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'Smishing' Attack Uses AWS SNS To Impersonate USPS

Security researchers have identified a first-of-its-kind "smishing" attack that uses Amazon Web Services' Simple Notification Service, or SNS.

AWS Marketplace Tweaks: Expanded Resell Opportunities, Lower Listing Costs

Amazon Web Services this month announced several enhancements to its app marketplace, including the ability to resell third-party professional services.

Amazon Bedrock Comes to Mendix Low-Code Platform

AWS is hoping to make AI-infused low-code development an even lower-effort task by announcing integration between Amazon Bedrock and Siemens' Mendix platform.

AWS-Backed Survey Finds Orgs Lagging on 'Responsible AI' Despite Risk

Businesses across the board recognize the need to enforce responsible AI practices, but few are prepared to do so -- despite the financial risk of delaying.

With Amazon Q and CodeWhisperer, AWS Covers More of Its AI Bases

Amazon CodeWhisperer and the recently announced Amazon Q -- two products, both alike in AI capability, but aimed at very different audiences.

AWS Launches S3 Express One Zone To Meet Super-Low Latency Needs

Amazon Web Services has added a new data storage option for customers running "latency-sensitive" applications like analytics, financial forecasting and machine learning training.

Amazon Unveils Its Answer to Microsoft Copilot: 'Q'

Amazon now has its own generative AI "copilot" in the form of "Q," now in preview.

AWS, Fueled by Nvidia, Gets In on AI Compute Wars

Not to be outdone (too much) by Microsoft, Amazon Web Services on Tuesday announced that it is collaborating with chip giant Nvidia on multiple AI fronts.

AWS Levels Up Its Workhorse Chips, Graviton and Trainium

Amazon Web Services has updated its Graviton and Trainium chips with an eye toward power and efficiency, the company announced Tuesday at its re:Invent conference.

Amazon Launches Sub-$200 Thin Clients

Amazon has repurposed its Fire TV Cube device for streaming media to function as a thin client for enterprises with large fleets of virtual desktop workers.

Scholarships and Free Classes: AWS Details Plan To Expand AI Education

To help workers take advantage of businesses' surging demand for AI talent, Amazon Web Services is launching a two-year AI training initiative called "AI Ready."

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AWS Gives Bedrock Users an AI 'Playground' with PartyRock

Amazon is providing beginners and advanced developers who want to experiment with generative AI with a (currently) no-cost space to do so.

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Amazon Committing Millions to Develop 'Olympus' LLM: Reports

Amazon is apparently harnessing its significant financial and research powers to develop a large language model (LLM) of its own.

Biotech Giants Tap AWS To Power AI-Assisted Diagnoses

With cancer rates increasing, two major biotech firms are leveraging the AWS cloud to bring their digital pathology solution to hospitals around the world.

Amid Shortage, AWS Renting Out Machine Learning GPUs

AWS is letting customers rent clusters of machine learning-capable GPUs from its cloud at a time when AI processing power is in low supply.

IBM, AWS Partner on AI Training for Big Blue Employees

To help their mutual customers, IBM and AWS have inked a plan to train 10,000 of the former's employees on the latter's generative AI technologies.

Strange Bedfellows: Amazon Reportedly Inks $1B Microsoft 365 Contract

Microsoft's most notable new cloud customer might be Amazon, according to a report.

AWS DevOps Advice Comprises Multiple 'Sagas'

For organizations looking for road-tested guidance on adopting DevOps, Amazon Web Services has published a series of "sagas" documenting best practices.

Starting 2024, Multifactor Will be an AWS Requirement, Not an Option

In a few months, root user accounts on Amazon Web Services will require multifactor authentication (MFA) to access.

AWS Virtual School Promises Cloud Dev Expertise in a Year

An all-virtual course offering from Amazon Web Services promises to turn inexperienced laypeople into certified cloud developers in just 12 months.

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