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PostgreSQL 18 on Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS: Performance enhancements

This is Part 1 of a two-part series covering the key features in PostgreSQL 18. In this post, we focus on performance enhancements: skip scan optimization for multicolumn indexes, enhanced EXPLAIN output, automatic removal of unnecessary self-joins, and several vacuum and autovacuum improvements that help keep your database running efficiently.

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AWS Database Blog

PostgreSQL 18 on Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS: Security, monitoring, and developer enhancements

In Part 1 of this series, we explored the performance enhancements in PostgreSQL 18, including skip scan optimization, enhanced EXPLAIN output, automatic self-join removal, and vacuum/autovacuum improvements. In this second part, we focus on security, monitoring, developer productivity, and logical replication enhancements that improve operational efficiency and the overall developer experience.

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Tim Cook says RAM expenses are ‘unsustainable’ and Apple is going to raise prices

Apple is planning to raise prices in response to the ongoing memory shortage. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook says "price increases are unavoidable:" We're doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are being passed to us, and we've been trying to shield our customers from the increases, but the situation has become unsustainable. Cook doesn't say when Apple plans on raising prices or which products will be affected. The company has already stopped selli

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BleepingComputer

Google to use UK and EU user IP addresses for ad personalization

From August 3, 2026, Google will use IP addresses from UK, EEA and Switzerland users for ad measurement and personalization. It lands as the ICO weighs new consent rules, and years after Google itself called using such signals to identify devices "wrong." [...]

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