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EMR Serverless Doubles Worker Sizes for Intensive Workloads
EMR Serverless now offers 32 vCPU/244 GB memory workers, doubling previous limits. This targets compute-heavy Spark and Hive jobs.
ECS Managed Instances Slashes GPU Fees
Amazon ECS Managed Instances significantly lowers management fees for GPU and accelerated instances. Does it justify the switch?
Security Hub Adds Azure Monitoring: A Unified Front?
AWS Security Hub now ingests findings from Azure. The real question is how deep the integration goes and what it costs.
S3 Vectors Expands to GovCloud Regions
Amazon S3 Vectors is now available in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, bringing large-scale vector storage to government workloads.
GameLift Streams adds secure terminal access for debugging
GameLift Streams now offers a secure terminal for real-time debugging, bypassing SSH management.
ACM Adds ACME Support for Public Certificates
AWS Certificate Manager now exposes an ACME endpoint, automating TLS certificate issuance for public domains.
SageMaker Studio integrates Hugging Face: Faster ML, fewer quotas
One-click deployment from Hugging Face to SageMaker Studio bypasses manual setup and quota requests for select instances.
Cognito API Rate Limits Now Self-Service
Adjusting Cognito API rate limits is now on-demand, removing manual review for increases.
SageMaker HyperPod splits LLM inference for better latency
Disaggregated Prefill and Decode (DPD) separates LLM inference phases onto dedicated GPU pools, aiming for consistent per-token latency.