We are excited to announce that Amazon SageMaker Studio now supports automatically shutting down applications after a period of inactivity. Starting today, administrators can configure idle shutdown time for JupyterLab and CodeEditor applications that use Amazon SageMaker Distribution image version 2.0 or newer. Administrators can set idle shutdown time on SageMaker domain or user profile […]

AWS Lambda now supports tagging Event Source Mappings (ESM) and Code Signing Config (CSC) resources. Tags are simple key-value pairs that customers can assign to AWS resources to easily organize, search, identify resources, and control access. Previously, customer tagging was limited to Lambda Function resources. With today’s launch, customers can now use tag-based controls to […]

Starting today, Amazon EC2 Instance Connect now supports Internet Protocol Version 6(IPv6). Customers moving to IPv6 can now connect to their instances with a single click or command using EC2 Instance Connect over IPv6. Amazon EC2 Instance Connect provides a single-click and single command Secure shell(SSH) based connectivity to instances. Until today, EC2 Instance Connect, […]

Amazon WorkSpaces announces support for graphics bundles (G4dn instances) for WorkSpaces Pools. The customers can now run their graphics-intensive and accelerated applications on Windows using AWS G4dn graphics instance with WorkSpaces Pools. The Graphics G4dn bundles offer cost-effective solutions for graphics applications optimized for NVIDIA GPUs using NVIDIA libraries such as CUDA, CuDNN, OptiX, and […]

The Jamba 1.5 Model Family from AI21 Labs is now available in Amazon Bedrock. Jamba 1.5 Large and 1.5 Mini are cutting-edge foundation models designed for enterprise applications. With a 256k effective context window, one of the longest on the market, these models enable customers to tackle complex tasks like lengthy document summarization and analysis. […]

You can now use the bandwidth reduction filter in AWS Elemental MediaLive to improve encoding efficiency. The bandwidth reduction filter improves video encoding efficiency by an average of 7%, reducing bandwidth and storage while maintaining comparable video quality. You can save on transmission, content distribution, and storage without compromising the viewing experience. The bandwidth reduction […]

AWS Lambda now supports Amazon Linux 2023 runtimes in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. This includes the following runtimes: Python 3.12, Node.js 20, Java 21, .NET 8, Ruby 3.3, and Amazon Linux 2023 (provided.al2023). Each runtime is available as both a managed runtime and a container base image. We will automatically apply updates to each […]

The Amazon Time Sync Service now supports clock synchronization within microseconds of UTC on Amazon EC2 instances in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) and US East (Ohio) regions. Built on Amazon’s proven network infrastructure and the AWS Nitro System, customers can now access local, GPS-disciplined reference clocks on supported EC2 instances. These clocks can be used […]