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AWS – AWS Payments Cryptography announces support for post-quantum cryptography to secure data in transit
Today, AWS Payments Cryptography announces support for hybrid post-quantum (PQ) TLS to secure API calls. With this launch, customers can future-proof transmissions of sensitive data and commands using ML-KEM post-quantum cryptography. Enterprises operating highly regulated workloads wish to reduce post-quantum risks from “harvest now, decrypt later”. Long-lived data-in-transit can be recorded today, then decrypted in […]
AWS – Announcing a Fully Managed Appium Endpoint for AWS Device Farm
AWS Device Farm enables mobile and web developers to test their apps using real mobile devices and desktop browsers. Starting today, you can connect to a fully managed Appium endpoint using only a few lines of code and run interactive tests on multiple physical devices directly from your IDE or local machine. This feature also […]
AWS – EC2 Image Builder now supports auto-versioning and enhances Infrastructure as Code experience
Amazon EC2 Image Builder now supports automatic versioning for recipes and automatic build version incrementing for components, reducing the overhead of managing versions manually. This enables you to increment versions automatically and dynamically reference the latest compatible versions in your pipelines without manual updates. With automatic versioning, you no longer need to manually track and […]
AWS – Automated Reasoning checks now include natural language test Q&A generation
AWS announces the launch of natural language test Q&A generation for Automated Reasoning checks in Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. Automated Reasoning checks uses formal verification techniques to validate the accuracy and policy compliance of outputs from generative AI models. Automated Reasoning checks deliver up to 99% accuracy at detecting correct responses from LLMs, giving you provable […]
AWS – AWS IoT Core enhances IoT rules-SQL with variable setting and error handling capabilities
AWS IoT Core now supports a SET clause in IoT rules-SQL, which lets you set and reuse variables across SQL statements. This new feature provides a simpler SQL experience and ensures consistent content when variables are used multiple times. Additionally, a new get_or_default() function provides improved failure handling by returning default values while encountering data […]
AWS – Amazon EMR 7.12 now supports the Apache Iceberg v3 table format
Amazon EMR 7.12 is now available featuring the new Apache Iceberg v3 table format with Apache Iceberg 1.10. This release enables you to reduce costs when deleting data, strengthen governance and compliance through better tracking for row level changes, and enhance data security with more granular data access control. With Iceberg v3, you can delete […]
AWS – AWS WAF announces Web Bot Auth support
Today, we’re excited to announce the addition of Web Bot Auth (WBA) support in AWS WAF, providing a secure and standardized way to authenticate legitimate AI agents and automated tools accessing web applications. This new capability helps distinguish trusted bot traffic from potentially harmful automated access attempts. Web Bot Auth is an authentication method that […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora DSQL database clusters now support up to 256 TiB of storage volume
Amazon Aurora DSQL now supports a maximum storage limit of 256 TiB, doubling the previous limit of 128 TiB. Now, customers can store and manage larger datasets within a single database cluster, simplifying data management for large-scale applications. With Aurora DSQL, customers only pay for the storage they use and storage automatically scales with usage, […]
AWS – Aurora DSQL launches new Python, Node.js, and JDBC Connectors that simplify IAM authorization
Today we are announcing the release of Aurora DSQL Connectors for Python, Node.js, and JDBC that simplify IAM authorization for customers using standard PostgreSQL drivers to connect to Aurora DSQL clusters. These connectors act as transparent authentication layers that automatically handle IAM token generation, eliminating the need to write token generation code or manually supply […]
AWS – Second-generation AWS Outposts racks now supported in the AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region
Second-generation AWS Outposts racks are now supported in the AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region. Outposts racks extend AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to virtually any on-premises data center or colocation space for a truly consistent hybrid experience. Organizations from startups to enterprises and the public sector in and outside of Japan can now […]
