AWS News Blog
Author: Elizabeth Fuentes
My mission is to break down complex concepts into easily digestible explanations, inspiring developers to continually expand their skills and knowledge. Through conferences, tutorials, and online resources, I share my expertise with the global developer community, providing them with the tools and confidence to reach their full potential. With a hands-on approach and a commitment to simplifying the complex, I strive to be a catalyst for growth and learning in the world of AWS technology.
AWS AI League: Learn, innovate, and compete in our new ultimate AI showdown
AWS AI league is a program that helps organizations upskill their workforce by combining fun competition with hands-on learning using AWS AI services. It offers a unique opportunity for both enterprises and developers to gain valuable and practical skills in fine-tuning, model customization, and prompt engineering – essential skills for building generative AI solutions.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Bedrock API keys, EC2 C8gn instances, Amazon Nova Canvas virtual try-on, and more (July 7, 2025)
Every Monday we tell you about the best releases and blogs that caught our attention last week. This week I’m making an exception to include a release from today: Amazon Bedrock API keys. This new feature simplifies generative AI development by providing direct API authentication without needing to manually configure IAM principals and policies. Amazon […]
Amazon FSx for OpenZFS now supports Amazon S3 access without any data movement
You can now attach Amazon S3 Access Points to your Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file systems so that you can access your file data as if it were in S3. With this new capability, you can work with your file data using a broad range of applications that work with S3—all without any refactoring or data movement.
Enhance AI-assisted development with Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS and AWS Serverless MCP server
AWS introduces specialized Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for Amazon ECS, EKS, Finch and AWS Serverless, providing real-time contextual responses and service-specific guidance to guide AI assisted application development.
Amazon Inspector enhances container security by mapping Amazon ECR images to running containers
Amazon ECR image-to-container mapping that shows which images are actively running in containers and how widely they’re deployed, and extended vulnerability scanning support for minimal base images including scratch, distroless, and Chainguard containers.
In the works – AWS South America (Chile) Region
AWS announces plans to launch a new AWS Region in Chile by the end of 2026 with three Availability Zones, marking the third AWS Region in Latin American alongside existing Regions in São Paulo and Mexico, and bringing AWS infrastructure and services closer to Chile including AI capabilities while supporting data residency requirements.
Amazon Q Developer elevates the IDE experience with new agentic coding experience
This new interactive, agentic coding experience for Visual Studio Code allows Q Developer to intelligently take actions on behalf of the developer.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon S3 Express One Zone price cuts, Pixtral Large on Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Nova Sonic, and more (April 14, 2025)
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit 2025 season launched this week, starting with the Paris Summit. These free events bring together the global cloud computing community for learning and collaboration. AWS Community Day Romania, held on April 11th, showcased how the local community creates opportunities for collective growth and inclusion. Last week’s launches Announcing up […]