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What’s new with Grafana variables: less clutter, easier reuse across dashboards, and more
Template variables are one of the most used features in Grafana, providing users with a dropdown to turn one dashboard into hundreds: pick a different cluster, region, or service, and every panel updates. For most of Grafana's history, variables had a single home at the top of the dashboard. Each dashboard had one flat list of variables, and that list was shared by every panel on it. But as dashboards grew in size and number, those controls became harder to organize and maintain. The top of a da
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra silently obstructed safety research tasks
OpenAI has disclosed another AI alignment incident where GPT-6 Astra was found to sometimes quietly withhold help on safety research. [...]
Introducing bulk put items for Amazon DynamoDB: Load data from Amazon S3 into existing tables at scale
Bulk put items is a fully managed feature that loads data from Amazon S3 directly into your existing Amazon DynamoDB tables, with no impact to your table's read and write performance and at a lower price point than per-request writes. This post introduces the feature, walks through running an import end to end, and shares best practices for production.
Introducing AWS account access manager: IAM role flexibility with centralized workforce access
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is introducing account access manager, a flexible new way to manage workforce access to your Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts. This combines the IAM role flexibility your teams already rely on, delivered through the centralized federation of AWS IAM Identity Center, with user-level visibility built-in. Account access manager streamlines […]
Hungary: Communist-era files released, up to 60k former agents revealed
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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 is $300 off ahead of Black Friday
Android fans with a bit of iPhone Duo envy, take note: The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 is discounted to $1,599.99 at both Amazon and Best Buy, a hefty $300 markdown from its usual price, and just $50 higher than the lowest we’ve seen. Considering the device only launched a few months ago, you’re saving a significant amount of cash on the unlocked device, and you can also opt for the 512GB model, doubling the storage, for just $200 more (Amazon, Best Buy). Best Buy currently has all three colors in s
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