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AWS infrastructure handled 59 trillion DynamoDB requests during Prime Day 2026
Amazon's June 23–26 shopping event ran on AWS services that processed record-breaking volumes across compute, storage, databases and messaging systems.
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Hyperscalers, challenger clouds and the economics of running compute at scale.
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AWS expands Bedrock with OpenAI agents, new frontier models, and lifecycle changes
Amazon Bedrock now offers managed agents powered by OpenAI in public preview, alongside new model releases from OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceXAI. AWS also announced several service transitions and new tooling for agent-based workflows.
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Cloudflare expands AI access for civil society: $7.5 million in credits for nonprofits automating mission work
Cloudflare has awarded $7.5 million in developer service credits to 30 civil society organizations building AI-powered tools for human rights, mental health, journalism and civic engagement. The company is now opening a second cohort of its nonprofit startup program.
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Cloudflare launches OHTTP Gateway to simplify privacy-preserving request handling
Cloudflare is introducing a managed OHTTP Gateway service that lets developers receive encrypted HTTP requests without exposing user IP addresses or TLS fingerprints. The new offering pairs with Cloudflare's existing OHTTP Relay, now renamed for clarity.
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The trillion-dollar infrastructure trap: why AI's 'free' model cannot last
Hyperscalers are pouring hundreds of billions into AI data centers annually, but the economics don't add up. With operating costs dwarfing advertising revenue and silicon progress slowing, the industry faces a reckoning.
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Tracking stale cloud resource ownership across team transitions
When engineers change roles or leave, their resource ownership tags often linger unnoticed. Queries and policies can flag inactive owners and enforce reassignment before access revocation.
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Microsoft Addresses Desktop Loading Failures in August 2026 Windows Updates
Microsoft has acknowledged that recent preview and subsequent updates are causing desktop access problems for some users, particularly those running Azure Virtual Desktop with FSLogix. The company has provided temporary workarounds and deployed a Known Issue Rollback for enterprise environments.
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Vercel tightens free-tier storage rules as deployment volumes surge sixfold
The platform now immediately deletes older unprotected deployments once free-tier users exceed 10GB of storage, cutting retention windows and reducing the number of protected builds to keep the Hobby plan sustainable.