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What front-end engineers need to know about AWS

Understanding AWS infrastructure improves front-end debugging and UI performance.

DevOps

AWS would prefer to forget March in UAE region

AWS is waiving charges for the ME-CENTRAL-1 Region in March 2026, erasing billing and inventory data without explanation.

Tech industry

AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high | TechCrunch

AWS cloud revenue rose 24% year-over-year to $35.6 billion in Q4 2025, reaching a $142 billion annualized run rate.

3 hours ago

Streamlining Cloud Compliance at GoDaddy Using CDK Aspects | Amazon Web Services

CDK Aspects enable organization-wide policy enforcement in AWS infrastructure as code, enhancing compliance and security during the development process.

What front-end engineers need to know about AWS

Understanding AWS infrastructure improves front-end debugging and UI performance.

AWS would prefer to forget March in UAE region

AWS is waiving charges for the ME-CENTRAL-1 Region in March 2026, erasing billing and inventory data without explanation.

Tech industry

AWS revenue continues to soar as cloud demand remains high | TechCrunch

People would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center | TechCrunch

Public opinion on data centers is divided, with significant opposition and concerns about electricity prices.

9 hours ago

Google gives enterprises new controls to manage AI inference costs and reliability

Gemini API introduces Flex and Priority tiers for managing AI inference workloads based on criticality and cost.

Silicon Valley

fromSilicon Canals

16 hours ago

U.S. and China control 90% of AI data centres - the Global South is building a different kind of AI - Silicon Canals

Frugal AI movements in the Global South aim to reclaim sovereignty by developing independent, low-cost AI systems for critical services.

Big tech's next move is to put data centers in space. Can it work?

Elon Musk plans to launch data centers into orbit to power AI, claiming it will be cheaper than terrestrial AI within a few years.

Science

There's a Blinking Warning Sign for the Data Centers in Space Industry

Elon Musk's plan for space-based data centers faces significant challenges similar to those encountered in previous failed projects.

Science

fromwww.npr.org

12 hours ago

Big tech's next move is to put data centers in space. Can it work?

Elon Musk plans to launch data centers into orbit to power AI, claiming it will be cheaper than terrestrial AI within a few years.

Science

There's a Blinking Warning Sign for the Data Centers in Space Industry

Elon Musk's plan for space-based data centers faces significant challenges similar to those encountered in previous failed projects.

Panel: Taking Architecture Out of the Echo Chamber

Architecture's importance is growing, necessitating a shift in practice to avoid past mistakes and engage with broader conversations.

9 hours ago

All shook up, IFS unlocks asset-based pricing for enterprise AI

IFS introduces an outcomes-based pricing model for enterprise AI, aligning software costs with operational assets instead of user counts.

Scala

Beyond RAG: Architecting Context-Aware AI Systems with Spring Boot

Context-Augmented Generation (CAG) enhances Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) by managing runtime context for enterprise applications without requiring model retraining.

13 hours ago

Cursor updates its platform with a focus on autonomous AI agents

Cursor 3 enhances software development by integrating AI agents for collaborative coding, reducing manual programming and streamlining workflows.

fromWIRED

A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant

A pragmatic 'all-of-the-above' strategy is essential for energy, with gas as a critical bridge while investing in renewables.

#ai

11 hours ago

Information security

JFrog Artifactory: how to secure binaries in the AI era

Software development

The AI Revolution in Development: Why Outer Loop Agents Are the Next Big Thing

1 hour ago

Artificial intelligence

AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong? | TechCrunch

12 hours ago

Business intelligence

Kyndryl Launches Service for Managing and Automating AI Agents

Information security

11 hours ago

JFrog Artifactory: how to secure binaries in the AI era

AI-generated code is creating a security crisis that traditional methods cannot manage, necessitating a new approach to binary management.

The AI Revolution in Development: Why Outer Loop Agents Are the Next Big Thing

AI is set to revolutionize post-code push processes, automating tasks like security fixes, error logging, and code reviews.

1 hour ago

AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong? | TechCrunch

The tech industry is heavily investing in natural gas power plants to support the growing demand for AI-related energy needs.

12 hours ago

Kyndryl Launches Service for Managing and Automating AI Agents

Kyndryl launched Agentic Service Management to help organizations prepare IT environments for autonomous AI agents, addressing gaps in current systems.

