Amazon EMR now supports read and write operations from Apache Spark jobs on AWS Lake Formation registered tables when the job role has full table access. This capability enables Data Manipulation Language (DML) operations including CREATE, ALTER, DELETE, UPDATE, and MERGE INTO statements on Apache Hive and Iceberg tables from within the same Apache Spark […]

Today, AWS announces the release of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for AWS Lambda, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and Finch. MCP servers are a standard interface to enhance AI-assisted application development by equipping AI code assistants with real-time, contextual understanding of AWS Serverless and Container services including AWS Lambda, […]

Amazon S3 Express One Zone, a high-performance S3 storage class for latency-sensitive applications, now supports granular access controls using S3 Access Points. With S3 Access Points you can refine access based on specific prefixes or API actions. Now you can create tailored access policies for teams, applications, or individuals accessing data in S3 Express One […]

AWS Amplify Hosting is excited to offer customizable build instances to provide you with more memory and CPU configurations to build your applications. This new feature allows developers to select from multiple build instances to optimize their build environment based on their application’s specific requirements. Developers can now choose from three instance types: (Default) Standard […]

AWS Security Hub now supports automated security checks that align with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-171 Revision 2 (NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2). NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 is a cybersecurity and compliance framework developed by NIST, an agency that’s part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This compliance […]

Today, AWS announces two enhancements to CloudTrail Lake: Event enrichment, which makes it easier to categorize, search, and analyze your AWS activity; and expanded event size, which improves visibility into API actions for more comprehensive security analysis. CloudTrail Lake is a managed data lake that enables you to aggregate, immutably store, and analyze your activity […]

Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) Real-Time Streaming now supports participant replication, allowing you to copy a participant from one IVS stage to another. With this capability, participants can appear in multiple stages simultaneously, facilitating cross-stage interactions. One common use case in social live streaming applications is competitive modes, where two streamers are temporarily matched […]

Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus now supports queries with time ranges up to 95 days, an increase from the previous 32-day limit. With this feature, customers can query any 95-day window, including historical data, allowing them to perform month-over-month comparisons, analyze long-term system trends and review historical incidents. This feature is now available across all […]

Amazon Neptune Database is now available in the Canada West (Calgary) and Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Regions on engine versions 1.4.5.0 and later. You can now create Neptune clusters using R8g, R7g, R7i, R6g, R6i, T4g, and T3 instance types in the Canada West (Calgary) and Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Regions. Amazon Neptune Database is a fast, […]

Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports Script Plugins that allow you to add new scripting languages or custom scripting functionality to OpenSearch for operations like scoring, sorting, and field value transformations during search or indexing. Until now, you could extend Search and Analysis functions of OpenSearch using custom plugins. With this launch, you can implement the […]