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How tech is enabling the differently-abled

Vernon — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:47:38 +0000

Technology, like myriad man-made things, is a double-edged sword. On one hand it can be abused and used for less virtuous purposes. On the other, technology can be good for a great many things—enriching lives, propelling the human race forward, and tackling the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. To learn more, I recently […]

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How AWS is helping WWF-Indonesia save critically endangered orangutans

Vernon — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 03:02:37 +0000

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is collaborating with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature Indonesia (WWF-Indonesia) to accelerate efforts to save critically endangered orangutans in Indonesia. Orangutans are among the most intelligent primates on earth, capable of constructing, using tools, and living in colonies with distinct cultures. Unfortunately, human activities such as years of poaching, long-term […]

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Connected cars, cloud and cybersecurity

Brand Publisher — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 07:45:48 +0000

Everyone is in the race to perfect the autonomous car, developing a self-driving vehicle that is safer, smarter and more efficient. To develop and deploy autonomous cars at scale, the right technology infrastructure is critical as the production of these vehicles requires high-performance computing capacity, along with seamless cybersecurity, and the ability to manage vast […]

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Future iPhones may use satellites, bypass wireless carriers

Vernon — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 16:37:46 +0000

In the not so distant future, the iPhone may use direct from satellite internet connectivity, bypassing conventional wireless networks. Apple is said to have a secret team working on satellite technology and advanced wireless communications. Bloomberg reported earlier that Apple has a dozen engineers from aerospace, satellite and antenna design industries working on the confidential […]

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Up, Up, and into the Cloud: The four common traits of successful cloud journey in Malaysia

Brand Publisher — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:17:16 +0000

In recent years, many countries in Asia, including Malaysia, have started national initiatives to aspire digital transformation and drive economic growth. Through Malaysia’s Industry4WRD, International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that the digital economy will play a vital role in contributing to at least 20% of the country’s GDP by 2021, with businesses in the country turning to cloud […]

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Malaysian leg of AWS Hackdays 2019: “Hack for Good” comes to a close

Vernon — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 10:02:17 +0000

In January, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched its annual education and hackathon event—AWS Hackdays 2019, themed “Hack for Good”–with the goal of empowering the community of Southeast Asian developers to drive positive change using AWS technologies. Participants were invited to develop solutions around four key topics: HealthTech, AgriTech, Smart City, and FinTech. Builders in the […]

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AWS Outposts brings AWS hardware on-prem

Vernon — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 03:19:30 +0000

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has always been a pure cloud provider. At re:invent on Wednesday however, the leading public cloud provider announced that it is bringing its hardware on-premises for the first time. Called AWS Outposts, it’s the same EC2 hardware AWS uses in its own datacentres. AWS Outposts are fully managed and configurable compute […]

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Amazon creates own cloud computing server chips

Vernon — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 01:07:15 +0000

Apple designs its own chips. As does Google. At re:Invent on Monday, Amazon announced it is creating its own chips to power its cloud computing servers. Dubbed Graviton, the ARM-based chips can deliver savings of up to 45 percent compared to Amazon offers powered by conventional off-the-shell chips by Intel and AMD. Amazon Web Services […]

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AWS DeepRacer is a fun way to learn reinforcement learning

Vernon — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 20:50:47 +0000

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today introduced DeepRacer, a fully autonomous 1/18th scale race car that is a fun and fast way to get started with reinforcement learning. The race car costs USD399 but can be pre-ordered for USD249. The leading cloud computing company also announced AWS DeepRacer League, the world’s first global autonomous racing league. […]

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AWS partners Lockheed Martin to make downlinking satellite data easier and cheaper

Vernon — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 11:22:11 +0000

Fresh from powering the InSight landing on Mars on 26 November 2018, Lockheed Martin and Amazon Web Services announced a strategic collaboration to integrate the just-launched AWS Ground Station service with Lockheed Martin’s new Verge antenna network. The win-win partnership answers customer needs for low-latency, fast, resilient satellite uplinks and downlinks. Customers using AWS Ground […]

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