Countdown to GDPR and Data Breach Fatigue – Here’s the least you need to know about cloud for the week.

Security

• GDPR deadline looming <100 days (link)
• Fedex left sensitive data exposed on unsecured AWS S3 server (link)
• Equifax hack was worse than originally reported. (link)
• More than two dozen attorneys named by Federal judge in Equifax litigation (link)
• Italian cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail gets hacked for $170 million (link)
• Idaho Transportation Department email hack exposes sensitive data for commercial drivers (link)
• Data breach fatigue with consumers? (link)

Google

• Releases Cloud TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) into beta along with GPU support for Kubernetes (link)
• Hires former Samsung executive to coordinate IoT projects (link)
• Announces intent to acquire Xively, will expand IoT expertise and ability (link)

Amazon

• Designing AI chip that should allow Alexa to do more data processing (link)

Microsoft

• Developing blockchain-based identity storage and management with new Authenticator app (link)
• Offering $500M in Azure-related resources with “Microsoft for Startups” (link)
• Allscripts to show new Microsoft Azure-powered EHR at HIMSS18 (link)

IBM

• Extends AI capabilities into IBM Video Cloud (link)

More

• MongoDB adds support for multi-document ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) transactions (link)

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