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1. Cloud & data centers · DevOps & containers

   AWS lowers EMR on EKS pricing

   Amazon is cutting the EMR charge for running on EKS by 30 percent, affecting both per-vCPU-hour and per-GB-hour fees. Apache Spark workloads on EKS automatically benefit from the lower cost with no action needed.

   Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗
2. Cloud & data centers · Networking

   AWS previews last-mile link with Megaport

   AWS launched a preview of AWS Interconnect - last mile with Megaport, letting customers connect branch offices and data centers to AWS easily. It uses Megaport's large software-defined network spanning thousands of data centers worldwide.

   Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗
3. New AI models · Data & databases

   OlmoEarth v1.3 offers planet-wide embeddings

   Hugging Face released OlmoEarth v1.3, described as offering state-of-the-art embeddings for the whole planet. No further details were provided.

   Full story at huggingface.co ↗
4. New AI models · Programming & dev tools

   Recursive launches local coding model Flint

   Recursive released Flint, a 40B-parameter open-weight model built for fast local coding. It features a 512k-token context window and an inference engine optimized for Apple Silicon.

   Full story at TestingCatalog AI News ↗
5. Software & updates

   Google still lacks JPEG XL support

   Google's John Mueller confirmed that Google Images and Google Discover do not yet support the JPEG XL image format. This means images in that format won't appear in those Google services.

   Full story at seroundtable.com ↗

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