A Fantastic Service Gets Better, Somehow

AWS Morning Brief for the week of July 21st, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Links:Amazon EBS now provides visibility into EBS volume initialization statusThe Amazon S3 console now displays an external access summary for all your bucketsAmazon S3 Tables reduce compaction costs by up to 90%AWS API MCP Server now available AWS Cost Anomaly Detection improves accuracy with model enhancementsAWS Price List API now supports four new Query Filters Introducing AWS AI LeagueAnnouncing Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for AWS Price ListAmazon S3 Metadata now supports metadata for all your S3 objects AWS Free Tier update: New customers can get started and explore AWS with up to $200 in creditsIntroducing Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Securely deploy and operate AI agents at any scale (preview)Introducing Amazon S3 Vectors: First cloud storage with native vector support at scale (preview)Under the hood: Amazon EKS ultra scale clustersProven Practices for Succeeding with a Multicloud StrategyAccenture scales video analysis with Amazon Nova and Amazon Bedrock AgentsComing soon: Exam update and new name for cloud operations certification