At re:Invent 2025, Colin Lazier, vice president of databases at AWS, emphasized the importance of building at the speed of an idea—enabling rapid progress from concept to running application. Customers can already create production-ready Amazon DynamoDB tables and Amazon Aurora DSQL databases in seconds. He previewed creating an Amazon Aurora serverless database with the same […]

Is it possible to truly be alone in a room that is always listening for your presence? The off button was once a definitive boundary. When you closed a laptop or placed a phone face down, you ceased to be a data source. Ambient computing removes that choice by embedding technology into the physical environment. […]

There’s a moment most people have, somewhere between the third and fifth conversation with a good AI chatbot, where something clicks. The response was too good. Too on point. Too… understanding. And a little voice says: maybe there’s something actually there. There isn’t. And the gap between that feeling and reality is quietly responsible for […]

Hello! I’m Daniel Abib, and this is my first AWS Weekly Roundup. I’m a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS, focused on the generative AI and Amazon Bedrock. With over 28 years of experience in solution architecture, software development, and cloud architecture, I help Startups & Enterprises harness the power of generative AI with Amazon […]

If your company had a fire tomorrow, your property insurance would cover the damage. If a delivery van hit someone, your liability insurance would step in. There is a version of insurance for almost every physical risk a business faces. Cybersecurity insurance which is sometimes called cyber liability insurance is the same idea applied to […]

AWS has reached its 20th anniversary! With a steady pace of innovation, AWS has grown to offer over 240 comprehensive cloud services and continues to launch thousands of new features annually for millions of customers. During this time, over 4,700 posts have been published on this blog—more than double the number since Jeff Barr wrote […]

Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol became the connective tissue of enterprise AI in under 18 months. Security came later. The CVE count is now the evidence. Anthropic introduced the Model Context Protocol in November 2024. They called it the USB-C for AI applications. The framing was accurate. Like USB-C, it standardized a connection layer that everyone […]

We’re thrilled to celebrate three exceptional developer community leaders as AWS Heroes. These individuals represent the heart of what makes the AWS community so vibrant. In addition to sharing technical knowledge, they build connections, forge genuine human relationships, and create pathways for others to grow. From pioneering cloud culture in mountain villages to leading cybersecurity […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) use in business has moved from novel and experimental to everyday use. At Kubicle, we can see that businesses across finance, consulting and professional services are investing heavily in AI tools that promise faster analysis, better forecasting and ultimately improved decision making. And yet many businesses are discovering that technology adoption alone is not enough.    While AI systems are becoming easier to access, the ability […]

Twenty years ago this past week, Amazon S3 launched publicly on March 14, 2006. While Amazon Simple Storage Service is often considered the foundational storage service that defined cloud infrastructure, what began as a simple object storage service has grown into something far larger in scope and scale. As of March 2026, S3 stores more […]