All news with #product update tag

📰 OpenAI temporarily removed the five-hour usage restriction for Plus, Pro, and Business plans after a surge in demand for GPT-5.6 Sol over 48 hours. The company also reset current usage for all users and said it is rolling out efficiency improvements to reduce consumption by the model. This change affects how Codex and ChatGPT count local messages and cloud tasks against shared limits, giving users more uninterrupted access while preserving remaining weekly or plan-based caps.

📰 Anthropic has extended complimentary access to Claude Fable 5 for paid subscribers through July 19, 2026, allowing Pro, Max, Team, and eligible Enterprise seats to use the model without extra cost up to 50% of weekly subscription limits. The promotion also extends a 50% increase to Claude Code weekly usage limits. Fable 5 draws from the same weekly usage pool as other Claude models, uses credits faster, and the extension does not apply to Free users, standard Enterprise seats, usage-based Enterprise plans, or API access.

📍Amazon Location Service announced enhancements to its Places APIs, giving developers finer control over address formatting, multilingual place names, travel-optimized POI search, and drive-through data. Changes affect Geocode, ReverseGeocode, GetPlace, Suggest, Autocomplete, SearchNearby, and SearchText APIs. New parameters include AddressNamesMode, AddressNamesVariant, AddressTranslations, and TravelMode, plus a DriveThrough attribute and Parsing.AdditionalInfo in Geocode responses.

🛡️ AWS DMS Schema Conversion now supports Offline Source for Microsoft SQL Server, letting users extract metadata locally and upload it for conversion without direct database connectivity. This prevents firewall or VPN changes and simplifies security approvals while producing the same conversion results as connected workflows. Offline Source is suited for environments with strict access controls and is available for all DMS Schema Conversion targets at no extra conversion charge.

🚀 Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) now supports R8g.24xlarge and R8g.48xlarge instances powered by AWS Graviton4 processors with DDR5 memory. These instance sizes—R8g.24xlarge (96 vCPUs, 768 GiB) and R8g.48xlarge (192 vCPUs, 1,536 GiB)—deliver higher throughput and larger in-memory working sets for demanding workloads. Available for DocumentDB 5.0+ on Standard and IO-Optimized storage; customers can modify clusters via the Console, CLI, or SDK.

🧭 AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) Schema Conversion now integrates AI agent automation via the AWS MCP Server. Agents like Kiro, Claude Code, and Cursor can connect and run migration workflows from IDEs using natural language, performing tasks such as creating projects, browsing source metadata, converting schemas, and exporting results. The dms-schema-conversion skill provides predefined procedures and operational sequencing to guide agents and reduce trial-and-error, and agents can assist with converting stored procedures, functions, and triggers. This capability is available for all existing DMS Schema Conversion engine pairs at no additional charge; regional availability is listed on the Supported AWS Regions page.

🔔 AWS Partner Central now lets partners share qualifications across connected partner and seller accounts, enabling consolidation of partnership standing beyond revenue attribution. Partners can share Associate qualifications including specializations, certifications, and select program enrollments across subsidiary and primary accounts, with subsidiary display names updated to show affiliation and tier recalculated using combined scorecard metrics. Partner Revenue Measurement (PRM) continues to attribute combined revenue, while qualification sharing yields a unified public profile and consolidated scorecard. This capability is available today in all commercial AWS Regions and can be self-serviced through AWS Partner Central under Account Connections.

🚀 Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances are now available in additional regions, including Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and multiple Europe Regions (London, Stockholm). Powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors, they deliver up to 43% higher performance and 3.3x more memory bandwidth versus the prior generation. These instances offer up to 384 vCPUs, 3 TiB memory, and 22.8 TB NVMe SSD storage, and support Instance Bandwidth Configuration for flexible network and EBS allocation. Customers can purchase them via Savings Plans, On-Demand, and Spot offerings.

🚀 Amazon EC2 M8gd and R8gd instances are now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and (US-West). These Graviton4-powered instances provide up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe SSD storage, up to 50 Gbps network and 40 Gbps EBS bandwidth, and up to 30% better performance versus Graviton3. Customers can adjust network and EBS bandwidth by 25% using instance bandwidth weighting and use EFA on the largest sizes.

🛠️ Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports custom asset types for IAM-based domains, allowing administrators to catalog diverse asset formats such as medical images, PowerBI dashboards, or PDF reports. Administrators define a type with name, description, and optional metadata forms; assets created from those types can include glossary terms and README documentation. Published assets are discoverable and subscribable through the same governed workflow used for other catalog items and are available in all Regions where Unified Studio is offered.

