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A Saab 340B aircraft powered partly by a NASA and GE Aerospace hybrid-electric engine flew above 30,000 feet, marking progress in fuel-saving aviation propulsion.
AWS Partner Central agents expanded to assist Partners with guidance and automation for all AWS Partner funding programs, improving efficiency and reducing errors.
AWS HealthOmics expanded private workflow availability to Tokyo and Ohio Regions, supporting compliant genomic analysis in healthcare and life sciences.
Standardized product metadata for Amazon Bedrock in AWS Cost and Usage Reports enables precise and consistent cost attribution for AI workload expenses.
Amazon introduced R8i and R8i-flex EC2 instances in Stockholm and Zurich, delivering improved Intel Xeon 6-based compute and memory performance for memory-intensive workloads.
AWS CloudTrail introduced event filtering for VPC endpoint network activity based on IAM user identity to reduce noise and focus on unauthorized access attempts.
Amazon Connect upgraded its AI-driven agentic voice service with additional language coverage, over 100 new voice options, and improved speech dynamics for more natural interactions.
AWS introduced I8ge storage-optimized EC2 instances powered by Graviton4 processors to GovCloud regions, offering high compute and low-latency storage for demanding workloads.
Amazon Connect Customer introduced real-time and historical analytics for agent queues, enhancing supervisors' ability to monitor dedicated agent workloads.
Multi-session Amazon WorkSpaces Applications users can now access OneDrive for Business and Google Drive as persistent storage, enhancing cloud file management.
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