According to CNN, the Department of Defense has award its multi-billion dollar cloud contract to Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle.

The Defense Department has named Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle as the winners of a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract whose predecessor the Pentagon had to cancel amid Amazon’s allegations that then-President Donald Trump had interfered in the award process. 

According to Barron’s, the ransomware attack on Rackspace Technology shows the cloud’s vulnerabilities. 

One of the most disturbing and underreported stories of the past week was the ransomware attack on Rackspace Technology,

Amazon wants to increase the use of cashier-less technology, reports Reuters.

Amazon.com Inc hopes to interest a wider range of industries in the technology it developed for cashier-less checkout at brick-and-mortar shops, a vice president said.