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GCP – Securely deploy ChromeOS Flex – from anywhere
Just three years ago, ChromeOS Flex was born with a mission to breathe new life into existing hardware, offering a modern, sustainable, and secure experience in the process. Today, we’re proud to have over 600 certified devices, and millions of ChromeOS Flex devices being used around the world every day. But we aren’t resting on […]
AWS – Introducing AI agents and tools in AWS Marketplace
AWS Marketplace now offers AI agents and tools from AWS Partners, allowing customers to find and buy third-party AI agent solutions with streamlined procurement and multiple deployment options. Customers can accelerate their discovery of AI agents and agent tools in a centralized catalog while enjoying the benefits of purchasing through AWS Marketplace and Partners can […]
AWS – AWS API MCP Server now available
Today, AWS announces the developer preview of the AWS API model context protocol (MCP) server, a new tool that enables foundation models (FMs) to interact with any AWS API through natural language by creating and executing syntactically correct and valid CLI commands. With the AWS API MCP Server, customers using popular MCP clients can streamline […]
GCP – Build with more flexibility: New open models arrive in the Vertex AI Model Garden
In our ongoing effort to provide businesses with the flexibility and choice needed to build innovative AI applications, we are expanding the catalog of open models available as Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) offerings in Vertex AI Model Garden. Following the addition of Llama 4 models earlier this year, we are announcing DeepSeek R1 is available for everyone […]
AWS – AWS Transform for mainframe introduces enhanced code refactoring and business logic capabilities
AWS Transform for mainframe now offers enhanced reforge and business logic extraction functionality to further streamline mainframe modernization. These new capabilities help organizations reduce modernization time, improve code quality and maintainability, and optimize modernization and migration costs. The reforge capability in AWS Transform for mainframe is now generally available, enhancing transformed Java code by restructuring […]
AWS – Amazon S3 Tables now supports Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server
Today, AWS announces the general availability of Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Amazon S3 Tables as a part of AWS MCP Servers. Now, you can use natural language to interact with S3 Tables through your preferred large language model (LLM), eliminating the need to write SQL queries. With the MCP Server for Amazon S3 […]
AWS – Customize Amazon Nova in Amazon SageMaker AI
Today, Amazon Nova is introducing the most comprehensive suite of model customization capabilities made available for any proprietary model family. Available as ready-to-use recipes on SageMaker AI, these capabilities allow customers to adapt Nova Micro, Nova Lite, and Nova Pro across the model training lifecycle, including pre-training, supervised fine-tuning, and alignment. Using these customization techniques, […]
AWS – Amazon Nova Sonic adds language support for French, Italian, German
Amazon Nova Sonic—a speech-to-speech foundation model—now supports French, Italian, and German, expanding on its existing coverage of English and Spanish. This update includes six additional expressive voices, offering both masculine and feminine-sounding options, to help developers create more natural and inclusive conversational AI experiences across a wider range of languages. In addition, Amazon Nova Sonic […]
AWS – AWS Deadline Cloud now supports Unreal Engine in Service-Managed Fleets
AWS Deadline Cloud has expanded its support for Unreal Engine in its Service-Managed Fleets. AWS Deadline Cloud is a fully managed service that simplifies render management for teams creating computer-generated graphics and visual effects using industry-standard tools for gaming, film, television, web content, and more. With this new feature, you can submit Unreal Engine 5.4, […]
AWS – AWS Knowledge MCP Server now available (Preview)
Today, AWS announces the preview release of AWS Knowledge Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, a new tool that surfaces authoritative AWS knowledge in an LLM-compatible format, including documentation, blog posts, What’s New announcements, and Well-Architected best practices. AWS Knowledge MCP Server enables clients and foundation models (FMs) that support MCP to ground their responses in […]