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Uber Details ServiceScale, a Second Kubernetes Scaling Controller Built to Let Failover Reuse Idle Capacity
Uber describes a new ServiceScale controller that lets multiple orchestrators set replica counts on the same Kubernetes workloads, and the stale-cache and multi-writer bugs its year-long rollout exposed.
AWS Launches CloudWatch Omni, a Collaborative AI-Powered Observability Console for Engineering Teams
AWS introduced CloudWatch Omni, an off-console observability tool unifying application and AI-agent monitoring behind enterprise SSO, with an AI investigation agent.
AWS Lambda Extends Timeout to 90 Minutes on Managed Instances, Six Times the Previous Limit
AWS raised the maximum Lambda function timeout on Managed Instances to 90 minutes, up from 15, for async and event-driven invocations.
Amazon Linux 2027 Enters Public Preview With SELinux Enforcing by Default
AWS's Amazon Linux 2027 public preview ships SELinux in enforcing mode by default, a break from AL2023's permissive mode that leaves migration timing and an in-place upgrade path unconfirmed.
AWS Extends EBS Volume Clones to Cross-Account Copying, Adding KMS Re-Encryption and RAM-Based Sharing
AWS now lets customers clone Amazon EBS volumes into other AWS accounts, sharing them via AWS RAM and optionally re-encrypting with a KMS key in the target account.
Netflix Migrates Over 30,000 Flink Jobs to an Open-Source Autoscaler, Citing a 58% Cost Cut for One Team
Netflix is consolidating two Flink autoscalers into the open-source community version across 30,000+ jobs, with one team reporting a 58% compute-cost cut worth $1.1 million a year.
Google Cloud Run Worker Pools Reach GA With Open-Source CREMA Autoscaler and Blackwell GPU Support
Google Cloud Run Worker Pools hit general availability on April 14, 2026, shipping with Blackwell GPU support and CREMA, an open-source KEDA-based autoscaler for queue-driven workloads.