Neowin News Feed for: Aws

Google Cloud surges 63% as Amazon's AI spending crushes free cash flow

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:52:01 +0000

With Google's Cloud backlog doubling and Amazon securing massive infrastructure commitments from OpenAI and Meta, the AI arms race is transitioning from hype to balance sheet reality. Read more...

OpenAI's frontier AI models and Codex now available on Amazon Bedrock

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:38:01 +0000

Following a strategic amendment to the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership, AWS customers can now access OpenAI models, including GPT-5.5, and the Codex coding agent through Bedrock. Read more...

Meta and AWS ink multi-billion dollar deal to power agentic AI with Graviton5

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:26:02 +0000

AWS has solidified its position as a primary AI hardware provider by entering into a massive multi-year, multi-billion-dollar infrastructure agreement with Meta. Read more...

Major lawsuit claims Microsoft overcharged for Windows Server on rival cloud platforms

Usama Jawad — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:00:01 +0000

Microsoft hit with $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over alleged Windows Server cloud overpricing, as 60,000 firms claim unfair costs favor Azure. Read more...

Microsoft is threatening to sue OpenAI over its $50 billion Amazon deal

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:56:01 +0000

Microsoft is reportedly considering a lawsuit against Amazon and OpenAI, arguing that their recent $50 billion cloud deal violates its exclusive Azure agreements. Read more...

Amazon acknowledged issues on its shopping site

Sayan Sen — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:27:23 +0000

Amazon reached out to Neowin and has confirmed that it is aware of issues on its shopping site. The company is investigating. Read more...

Amazon warns of cloud service disruptions after drone strikes hit Middle East data centers

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:26:02 +0000

Amazon reports structural damage to facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, warning customers of unpredictable service and supply chain delays. Read more...

Microsoft and OpenAI clarify partnership terms as Amazon joins the fold

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:32:01 +0000

The new AWS partnership signals a multi-cloud future for OpenAI, balancing its legacy ties with Microsoft including the revenue sharing agreement. Read more...

Internal AI bot caused AWS outages, Amazon says its employees' fault

Ivan Jenic — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:28:01 +0000

Big Tech, led by Amazon, is encouraging everyone to deploy AI bots, but what happens when they break things? Read more...

Amazon shares slide 11% after hours on massive $200B capex plan

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 07:40:01 +0000

Amazon reported a strong Q4 2025 with $213.4 billion in revenue, fueled significantly by a 24% jump in AWS growth. Read more...

India just made it tax-free for Big Tech to host their data centers

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:08:01 +0000

The Indian government just announced a new policy that incentivizes Big Tech to build their next generation of AI infrastructure on the subcontinent. Read more...

AWS case-study Perplexity signs $750M, three-year Azure deal with Microsoft

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:40:02 +0000

Perplexity AI has signed a $750 million deal with Microsoft to access a wider range of frontier models from OpenAI and xAI via Microsoft Foundry. Read more...

Amazon 'accidentally' announces layoffs in internal memo

Usama Jawad — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:46:01 +0000

Amazon has accidentally sent an email to some employees, confirming significant layoffs that will "strengthen" the company. Read more...

OpenAI signs $38 billion AI infrastructure partnership with AWS

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:34:01 +0000

OpenAI has announced a major, multi-year partnership with AWS, valued at around $38 billion over seven years. Read more...

Amazon announces massive €1.4 billion investment in the Netherlands

Paul Hill — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:46:23 +0000

Amazon has decided to invest €1.4 billion in the Netherlands between 2025 and 2027 to boost AWS and its retail business. Read more...

Massive AWS cloud failure takes down dozens of popular services worldwide

David Uzondu — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:27:18 +0000

Amazon has confirmed a major AWS outage affecting hundreds of online services and says it's working to restore them. Read more...

Microsoft to exit manufacturing from China amid geopolitical tensions

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:42:01 +0000

Microsoft will no longer be manufacturing its devices, such as the Surface laptops, in China due to escalating geopolitical tensions. Read more...

39% of Nvidia's Q2 revenue comes from just two mystery customers

Usama Jawad — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 08:56:01 +0000

A new SEC filing indicates that 39% of Nvidia's $46.7 billion revenue in the latest quarter comes from just two unidentified customers. Read more...

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Amazon posts $167.7 billion in revenue, driven by strong advertising and subscription growth

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 03:58:01 +0000

Amazon reported strong second-quarter 2025 earnings with revenue reaching $167.7 billion, driven by growth across its segments. Read more...

CMA UK panel urges probe into Microsoft and AWS over potential cloud market misuse

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:12:01 +0000

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended a formal investigation into Microsoft and AWS for potential anti-competitive practices. Read more...

