All news with #product update tag

🔧 Microsoft provided a temporary workaround for users whose Outlook desktop client freezes after installing this month's Windows security updates. The bug affects POP accounts and configurations that store PST files on cloud-backed storage such as OneDrive or Dropbox, and has been reported on Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2, Windows 10, and multiple Windows Server releases. Microsoft recommends accessing mail via webmail, moving PST files out of OneDrive, or uninstalling the KB5074109/KB5073724 updates via Settings > Windows Update > Update history > Uninstall updates, while warning that removing security updates increases exposure to threats.

🌐 AWS has expanded availability of second-generation Outposts racks to 20 additional countries, enabling customers to deploy AWS infrastructure and services on-premises for low-latency access, data residency, and local processing. These racks support the latest x86 Amazon EC2 instance families (C7i, M7i, R7i) with up to 40% better performance versus first-generation racks, and they introduce simplified network scaling plus a new class of accelerated networking instances optimized for ultra-low latency and high throughput.

🔍 ChatGPT Atlas is testing a new

🛡️ OpenAI has introduced an age-prediction model in ChatGPT that analyzes conversation topics and usage patterns to infer whether a user is a teen or an adult and apply safety-related content restrictions. The system can err and may sometimes flag adults as teens; users 18+ who are mistakenly restricted can complete an age verification flow through the partner Persona, which may require a live selfie and a government-issued ID. Persona reportedly deletes verification material within seven days, and confirmed adults will have the extra safety settings removed after verification.

📦 Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) now supports cross-repository layer sharing via a capability called blob mounting. By enabling this registry-level setting through the ECR console or AWS CLI, teams can reuse identical image layers across repositories to accelerate image pushes and reduce duplicate storage. Blob mounting is available in all AWS commercial and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions and is applied automatically during image push operations.

🔁 Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now supports cross-Region subscriptions and IAM role-based subscriptions, enabling teams to subscribe to AWS Glue and Amazon Redshift tables and views published in different AWS Regions. Cross-Region support helps break down data silos and removes the need for manual replication. IAM role-based subscriptions let users request access without creating a SageMaker project, simplifying governance. These APIs are available via the SageMaker console, Amazon DataZone API, SDK, and AWS CLI.

🔌 AWS IoT Device Management now offers the managed integrations feature in the Middle East (UAE), enabling local organizations to onboard and manage diverse IoT devices via a single interface. The capability includes device SDKs and protocol support for ZigBee, Z-Wave, Matter, and Wi‑Fi, along with partner cloud-to-cloud connectors and 80+ device data model templates. These tools help developers accelerate integrations for home security, energy management, and elderly care monitoring, regardless of whether devices connect directly, through hubs, or via third-party clouds.

🚀 Firestore Enterprise introduces an advanced query engine with more than a hundred new pipeline operations available in preview. The update lets developers chain stages for aggregations, grouping, filtering and array unnesting, reducing reliance on mandatory indexes for many queries. It also adds precise index controls, query explain and query insights for deeper observability, and a clearer pricing model aimed at lowering read and storage costs.

🖱️ Microsoft released PowerToys 0.97, introducing CursorWrap, a new mouse utility that 'teleports' the pointer to the opposite edge of active monitors to ease navigation across multi-monitor setups. The update also brings major improvements to the Command Palette quick launcher, adding built-in extensions to control other PowerToys, Peek file previews, a Personalization page, and a Remote Desktop extension. PowerToys is available via the Microsoft Store and GitHub.

🔧 Amazon QuickSight has enhanced its SPICE in-memory engine to support datasets up to 2 TB, doubling the prior 1 TB limit, while optimizing ingestion and refresh to reduce time to insight. String length limits have been increased from 2K to 64K Unicode characters and timestamp support extended from year 1400 back to 0001. These capabilities are available in Enterprise Editions across supported regions.

🔁 Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments now provide faster switchover for single-Region configurations, typically reducing writer-node downtime to five seconds or lower. Applications using the AWS Advanced JDBC Driver typically see cutovers of two seconds or lower because DNS propagation delays are avoided. The enhancement supports Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS engines — including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB — in all AWS Regions, and you can apply changes such as major engine upgrades, maintenance updates, and instance scaling via the Amazon RDS Console or CLI in a few clicks.

