Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer dared Republicans to block a critical debt limit and government spending bill that is up for a vote late Monday afternoon. Read full article
Month: September 2021
Police may not name a suspect in the Gabby Petito case for a while, as experts say they’ll face obstacles to finding and testing physical evidence
Police may not name a suspect in Petito's killing for a long time because it will be difficult for them to gather evidence, experts say. Read full article
Marine Corps veteran sprayed in face during Capitol riot dies
A Marine Corps veteran who vigorously fought charges against him in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has died of undisclosed reasons in a Florida hospital. Read full article
7 First Alert Forecast 5 p.m. Update, Monday, September 27
7 First Alert Forecast 5 p.m. Update, Monday, September 27 Read full article
Person of Interest ‘Rebuffed’ by Missing Florida College Student Kills Himself
via Instagram/Orange County Sheriff's OfficeLocal authorities in Orlando, Florida, said Monday that a maintenance worker they had identified as a person of interest in the disappearance of 19-year-old Miya Marcano—who has been missing since Friday—was found dead in an apparent suicide.Orange County Sheriff John Mina said that Armando Manuel Caballero, 27, a maintenance employee where…
New for Amazon Connect: Voice ID, Wisdom, and Outbound Communications
During the AWS re:Invent conference last year, I wrote about new capabilities added to Amazon Connect. Today, I am happy to announce the general availability of two of these capabilities, Voice ID and Wisdom, and the launch of a new one. High-volume outbound communications allows, as the name implies, the initiation and management of outbound…
Dozens of goats get loose in Atlanta
Dozens of goats were found roaming free Monday in an upscale business section of Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood. (Sept. 27) Read full article
Pausing “Instagram Kids” and Building Parental Supervision Tools
We believe building “Instagram Kids” is the right thing to do, but we’re pausing the work. We’ll use this time to work with parents, experts and policymakers to demonstrate the value and need for this product. We’ll continue to build opt-in parental supervision tools for teens. We wanted to provide an update on our work…
New – Amazon Genomics CLI Is Now Open Source and Generally Available
Less than 70 years separate us from one of the greatest discoveries of all time: the double helix structure of DNA. We now know that DNA is a sort of a twisted ladder composed of four types of compounds, called bases. These four bases are usually identified by an uppercase letter: adenine (A), guanine (G),…
The future of attribution is data-driven
In the face of a changing privacy landscape, marketers need new measurement approaches that meet their objectives and put users first. This is why we’ve invested in new tools to help you future-proof your measurement.One critical tool is machine learning, which can be used to fill the gaps in observed data and unlock new insights…