040 to establish multiple datacenter campuses across Virginia, according to a press release from the Virginia Governor's Office.
Numerous localities are under consideration, the announcement claims, adding that exact locations will be dec... Read more
Microsoft protests awarding $10B NSA cloud contract to AWS
After going back and forth for years over the $10 billion decade-long JEDI cloud contract, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services eventually hit a wall when the former lost the deal it had initially won. There is another $10-billion cloud contract in the crosshairs.
This time, Microsoft is protesting... Read more
CIA finds no evidence of Chinese TikTok espionage
According to the U.S. intelligence agency CIA, there is no evidence that the Chinese government gained access to TikTok data. At the same time, the CIA claims that Chinese authorities could intercept the data if they wanted to.
The CIA was recently asked to investigate the threats TikTok poses t... Read more
“CIA warned about Chinese state funding for Huawei.
The American CIA is said to have warned countries in the Five Eyes - Great Britain, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Canada - about Huawei. Intelligence sources claim that the company receives state funding from China.
The information comes from The Sunday Times based on sources within... Read more