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Amazon ECS Managed Instances: Fully Managed EC2 Compute

⚙️ AWS today introduced Amazon ECS Managed Instances, a fully managed compute option that provisions, configures, and operates Amazon EC2 instances on behalf of customers to reduce infrastructure overhead. You specify task requirements (vCPUs, memory, CPU architecture) or desired instance types and ECS automatically selects and manages optimal instances. The service dynamically scales capacity, optimizes task placement, and applies security patching on a 14-day cadence with support for scheduled EC2 event windows.

Amazon FSx for Lustre Now in US West (Phoenix) Local Zone

⚡ Customers can now create Amazon FSx for Lustre file systems in the AWS US West (Phoenix) Local Zone, bringing managed high-performance shared storage closer to compute and end users. The service supports demanding workloads such as machine learning, high performance computing (HPC), video processing, financial modeling, and electronic design automation. This local-zone availability reduces latency, improves throughput for data-intensive workloads, and can lower cross-zone or cross-region transfer overhead for applications that require fast, parallel I/O.

AWS B2B Data Interchange Adds Transformation Status

🔍 AWS has added transformation status reporting to the AWS B2B Data Interchange console, enabling operators to view processing outcomes and validation results for EDI transformations in a single interface. The console presents timelines and statuses for up to 10,000 recent input–output pairs per partnership and highlights errors and validation details to speed troubleshooting. This capability covers ANSI X12 and other EDI flows to and from JSON and XML and is available in all Regions where the service runs; AWS provides a user guide and a self-paced workshop to help teams get started.

AWS ParallelCluster 3.14 Adds P6e-GB200 and P6-B200

🚀 AWS has released ParallelCluster 3.14, adding support for the new P6e-GB200 and P6-B200 instance types and introducing prioritized allocation strategies to improve instance placement. The update also adds NICE DCV support for Amazon Linux 2023 and brings kernel 6.12. Administrators gain chef-client log visibility in the instance system console. The release enhances ParallelCluster’s ability to provision and manage HPC clusters on AWS.

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Adds IPv6 Dual-Stack Support

🌐 Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling (ASG) now supports IPv6, enabling dual‑stack (IPv4 and IPv6) configurations for Auto Scaling groups. IPv6 provides a vastly larger address space, letting you assign contiguous ranges to microservices and achieve near‑unlimited scale. Support is available in all commercial AWS regions (except New Zealand) and in GovCloud regions where ASG is offered. Configure networks and addressing via AWS documentation.

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 Now Available on Vertex AI

🚀 Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 is now generally available on Vertex AI, delivering advanced long-horizon autonomy for agents across coding, finance, research, and cybersecurity. The model can operate independently for hours, orchestrating tools and coordinating multiple agents to complete complex, multi-step tasks. Vertex AI provides orchestration, provisioning, security controls, and developer tooling, and includes Claude Code upgrades like a VS Code extension and an improved terminal interface.

Amazon ECS Adds Native IPv6-Only Task and Service Support

🚀 Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) now supports running tasks and services in IPv6-only subnets, eliminating the prior requirement for IPv4 addresses. This enables containerized applications to scale without IPv4 address constraints and helps organizations meet IPv6 compliance mandates. The capability works across all ECS launch types and networking modes; create IPv6-only VPC subnets and ECS will provision networking automatically. See the task networking documentation and a blog walkthrough for launch-specific details and migration guidance.

Grok 4 Arrives in Azure AI Foundry for Business Use

🔒 Microsoft and xAI have brought Grok 4 to Azure AI Foundry, combining a 128K-token context window, native tool use, and integrated web search with enterprise safety controls and compliance checks. The release highlights first-principles reasoning and enhanced problem solving across STEM and humanities tasks, plus variants optimized for reasoning, speed, and code. Azure AI Content Safety is enabled by default and Microsoft publishes a model card with safety and evaluation details. Pricing and deployment tiers are available through Azure.

Brave Launches Ask Brave to Merge AI Chat and Search

🔎 Ask Brave unifies traditional search and AI chat into a single, privacy-focused interface accessible at search.brave.com/ask. The free feature combines search results with AI-generated responses and supports follow-up interaction in a chat-style format. Users can invoke it with a trailing “??”, the Ask button, or the Ask tab; it runs in standard or deep research modes.

Amazon Connect Dashboards: Compare Any Time Range Easily

📊 Amazon Connect dashboards now let you select and compare arbitrary time ranges — up to 35 days within the past three months — and include Week to Date and Month to Date presets. This makes it easier for contact center teams to focus on specific periods and run side-by-side comparisons of metrics such as handle time or contact volume. For example, managers can compare a current campaign’s metrics to the same range last week to decide if additional staffing is required. Amazon Connect Contact Lens dashboards are available in all AWS commercial regions and AWS GovCloud (US-West).

