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GCP – Taking customer conversations to the next level with AI-powered Business Messages
Over the last two years, we’ve seen a significant uptick in the number of people using messaging to connect with businesses. Whether it was checking hours of operation, verifying what was in stock, or scheduling a pick-up, the pandemic caused a significant shift in consumer behavior. 45% of users are spending more time on messaging […]
AWS – Amazon Kendra releases AWS Single Sign-On integration for secure search
Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Glue FindMatches now provides match scores
The FindMatches ML transform in AWS Glue now includes an option to output match scores, which indicate how closely each grouping of records match each other. The FindMatches transform allows you to identify duplicate or matching records in your dataset, even when the records do not have a common unique identifier and no fields match […]
GCP – How to develop Global Multiplayer Games using Cloud Spanner
Most modern video games require years of investment to produce, both in terms of development time and capital. The length of development is influenced by a number of factors, such as scale, development platform, scope, and type of game. Gamers often expect global multiplayer experiences on Day 1, which means that the success of a […]
AWS – AWS Glue FindMatches now supports incrementally matching new data against an existing dataset
The FindMatches ML transform in AWS Glue now allows you to match newly arrived data against existing matched datasets. The FindMatches transform allows you to identify duplicate or matching records in your dataset, even when the records do not have a common unique identifier and no fields match exactly. It makes it faster and easier […]
AWS – Amazon Rekognition improves accuracy of content moderation for images
Amazon Rekognition content moderation is a deep learning-based feature that can detect inappropriate, unwanted, or offensive images and videos, making it easier to find and remove such content at scale. Amazon Rekognition provides a detailed taxonomy across 35 sub-categories and 10 distinct top-level moderation categories. Starting today, Amazon Rekognition content moderation comes with an improved model […]
AWS – New and improved Amazon Athena console is now generally available
Amazon Athena’s redesigned console is now generally available in all AWS commercial and GovCloud regions where Athena is available. The new and improved console brings a modern, more personalized experience to all of the features you enjoy in the current console and includes several new features which make analyzing data with Athena more powerful and […]
AWS – AWS Snow Family now supports external NTP server configuration
AWS Snow Family now supports external Network Time Protocol (NTP) server configuration on Snowball Edge and Snowcone devices. By providing external NTP support, customers are able to synchronize device time with the NTP servers they provide. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon MQ now supports RabbitMQ version 3.8.23
You can now launch RabbitMQ 3.8.23 brokers on Amazon MQ. This patch update to RabbitMQ contains several fixes and enhancements compared to the previously supported version, RabbitMQ 3.8.22. Read More for the details.
AWS – AWS Amplify announces the ability to add custom AWS resources to Amplify-created backends using CDK and CloudFormation
Today, AWS Amplify announces a new “amplify add custom” command to add any of the 175+ AWS services to an Amplify-created backend using the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) or AWS CloudFormation. The AWS Amplify CLI is a command line toolchain that helps frontend developers create app backends in the cloud. The new ability to […]