☁️ AWS Daily Digest · June 11, 2026
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1. Now available: Amazon EC2 M9g and M9gd instances powered by new AWS Graviton5 processors
Compute · AWS Blog
Amazon EC2 now offers M9g and M9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors, which deliver improved compute performance, price-performance, and energy efficiency. This benefits customers who require high-performance computing for workloads like databases and analytics. The M9g instances are now generally available in multiple regions.
2. Amazon Aurora now supports PostgreSQL major version 18
Database · AWS What's New
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports PostgreSQL major version 18, which brings community improvements to query performance and database management. This upgrade benefits customers who require improved query performance and database management capabilities. The new version introduces support for pg_roaringbitmap, a new extension for fast set operations.
3. Build RAG-powered AI solutions at the edge with AWS Local Zones and Outposts
Security · AWS Compute Blog
AWS Local Zones and Outposts now support building RAG-powered AI solutions at the edge, enabling organizations to utilize generative AI while keeping data on-premises or within specific geographic boundaries. This benefits organizations in regulated industries with strict information security requirements. The solution utilizes self-managed Small Language Models (SLMs) for specific use cases.
4. Optimize EC2 costs with AWS Compute Optimizer right sizing
FinOps · AWS Compute Blog
AWS Compute Optimizer now offers right sizing for EC2 instances, which helps customers optimize costs by matching instance types and sizes to actual resource demands. This benefits customers who want to reduce costs while maintaining performance and capacity requirements. The optimizer analyzes resource configuration and utilization metrics to provide rightsizing recommendations.
5. Anthropic Claude Fable 5 on AWS: Mythos-class capabilities with built-in safeguards now available
AI/ML · AWS Blog
Anthropic Claude Fable 5 is now available on AWS, offering Mythos-class capabilities with built-in safeguards for state-of-the-art performance in software engineering, knowledge work tasks, and vision. This benefits customers who require high-performance AI capabilities with strong safeguards. Fable 5 is available on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS.
6. Improve your application resilience with Amazon Cognito multi-Region replication
Security · AWS Blog
Amazon Cognito now supports multi-Region replication, which improves application resilience by maintaining consistent user authentication in the event of a regional service interruption. This benefits developers who require high availability for user authentication and machine-to-machine authentication. The update also includes support for customer-managed keys for encryption control.
7. Reducing costs by 50% while processing population-scale genomics with Mountpoint for Amazon S3 and AWS Batch
Storage · AWS HPC Blog
Mountpoint for Amazon S3 and AWS Batch has helped Oxford Nanopore Technologies reduce computational costs by 50% while processing population-scale genomics. This benefits customers who require cost-effective and reliable processing of large genomic datasets. The solution utilizes AWS Batch and Nextflow for a managed compute environment.
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