{"slug": "aws-distills-its-cloud-into-a-local-emulator-that-runs-on-your-pc", "title": "AWS distills its cloud into a local emulator that runs on your PC", "summary": "AWS has released a local emulator that distills its cloud services to run on a user's own PC, according to The Register. The tool lets developers run AWS cloud functionality locally rather than against live cloud infrastructure. The Register's coverage notes the emulator arrives alongside other cloud and AI infrastructure news, including AMD's Zen 6 server cores and a Fireworks AI customer data exposure.", "body_md": "### [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n- \n#### To thwart reverse engineering by agents, dev proposes blinding themA poke in the AI with a sharp stick\n- \n#### AMD winds up Zen 6 cores for faster clock speedsChips boast up to 256 cores, clocks up to 5.3 GHz, and IPC gains of 20 to 31 percent, just not all on the same SKU\n- \n#### A closer look at Verano, AMD's first step toward a Zen-based superchip to rival Nvidia's Vera RubinCores, clocks, memory, and interconnects all perfectly balanced for a singular mission: keeping instinct fed.\n- \n#### Fireworks AI gets burned twice as customer data exposure widensInference biz pins latest breach on cloud provider and LLMJacking miscreants\n- \n#### Microsoft's Azure Linux gets 470-plus security fixes in one almighty patching sessionA mountain of CVEs, a certificate cleanup, and yet more work for Microsoft's patching teams\n\n### [Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n- \nSecurity #### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!\n- \nSecurity #### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more\n- \nBlack Hat and DEF CON #### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included\n- \nSecurity #### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified\n- \nMalware Month #### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career\n\n### [FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n- \n#### Crowd fave Linux Mint update approaches, fresh from autumn release of Cinnamon desktopMint 27 to land before Christmas, with stable Wayland display upgrades, as punters try out Cinnamon 6.8\n- \n#### openSUSE Leap 16.1 gives Linux users the right to remain immutableOne installer now offers conventional and read-only systems as separate Micro distro bows out\n- \n#### Achieving nirvana: Enlightenment 0.28 hits the desktopVery nearly 30something environment gets spruced up… and there's a new Trinity, too\n- \n#### Architect creates open source replacement for VM migration tool VMware has hiddenOpenVDDK is reportedly already being used in production, at scale\n- \n#### AlpineBSD announced – an AI-free FOSS OSCombining the NetBSD kernel with the Alpine Linux userland\n- \n#### Ubuntu 27.04 may bring a preview of the long-awaited Core DesktopCanonical has a long way to catch up, but it knows who it's chasing", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/aws-distills-its-cloud-into-a-local-emulator-that-runs-on-your-pc", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/11/12/aws-distills-its-cloud-into-a-local-emulator-that-runs-on-your-pc/5309251", "published_at": "2026-11-12 05:47:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-12 06:22:42.973419+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["AWS", "The Register", "AMD", "Fireworks AI", "Microsoft"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/aws-distills-its-cloud-into-a-local-emulator-that-runs-on-your-pc", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/aws-distills-its-cloud-into-a-local-emulator-that-runs-on-your-pc.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/aws-distills-its-cloud-into-a-local-emulator-that-runs-on-your-pc.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/aws-distills-its-cloud-into-a-local-emulator-that-runs-on-your-pc.jsonld"}}