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Technology

FXC Intelligence announces AWS-based MCP server for payments data

FXC Intelligence announced an MCP server on October 15 connecting clients’ AI tools to cross-border payments benchmarks and market data. According to the company announcement published by AWS, it uses Amazon Bedrock and AgentCore, with dedicated agents for pricing, competitive analysis and go-to-market planning.

FXC Intelligence / AWS Press Center1 min read Data included
Technology

Microsoft details agent-workflow updates in Cosmos DB emulator

Microsoft described Cosmos DB vNext emulator updates for AI coding agents on October 15. Its report covers October releases’ binary-protocol support, stricter indexing-metadata validation and experimental Nacelle gateway, alongside tools for loading test data and collecting traces.

Microsoft Developer Blogs1 min read Data included
Technology

Microsoft details vector-store support in Python Agent Framework

Microsoft described vector-store support in Agent Framework for Python on October 15. Building on work transferred from Semantic Kernel, the system combines typed records, batch storage and retrieval, embedding generation, search filters and context providers exposing search tools to agents.

Microsoft Developer Blogs1 min read Data included
Technology

AWS publishes AgentCore example for source-grounded presentations

The sample creates PowerPoint presentations from financial and compliance documents. In AWS’s internal test, it produced six slides from the 90-page Amazon 2024 Annual Report in 70–90 seconds.

AWS Machine Learning Blog1 min read Data included
Energy

Ofgem sets out consumer and grid-investment commitments

Chief executive Tim Jarvis pledged to focus on lower electricity costs, transparent network investment and more accountable regulation.

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)1 min read Data included
Technology

AWS reports MoE kernel optimization results on SageMaker

AWS detailed GPU kernel optimizations for mixture-of-experts models on SageMaker AI on October 13. The company described swapping matrix operands, routing FP8 operations to the Triton backend and removing unnecessary just-in-time recompilations.

AWS Artificial Intelligence Blog1 min read Data included