AWS unveils a new performance optimization feature called Lambda SnapStart, designed to improve startup times for latency-sensitive applications, and initially aimed at Java developers.

AWS Lambda SnapStart cuts Java startup times by initializing Java functions ahead of time and caching a snapshot of the initialized execution environment.

Although it's nearly 25 years old, the Java programming language has gained renewed interest lately from major cloud platform providers -- namely, AWS and Microsoft. For instance, this week AWS joined ...

AWS's AI code reviewer now spots Log4Shell-like bugs in Java and Python code Amazon Web Services' automated code review helps developers find serious security issues in Java and Python applications.

AWS will also make Corretto the default Java in its own Linux distribution, which is used in more than a few EC2 VMs.

James Gosling, often referred to as the “Father of Java,” announced on Facebook Monday that he would be joining the cloud provider as a distinguished engineer.