Amazon Is Wells Fargo's Top Internet Pick for 2026

Wells Fargo raised Amazon's price target to $305, citing AWS revenue growth and improved free cash flow as key factors.

fromDigiday

17 hours ago

E-Commerce

Amazon to issue 3.5% surcharge on fulfillment services as fuel, logistics costs rise

Tech industry

Is Amazon CEO Jassy wrong about his custom chips bet?

Amazon security boss: AI makes pentesting 40% more efficient

Amazon has achieved a 40% efficiency gain in pentesting through AI tools, enhancing security without reducing staff.

Business

Amazon Is Wells Fargo's Top Internet Pick for 2026

Wells Fargo raised Amazon's price target to $305, citing AWS revenue growth and improved free cash flow as key factors.

E-Commerce

fromDigiday

17 hours ago

Amazon to issue 3.5% surcharge on fulfillment services as fuel, logistics costs rise

Amazon will implement a 3.5% surcharge on fulfillment fees due to rising fuel costs from Middle East conflicts.

Is Amazon CEO Jassy wrong about his custom chips bet?

Amazon's custom silicon strategy is proving successful, with significant revenue growth and cost advantages over Nvidia's GPUs.

Amazon security boss: AI makes pentesting 40% more efficient

Amazon has achieved a 40% efficiency gain in pentesting through AI tools, enhancing security without reducing staff.

more#amazon

Careers

13 hours ago

Former Amazon VP explains the best way to get a bad manager removed

Escalating complaints about a bad manager often backfires; a coordinated approach with documentation is more effective.

Environment

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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation

Google teams up with gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals

Google partners with Crusoe Energy for a natural gas power plant to supply energy for its Texas datacenter, marking a shift from its carbon-neutral goals.

Privacy professionals

Google and Amazon: Acknowledged Risks, And Ignored Responsibilities

Google and Amazon have failed to act on human rights risks associated with Project Nimbus despite multiple warnings and commitments.

Dutch cloud providers join forces to create a sovereign alternative

Seven Dutch cloud providers are collaborating to enhance digital autonomy and counter American hyperscalers' dominance.

fromSitePoint Forums | Web Development & Design Community

Enterprises demand cloud value

Businesses are shifting from cost-cutting to establishing centers of excellence and finops to enhance ROI in cloud investments.

Agriculture

Cloud computing

Edge clouds and local data centers reshape IT

Cloud computing is evolving towards a selectively distributed model to address latency, sovereignty, and resilience in smart cities and AI applications.

European startups

Dutch cloud providers join forces to create a sovereign alternative

Seven Dutch cloud providers are collaborating to enhance digital autonomy and counter American hyperscalers' dominance.

fromSitePoint Forums | Web Development & Design Community

Enterprises demand cloud value

Businesses are shifting from cost-cutting to establishing centers of excellence and finops to enhance ROI in cloud investments.

Agriculture

Cloud computing

Edge clouds and local data centers reshape IT

Cloud computing is evolving towards a selectively distributed model to address latency, sovereignty, and resilience in smart cities and AI applications.

Snowflake Supports Directory Imports

Easier package imports into Snowflake functions and procedures from stage directories and SnowGit directories streamline development and deployment.

Wall Street Calls Snowflake a Top AI Infrastructure Pick

Benchmark rates Snowflake as a Buy with a $190 target, highlighting its role in the $500B AI Data Cloud market.

Django

Snowflake Supports Directory Imports

Easier package imports into Snowflake functions and procedures from stage directories and SnowGit directories streamline development and deployment.

Wall Street Calls Snowflake a Top AI Infrastructure Pick

Benchmark rates Snowflake as a Buy with a $190 target, highlighting its role in the $500B AI Data Cloud market.

more#snowflake

#ai-infrastructure

Venture

10 power players behind the data center debt boom

The AI boom is driving a significant financing surge for data centers, with major Wall Street firms leading the charge.

fromFast Company

The AI race won't be won in the cloud

Community consent and trust are essential for the success of AI infrastructure, which must be built responsibly and transparently.

Venture

10 power players behind the data center debt boom

The AI boom is driving a significant financing surge for data centers, with major Wall Street firms leading the charge.

fromFast Company

The AI race won't be won in the cloud

Community consent and trust are essential for the success of AI infrastructure, which must be built responsibly and transparently.

more#ai-infrastructure

4 hours ago

Fair Multitenancy-Beyond Simple Rate Limiting

Fair multitenancy ensures equitable infrastructure access for customers, balancing simplicity, performance, and safety in shared environments.

