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AWS Emulates Google’s Lead by Declaring Unrestricted Free Data Transfers to Alternative Cloud Vendors

Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary AWS has revealed that it will allow customers to transfer their data out of its ecosystem with no so-called “egress fees” attached. While AWS already allows customers to transfer up to 100GB of data per month off its servers for free, this won’t cover companies looking to “lift and shift” their entire data stores to another provider — and that is what is effectively changing for AWS customers as of today. Companies that want to move their data off of AWS are requested to contact AWS, which will then apparently issue credits for the data being migrated. It’s not clear what today’s news means in relation to the U.K.’s ongoing antitrust probe into cloud lock-in practices. Another issue identified by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was also looking at interoperability, concerning areas where cloud companies design their products to not play nicely with rival services.

Zara Khan
March 5, 2024

Gadgets

“Transparency at its Finest: Lenovo’s Revolutionary Laptop Concept Reveals Boundless Possibilities”

Something I’ve always admired about Lenovo is the way the Chinese tech giant really lets its freak flag fly. In fact, visiting the company’s booth nestled in the way, way back of Hall 3 has long been a highlight of MWC for me. This year’s big scrum gatherer was Lenovo’s long-rumored transparent laptop. Broadly speaking, it looks like a laptop, with a transparent pane where the screen should be. Lenovo loves making weird tech for weird tech’s sake, and that’s totally fine.

Zara Khan
February 26, 2024

Media & Entertainment

Becoming a Projector Person: Embracing a New Way of Living

I’ve recommended plenty of their products over the years and have been tempted to check out an Anker Nebula projector for some time. Just ahead of the holidays, I contacted the company to check out a review unit, and shopped around for a decently priced projector screen. The story of how I ended up with a 100-inch projector screen in my bedroom is an entirely unexciting combination of pricing, comparison shopping and reading reviews. Released earlier this year, the Anker Nebula Capsule 3 is more or less exactly what I’ve been looking for in a projector. Factor in the projector screen and that’s another $70 in my case.