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Zoom has agreed to pay $86 million (£61.9 million) to resolve a class-action privacy complaint in the United States.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning to shut down EC2-Classic, one of its oldest cloud computing infrastructure services, in the coming months and is advising existing users to migrate off the service to avoid application disruption.

Cloud computing refers to the ability to access computing systems and resources from anywhere in the world without having to manage infrastructure. It's a data center that's open to the public via the Internet. Anyone with access permissions to the cloud can use it to retrieve, manage, and download data from anywhere on the planet.

Facebook, Microsoft, and Amazon are expanding their game platforms, allowing players to play high-quality games on any device.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning to shut down EC2-Classic, one of its oldest cloud computing infrastructure services, in the coming months and is advising existing users to migrate off the service to avoid application disruption.

REvil, a cyber-crime outfit, chose the 4th of July as the target of its most recent attack with great care.

According to the Department of Defense, everything from back-office chores to battlefield operations will be supported by cloud computing. However, outside of the continental United States, there are considerable additional challenges to overcome.

Risk management and cybersecurity have risen to the top of the boardroom agenda. According to a Gartner report, 61% of chief information officers (CIOs) increase their cyber and information security investments. By the end of this year, the global research and advisory group expects that spending on information security and risk management technology and services will have increased by 12.4 percent. Even more, telling is that firms have begun to appoint cybersecurity experts to their boards of directors.