{
  "id": 459048,
  "title": "20 Years Ago, Amazon Started Renting Computing Power by the Hour—and Changed Its Future",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/20-years-ago-amazon-started-renting-computing-power-by-the-hour-and",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-10T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/chris-morris/20-years-ago-amazon-started-renting-computing-power-by-the-hour-and-changed-its-future/91386723"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "EC2 has powered the likes of Airbnb, Slack, and Instagram. Now it’s part of the $42.2 billion AWS unit.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}