--- title: AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder... description: A weekly AWS roundup covering a new Student Rewards program on AWS Builder Center offering free training and certification vouchers for verified students, plus... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-weekly-roundup-student-rewards-on-aws-builder-center-local-zone-in-las-vegas-and-more-august-s7t7km5vp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, Local Zone in Las Vegas, and more (August 24, 2026) | daily.dev og:description: A weekly AWS roundup covering a new Student Rewards program on AWS Builder Center offering free training and certification vouchers for verified students, plus... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-weekly-roundup-student-rewards-on-aws-builder-center-local-zone-in-las-vegas-and-more-august-s7t7km5vp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/s7T7KM5vp.png og:image:alt: AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, Local Zone in Las Vegas, and more (August 24, 2026) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AWS Weekly Roundup: Student Rewards on AWS Builder Center, Local Zone in Las Vegas, and more (August 24, 2026) **[AWS](https://daily.dev/sources/aws)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A weekly AWS roundup covering a new Student Rewards program on AWS Builder Center offering free training and certification vouchers for verified students, plus a batch of product launches: a new Local Zone in Las Vegas, a fourth Availability Zone in London with Trn3/P6 instances, batch instance termination for EC2 Auto Scaling, a visual file editor in CloudShell, Bedrock support for Grok 4.6 and OpenAI GPT-5.6 models with cross-Region inference, general availability of AgentCore payments, and AWS Glue 6.0 with 30% lower pricing and Iceberg v3 support. Also mentions updates to the AWS sign-in experience, new Builder Lofts in Berlin, Hyderabad, and São Paulo, WorkSpaces being named a Gartner DaaS leader, and upcoming AWS Summits and Community Days. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does AWS Glue 6.0 change in terms of pricing and Iceberg support? AWS Glue 6.0 lowers pricing by 30% compared to previous Glue versions and adds full Apache Iceberg v3 support. It runs on Apache Spark 4.1, Python 3.13, and Scala 2.13, and Iceberg v3 support brings the VARIANT data type with automatic shredding, deletion vectors for row-level updates, geometry and geography data types, and flexible schema evolution. _Teams tracking Glue cost and Iceberg compatibility changes can follow updates like this on daily.dev._ ### Which AI models did Amazon Bedrock add support for recently, including cross-Region inference? Amazon Bedrock added support for SpaceXAI Grok 4.6 and OpenAI GPT-5.6 models (named Sol, Terra, and Luna), both with cross-Region inference. Grok 4.6 works with the Responses, Chat Completions, and Converse APIs and existing account-level controls, while GPT-5.6 adds Geo and Global cross-Region inference options, including new US Geo routing support. _Developers comparing model options on Bedrock can track these rollouts on daily.dev._ ### What is changing in the AWS sign-in and sign-up experience? AWS is rolling out a redesigned sign-in page with a unified email entry point for root users and customers using email-based sign-in, while IAM users still sign in with account ID, username, and password. It also adds sign-in options for identity providers like Google, GitHub, Apple, and Amazon.com, plus a redesigned session selection page for managing multiple active sessions. Organizations using browser automation against the sign-in page should review their configurations. _Teams relying on scripted AWS sign-in flows can watch for breaking changes like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AWS Weekly Roundup: NY Summit recap, Local Zone in Hanoi, Grok 4.3 in Bedrock, price reductions, and more \(June 22, 2026\)](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-weekly-roundup-ny-summit-recap-local-zone-in-hanoi-grok-4-3-in-bedrock-price-reductions-and-ptobd1rji) · AWS · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Builder Center mobile apps, Amazon Connect Talent GA, Amazon Corretto 27, and more \(September 21, 2026\)](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-weekly-roundup-aws-builder-center-mobile-apps-amazon-connect-talent-ga-amazon-corretto-27-an-eeqfwmfvl) · AWS · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, open-source ExtendDB, Kiro Web, and more \(May 25, 2026\)](https://daily.dev/posts/aws-weekly-roundup-aws-local-zones-in-istanbul-open-source-extenddb-kiro-web-and-more-may-25-2-uuxsgnteq) · AWS · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - 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