AWS Free Tier overhauled: New users get $200 in credits, but there's a catch

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:16:01 +0000

Amazon has overhauled its AWS Free Tier program to be more generous in terms of credits, but there is one downgrade. Read more...

Amazon challenges Microsoft with Kiro, its new AI-powered IDE

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 04:08:01 +0000

Amazon has launched Kiro, a new AI-powered Integrated Development Environment (IDE), entering the competitive market of developer tools alongside Google and Microsoft. Read more...

UK grapples with power demands for an AI-driven future

Paul Hill — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 03:20:01 +0000

The UK government is hosting the second AI Energy Council meeting today to ensure that the national grid is up to scratch to host energy-intensive AI data centres around the country. Read more...

Amazon to invest $20 billion in Pennsylvania for AI infrastructure, creating 1,250 jobs

Paul Hill — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:18:01 +0000

Amazon is going to be investing at least $20 billion in Pennsylvania to build out its data centers. The firm and the state governor are also discussing further projects. Read more...

AWS now makes more money than Microsoft's Cloud and Server business combined

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 01 May 2025 22:10:02 +0000

Amazon's AWS has reported higher revenue and operating income for Q1 2025 than Microsoft's entire Intelligent Cloud segment. Read more...

Amazon announces new EC2 Graviton4-based instances with NVMe SSD storage

David Uzondu — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:30:01 +0000

Amazon has announced new EC2 instances powered by its custom Graviton4 ARM processors and NVMe SSD storage for better cloud performance. Read more...

Amazon Web Services unveils new quantum computer chip called Ocelot

Paul Hill — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:20:01 +0000

AWS has unveiled a new quantum computing chip called Ocelot. It drastically reduces the costs around error resistance, which is really important. Read more...

HERE and AWS sign $1 billion agreement to revolutionize car industry

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:02:01 +0000

HERE and AWS have agreed to a $1 billion agreement that will help developers of assisted driving and driverless technologies boost efficiency. This could help solutions reach market quicker. Read more...

AWS set to invest €1.2 billion in Milan after getting clearance from Italian government

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 10:02:01 +0000

AWS has announced that it has got permission from the Italian government to invest €1.2 billion in its AWS Europe (Milan) Region. Read more...

AWS to use AI-produced materials to reduce carbon emissions

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:34:01 +0000

AWS has formed a partnership with Orbital Materials which uses AI to design materials to help reduce emissions at data centers. Read more...

Anthropic's Claude AI models now available for US defense agencies

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:28:01 +0000

Anthropic has partnered with Palantir to provide U.S. intelligence and defense agencies with access to its Claude 3 and 3.5 AI models on AWS. Read more...

Amazon's revenue soars to $158.9 billion, fueled by AWS growth

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 05:00:01 +0000

Amazon announced strong Q3 2024 earnings with an 11% year-over-year revenue increase, driven by the AWS business. Operating income significantly improved across all segments. Read more...

AWS CEO Matt Garman says employees could quit if they don't want to come into office

Paul Hill — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:02:01 +0000

Amazon AWS CEO Matt Garman has said employees could always quit if they are opposed to coming into the office five days a week at a recent all-hands meeting. Read more...

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Amazon AWS segment now has an annualized revenue run rate of more than $105B

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 04:12:01 +0000

Amazon reported its Q2 2024 results, with overall revenue up 10% year-over-year. While retail growth was modest, AWS posted 19% growth, reaching an annualized revenue of $105 billion. Read more...

AWS to discontinue Cloud9, CodeCommit, CloudSearch and several other services

Pradeep Viswanathan — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 17:30:01 +0000

AWS is retiring several services, including Cloud9, CodeCommit, S3 Select and CloudSearch. Existing customers can still use these services reliably, but no new customers will be onboarded. Read more...

Amazon launches AWS App Studio to help businesses build apps with GenAI

Paul Hill — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:28:01 +0000

Amazon has launched AWS App Studio, a tool which lets businesses build low-code applications in minutes using natural language via generative AI software. Amazon said the code is highly secure. Read more...

Amazon joins the $2 trillion market cap club with Microsoft and Apple

Paul Hill — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 04:52:01 +0000

Amazon's market cap has passed $2 trillion for the first time ever putting it in an exclusive club with Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft. Read on to learn how it has joined this club. Read more...

Amazon Bedrock makes Anthropic's powerful Claude 3.5 Sonnet available to customers

Paul Hill — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 03:56:02 +0000

Amazon Bedrock has made the new Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet model available for developers. The new model which was just released scores better in benchmarks than rival such as GPT-4o. Read more...