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An interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman on his AI vision, how he plans to extend Amazon's cloud market lead, adding AI to AWS services, AI efficiencies, and more (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-aws-ceo-matt-garman-ai-agents/

AWS CEO Matt Garman Wants to Reassert Amazon’s Cloud Dominance in the AI Era
As Google and Microsoft continue to surge, the AWS chief lays out his pitch: cheaper, reliable AI delivered at hyperscale.

Here are some more photos from our wander in Queanbeyan. The suspension bridge is quite old and rather wobbly. I loved it. We met an old man who told us about platypus sightings around the river.
#Queanbeyan #Australia

LIVE: Israel opens Rafah crossing in Gaza as dozens killed in attacks
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/2/1/live-israel-to-partially-open-rafah-in-gaza-as-dozens-killed-in-attacks

LIVE: Thousands wait for evacuation from Gaza as Rafah crossing reopens
Gaza’s Health Ministry says 20,000 desperately need medical treatment abroad as details from Israel remain slim.

As 19 States Raise Minimum Wage
the Federal Rate is Stuck at $7.25
"One Fair Wage" noted that
“tipped workers can still legally be paid as little as $2.13 an hour,
a system advocates describe as a direct legacy of slavery.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/minimum-

'A National Disgrace': 19 States to Raise Minimum Wage But Federal Rate Stuck at $7.25 | Common Dreams
One Fair Wage noted that "tipped workers can still legally be paid as little as $2.13 an hour, a system advocates describe as a direct legacy of slavery."

practicing writing in a new language is so deeply embarrassing
#gaeilge

We had to drive over to Queanbeyan to pick up an order at the farm shop there.
We don't get there very often so we took the opportunity to go for a bit of a wander by the river afterwards. I forgot how pretty it is.
#Queanbeyan #Australia

Amazon debuts three frontier agents: Kiro autonomous agent, AWS Security Agent, and AWS DevOps Agent, each focused on a different aspect of software development (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/02/aws-puts-ai-age…

AWS puts AI agents to work on truly autonomous software development - SiliconANGLE
AWS puts AI agents to work on truly autonomous software development - SiliconANGLE

AWS announces new features for its AI agent platform Bedrock AgentCore, including new tools for managing AI agent boundaries and memory capabilities (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/aws-announces-new-capabilities-for-it…

AWS announces new capabilities for its AI agent builder | TechCrunch
AWS is introducing new capabilities for its AI agent-building platform, including memory and evaluation tools.

How Arizona is training talent for its growing chip industry as suppliers fear tighter US immigration policy; Arizona has drawn $200B in investments since 2020 (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/semiconductors/how…

How Arizona is cultivating talent for a US chip revival
TSMC and Intel need talent and advanced programs are in place, but H-1B visas a hurdle

Chinese matchmaking apps like Wanmei Qinjia, which has 50M users and lets parents look for spouses for their children, surge as marriage rates continue to fall (Kohei Fujimura/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Millions of Chinese parents join matchmaking apps to marry off adult children
Services say parent-endorsed partners are more likely to lead to marriages