This week: NVIDIA Nemotron Nano arrives on Bedrock with 256k context and native tool calling, Neuron SDK adds Trainium 3 UltraServer support with open-source compiler tools, and GameLift Streams launches Gen 6 stream classes with up to 2x performance gains. Plus ECS Service Connect now captures Envoy access logs and Secrets Manager finally lets you sort secrets by name or date.
AI & Machine Learning
- Neuron SDK 2.27: Trainium 3 UltraServer support, Neuron Explorer, open-source MLIR compiler, native PyTorch via TorchNeuron
- Bedrock: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B, 256k context, hybrid MoE, Project Mantle distributed inference
- SageMaker: MiniMax M2, 230B params (10B active), elite coding/agentic performance
Compute & Containers
- ECS Service Connect: Envoy access logs for service mesh traffic, query string redaction, HTTP/gRPC/TCP
Database & Analytics
- Redshift: Materialized views from multiple warehouses, build on shared views, auto-scale creation
- RDS MySQL 9.5: Innovation Release in preview environment, 60-day retention
Storage & Migration
- Storage Gateway: Nutanix AHV hypervisor support joins VMware/Hyper-V/KVM
- Transform: Auto network conversion for hybrid migrations, VLAN-to-VPC mapping
Media & Gaming
- GameLift Streams: Gen6 L4 GPUs (2x perf), 7 tiers, warm buffer autoscaling
- GameLift Streams: Real-time CPU/GPU/memory stats per session, termination diagnostics
- Deadline Cloud Monitor: Submit render jobs from desktop UI, no CLI needed
Messaging & Communication
- Wickr: Admin APIs for user lifecycle, retention policies, security group automation
- End User Messaging SMS: GenAI registration reviewer (preview) for carrier submissions
- Kinesis Video Streams: IPv6 WebRTC via dual-stack endpoints
Security & Identity
- Secrets Manager: Sort by name, last changed/accessed, creation date
- WorkSpaces Secure Browser: WebAuthn redirect for FIDO2/passkeys/biometrics
End User Computing
- WorkSpaces Secure Browser: Custom branding, logos, ToS acknowledgment, WCAG 2.0 AA
- Research & Engineering Studio 2025.12: Tag propagation, optional domain join, default schedules
Contact Center
- Connect: Auto evaluations now in Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Spanish
Regional
- MSK Provisioned: Asia Pacific New Zealand, Standard + Express brokers
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