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🔌 The Aurora DSQL Driver for SQLTools and the Aurora DSQL Plugin for DBeaver Community Edition are now available, enabling developers and DBAs to run queries, explore schemas, and manage data from popular database clients. Both integrations transparently handle AWS IAM authentication and access-token management, removing the need to write token-generation code or manually supply IAM tokens. The SQLTools driver supports Visual Studio Code and is published on Open VSX for VS Code–compatible editors, while the DBeaver plugin is built on the Aurora DSQL Connector for JDBC. Together they enable password-free, IAM-based access to Aurora DSQL clusters for improved security and ease of use.

🧪 AWS has launched the Amazon Aurora DSQL Playground, a browser-based interactive sandbox that enables developers to evaluate Aurora DSQL without an AWS account. Users can write and execute SQL, test schema designs, and explore PostgreSQL-compatible distributed SQL capabilities with no setup. The playground offers temporary clusters and sample datasets to accelerate prototyping and learning prior to production deployment.

🚀 Amazon has launched EC2 R8a instances in the Europe (Ireland) region, powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors (formerly Turin) with up to 4.5 GHz frequency. R8a offers up to 30% higher performance and up to 19% better price-performance versus R7a, along with 45% more memory bandwidth and up to 60% faster GroovyJVM. Built on the AWS Nitro System with sixth-generation Nitro Cards, the family includes 12 sizes (two bare metal) and is SAP-certified. To begin, sign in to the AWS Management Console.

🚀 Starting today, Amazon EC2 M8i and M8i-flex instances are available in the Africa (Cape Town) region, powered by a custom Intel Xeon 6 processor exclusive to AWS. The new instances deliver up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5× the memory bandwidth versus previous Intel-based generations, and up to 20% higher performance than the M7i family for many workloads. M8i-flex targets common general-purpose sizes (large through 16xlarge) for cost-optimized workloads, while M8i provides larger, SAP-certified configurations including two bare-metal options and a new 96xlarge. Sign in to the AWS Management Console to evaluate and deploy these shapes.

📍 Amazon Location Service now provides curated AI agent context delivered as a Kiro power, a Claude Code plugin, and an open Agent Skills-format agent skill. The context supplies pre-validated implementation patterns and step-by-step instructions for common location features such as address entry, map display, nearest-store lookup, routing, and geofencing. Developers can load it into tools like Kiro, Claude Code, and Cursor to improve code accuracy, accelerate feature implementation, and reduce iteration time when integrating Amazon Location APIs.

🚀 Today AWS announced general availability of M8gn and M8gb metal-24xl and metal-48xl instances powered by AWS Graviton4, delivering up to 30% better compute than Graviton3. M8gn adds 6th‑generation Nitro Cards and offers up to 600 Gbps networking and up to 60 Gbps EBS bandwidth for network‑intensive workloads; M8gb targets high block storage throughput with up to 300 Gbps EBS and up to 400 Gbps networking. Both families support EFA on larger sizes and the new metal sizes are available in US East (N. Virginia).

🖥️ Amazon updated WorkSpaces Applications to support up to 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution on non‑accelerated instance types and across all client connection modes. The change provides a consistent, high-quality streaming experience—in native application mode, classic application mode, or desktop view—so users with 4K or ultra-wide (21:9) displays see improved clarity without requiring graphics-accelerated instances. The capability is available at no additional cost in all Regions and requires an agent dated on or after February 4, 2026, or managed image updates dated on or after February 18, 2026.

🛡️ AWS Backup now supports Amazon Neptune in five additional AWS Regions: Europe (Zurich), Asia Pacific (Melbourne), Canada West (Calgary), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), and Europe (Spain). This expansion extends policy-based data protection and recovery to Neptune clusters in those Regions. To protect clusters, add them to an existing backup plan or create a new plan and attach your Neptune clusters via the AWS Backup console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDKs. Review product documentation and pricing for details.

🔒 The Fulu Foundation has offered a US $10,000 bounty to anyone who can modify Ring doorbell cameras so they operate locally and stop sending footage to Amazon's servers. The prize requires a demonstrable method to redirect recordings to an owner's own computer or server rather than to cloud services. The initiative follows public privacy backlash over Ring's Super Bowl ad and broader worries about data ownership and consent.