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 Now Available in Bedrock

🚀 Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 is now available through Amazon Bedrock, providing managed API access to the company’s most capable model. The model leads SWE-bench Verified benchmarks with improved instruction following, stronger code-refactoring judgment, and enhanced production-ready code generation. Bedrock adds automated context editing and a memory tool to extend usable context and boost accuracy for long-running agents across global regions.

Cloudflare Birthday Week 2025: Product and Policy Recap

🚀 Cloudflare’s Birthday Week 2025 summarized a broad set of product, policy, and community initiatives designed to strengthen the open Internet and prepare for AI-era and quantum threats. Highlights included a goal to hire 1,111 interns in 2026, new startup hubs, and expanded free developer access for students and non‑profits, plus sponsorships of open-source projects like Ladybird and Omarchy. Technical announcements ranged from post‑quantum upgrades and a Rust-based core proxy to R2 SQL, the Cloudflare Data Platform, Workers performance and security hardening, and new AI safety and bot-management tools.

OpenAI Trials Free ChatGPT Plus and Expands $4 GPT Go

🔔 OpenAI is testing a limited free trial for ChatGPT Plus while expanding its lower-cost $4 GPT Go plan to Indonesia after an initial launch in India. Some existing users see a “start free trial” prompt on the ChatGPT pricing page, though new accounts may be excluded to limit abuse. The $4 option and the $20 Plus tier both provide access to GPT-5 with differing levels of memory, image creation, and research capabilities, and a $200 Pro tier targets heavier professional use.

Kaspersky adds notification anti-phishing for Android

🔒 Kaspersky has added a Notification Protection layer to Kaspersky for Android that detects and blocks malicious links embedded in app notifications. The feature automatically hides suspected links and replaces them with a Kaspersky notice titled 'Dangerous link detected,' preserving the original text minus the link. Kaspersky says scanning is automated and no employee reads private messages. Users must enable Accessibility and notification permissions and can combine this with Safe Messaging and Safe Browsing for fuller protection.

AWS Network Firewall Adds Reject and Alert for Domain Rules

🔒 AWS Network Firewall now supports Reject and Alert actions for stateful domain list rule groups via the console, enabling more granular control over domain-based traffic. The Reject action blocks specified domains, while the Alert action logs and monitors traffic without disrupting flows. This feature is available in all Regions and supports TLS inspection configuration through the VPC Console or the Network Firewall API, helping organizations refine policy enforcement and observability.

Amazon Bedrock Launches in Middle East (UAE) Region

🚀 Amazon Bedrock is now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region, enabling customers to build, experiment with, and scale generative AI applications using a broad selection of foundation models (FMs) and integrated developer tools. The managed service provides capabilities to deploy and operate agents and production workloads with built-in controls for security and operational management. Customers in the region can begin using Bedrock today and should consult the documentation for supported models, APIs, and recommended practices.

Amazon Bedrock Available in Thailand, Malaysia, and Taipei

🚀 Amazon has launched Amazon Bedrock in the Asia Pacific (Thailand), Asia Pacific (Malaysia), and Asia Pacific (Taipei) regions, enabling local customers to build and scale generative AI applications using a range of foundation models and developer tools. The managed service supports deploying agents and productionizing models to shorten the path from experimentation to real-world deployment. Customers can expect improved latency, regional data residency options, and integration with AWS operational and security services.

AWS Backup Launches in Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region

🔔 AWS Backup is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region, offering centrally managed, policy-driven protection for compute, storage, and database resources. The fully managed service supports immutable recovery points and vaults to guard against accidental or malicious deletions and to enable reliable restores after data loss. Customers can set up protection via the console, SDKs, or CLI and assign resources using tags or Resource IDs.

Amazon Bedrock Now Available in Israel (Tel Aviv) Region

🚀 Beginning today, Amazon Bedrock is available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) region, enabling customers to build and scale generative AI applications with local infrastructure. The managed service connects organizations to a variety of foundation models (FMs) and provides tools to deploy and operate agents, reducing time-to-production. Local availability can lower latency, support regional compliance needs, and help move projects from experimentation to real-world deployment.

CrowdStrike Adds Correlation Rule Template Discovery

🔍 CrowdStrike has launched the Correlation Rule Template Discovery dashboard in Falcon Next-Gen SIEM to help SOC teams discover and operationalize high-value detection content more quickly. The centralized dashboard maps templates to onboarded telemetry, offers precision search and filtering by data source and MITRE ATT&CK tactics, and exposes quick actions to test and deploy templates as active correlation rules. It highlights new and updated templates, provides compatibility analysis, and surfaces curated research and enablement guidance to accelerate detection and reduce noise.