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1. Artificial intelligence · Data & databases · Cloud & data centers

   OpenAI explains scaling storage for ChatGPT's huge user base

   OpenAI describes scaling Habitat with reliable multi-tenancy, global caching and Azure Cosmos DB. This delivers 12× faster reads for ChatGPT.

   Full story at openai.com ↗
2. Cybersecurity · Cloud & data centers · Software & updates

   VCF helps customers respond to the PHP2Shell flaws

   A post in the Cybersecurity Awareness Month series covers a busy week of vulnerabilities, including two critical PHP flaws called PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619). They let attackers run code on web servers without logging in.

   Full story at blogs.vmware.com ↗
3. Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence

   DigitalOcean makes prompt caching generally available

   Prompt caching is now generally available on DigitalOcean Serverless Inference for supported open-catalog models, with no request code changes. Cached input is billed at up to 90% off and time to first token drops by up to 80%.

   Full story at digitalocean.com ↗
4. Cloud & data centers · Enterprise software

   Amazon Connect adds persistent chat across linked regions

   Amazon Connect Customer Global Resiliency now supports persistent chat across linked AWS Regions. Users can resume conversations with full context and transcripts, for example from US-East (N. Virginia) to US-West (Oregon).

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

   Cloudflare improves range request caching

   Cloudflare rebuilt how its cache handles range requests for large files. This cut time to first byte for R2 roughly in half and reduced wasted bandwidth.

   Full story at blog.cloudflare.com ↗
6. Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence

   AWS Bedrock web search gets domain filters

   Web Search on AWS Bedrock now supports domain filtering and user location controls. This lets developers restrict results to trusted sites or exclude unwanted sources.

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

   AWS networking adds managed 1:1 NAT

   AWS Transit Gateway and AWS Cloud WAN now offer managed one-to-one NAT via Regional Private NAT Gateway. This lets customers connect networks with overlapping IP ranges without renumbering or deploying separate NAT appliances.

   Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗
8. Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence · Data & databases

   DigitalOcean makes prompt caching generally available

   Prompt caching is now generally available on DigitalOcean Serverless Inference, cutting costs for repeated context by up to 90 percent. Time to first token also drops by up to 80 percent.

   Full story at digitalocean.com ↗
9. Cloud & data centers

   Amazon Connect gets cross-region chat

   Amazon Connect Customer Global Resiliency now supports persistent chat across linked AWS Regions. Customers can resume conversations with full context without repeating information.

   Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗
10. Cloud & data centers · Data & databases

    Amazon MWAA launches in Mexico region

    AWS now offers Amazon MWAA Provisioned environments in the Mexico (Central) Region. Customers can use this to run Apache Airflow workflows locally.

    Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗

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