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sqlite-utils 4.2.1

Release: sqlite-utils 4.2.1 Fixes a crashing bug in sqlite-utils 4.2. I'd introduced code that looks like this: from typing_extensions import Self It turned out the typing-extensions package was not listed as a…

Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 250

Safari Technology Preview Release 250 is now available for download for macOS Golden Gate and macOS Tahoe.

AWS Certificate Manager will discontinue email validation to prove domain validation for certificates

Today, we’re announcing that AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) will discontinue support for email-validated public certificates by September 30, 2027. If you use email validation for your ACM public certificates, you need…

AWS Client VPN now supports CLI, administration controls, and faster connections

AWS Client VPN introduces a rebuilt AWS VPN Client v6.0.x which offers new features like command-line interface (CLI) support, enterprise administrative controls, and faster connection establishment time, making it…

sqlite-utils 4.2

Release: sqlite-utils 4.2 Lots of improvements in this one relating to the table.transform() feature, which adds support for complex alter table operations by creating a fresh table, copying across the data and then…

Designing for failure: Building resilient systems on AWS

Learn how to prevent correlated hardware failures in distributed systems on Amazon EC2. This post walks through real incident response patterns, including Partition Placement Groups, composite alarms, automated recovery…

llm-gemini 0.33

Release: llm-gemini 0.33 It's been a while since the last llm-gemini release. This version of the plugin adds support for today's Gemini 3.7 Flash release, plus gemini-3.6-flash, gemini-3.5-flash-lite and two embedding…

Amazon Redshift adds rg.large and rg.12xlarge instance sizes in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions

Amazon Redshift now offers rg.large and rg.12xlarge instance sizes for RG instances in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) Regions. RG instances deliver better performance, running data warehouse and…

Your guide to GitHub Universe 2026 is here: The schedule just launched!

The GitHub Universe session catalog is live. Explore interactive workshops, community talks, demos, and panels. Plus, register before August 19 to save $300. The post Your guide to GitHub Universe 2026 is here: The…

Claude Opus 5 is now available in AWS GovCloud (US)

AWS GovCloud (US) now offers Claude Opus 5 — the most advanced Opus model yet, and compatible with zero data retention (ZDR) — bringing a step-change in coding, long-running agents, and complex professional work to…

Amazon Quick Microsoft 365 extensions are now generally available

Today, Amazon Quick announces the general availability of Microsoft 365 extensions for Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook. These extensions enable Quick to perform tasks directly within users' M365 environments, using…

Record, train, and deploy from one place with Strands Agents, LeRobot, and Hugging Face Storage Buckets

Spot Placement Score now includes Local Zones

Today, AWS announces support for AWS Local Zones in Spot placement score, helping you identify locations where your Spot capacity request is most likely to succeed. Spot placement score evaluates your target capacity…

Bring your spreadsheet data to life with Sheets canvas

The video shows Sheets canvas in action.

Daybreak Red and Daybreak Blue from OpenAI are now available to eligible customers on Amazon Bedrock

Security teams can now access Daybreak Red and Daybreak Blue from OpenAI on Amazon Bedrock. Both are part of Daybreak, the cyber defense initiative from OpenAI that gives defenders governed access to frontier AI for…

New Way Now: PayPal paving the way for the future of agentic commerce with Google Cloud

*Featured in this video:* Srinivasan Manoharan, Director of AI/ML Platform at PayPal *Executive summary:* Digital payments leader PayPal is pioneering the next era of digital commerce, moving from simple chatbots to…

What 50 open source projects taught us about security in the AI era

See how the open source projects in Session 4 of the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund combined AI-assisted workflows, maintainer expertise, GitHub security tools, expert guidance, and funding to improve project security.…

Packer v1.16.0 brings verifiable provenance to machine images

Packer v1.16.0 adds native SLSA provenance generation and verification for machine images, along with new HCL2 features for provisioners and variables.

Why Openness Matters More Than Ever

Members Newsletter – August 2026: Every model making headlines today, open or closed, sits on top of Open Source code, runs on Open Source infrastructure, and is based on openly shared research. That's not sentiment,…

AWS Certificate Manager supports switching from e-mail to DNS validation

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) now enables you to change the domain validation method on your existing ACM issued public TLS certificates from e-mail to DNS, without reissuing the certificate or changing its existing…