North America tech news
Technology news from North America: official announcements from its governments, companies and institutions.
AWS Health adds version catalog for software lifecycle tracking
The new catalog in the AWS Health Dashboard lists supported software versions and end-of-support timelines so teams can plan upgrades before deadlines hit.
Amazon Web Services
Vulnerability Watch, October 3, 2026: 8 critical CVEs and 28 new vendor and CERT advisories
Every critical-severity CVE NIST published in the past day, plus the latest advisories from national CERTs and vendors.
NIST
AWS speeds up Aurora serverless scaling for agentic AI bursts
Amazon said Aurora serverless can now add up to 16 ACUs within a second and scale to 256 ACUs, targeting bursty agentic AI workloads.
Amazon Web Services
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Wraps Station Science Mission, Heads Home
NASA says the four-member Crew-12 team returns in early October after work spanning quantum physics, metal 3D printing and in-orbit IV fluid production.
NASA
Cloudflare opens waitlist for fully managed Cloudflare OS
Cloudflare says organizations will be able to launch an agent workspace from the dashboard, with new GitHub, Gmail and Drive connections and file exports.
Cloudflare
Linux Foundation report says OpenSearch production use doubled
The Linux Foundation's 2026 data infrastructure research reports 83% of organizations run or plan AI workloads and OpenSearch production adoption rising from 19% to 36%.
Linux Foundation
US and Japan Extend Science and Technology Pact Indefinitely
A protocol signed in Tokyo extends the 1988 bilateral research agreement with no end date, with the State Department citing a focus on critical and emerging technologies.
US State Department
Google Cloud Storage SDKs enable end-to-end checksums by default
Google said its Cloud Storage SDKs now compute and verify checksums automatically, closing a window where in-flight uploads could be corrupted by a bit flip.
Google Cloud
Cloudflare merges logs, traces and alerts into one platform
Cloudflare says eight updates unify logs, traces, analytics and alerts behind one SQL API, with new usage-based observability pricing starting December 1, 2026.
Cloudflare
Cloudflare launches Traces in open beta for request tracing
Cloudflare says the new service automatically records security rules, caching, routing and origin handling as OpenTelemetry spans that can be exported to any OTLP backend.
Cloudflare