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To improve communications efficiency at congested airports, a NASA aerospace engineer completed specialized FAA training on digital clearance systems used by controllers.
During its fifth science campaign, NASA’s Perseverance rover captured a detailed selfie against diverse Martian terrain far west of Jezero Crater’s rim.
AWS Lambda now enables scheduled adjustments of function capacity on Lambda Managed Instances via Amazon EventBridge Scheduler to optimize performance and cost.
Amazon EventBridge Scheduler extended its AWS SDK capabilities, adding 619 new API actions across 13 services including Lambda Managed Instances for broader scheduling control.
AWS released a new feature in Security Agent that performs architecture-aware, contextual vulnerability analysis across entire codebases to detect systemic risks.
SageMaker Feature Store integrated SageMaker Python SDK v3, offering modular interfaces with Lake Formation and Apache Iceberg support for improved feature data governance and storage optimization.
The open-source Karpenter project now integrates with Amazon Application Recovery Controller zonal shift and autoshift to automate Kubernetes traffic redirection during AZ impairments.
Amazon Redshift introduced RG instances using Graviton processors, delivering up to 2.4x faster data analytics performance at lower cost compared to prior generation nodes.
CloudFront’s Premium flat-rate plan now offers multiple self-service monthly usage options, allowing customers to select and adjust traffic levels without custom contracts.
Amazon Connect expanded its SDK to let developers embed Cases and Customer Profiles directly into custom agent interfaces, enhancing agent efficiency.
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