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Introducing the AWS Product Lifecycle page and AWS service availability updates
Today, we’re introducing the AWS Product Lifecycle page, a centralized resource that provides comprehensive information about service availability changes across AWS. The new AWS Product Lifecycle page consolidates all service availability information in one convenient location. This dedicated resource offers detailed visibility into three key categories of changes: 1) services closing access to new customers, […]
AWS announces Pixtral Large 25.02 model in Amazon Bedrock serverless
Mistral AI’s multimodal model, Pixtral Large 25.02, is now available in Amazon Bedrock as a fully managed, serverless offering with cross-Region inference support, multilingual capabilities, and a 128K context window that can process images alongside text.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EKS, Amazon OpenSearch, Amazon API Gateway, and more (April 7, 2025)
AWS Summit season starts this week! These free events are now rolling out worldwide, bringing our cloud computing community together to connect, collaborate, and learn. Whether you prefer joining us online or in-person, these gatherings offer valuable opportunities to expand your AWS knowledge. I will be attending the Summit in Paris this week, the biggest […]
Accelerating CI with AWS CodeBuild: Parallel test execution now available
Speed up build times on CodeBuild with test splitting across multiple parallel build environments. Read how test splitting with CodeBuild works and how to get started.
Firewall support for AWS Amplify hosted sites
AWS Amplify Hosting now offers direct integration with AWS WAF, allowing users to apply web application firewall protection to their hosted apps through the console or infrastructure as code, eliminating the need for complex Amazon CloudFront configurations.
AWS Pi Day 2025: Data foundation for analytics and AI
AWS Pi Day, an annual event commemorating the launch of Amazon S3 in 2006, has evolved from celebrating cloud storage milestones to showcasing cutting-edge developments in data management, analytics, and AI. In 2025, we’re focused on unified data foundation for analytics and AI through new capabilities like S3 Tables, SageMaker Unified Studio, and Amazon Bedrock IDE.
AWS CodeBuild for macOS adds support for Fastlane
AWS CodeBuild now includes pre-installed Fastlane in macOS environments, streamlining mobile app development by providing built-in access to automated tools for code signing, testing, and app distribution, without manual setup requirements.
AWS Weekly Roundup: EventBridge, SNS FIFO, Amazon Corretto, Amazon Connect, Amazon Bedrock, and more
I counted about 40 new launches from AWS since last week – back to our normal rhythm of releases. Services teams are listening to your feedback and developing little (or big) changes that makes your life easier when working with our services. The ability to support multiple sessions in the AWS Console is my favorite […]