🔖 AWS Compute Optimizer now automatically tags EBS snapshots it creates when snapshotting and deleting unattached Amazon Elastic Block Store volumes. The tag — aws:compute-optimizer:automation-event-id — stores the unique automation event identifier, linking each snapshot to the optimization action that produced it. This makes it easier to identify, track, and manage snapshots created through manual or automated optimization workflows. The feature is available in all Regions where Compute Optimizer Automation is provided.

⚡ AWS announced that AWS Observability is now available as a Kiro Power, enabling AI agent-assisted workflows to speed investigation of application and infrastructure health issues. The power packages four MCP servers—CloudWatch, Application Signals, CloudTrail, and AWS Documentation—to supply contextual observability, tracing, security signals, and references. It also provides automated gap analysis to identify missing instrumentation and eight steering guides to accelerate incident response and observability improvements.

🎥 AWS Elemental Inference is now generally available as a fully managed AI service that converts live and on-demand broadcasts into mobile-optimized vertical formats and generates highlight clips in real time. Running alongside encoding, the service offers vertical cropping and advanced metadata analysis using an agentic AI that requires no prompts or human-in-the-loop. In beta, large media companies reported 34% or greater savings on AI-powered live video workflows; the service is available in select AWS Regions.

📌 Amazon RDS Snapshot Export to S3 is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) regions, enabling you to export snapshot data in Apache Parquet format for analytics, retention, and machine learning workflows. The export runs directly on snapshots — including manual, automated system, and AWS Backup snapshots — without impacting database performance. Exported Parquet files can be analyzed with Amazon Athena, Amazon SageMaker, Redshift Spectrum, or big data frameworks like Apache Spark. You can initiate exports from the RDS console, AWS SDK, or CLI with just a few clicks.

⚙️ AWS Deadline Cloud now supports grouping short tasks into executable chunks to improve run-time efficiency and reduce cost. Users can specify a fixed chunk size or set a target run time, and Deadline Cloud will dynamically adjust grouping as the job progresses to meet that target. The feature addresses workloads with many short-duration tasks or environments that have long startup times. It is available in all Regions where AWS Deadline Cloud is supported.

🔍 AWS Elemental MediaConvert introduces the free Probe API, a fast metadata analysis tool that reads file headers to return codec, pixel format, color space, and container information without processing full video content. The Probe API is optimized for efficiency and designed to speed validation and decision-making in media workflows. It supports automation scenarios, including integration with Step Functions, so encoding decisions can be made based on source file characteristics. The feature is available in any region where MediaConvert operates.

🔍 AWS has enhanced Trusted Advisor's unused NAT Gateway detection by leveraging AWS Compute Optimizer data and additional CloudWatch metrics over a 32-day lookback. The check now verifies route table associations to avoid flagging critical backup gateways, reducing false positives. Each recommendation includes estimated monthly cost savings and is accessible in the Trusted Advisor console or via APIs. Organizations must opt in to Cost Optimization Hub and Compute Optimizer to use the enhanced recommendations.

✨Amazon Web Services has made Amazon Q Developer artifacts generally available in the AWS Management Console. The generative AI-based experience renders resource queries as tables and cost queries as interactive charts, and relocates the Q icon to the navigation bar with the chat panel moved to the left for easier access. Users can run prompts from a Prompt Library, open artifacts in a side panel, and expand to full-screen for focused analysis. Artifacts are available in all Regions where Amazon Q Developer is offered.

📺 AWS has made Elemental Media Services available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region, enabling local ingestion, transport, transcoding, packaging, and delivery. The expansion includes MediaConnect, MediaLive, MediaPackage, MediaConvert, and MediaTailor. Broadcasters and streaming platforms can now process live and VOD workflows closer to Malaysian audiences to reduce latency and improve video quality while supporting server-side ad insertion and multi-device delivery.

💰 Amazon Web Services now offers 3-year Serverless Reservations for Amazon Redshift Serverless, a discounted commitment option that can save up to 45% and improve cost predictability. Reservations commit a specified number of Redshift Processing Units (RPUs) for a three-year term with a no-upfront payment option, are billed hourly and metered per second, and can be shared across accounts at the payer level. Any usage beyond the committed RPU level is charged at standard on-demand rates.

☁️ Amazon has expanded S3 Tables to AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West), bringing integrated Apache Iceberg support and automated table maintenance to regulated cloud regions. S3 Tables continuously optimize storage layout and query performance while leveraging Intelligent-Tiering to manage costs based on access patterns without performance impact. The capability enables querying by popular AWS and third-party engines and reduces operational overhead for data lake teams.