#ai-models

fromTNW | Apps

2 hours ago

Microsoft launches three in-house AI models in direct challenge to OpenAI

Microsoft has launched three in-house AI models that compete directly with OpenAI, marking a significant shift in its AI strategy.

8 hours ago

Microsoft released 3 new AI models, ramping up competition with its close partner, OpenAI

Microsoft has launched three in-house AI models, signaling a move towards independence from OpenAI.

fromTNW | Apps

2 hours ago

Microsoft launches three in-house AI models in direct challenge to OpenAI

Microsoft has launched three in-house AI models that compete directly with OpenAI, marking a significant shift in its AI strategy.

8 hours ago

Microsoft released 3 new AI models, ramping up competition with its close partner, OpenAI

Microsoft has launched three in-house AI models, signaling a move towards independence from OpenAI.

more#ai-models

Kilo targets shadow AI agents with a managed enterprise platform

KiloClaw for Organizations enhances AI agent management with centralized governance, addressing security and compliance concerns for enterprises.

Silicon Valley

fromSilicon Canals

19 hours ago

Frugal AI wants to break the global compute hierarchy before it becomes permanent - Silicon Canals

The Soliga tribe's speech AI system exemplifies a new, decentralized approach to AI that challenges existing global tech hierarchies.

Information security

HPE sees the network as a security sensor: what does that mean?

HPE Networking views the network as a critical security sensor and enforcement point, especially after acquiring Juniper Networks.

European startups

Rebellions eyes global expansion with rack-scale AI platform

Rebellions raised $400 million to expand globally with AI accelerators and a new compute platform for enterprises and sovereign clouds.

Business

fromFortune

How Dell reinvented itself as an AI-server powerhouse - and what its CFO is building next | Fortune

Dell Technologies has shifted focus to AI infrastructure, recording significant growth in AI server orders and rethinking finance operations with AI agents.

Securely connect AWS DevOps Agent to private services in your VPCs | Amazon Web Services

AWS DevOps Agent enhances operational efficiency by securely connecting to private resources in VPCs, optimizing performance and incident management.

Vue

What is AWS S3 and How I Used It - A Beginner's Guide

AWS S3 is a cloud storage service for developers that stores files (objects) in containers (buckets), offering 99.999999999% durability, infinite scalability, low cost, and global accessibility.

Bootstrapping

How I Deployed a Production Server on AWS EC2 as a Fresher - Step by Step

A computer science graduate deployed a production-level website on AWS EC2 without prior job experience, mentorship, or funding, using Ubuntu, Nginx, and GitHub CI/CD automation.

Oracle close to finalizing financing for Michigan data center

Oracle is finalizing $16 billion financing for a new Michigan data center to support AI applications, amid complex funding challenges.

fromTechRepublic

Oracle Slashes Thousands of Jobs While Doubling Down on AI Expansion

Oracle is cutting thousands of jobs to address investor concerns over its AI data center spending and overextension in the market.

Oracle close to finalizing financing for Michigan data center

Oracle is finalizing $16 billion financing for a new Michigan data center to support AI applications, amid complex funding challenges.

fromTechRepublic

Oracle Slashes Thousands of Jobs While Doubling Down on AI Expansion

Oracle is cutting thousands of jobs to address investor concerns over its AI data center spending and overextension in the market.

TeamPCP Moves From OSS to AWS Environments

TeamPCP has exploited compromised credentials to target open source software, leading to significant data exfiltration and supply chain attacks.

The ERP that doesn't care which AI you use, and why that's smart

NetSuite announced three new AI Connector Service extensions, emphasizing a strategic shift towards openness and integration with external AI models.

European startups

Seven new hyperscale data centers to be built in the Netherlands

At least 7 hyperscale data centers are under construction in the Netherlands, with significant opposition from the public and local governments.

1 hour ago

Replacing Database Sequences at Scale Without Breaking 100+ Services

Validating requirements can simplify complex problems, and embedding sequence generation reduces network calls, enhancing performance and reliability.

fromComputerworld

19 hours ago

Microsoft builds its own AI stack to help wean it from its reliance on OpenAI

Microsoft has launched proprietary AI models to reduce dependence on OpenAI while maintaining a strategic partnership.