🚀 AWS has expanded support for Graviton4-based R8g, plus R7g and R7i, across additional regions for Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS. The launch adds R8g availability in Hong Kong, Osaka, Jakarta, Seoul, Singapore and Canada (Central), with R7i in Hyderabad and R7g in Cape Town. Graviton4 instances deliver up to 40% higher performance and up to 29% better price/performance versus Graviton3, and introduce 24xlarge/48xlarge sizes (up to 192 vCPUs) with DDR5, high networking, and enhanced EBS bandwidth. Instances can be launched via the RDS console or AWS CLI; consult engine-version documentation and RDS pricing for details.

📊 Amazon QuickSight now lets dashboard readers customize tables and pivot tables directly within dashboards, including adding or removing fields, changing aggregations, and modifying formatting without requiring updates from dashboard authors. These in-dashboard edits enable users to tailor views for specific analyses—for example, sales managers can add revenue breakdowns by category while finance teams switch aggregations from sum to average. The features are available in Enterprise Edition across all supported QuickSight regions; see the AWS blog for usage guidance.

🔍 Amazon has expanded CloudWatch Database Insights on-demand analysis to four additional Regions: Asia Pacific (New Zealand), Asia Pacific (Taipei), Asia Pacific (Thailand), and Mexico (Central). The on-demand experience uses machine learning to compare selected time periods against normal baselines, detect anomalies, and provide targeted remediation guidance. Administrators can enable Advanced mode for Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS via the RDS console, APIs, SDKs, or CloudFormation to accelerate diagnosis and resolution.

🛠 Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS) now lets administrators specify supported combinations of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and ESX software versions when provisioning environments and hosts. You can designate a VCF version with the CreateEnvironment API, select an ESX version when adding hosts via CreateEnvironmentHost, and query valid pairings with the GetVersions API. AWS also adds support for new environment deployments using VCF 5.2.2 to broaden compatibility.

⚡ ChatGPT Go has expanded its limits and now provides unlimited access to GPT‑5.2 Instant for an $8 monthly fee, offering more messages, uploads, image creation, and longer memory and context windows. The plan is positioned as a lower-cost alternative to ChatGPT Plus, though it is locked to GPT‑5.2 Instant and lacks the higher reasoning capabilities available in Plus. A higher-tier ChatGPT Pro option is also available at $200/month. Subscribers who want an ad-free experience still must choose Plus or Pro.

🔍 OpenAI is internally testing a web update for ChatGPT that it plans to roll out gradually in the coming weeks. Leaked references highlight a new task-oriented feature codenamed Salute, an "is model preferred" flag intended to improve local business and map results, and a secure tunnel option for MCP servers. The company is also trialing inline editable code and math blocks to expand the existing formatting block functionality. Collectively, these changes aim to streamline file-based workflows, enhance location-specific answers, and simplify secure enterprise connectivity.

📰 OpenAI said it will begin showing ads in ChatGPT to logged-in adult U.S. users in both the free and ChatGPT Go tiers in the coming weeks, with ads appearing at the bottom of conversations. The company emphasized that ads will be clearly labeled, will not influence chatbot responses, and that user conversations will not be sold to advertisers. Users can dismiss ads and opt out of personalization, while paid tiers (Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise) will remain ad-free.

📰 OpenAI confirmed that ChatGPT will begin showing ads inside answers in the coming weeks, likely displayed at the bottom and clearly labeled. Ads will appear only to free account holders and the ChatGPT Go tier; Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise subscribers will not see them. The company says ads will not influence responses, advertisers will not receive conversation data, and users can control or delete ad-related data. Ads will also be excluded from chats on sensitive topics such as health, mental health, and politics.

🔒 Amazon Bedrock expands its Reserved service tier to provide predictable tokens‑per‑minute capacity for mission‑critical workloads. The tier lets customers reserve prioritized compute and separately configure input and output tokens‑per‑minute to match asymmetric usage patterns and control costs. When reserved capacity is exceeded, traffic automatically overflows to the pay‑as‑you‑go Standard tier to avoid interruptions. Reserved access is available today for Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5 and Claude Haiku 4.5, with 1‑month or 3‑month reservations billed monthly per 1K tokens‑per‑minute.