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Amazon splurging another R52 billion on AI startup Anthropic Amazon.com Inc. says it’s investing an additional $2.75 billion (R52.01 billion) in Anthropic, completing a deal it made last year to back the artificial intelligence startup and expand a partnership between the companies. The...

Leading cloud providers in South Africa MyBroadband’s business IT decision-maker survey revealed that Google is the preferred cloud provider in South Africa. The survey further showed that Teraco tops the data centre list, and Afrihost reigns supreme in the hosting sector.

Amazon launching Titan Image Generator Amazon.com Inc., playing catch-up in the hotly contested market for generative artificial intelligence, has developed a tool to help businesses create images. This week, Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud services arm, has been rolling out a range...

AWS releasing Q AI chatbot to corporate customers Amazon.com Inc. is rolling out a workplace chatbot called Amazon Q, designed to help corporate customers search for information, write code and review business metrics. Amazon Web Services, the retailer’s cloud-computing division, is infusing...

Microsoft and AWS execs drop out of conference over fake female speaker profiles Several tech executives have pulled out of an upcoming developers conference after accusations that the event’s organiser fabricated female speakers’ profiles. High-profile engineering leaders in the developer...

Amazon pouring up to R75.3 billion into Anthropic Amazon.com Inc. will invest as much as $4 billion (R75.29 billion) in Anthropic, bagging a crucial partner in its effort to become a major player in generative artificial intelligence and offering a vote of confidence in the hot startup. As...

AWS outage disrupts major websites Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing arm said it resolved an outage that had disrupted a swath of companies and organisations, including Southwest Airlines Co. and New York’s transit agency. Amazon Web Services are now “operating normally,” according to its...

Nvidia launches new AI chips to power AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure Riding the surge of hype around ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products, Nvidia Corp. introduced new chips, supercomputing services and a raft of high-profile partnerships Tuesday intended to showcase how...

Amazon bringing Hugging Face AI tools to AWS Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit is expanding a partnership with artificial intelligence startup Hugging Face Inc., which is developing a ChatGPT rival, the latest move as the biggest technology firms line up allies in an attention-getting market for...

Top cloud services in South Africa South African businesses have five major cloud services to choose from that can make their operations more flexible, efficient, and unlock strategic value. If you've used the Internet in the past few years, you have likely accessed a website or app that runs...

Hi everyone, I have a choice of working for either AWS or MBSA on a graduate role. Both seem to be great companies with great pay for graduates however I feel like Amazon stands out but the role offered by AWS is Cloud Support associate for 6 months, after which I can become a cloud support...

AWS launches new Graviton chip in challenge to AMD, Intel, and Nvidia Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing unit is rolling out new chips designed to power the highest-end of computing, supporting tasks such as weather forecasting and gene sequencing. Amazon Web Services, the largest provider of...

Major AWS outage in South Africa Amazon Web Services (AWS) appears to be having an outage causing headaches for Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) customers in its South African region. Some report they can directly connect to existing servers but can't log into their AWS console and select the...

Amazon opens new office in Johannesburg Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened a new office in Johannesburg, announcing that it is to support growing customer demand. “The new office will support South Africa’s burgeoning cloud market, and provide a range of services to organisations of all...

Growth of data centres in South Africa South Africa's data centre market is growing rapidly, with industry players building bigger and more advanced data centres. The list of companies with facilities in the country continues to grow after Teraco kicked off South Africa's carrier-neutral data...

Malicious Python packages stole users' Amazon Web Services credentials Sonatype researchers discovered malicious code in multiple Python packages that uploaded users' Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials and environment variables to a publicly exposed domain. Sonatype's automated malware...

Amazon launched AWS Snowcone into space Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that it collaborated with Axiom Space on a more efficient way to analyse data using an AWS Snowcone solid-state drive device. Snowcone offers edge processing capabilities with multiple layers of encryption in a...

Vodacom launches AWS Outposts Innovation Lab with Amazon and Intel Vodacom has launched Africa's first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Outposts Innovation Lab in collaboration with AWS and Intel. The laboratory will focus on accelerating technology innovations across different industries, delivering...

Amazon launches first solar power station in South Africa Amazon Web Services has announced its first solar project in South Africa is now operational and is feeding electricity into the national grid. The 10MW solar farm is located in the Northern Cape and supplies renewable energy to AWS...

Amazon offering more than 150 jobs in South Africa Amazon is offering 154 jobs in South Africa across various fields, including software development, customer service, IT, and data science. The tech giant has been expanding rapidly in the country over the last few years.