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AWS announced Lambda Web Functions, a new execution model that enables the deployment of conventional HTTP servers built with frameworks such as Express and Next.js on Lambda without converting them into event handlers. The service supports synchronous execution, cross-Region distribution, and pricing based on processor usage time, with initial availability in five AWS Regions.
AWS has entered a definitive agreement to acquire DuckLabs, the Dutch company behind the open-source DuckDB analytical database, while committing to keep the project under its independent foundation and MIT license. The report also reviews updates to ECS, Lambda, IoT Core, GameLift, and SageMaker HyperPod, along with the open Agentic Resource Discovery specification.