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F/A-18 fighter jets fly over the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, Monday, June 3, 2019. The U.S. aircraft carrier the White House ordered to the Mideast over a perceived threat from Iran remains outside of the Persian Gulf amid efforts to de-escalate tensions between Tehran and Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Microsoft tops Amazon, wins Pentagon’s $10 billion ‘JEDI war cloud’ contract

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Amazon workers begin to gather in front of the Spheres, participating in the climate strike Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Seattle. A wave of climate change protests swept across the globe Friday, with hundreds of thousands of young people sending a message to leaders headed for a U.N. summit: The warming world can't wait for action. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Amazon, other tech workers join Seattle climate rally

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper briefs the media at a press conference following annual bilateral ministerial talks in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Mark Esper referees Pentagon JEDI war cloud deal after Trump Amazon attack

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Amazon: New renewable energy project in Virginia, Ireland

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Vehicles are parked outside the home of Paige A. Thompson, who uses the online handle &quot;erratic,&quot; Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in Seattle. Thompson was taken into custody Monday at her home and has been charged with computer fraud and abuse in connection with hacking data from more than 100 million Capital One credit holders or applicants. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

‘Erratic’ online handle apt for Capital One hack suspect

By GENE JOHNSON and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

A security breach at Capital One Financial, one of the nation's largest issuers of credit cards, compromised the personal information of about 106 million people, and in some cases the hacker obtained Social Security and bank account numbers. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

House Republicans demand Amazon, Capital One explain data breach

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, a man walks across the street from a Capital One location in San Francisco. A security breach at Capital One Financial, one of the nation's largest issuers of credit cards, compromised the personal information of about 106 million people, and in some cases the hacker obtained Social Security and bank account numbers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Congress wants Capital One, Amazon to explain data breach

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 19, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump, left, and Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, center, listen as Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, speaks during an American Technology Council roundtable in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Amazon, Microsoft wage war over the Pentagon’s ‘war cloud’

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

Trouble at Amazon Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why ‘virtue signaling’ and facial recognition software are incompatible

By Jared Whitley

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2017, file photo, an Amazon employee applies tape to a package before shipment at an Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore. The online shopping giant, which already works with BP and Shell, has been trying to woo more oil and gas companies to use its technology to help them find drillable oil faster, angering workers who have been pushing Amazon to do more to combat climate change. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Amazon’s growing ties to oil industry irks some employees

By JOSEPH PISANI - Associated Press

Community college to offer degree in cloud computing

Associated Press

In this Dec. 20, 2018 photo computers at Chemical Abstracts Service store data that bound journals used to catalog chemical breakthroughs by scientists in Columbus, Ohio. Today computers in its 16,800-square-foot data center store three petabytes of information for CAS customers. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)

Chemical research clearinghouse was big data before big data

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO, was caught in an extramarital affair with leaks of salacious text messages. His security consultant suspects the leaks were part of a conspiracy by allies of President Trump. (Associated Press/File)

Inside the Ring: Jeff Bezos’ text message leaks a security concern

By Bill Gertz

In this Dec. 5, 2018, photo a box is scanned and weighed before at the Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island borough of New York. Amazon reports financial results Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Amazon has another ‘Prime’ holiday: Profit tops $3 billion

By JOSEPH PISANI - Associated Press

Orlando extends facial recognition pilot program

Associated Press

Illustration on concerns over legislation and Amazon.com by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

When Congress asserts the power of the purse

By Beau Rothschild

In this June 16, 2014, file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos walks onstage for the launch of the new Amazon Fire Phone, in Seattle. On Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, Amazon became the second publicly traded company to be worth $1 trillion, hot on the heels of Apple. The company's blowout success made its founder and CEO, Bezos, No. 1 on Forbes' billionaires list this year. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Amazon is 2nd US company to reach $1 trillion market value

By JOSEPH PISANI and MARLEY JAY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One for a trip to White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., for an event on tax policy, Thursday, April 5, 2018, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Amazon ignores Trump’s attacks as it molds a business empire

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One for a trip to White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., for an event on tax policy, Thursday, April 5, 2018, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

As Trump tweets, Amazon seeks to expand its business empire

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press