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06 Aug 2026 edition
AWS

AgentCore runtime instances are now generally available

Today, AWS announces runtime instances, a new feature in Amazon Bedrock AgentCore that lets you run agents on your own Amazon EC2 instances without managing infrastructure. AgentCore runtime provides purpose-built…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
Open Source

A guide to slash commands in the GitHub Copilot app

Go beyond chat in the GitHub Copilot app with these slash commands. They'll help you plan, collaborate, automate, and customize your dev workflow. The post A guide to slash commands in the GitHub Copilot app appeared…

Source: GitHub Blog Jacklyn Carroll
AWS GitHub

aws/aws-sdk-java-v2: AWS SDK for Java v2 2.51.2

2.51.2 2026-08-06 AWS Backup Features AWS Backup now lets you create read-only access points for Amazon S3 recovery points, enabling you to access backup data using S3 APIs without initiating a restore. AWS Device Farm…

Source: AWS SDK Java v2 Releases aws-sdk-java-automation
AWS GitHub

aws/aws-sdk-js-v3: v3.1105.0

3.1105.0(2026-08-06) Chores lib-dynamodb: add error msg and fallback when incompatible client is supplied (#8231) (e663d41f) New Features clients: update client endpoints as of 2026-08-06 (e4f7b32f)…

Source: AWS SDK JS v3 Releases aws-sdk-js-automation
AWS GitHub

aws/aws-cli: 2.36.18

Tagging 2.36.18 release.

Source: AWS CLI Releases aws-cli-automation
AWS

Amazon OpenSearch UI now supports Network Access Control

Amazon OpenSearch Service now supports network access controls for OpenSearch UI applications. OpenSearch UI is the fully managed web service for search, analytics, and unified observability across multiple AWS data…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
AWS

AWS Transform for migrations automates post-launch actions

AWS Transform now automates the configuration and execution of post-launch actions through the migration workflow. Define actions at the account level and apply them automatically to each source server across your…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
Open Source

How we took malware advisories beyond npm

GitHub malware advisories no longer stop at npm. Here's how we wired OpenSSF's malicious-packages data into the Advisory Database, and why we built the pipeline paranoid. The post How we took malware advisories beyond…

Source: GitHub Blog Ankit Kumar Honey
Java GitHub

openjdk/jdk: jdk-27+34

Added tag jdk-27+34 for changeset 8106099

Source: OpenJDK Releases JesperIRL
Java GitHub

openjdk/jdk: jdk-28+10

Added tag jdk-28+10 for changeset f602bd4

Source: OpenJDK Releases JesperIRL
AWS

Amazon WorkSpaces now publishes enhanced observability metrics

Amazon WorkSpaces now publishes additional performance and session health metrics to Amazon CloudWatch, enabling IT administrators to gain deeper visibility into their virtual desktop workloads. These new metrics span…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
Django Python

Call for applicants for a Django Executive Director

The Django Software Foundation is announcing a call for an Executive Director. The Executive Director is the operational leader of the Django Software Foundation, a paid position reporting to the Board of Directors,…

Source: Django Weblog Abigail Afi Gbadago, Jeff Triplett, and the DSF Board
AWS

Amazon MSK now delivers Kafka Authorizer Logs to customers

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) now supports Authorizer Log Delivery for Provisioned clusters, including both Standard and Express brokers, at no additional cost. With authorizer logs, you get detailed…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
AWS

Amazon Quick supports multi-dataset analytical capabiity

Today, Amazon Quick announces supporting multi-dataset topics, enabling users to model relationships across multiple datasets in a single topic and use that model to build dashboards and answer questions in natural…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
AWS

Amazon EC2 M8g instances now available in additional regions

Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M8g instances are available in AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei), and AWS Mexico (Central) regions. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver…

Source: AWS What's New aws@amazon.com
Hardware

Waveshare CM4 Case with GPIO #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Shared by Rasmussen on MakerWorld: A redesigned enclosure for the Waveshare CM4 IO board with Raspberry Pi 4 Compute Module, adapted to allow full GPIO connector access. Integrated 40mm fan design blows air across the…

Source: Adafruit Blog Ben
DevSec

Researcher Claims Control of ChatGPT Secure Sandbox

A researcher demonstrated a proof-of-concept attack chain that provided C2-style influence over ChatGPT's isolated sandbox during a session at Black Hat USA 2026.

Source: Dark Reading AppSec Alexander Culafi
Hardware

John Park’s Workshop — LIVE TODAY 8/6/26

It’s JOHN PARK’S WORKSHOP — LIVE! — Coming up at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Today! LIVE TEXT CHAT IS HERE in the Adafruit Discord chat! Projects – Intel 8080 Space Invaders Port to Fruit Jam CircuitPython Parsec Learn Guide Recap…

Source: Adafruit Blog John Park
Web

2026 State of CSS, Devs Surveys

A few notes and takeaways from the 2026 State of CSS survey results, including a nice CSS-Tricks cameo! 2026 State of CSS, Devs Surveys originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get…

Source: CSS-Tricks Geoff Graham
PostgreSQL

Pavel Stehule: initial integration lua language to psql

It can looks like (2026-08-06 17:44:32) postgres=# \luacode Enter code to be copied followed by a newline. End with a backslash and a period on a line by itself, or an EOF signal. >> function x(n) >> return n + 10 >>…

Source: Planet PostgreSQL
General

Give any website a WebMCP interface

Today we're launching a developer preview of WebMCP on Cloudflare. With one switch, any site becomes usable by browser AI agents — no new APIs, no origin changes — while the human stays in control and creators keep…

Source: Cloudflare Blog Will Rowe
General

The next generation of MCP

The next version of MCP has a rewritten, stateless core that just works on Workers. We cover upgrades to the protocol, the new feature lifecycle and SDK migration path, and hear from early adopters already running it in…

Source: Cloudflare Blog Matt Carey
PostgreSQL

Gabriele Bartolini: CNPG Recipe 26 - Extension image catalogs

CloudNativePG lets the ClusterImageCatalog carry extension images alongside the operand, a capability every currently supported release already has, so a Cluster manifest only needs to name an extension and nothing…

Source: Planet PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL

Mayur B.: EXPLAIN ANALYZE the PGConf.EU CFP

What I learned after moving from conference volunteer duty to the other side of the Call for Papers. Disclosure: This is my personal account of the experience, based on the publicly documented PostgreSQL Europe…

Source: Planet PostgreSQL
JavaScript

Node.js 26.7, vlt 1.0, and Shai-Hulud Returns

#​636 — August 6, 2026 Read on the Web Node.js 26.7.0 (Current) Released — Landing just two days after 26.6, coverage reports can now include files your tests didn't touch with --test-coverage-include-all, FFI and…

Source: Node Weekly

Astro 7.2

Astro 7.2 adds experimental incremental static builds, an option to opt out of session support, background mode for astro preview, and relative logger entrypoints.

Source: Astro Blog
Open Source General

Rubber Duck Thursday - A closer look at Stacked PRs!

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Source: GitHub GitHub