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AWS – VPC DNS Query Logging now available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region
Today, we are announcing the availability of Route 53 Resolver Query Logging in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region. Route 53 Resolver Query Logging enables you to log DNS queries that originate in your Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs). With query logging enabled, you can see which domain names have been queried, the AWS resources […]
AWS – Meta’s Llama 3.1 8B and 70B models are now available for fine-tuning in Amazon Bedrock
Amazon Bedrock now supports fine-tuning for Meta’s Llama 3.1 70B and 8B models, enabling businesses to customize these generative AI models with their own data. The Llama 3.1 models offer significant improvements over earlier versions, including a 128K context length—16 times greater than Llama 3—allowing you to access and process larger volumes of information from […]
AWS – New look for AWS Marketplace product detail pages
AWS Marketplace has launched a refresh of its product detail pages, providing customers with an improved discovery and evaluation experience that includes a new modern design and rich content. The updated pages offer a streamlined content layout that surfaces accessible content, such as videos, alongside product highlights. Other enhancements include a searchable pricing section, and […]
AWS – AWS Blu Age Runtime non managed now available in 11 more regions
AWS Blu Age Runtime non managed is now available in eleven additional AWS Regions. The AWS Blu Age Runtime offers a unified execution framework for Blu Age modernized applications. It empowers you to deploy modernized applications seamlessly on AWS compute infrastructure, leveraging the flexibility of pay-as-you-go billing. With the new regions, you’ll have additional options […]
AWS – Amazon Location Service achieves FedRAMP High authorization
Amazon Location Service is a FedRAMP High authorized service in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. Federal agencies, public sector organizations and other enterprises with FedRAMP High compliance requirements can now leverage Amazon Location Service in their applications. Amazon Location Service is a location-based service that helps developers easily and securely add maps, search places and […]
AWS – Amazon Connect now provides published forecast data in analytics data lake
Amazon Connect now provides published forecast (short-term and long-term) data in the analytics data lake, making it easier for you to generate reports and insights from this data. With published forecast data in data lake, you can build dashboards that compare forecasts against actuals or view this data in conjunction with other data sets such […]
AWS – AWS India customers can now setup automated recurring payments on their cards
AWS India customers can now set up automated recurring payments to pay their monthly AWS invoices, through e-mandates on their debit and credit cards. As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, e-mandates allow customers to schedule automatic payments using saved cards. The automated recurring payments will streamline the bill payment process for customers. Once […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 R7gd instances now available in additional regions
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R7gd instances with up to 3.8 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage are available in Asia Pacific (Jakarta, Hong Kong), Middle East (UAE), and AWS GovCloud (US-East, US-West) Regions. R7gd are powered by AWS Graviton3 processors with DDR5 memory are built on the AWS Nitro System. […]
GCP – Unity Ads uses Memorystore to power up to 10 million operations per second
Editor’s note: Unity Ads, a mobile advertising platform, previously relying on its own self-managed Redis infrastructure, was searching for a solution that scales better for various use cases and reduces maintenance overhead. Unity migrated their workloads to Memorystore for Redis Cluster, a fully managed service designed for high-performance workloads. Their infrastructure now handles up to […]
GCP – Hybrid Russian Espionage and Influence Campaign Aims to Compromise Ukrainian Military Recruits and Deliver Anti-Mobilization Narratives
In September 2024, Google Threat Intelligence Group (consisting of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant) discovered UNC5812, a suspected Russian hybrid espionage and influence operation, delivering Windows and Android malware using a Telegram persona named “Civil Defense”. “Civil Defense” claims to be a provider of free software programs designed to enable potential conscripts to […]