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How to migrate from Oracle to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL using AWS CloudFormation (Part 1)

In this post, you learn how to use AWS DMS Schema Conversion to migrate Oracle schemas to PostgreSQL. AWS DMS Schema Conversion converts database schemas and code objects to formats compatible with your target database. You also learn how to use AWS DMS to migrate data to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition.

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Avoid shared database accounts with federated IAM authentication

In this post, you will learn how to integrate Okta with AWS IAM Identity Center and implement Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) authentication to create a unified authentication flow. You configure attribute-based access control (ABAC) that automatically maps user identities from your IdP to database permissions, supporting interactive user sessions and helping you avoid shared accounts. By the end, you have a working system where databa

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The Documentation Crisis Nobody Sees: Why AI Agents Are Breaking Faster Than Humans Can Document Them

At 3:07 AM on a Thursday in November 2024, an expense management agent completed its nightly batch run and marked the job successful. It had processed 214 expense entries across a 77-minute window. Every API call returned a 200. Every authorization token was correctly scoped. The workflow orchestrator logged nominal completion. The audit trail was clean, timestamped, and signed.

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Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers

New college graduates around the country have been booing and heckling commencement speakers who hype up AI. Microsoft would like everyone to talk it out. In a blog post running more than 3,100 words, Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith addressed the recent spate of viral clips from graduation ceremonies, like former Google CEO Eric Schmidt getting an earful at the University of Arizona, or the speaker in Florida who seemed surprised when students booed at the mention of AI as "the nex

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The future of AI regulation is courting the strangest, most anxious bedfellows

(L-R) Sen. Mike Rounds, Pamela Brown, Chris Malachowsky, Kevin O'Leary, Gabriele Caccia, Tammy Haddad, Michele L. Jawando, Sen. Mark Warner, Michael Kelly and Major General Patrick Ellis attend the Second Annual AI Honors. | Getty Images for Washington AI N Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politics, tech influence, and tech shenanigans in Washington, DC. (If you're not a subscriber, you can get on board here.) We're back after a two-week hiatus, dur

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