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GCP – Gemini CLI: Custom slash commands
Today, we’re announcing support for custom slash commands in Gemini CLI! This highly requested feature lets you define reusable prompts for streamlining interactions with Gemini CLI and helps improve efficiency across workflows. Slash commands can be defined in local .toml files or through Model Context Protocol (MCP) prompts. Get ready to transform how you leverage […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon OpenSearch Service launch pre-built dashboard for AWS Network Firewall
AWS announces a new AWS Network Firewall dashboard that enhances the integrated analytics experience between Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon OpenSearch Service. This expands the existing set of pre-built dashboards that include Amazon VPC, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS WAF logs. The dashboard delivers insights into network metrics, including traffic patterns, protocols, AWS PrivateLink endpoints, and TLS […]
AWS – AWS Entity Resolution launches advanced matching using Levenshtein, Cosine, and Soundex
Today, AWS Entity Resolution announces advanced rule-based fuzzy matching using Levenshtein Distance, Cosine Similarity, and Soundex algorithms to help organizations resolve consumer records across fragmented, inconsistent, and often incomplete datasets. This feature introduces tolerance for variations and typos, enabling potentially more accurate and flexible entity resolution without requiring the manual pre-processing of records. Advanced rule-based […]
AWS – Amazon Aurora MySQL 3.10 (compatible with MySQL 8.0.42) is now generally available
Starting today, Amazon Aurora MySQL – Compatible Edition 3 (with MySQL 8.0 compatibility) will support MySQL 8.0.42 through Aurora MySQL v3.10. In addition to several security enhancements and bug fixes, MySQL 8.0.42 contains performance improvements for parallel replication using writeset dependency tracking, as well as enhanced debugging capabilities within the InnoDB storage engine. Aurora MySQL […]
AWS – Database Insights adds support for fleets of Aurora Limitless databases
CloudWatch Database Insights announces support of fleet monitoring for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless databases. Database Insights is a database observability solution that provides a curated experience designed for DevOps engineers, application developers, and database administrators (DBAs) to expedite database troubleshooting and gain a holistic view into their database fleet health. Database Insights consolidates logs and […]
AWS – Amazon CloudFront introduces new origin response timeout controls
Amazon CloudFront now offers two capabilities to enhance origin timeout controls: a response completion timeout and support for custom response timeout values for Amazon S3 origins. These enhancements provide more granular control over origin response timeouts, allowing you to deliver consistent and reliable user experiences regardless of variation in network conditions or origin performance. Previously, […]
AWS – AWS announces 100G expansion in Chennai, India.
Today, AWS announced the expansion of 100 Gbps dedicated connections at the AWS Direct Connect location in the STT data center near Chennai, India. You can now establish private, direct network access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones from this location. This is the fourth […]
AWS – AWS Network Firewall is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region
Starting today, AWS Network Firewall is available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region, enabling customers to deploy essential network protections for all their Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). AWS Network Firewall is a managed firewall service that is easy to deploy. The service automatically scales with network traffic volume to provide high-availability protections without […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito is now available in Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) Regions
Amazon Cognito is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Thailand) and Mexico (Central) Regions. This launch introduces all Amazon Cognito features and tiers: Lite, Essentials, and Plus, allowing customers to use comprehensive and flexible authentication and access control features to implement secure, scalable, and customized sign-up and sign-in experiences for their application within minutes. […]
AWS – AWS Backup improves Aurora DSQL multi-Region restore workflow
AWS Backup now supports an improved restore workflow for Amazon Aurora DSQL multi-Region clusters, simplifying recovery for distributed SQL databases. This enhancement lets customers initiate restoration from a single region within the multi-Region cluster, while AWS Backup manages the entire process across all regions. AWS Backup now automatically identifies backup copies in peer regions, restores […]