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Here's Everything Amazon Web Services Announced at AWS re:Invent | TechCrunch
The AWS re:Invent event in Las Vegas featured a series of significant announcements from Amazon Web Services. Key highlights include:
Amazon Q: An AI-powered chatbot for AWS customers, capable of content generation, action-taking, and system understanding. It's trained on 17 years of AWS knowledge and can suggest AWS solutions for specific app workloads.
Guardrails for Amazon Bedrock: A tool that allows companies to define and limit the language models' responses, ensuring they stay within relevant topics.
New Chips: AWS Graviton4 and AWS Trainium2, designed for model training and inferencing, offering improved performance and energy efficiency.
Amazon S3 Express One Zone: A major update to the S3 object storage service, providing high performance and low latency for data-intensive applications.
Serverless Offerings: Three new serverless services for managing Aurora, ElastiCache, and Redshift, automating resource scaling and backend management.
Amazon One Enterprise: A palm-scanning identity service for physical premises authentication, building on Amazon's biometric payment technology.
Virtual Desktop Environment: New $195 devices for accessing virtual desktops like Amazon WorkSpaces, housed in Fire TV Cube hardware, aimed at reducing IT spending.
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Reminder: Google is about to start purging inactive accounts
Google is set to begin deleting inactive accounts starting from December 1st, 2023, as part of its inactive account policy announced in May. This policy targets accounts that have been created and never used again. To avoid deletion, users need to engage in activities like signing in, using Google Drive, watching YouTube videos, or using Google Search. Simply logging into a Google Account can keep it active for another two years.
Apple Music Replay vs. Spotify Wrapped
Apple Music Replay, Apple's answer to Spotify Wrapped, has been released, offering users insights into their top songs, albums, artists, genres, and listening history for 2023. However, it lacks the unique, shareable experiences that Spotify Wrapped offers, such as the "Audio Aura" and "Listening Personality" features. Apple Music Replay focuses on standard metrics, like top 100 songs charts and Year-End charts, but doesn't match Spotify's dynamic and artistic social sharing capabilities. Replay is available all year long, unlike Spotify Wrapped, which is a more timely, social media-focused event.
Oxford Study on Internet Use and Mental Health
The Oxford Internet Institute conducted one of the largest studies on mental health and internet use, involving two million people across 168 countries. The study found minor shifts in global mental health despite increased online connectivity, challenging the perceived dangers of social media overuse. However, the study's findings are limited due to the lack of access to data from social platforms themselves. The research highlights the need for collaborative efforts between independent scientists and the internet-technology sector for a deeper understanding of the relationship between social media usage and mental health.
Augment Provides an MBA-Like Program, But Exclusively Online
French startup Augment is redefining business education with its online Augment MBA program, offering an alternative to traditional MBA courses. The program, which has attracted over 500 students globally, features a mix of videos from business leaders, case studies, quizzes, and more.
This virtual garage sale lets you haggle with AIs to buy Tesla stock, a PS5 or a toilet magazine
AI Garage Sale, created by Brain, a Los Angeles-based art studio, is an online platform where users can haggle with AI for various items, ranging from common garage sale finds to high-value products like PS5s and AirPods. The AI can sell items at any price, allowing for potential bargains. The platform, powered mainly by OpenAI, was extensively trained in haggling techniques. It offers a unique blend of humor and functionality, reflecting the studio's focus on tech-inspired art and games.
Wind.app makes DeFi accessible to the average consumer
Wind.app, founded by Hussain Elius, co-founder of Pathao, is a new venture into the world of decentralized finance (DeFi). It's a self-custodial, smart contract wallet offering three main features: facilitating global business payments, serving as a virtual bank account, and providing infrastructure for crypto-to-fiat transactions. The Singapore-based startup has raised $3.8 million in pre-seed funding and has already processed over $3 million in annualized gross transaction volume.
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Amazon Q: Generative AI Powered Assistant - AWS
Amazon Q is a generative AI-powered assistant designed for business use, currently in preview. It's tailored to help with tasks such as answering questions, solving problems, generating content, and taking actions based on company data and enterprise systems. Amazon Q can be customized to specific business needs, connecting to over 40 built-in connectors for various company systems.
SuperCold: AI-Powered Cold Outreach Platform
SuperCold is an AI-powered platform designed to run hyper-personalized cold outbound campaigns. It utilizes GPT-4 technology to personalize each outreach for maximum impact. Key features include LinkedIn profile scraping for enhanced personalization, high email deliverability to avoid spam filters, and multichannel support for Email, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp campaigns.
Swiddle.io: Landing Page Creation Tool
Swiddle.io is a platform designed to help users quickly create landing pages. It offers a straightforward process that allows for the creation of a live landing page in under 15 minutes, without the need for any coding knowledge. Users can publish their website directly through the platform or export their work in React + JS/TS or HTML + JS.
099 Supply: 3D Photorealistic Visuals for Graphic Design
099 Supply offers a unique service for graphic designers, providing 3D photo-realistic visuals to showcase design concepts. The platform allows users to create the perfect photographic look and feel for their products by customizing, generating, and downloading high-quality mockup templates. This service saves time and enables designers to experiment with different angles, textures, and lighting before finalizing their designs. One of their featured products is a free Spray Can mockup, demonstrating the level of detail and realism achievable with their mockups.
Niceboard: Modern Job Board Software
Niceboard is a modern job board software designed to help communities, associations, and publishers easily create and manage their own job boards. It offers a simple, plug-and-play solution that allows users to launch a job board in under 10 minutes. The platform focuses on providing a delightful job hunting experience for job seekers, an efficient talent sourcing tool for employers, and an automated revenue stream for businesses.
Postli: AI-Powered LinkedIn Post Creation
Postli is an AI-powered tool designed to help users create compelling LinkedIn posts. It offers over 1000 post templates from top creators and 20 different AI-powered generator functions, enabling users to craft posts that stand out. The platform is particularly useful for social media marketers, business professionals, and individuals focused on personal branding.
Barter: Collaborate with Content Creators Easily
Barter is an innovative platform designed to streamline collaboration between businesses and content creators. It simplifies the process of finding, sourcing, and working with verified and engaged content creators, making it as easy as ordering pizza. The platform offers full access to a network of over 1500 content creators with a combined follower count of more than 20 million.
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