NHL takes big stride on data and analytics with AWS deal
(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)The NHL is taking another step forward in data, analytics, and puck and player tracking. The league has reached an agreement with Amazon Web Services to put all its video and data on the cloud. AdNHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy unveiled the deal on NBC Sports Network late Wednesday. Later this season, fans looking up stats on the NHL's website will get corresponding video clips and vice versa. โIt kind of melts your mind with the number of opportunities that are sitting in front of us.โ___More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
Parler squeezed as Trump seeks new online megaphone for his lies
Though stripped of his Twitter account for inciting rebellion, President Donald Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach. Amazon kicked Parler off its web-hosting service, and the social media app promptly sued to get back online, telling a federal judge that the tech giant had breached its contract and abused its market power. It was a roller coaster of activity for Parler, a 2-year-old magnet for the far right that welcomed a surge of new users. Organizers of pro-Trump forces are already regrouping in other forums, such as the conservative-friendly social media site Gab, as new actions are planned ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Cutting off Parler removes a key recruitment tool for various groups that are connected by Trump's misinformation about the presidential election, Brookie said.
Amazon is delivering your packages faster, and it's tanking its profits
Copyright 2019 CNN(CNN) - Amazon is spending heavily to keep growing and that appears to be making investors nervous. Shares of Amazon fell as much as 8% in after-hours trading Thursday as its earnings came in below Wall Street estimates. Three months later, Amazon said the actual cost ended up being even higher. Amazon Web Services, its cloud computing segment and one of its key profit drivers, is experiencing slower growth. AWS is the clear leader in cloud computing; its performance follows a larger industry trend of slowing growth as cloud computing becomes more widely adopted.