10 hours ago

OpenStack Gazpacho simplifies operations and VMware migrations

OpenStack 2026.1 emphasizes operational simplicity, live migration for VMware workloads, and hardware flexibility, positioning itself as a sovereign alternative to major cloud providers.

IBM wants Arm software on its mainframes for AI support

IBM and Arm are collaborating to enhance enterprise systems for AI and data-intensive workloads using Arm chips.

fromComputerWeekly.com

Arm works with IBM to deliver flexibility on mainframe | Computer Weekly

IBM and Arm are collaborating to create dual-architecture hardware for enterprise AI and data-intensive workloads.

IBM wants Arm software on its mainframes for AI support

IBM and Arm are collaborating to enhance enterprise systems for AI and data-intensive workloads using Arm chips.

fromComputerWeekly.com

Arm works with IBM to deliver flexibility on mainframe | Computer Weekly

IBM and Arm are collaborating to create dual-architecture hardware for enterprise AI and data-intensive workloads.

more#ibm

Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models | TechCrunch

Microsoft AI released three foundational AI models for text, voice, and image generation, emphasizing human-centered design and competitive pricing.

fromScalac - Software Development Company - Akka, Kafka, Spark, ZIO

10 hours ago

SIGNAL: What matters in distributed systems

Akka launches its Agentic AI platform on MCP amidst growing backlash against the protocol from Perplexity's CTO.

#openai

OpenAI's CFO says the company is passing on opportunities because it does not have enough compute

OpenAI is limiting opportunities due to insufficient computing power, impacting product decisions and prioritization of core AI initiatives.

5 days ago

OpenAI's Obsession With Data Centers Is Running Into Trouble

OpenAI has significantly reduced its AI infrastructure spending plans from $1.4 trillion to $600 billion amid financial pressures and market expectations.

OpenAI's CFO says the company is passing on opportunities because it does not have enough compute

OpenAI is limiting opportunities due to insufficient computing power, impacting product decisions and prioritization of core AI initiatives.

5 days ago

OpenAI's Obsession With Data Centers Is Running Into Trouble

OpenAI has significantly reduced its AI infrastructure spending plans from $1.4 trillion to $600 billion amid financial pressures and market expectations.

Observability warehouses, the next structural evolution for telemetry

Observability is essential for real-time insights in cloud systems, helping to reduce downtime and improve performance.

fromComputerWeekly.com

AI-driven operating model key to cloud-native, autonomous networks | Computer Weekly

Agentic AI can transform telecom networks if operators establish cloud-native maturity and integrate autonomy while maintaining reliability.

Leverage Agentic AI for Autonomous Incident Response with AWS DevOps Agent | Amazon Web Services

AI-powered operational agents like AWS DevOps Agent enhance incident management and operational efficiency for distributed workloads.

Microsoft's Azure Maia chief on the complex future of AI compute

Innovative chip designs like Maia 200 are transforming AI inferencing, making it more efficient and cost-effective for cloud applications.

fromApp Developer Magazine

IGEL OS can now run AI models locally on endpoints

AI Armor provides dynamic runtime security and relies on a central policy engine in the Universal Management Suite (UMS) to meet compliance requirements, ensuring that organizations can manage their security effectively.

DevOps

Lens Launches MCP Server to Connect AI Coding Assistants with Kubernetes

Lens by Mirantis integrates a Model Context Protocol server, simplifying AI coding assistants' access to Kubernetes clusters.

Azure's new AI modernization tools

Microsoft's Azure Copilot aids in application migration and modernization, addressing technical debt and improving cloud infrastructure management.

Using Azure Copilot for migration and modernization

Azure Copilot simplifies application migration to Azure while leveraging GitHub Copilot for updates.

Azure's new AI modernization tools

Microsoft's Azure Copilot aids in application migration and modernization, addressing technical debt and improving cloud infrastructure management.

Using Azure Copilot for migration and modernization

Azure Copilot simplifies application migration to Azure while leveraging GitHub Copilot for updates.

Harness adds four capabilities to close AI delivery gap

Harness is launching four new capabilities to enhance its Continuous Delivery platform, addressing the gap between code writing speed and release reliability.

Cloudflare Launches Dynamic Workers Open Beta: Isolate-Based Sandboxing for AI Agent Code Execution

Dynamic Worker allows Cloudflare Workers to run AI-generated code in isolated sandboxes, improving performance and efficiency over traditional containers.

