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Saturday, August 1, 2026 — Edition #23

AWS & Cloud

AWS Q2 2026 Earnings: Cloud Revenue Hits $42.2B with 37% Growth, Fastest Pace in 18 Quarters

Amazon reported AWS revenue of $42.2 billion for Q2 2026, representing 37% year-over-year growth—the fastest expansion since 2021. AWS operating income reached $16.6 billion with a 39.4% margin. The company's AI and Chips businesses each exceeded $25 billion in annualized run rates.

Source: CNBC

AWS & Cloud

Amazon EC2 C9g and C9gd Instances Now Generally Available with AWS Graviton5 Processors

AWS released compute-optimized C9g and memory-optimized C9gd instances powered by Graviton5 processors, delivering up to 25% higher performance per vCPU than previous C8g instances. The instances feature 5x larger L3 cache, fastest DDR5 memory of any AWS instance, and options for local NVMe storage.

Source: AWS News Blog

AI Engineering

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Web Search and Managed Knowledge Bases Now GA

AWS made Web Search and Managed Knowledge Bases generally available for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. The Web Search tool enables agents to ground responses in current, cited web information with zero data egress, while Managed Knowledge Bases simplify RAG pipelines with native data connectors and Agentic Retriever for complex multi-step queries.

Source: AWS News Blog

AWS & Cloud

AWS Bedrock Agents Transitions to Maintenance; Amazon Bedrock Agents Classic Taking Over

Amazon Bedrock Agents, launched in November 2023, transitioned to maintenance status effective July 30, 2026. The service is now branded as Amazon Bedrock Agents Classic. Existing customers can continue using the service, though new customer access has ended.

Source: AWS Service Availability Updates

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