🚀 Amazon SageMaker Feature Store now supports high-throughput ingestion and record discovery with new APIs and offline-store naming options. Data scientists can use BatchWriteRecord to write multiple records across feature groups in one request, and ListRecords to page through record identifiers without prior knowledge. Offline-store configuration now allows creating Glue and Iceberg tables with custom names, simplifying cataloging and management.

📰 Microsoft will remove the OWA Light experience from on-premises Exchange Server in an upcoming update. The Exchange Team says retiring OWA Light reduces legacy surface area, simplifies engineering, and lets them focus on the full Outlook on the web experience. Administrators can proactively disable OWA Light via PowerShell using Set-OwaMailboxPolicy and Set-OwaVirtualDirectory commands. The change is expected in August 2026 after OWA Light was deprecated in August 2024.

🚀 Amazon EC2 M8gd and R8gd instances are now available in additional AWS Regions, including Europe (Paris, Stockholm, Milan) and Asia Pacific (Mumbai, Osaka, Melbourne, Singapore, Taipei). These instances use AWS Graviton4 processors, offer up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe SSD storage, and deliver up to 30% better performance versus Graviton3. They support up to 50 Gbps network and 40 Gbps Amazon EBS bandwidth, with configurable bandwidth weighting and select sizes offering Elastic Fabric Adapter support.

🚀 Amazon Redshift now supports Graviton-based RG instances on the trailing track (P201) as of July 7, 2026. Customers can choose rg.4xlarge and rg.xlarge instance types for production workloads prioritizing stability, using the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDKs. RG instances deliver up to 2.4x faster query performance than RA3 at 30% lower price per vCPU. Provision a new cluster or resize an existing cluster to migrate to RG on the trailing track.

📢 Amazon Connect Customer now supports forecasting, capacity planning, and scheduling for Tasks and Emails, enabling unified workforce optimization across Voice, Chat, Tasks, and Email workloads. The service accounts for each channel's unique characteristics—such as concurrent handling, varying work durations, and specific service levels—so forecasts and schedules reflect real operations. Organizations can generate unified forecasts and create schedules that allocate agents efficiently across channels, ensuring consistent service levels.

🚀 AWS released Neuron 2.31.0, introducing NKI 0.5.0 with MX FP8 scale dtype, tensor indirection for indexed access patterns, and zero-cost NkiTensor view APIs. The release also brings the Neuron UltraServer Operator for Amazon EKS in public beta to automate UltraServer discovery and workload claims for Trainium UltraServer workloads. The Neuron Compiler now uses a redesigned codegen backend enabled by default on Trn2 and Trn3 for improved performance, while Runtime and Explorer add usability and debugging improvements.

🔔 Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Managed Instances now charges lower management fees for GPU and accelerated instance types. Effective July 1, 2026, G-series fees are reduced by 35% and P-series and AWS Trainium fees by 60%, applied automatically with no customer action required. ECS Managed Instances continues to provision, configure, and operate optimal EC2 instances while offering GPU-specific metrics in Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights and automatic GPU health monitoring.

🚀 Amazon EMR Serverless now supports larger worker configurations of up to 32 vCPUs and 244 GB of memory, enabling more compute- and memory-intensive workloads. Previously, the largest worker offered was 16 vCPUs with up to 120 GB of memory. Larger workers improve runtime performance and cost profiles by reducing inefficient shuffle transfers, lowering out-of-memory risks for skewed jobs, and allowing more data to be cached in memory. These workers are available in all AWS Regions where EMR Serverless is offered.

🔔 Amazon EKS Auto Mode now reduces management fees for GPU and accelerated instance types, effective July 1, 2026. G-series Auto Mode fees drop 35%, while P-series and AWS Trainium fees drop 60%, applied automatically to existing clusters. EKS Auto Mode includes accelerator-focused features like parallel image pulling and accelerator-aware node repair to speed startup and improve reliability for ML and rendering workloads. The pricing change applies in all Regions where EKS Auto Mode is available and mirrors identical reductions for ECS Managed Instances.

🛠️ AWS Systems Manager now connects to Azure Virtual Machines without manual agent installs or per-node advanced tier fees. Create a Cloud Connector to deploy the SSM Agent at scale so Azure VMs appear alongside EC2 in a unified console. Manage them with Session Manager, Automation, Run Command, State Manager, Patch Manager, and Inventory from a single workflow. Advanced Instances Tier is removed; pay-as-you-go for non-EC2 session and command usage begins Sept 30, 2026.