How to build an enterprise-grade MCP registry

MCP registries are essential for integrating AI agents with enterprise systems, requiring semantic discovery, governance, and developer-friendly controls.

US politics

fromFortune

Inside the race to build data centers | Fortune

Mega-scale AI data centers are driving AI growth, transforming landscapes, straining energy and water resources, and creating major political and economic conflicts.

#ai-agent-infrastructure

Artificial intelligence

Running agents in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Running agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore provides enterprise-grade infrastructure for deploying and managing AI agents at scale, supporting multiple models, frameworks, and integrations while remaining model-agnostic.

Artificial intelligence

Running agents in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

more#ai-agent-infrastructure

Running agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Rethinking VM data protection in cloud-native environments

KubeVirt enables Kubernetes to manage both VMs and containers, requiring new strategies for VM lifecycle management and data protection.

Amazon is linking site hiccups to AI efforts

Amazon is implementing senior engineer approval requirements for AI-assisted code changes after experiencing multiple outages attributed to AI tools.

AWS Expands Aurora DSQL with Playground, New Tool Integrations, and Driver Connectors

Amazon Aurora DSQL introduces usability enhancements, including a browser-based playground and integrations with popular SQL tools for improved developer experience.

Reusing CloudFront, ALB, and API Gateway in a Serverless Platform

Edge architecture decisions around CloudFront, ALB, and API Gateway significantly impact deployment speed and isolation in serverless platforms while balancing security, compliance, and cost.

AWS Adds Intelligent-Tiering and Replication for S3 Tables

S3 Tables now support Intelligent-Tiering automatic cost optimization and cross-region/account Apache Iceberg table replication without manual synchronization.

AWS Launches Agent Plugins to Automate Cloud Deployment

AWS Agent Plugins enable AI coding agents to deploy applications on AWS using natural language commands, generating complete deployment pipelines with architecture recommendations and cost estimates.

AWS S3 turns 20 and reaches 'hundreds of exabytes'

Amazon S3 celebrates 20 years of operation, growing from 1 petabyte capacity to storing over 500 trillion objects while maintaining complete API backward compatibility since 2006.

Weighing the benefits of AWS Lambda's durable functions

AWS Lambda durable functions add native stateful orchestration and long-running waits, improving serverless workflows but increasing vendor lock-in risk.

AWS prepares to invest $200 billion in AI infrastructure by 2026

Amazon will invest about $200 billion by 2026, primarily in AWS, expanding data-center capacity to meet structurally higher AI-driven compute demand.

AWS CloudFormation 2025 Year In Review | Amazon Web Services

CloudFormation and CDK improved 2025 features for early template validation, deployment safety via drift management, and AI-integrated IaC tooling for multi-account deployments.

Amazon Web Services expands Security Hub for multicloud security

AWS Security Hub expands to centralize security alerts and risks across multiple cloud environments and external security tools into a single platform.

fromSecurityWeek

AWS Expands Security Hub Into a Cross-Domain Security Platform

AWS Security Hub Extended integrates AWS security tools and curated third-party solutions into a unified mini-SOC platform for simplified enterprise security management across multiple domains.

4 months ago

Bridging AI and AWS: A Deep Dive into Using Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Intelligent Cloud...

MCP enables secure, standardized, real-time connections between AI models and AWS services, delivering contextual, actionable infrastructure insights.

The private cloud returns, for AI workloads

A North American manufacturer spent most of 2024 and early 2025 doing what many innovative enterprises did: aggressively standardizing on the public cloud by using data lakes, analytics, CI/CD, and even a good chunk of ERP integration. The board liked the narrative because it sounded like simplification, and simplification sounded like savings. Then generative AI arrived, not as a lab toy but as a mandate. "Put copilots everywhere," leadership said. "Start with maintenance, then procurement, then the call center, then engineering change orders."

Artificial intelligence

Building a scalable code modernization solution with AWS Transform custom | Amazon Web Services

An open-source infrastructure enables enterprise-scale, parallel AWS Transform custom code modernizations using AWS Batch, Fargate, REST APIs, and CloudWatch monitoring.

From distributed monolith to composable architecture on AWS: A modern approach to scalable software

Migrating distributed monoliths to a composable AWS architecture yields loosely coupled, autonomous services that improve scalability, resilience, deployment velocity, and team autonomy.