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Nova Reel AI by Amazon now generates 2-min videos using text, image inputs

According to Amazon, users will be able to provide a prompt of up to 4,000 characters to generate a video of up to two minutes, which will essentially be a compilation of multiple six-second shots

Amazon Web Services to invest $8.2 bn in Maharashtra by 2029-30: Vaishnaw

Amazon Web Services plans to invest USD 8.2 billion in Maharashtra by 2029-30 to deploy latest and best compute facility and cloud management services, union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday. The minister said that Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to significantly increase employment in India as well. "The team of Amazon Web Services met today. They explained their entire plan of investing about USD 8.2 billion in Maharashtra in the coming few years going into 2029-30," Vaishnaw said. He said AWS is very optimistic about growth in India. "They are bringing the latest technologies, they are deploying the latest GPUs which is what they shared today. They are deploying some of the best compute facilities and cloud Management Services in India. "Along with the investment, there will be significant growth in employment also. Amazon web services shared that they will be adding a significant number of jobs in India in the coming years," Vaishnaw said.

It's a quantum leap in computing with India joining the global race

The world's biggest technology companies are building machines with vast processing power. India too is in the race

Angel One says it is investigating security breach, assessing impact

Angel One said it was notified of the breach by its dark-web monitoring partner and that it immediately changed all credentials of its AWS cloud

Tata Power partners with Amazon Web Services for smart energy transition

Tata Power on Thursday announced its partnership with Amazon Web Services to drive smart and consumer-centric energy transition in India through modernization of its digital infrastructure and energy management. Tata Power has embarked on a data-driven transformation with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate the country's transition to a greener, smarter, and more consumer-centric energy ecosystem, the company said in a statement. The evolution of energy systems demands real-time analytics, automation, and decentralized power generation to optimize supply and demand. Digitalization enables grid stability, predictive maintenance, and seamless energy transactions, ensuring sustainability and operational efficiency, it said. Tata Power's partnership with AWS exemplifies this digital-first approach, harnessing cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and IoT to build a smarter, more efficient power ecosystem. Tata Power has already laid a robust digital foundation by migrating

Amazon, echoes rival Microsoft, says it can't keep up with AI demand

Amazon spent $26.3 billion in capital expenditures in the last three months of 2024, the vast majority of which went toward AI-related projects within AWS

Indian content trended on Prime Video's global Top 10: Gaurav Gandhi

2024 was Netflix India's biggest year yet, says Monika Shergill

Amazon Web Services to invest $8.3 bn in Cloud infra in Maharashtra

Plan will create more than 81,000 jobs and contribute $15.3 bn to India's economy by 2030, says company

Amazon Web Services to invest Rs 60,000 cr for expansion in Telangana

Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest Rs 60,000 crore to expand its data centre infrastructure in Telangana, state government said. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu held meetings with senior executives from AWS at the ongoing World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, it added. "AWS will be expanding its data centres in Hyderabad in a big way with plans for fresh investment of around Rs 60,000 crores. With this AWS Region in Hyderabad will play an increasingly important role in supporting AWS's growth of cloud services in India, including AI in the future," a state government press release issued on Thursday stated. The AWS side was represented by Michael Punke, Vice President, Global Public Policy. The leaders discussed the Telangana government's supportive role in creating a welcoming environment for establishing data center infrastructure in the state, and the strategic importance of the state for AWS's operations in India, it said. A

Beast Games: Everything you need to know about Mr Beast's Reality Show

With Beast Games, a brand-new reality competition series available on Amazon Prime Video. This big program begins on December 19, 2024 with a record-breaking $5 million reward

AWS commits $100 million in cloud credits for underserved students

Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Thursday said it is committing up to USD 100 million in cloud credits over the next five years to help eligible educational institutions and underserved students worldwide develop and scale digital learning solutions. The programme, a part of AWS Education Equity Initiative, will grant recipients cloud credits, which function similarly to cash, allowing organisations to reduce their expenses when utilising AWS's cloud services. "At AWS, we are committed to levelling the playing field in education, ensuring learners from underrepresented and underserved communities have equal access to transformative learning opportunities. That's why AWS is committing up to USD 100 million in cloud credits over the next five years to help qualifying education organisations around the world build or scale digital learning solutions as part of the AWS Education Equity Initiative," a company blog said. With these credits, recipients can leverage AWS's comprehensive portfoli

Comviva, AWS partner to make cloud based, AI driven strategy for biz growth

IT company Comviva has collaborated with Amazon Web Services to build a cloud-first and AI-driven strategy to achieve faster time to market and drive non-linear revenue growth, the company said on Monday. Under the collaboration, Comviva will offer Communication Service Providers (CSP) next-generation software products and platforms that are built on AWS through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. "By combining our expertise in customer experience and data monetisation with AWS' unparalleled capabilities in SaaS and AI, we are poised to reduce risks, optimise costs and drive unprecedented value for our clients globally," Comviva Chief Executive Officer Rajesh Chandiramani said in a statement. AWS and Comviva are also working together in areas like product modernisation, competency development, culture transformation, business growth, and generative AI enablement, it added. "As Comviva embarks on its journey to becoming a truly SaaS organisation, AWS is excited to collaborate with

Top US energy regulator rejects Amazon-Talen nuclear power agreement

The decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission deals a blow to the efforts by big technology companies

Amazon reassures investors with cost-cutting, AWS Cloud division's growth

The Amazon Web Services cloud division, which suffered record low sales growth last year, continued to regain momentum during the third quarter

Amazon AWS CEO says employees can quit if they reject 'return to office'

The policy has upset many of Amazon's employees who say it wastes time with additional commuting and the benefits of working from the office are not supported by independent data

Amazon veteran Samir Kumar to replace Manish Tiwary as head of India ops

Kumar, who joined Amazon in 1999, was part of the original team that planned and launched Amazon.in (Amazon India) in 2013

Intel's Amazon chip deal lifts investor confidence in money-losing unit

Intel's stock has plunged nearly 60 per cent this year and has lagged chip firms, including Nvidia and TSMC, as it missed out on an AI-driven boom in chip demand

Amazon Web Services to invest $10 billion in UK data centres over 5 years

The company expects the investment project to contribute 14 billion pounds to the country's gross domestic product by the end of 2028 and to support more than 14,000 jobs at British businesses

What is DDoS attack? Cyber threat hits X before Trump's interview with Musk

The DDoS attack on X (formerly Twitter) delayed the highly-anticipated Donald Trump interview with Elon Musk by 40 minutes

Only 21% Amazon workers in India say work environment is safe: Report

Ecommerce firm denies UNI Global Union's survey that claimed company sets difficult targets for warehouse workers and drivers