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Amazon Aurora DSQL introduced a preview feature enabling change data capture (CDC) to stream real-time database changes directly to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, facilitating event-driven applications and analytics.
AWS added three foundation models from Qwen to SageMaker JumpStart, enhancing multilingual speech synthesis and recognition capabilities for voice-powered applications across over 10 languages.
AWS announced availability of GLM-5.1-FP8 and Phi-4-mini-instruct models in SageMaker JumpStart, targeting advanced AI software engineering and compact reasoning workloads.
CloudFormation added the Fn::GetStackOutput function allowing templates and CDK apps to reference stack outputs across AWS accounts and regions, simplifying multi-account workload provisioning.
AWS made EC2 X8aedz instances, featuring 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors with 5GHz max CPU frequency, available in Europe (Ireland), targeting EDA workloads and high single-threaded performance needs.
Amazon Connect Customer introduced a permission that restricts agents’ access to their individual performance evaluations, enhancing data privacy within call center operations.
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) added support for Apache Airflow 3.2, introducing precise data partition triggering and improved Human-in-the-Loop workflow features.
Amazon Inspector launched in the Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region, providing automated continuous security assessments of AWS workloads including EC2, containers, and Lambda.
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) added PAUSE deployment lifecycle hooks, allowing manual pause and resume during service deployments for operational and validation workflows.
Amazon Managed Grafana began supporting dual-stack connectivity, allowing workspaces to operate over IPv4 and IPv6 protocols to simplify networking and future-proof infrastructure.
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