Saves on court cases later 

The Pentagon is divvying up $9 billion in cloud contracts between Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon, presumably to avoid one of the megatech companies getting offended and suing.

Don't have to worry about boundaries 

Amazon is thinking about shoving some of its cloud into space. 

Cost-cutting 

Amazon has confirmed that it will be closing Amazon Academy, an online learning platform for high-school students in the region.

Apparently no one noticed before

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market investigation into cloud gaming and mobile browsers after its study found Apple and Google constitute a duopoly that controls the mobile ecosystem.

After it has been done on Newegg and Amazon

AMD has now officially dropped the prices of its Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series SKUs, and new prices are up on AMD's own webstore.

Axeman coming for Alexa

Online bookseller Amazon is culling more than 10,000 staff and a big chunk of those is the Amazon Alexa voice assistant unit, which some senior managers have written off as a failure.

Quantum cats no longer just for boffins

More cash is starting to flow into tquantum computing , turning academic research at MIT and Harvard labs into startups, according to the Boston Globe.

Not to staff, of course 

After his company recently laid off 10,000 workers, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos claims he is going to give away the majority of his $124 billion net worth to charity during his lifetime.

Designed to keep Apple gear prices high

A new antitrust lawsuit is accusing Apple and Amazon of rigging the market to keep the price of iPhone and iPads high.

One ring to bind them

Amazon's staff management methods are now getting more autocratic as the company turns to its ring system to spy on anyone unfortunate enough to work there, according to a new Data & Society report.