Alexa & AI
AWS simplifies Amazon SageMaker Studio sign-in for new users
New AWS customers can access Amazon SageMaker Studio using Google, GitHub, or Apple accounts, with $100 in free credits included.
20 October 2026 · 3 minLov Singh
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Alexa & AI
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart models expand with 100+ new additions
Amazon SageMaker JumpStart models have grown by over 100 new additions from 30 providers, including NVIDIA and Alibaba, in 2026.
20 October 2026 · 4 minLov Singh
Alexa & AI
TwelveLabs Pegasus 1.5 is now available in Amazon Bedrock
TwelveLabs Pegasus 1.5 is now on Amazon Bedrock, allowing users to convert long-form video into structured, timestamped JSON metadata.
20 October 2026 · 3 minLov Singh
AWS
AWS Elemental MediaConnect Router Supports High Bitrate Modes
AWS Elemental MediaConnect Router now supports 250 Mbps and 500 Mbps tiers for high-value broadcast content transport.
19 October 2026 · 2 minLov Singh
AWS
Amazon RDS Custom adds SQL Server CU and GDR updates
Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server now supports the latest CU and GDR updates for SQL Server 2019 and 2022.
19 October 2026 · 2 minLov Singh
AWS
Amazon RDS SQL Server snapshots now available on read replicas
Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports snapshots on read replicas, allowing for more flexible backups and faster disaster recovery.
19 October 2026 · 2 minLov Singh
AWS
Amazon Connect adds Global Resiliency readiness dashboard
Amazon Connect administrators can now monitor regional failover readiness through a new Global Resiliency page in the admin console.
19 October 2026 · 2 minLov Singh
AWS
AWS IAM Identity Center adds optimistic locking for users and groups
AWS IAM Identity Center now supports optimistic locking for users and groups to prevent conflicting updates in the identity store.
19 October 2026 · 3 minLov Singh
AWS
Grok 4.7 on Amazon Bedrock Arrives in AWS GovCloud (US)
SpaceXAI Grok 4.7 is now available on Amazon Bedrock in AWS GovCloud (US), offering improved coding and agentic capabilities.
19 October 2026 · 2 minLov Singh
AWS
Amazon CloudWatch Omni expansion reaches eight new AWS Regions
Amazon CloudWatch Omni, an AI-powered observability tool, is now available in eight new AWS Regions, including Mumbai, Singapore, and London.
19 October 2026 · 2 minLov Singh
AWS
EC2 Image Builder integrates with ASG for faster builds
EC2 Image Builder now supports using existing Auto Scaling Group instances to speed up image creation by reducing launch and bootstrap times.
19 October 2026 · 2 minLov Singh
Alexa & AI
Deepgram voice AI optimization with AWS Trainium2
Deepgram uses AWS Trainium2 to process up to 70% more audio per dollar for batch speech-to-text workloads.
19 October 2026 · 3 minLov Singh
Alexa & AI
vLLM push-based KV transfer improves inference speed
vLLM's new push-based KV transfer reduces latency for disaggregated LLM inference, offering up to 3x better TTFT on AWS EC2.
19 October 2026 · 4 minLov Singh
Alexa & AI
vLLM bi-directional KV transfer improves agentic workloads
New bi-directional KV cache transfer in vLLM improves TTFT for multi-turn agentic workloads on Amazon EC2.
19 October 2026 · 3 minLov Singh
AWS
Amazon GuardDuty adds threat detection rules for Runtime Monitoring
Amazon GuardDuty introduces over 50 optional detection rules for Runtime Monitoring to identify suspicious activity across EC2, EKS, and ECS.
19 October 2026 · 3 minLov Singh
Amazon Devices
Kindle Colorsoft 2026 vs 2025: What Changed and Should You Upgrade?
The 2026 Kindle Colorsoft gets a reworked display, a flush front and a higher price. Here's what changed from the 2025 model and who should upgrade.
19 October 2026 · 10 minLov Singh
Amazon Devices
Is the Amazon Fire Tablet Discontinued? What the Alexa Tablet Switch Means for Fire Owners
Amazon has stopped making Fire tablets and moved to the Android-based Alexa Tablet. Here's what that means for your updates, your apps and your kids' tablet.
19 October 2026 · 11 minLov Singh
Amazon Devices
Amazon Alexa Tablet 8 vs 11 vs 12 Pro: Which One Should You Buy (and Is It Better Than an iPad?)
The Amazon Alexa Tablet 8, 11 and 12 Pro replace Fire with full Android and Alexa+. Here's which one fits you, what the extra money buys, and when an iPad is still the better call.
19 October 2026 · 12 minLov Singh
Prime & Video
NBA on Prime 2026–27: Schedule, How to Watch, and Amazon's New AI 3D Replays
Season two tips off Friday, 23 October with Knicks–Celtics. Here are the dates that matter, what you pay, where it streams outside the US, and how Amazon's Prime 360 AI replays work.
19 October 2026 · 12 minLov Singh
AWS
Claude Haiku 5.5 on Amazon Bedrock: Price, Speed, and How to Use It
Haiku 5.5 is 90% cheaper per token than Haiku 4.5 on Bedrock, but Anthropic promises about 75% savings per task. Here's why, with a cost calculator and working boto3 code.
19 October 2026 · 13 minLov Singh
AWS
Prime Day 2026 by the Numbers: How AWS Handled 192 Million Requests a Second
AWS says DynamoDB peaked at 192 million requests a second during Prime Day 2026. We translate every number into plain English, then explain how DynamoDB, ElastiCache, SQS and Aurora kept up.
19 October 2026 · 10 minLov Singh
Careers & Jobs
Amazon Layoffs October 2026: Who's Affected and the Full 2025–2026 Timeline
Amazon began a new round of under 1,000 corporate cuts on 6–7 October 2026, mostly in Stores. Here's every round since 2025 with sources, what affected staff get, and where hiring continues.
19 October 2026 · 11 minLov Singh
Earnings & Business
Amazon Q3 2026 Earnings: Date, Time, What to Expect and What to Watch
Amazon reports Q3 2026 results on Thursday 29 October, with the call at 2pm PT / 5pm ET. Here's the guidance, what analysts expect, and the scorecard we'll fill in on results night.
19 October 2026 · 12 minLov Singh
AWS
AWS Weekly Roundup: Lambda Web Functions and S3 on Vercel
AWS introduces Lambda Web Functions for standard HTTP apps and brings Amazon S3 to the Vercel Marketplace for easier provisioning.
19 October 2026 · 4 minLov Singh