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Pegasus 1.5 from TwelveLabs is now available in Amazon Bedrock | Amazon Web Services

On Oct 9, 2026 we announced the availability of TwelveLabs’ Pegasus 1.5 on Amazon Bedrock. Pegasus 1.5 is a video language model that turns long-form video into structured, timestamped metadata. You describe the moments that matter to your workflow, and the model returns every matching segment as JSON.

Video represents a significant and complex category of unstructured data, yet most of it remains unsearchable and underutilized. Extracting structured, actionable insights from that content has historically required labor-intensive manual review or fragmented toolchains.

With earlier versions of Pegasus, you can point the model at a clip, ask a question, and get an answer. Now, Pegasus 1.5 analyzes the entire video, finds every segment that matches user-defined criteria, and returns structured, timestamped metadata. It also introduces video segmentation, multimodal prompting with reference images, and on-the-fly processing.

With Pegasus 1.5 on Amazon Bedrock, you can analyze videos directly from an Amazon Simple...

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WhatsApp Introduces Guest Calling, No Account Needed to Join

WhatsApp, the Meta-owned messaging platform has introduced Guest Calling, allowing people without WhatsApp accounts to join voice and video conversations through a link opened in a computer browser. The feature, announced on October 15, supports up to 32 participants, with hosts controlling who can enter a call. WhatsApp says conversations

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How to find Flock cameras near you with MapQuest’s new ‘surveillance layer’

ZDNET’s key takeaways * The MapQuest app now includes a surveillance layer. * You can see the location of license plate cameras near you. * The app shows cameras from Flock and other companies. If you’re concerned about the rise in Flock license plate tracking cameras that are popping up everywhere,

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Apple promises to 'Pro and Tell' on October 28, and this might be the long-awaited arrival of the touchscreen…

* Apple tells us it will 'Pro and Tell' on October 28 * The touchscreen MacBook Pro, an iMac with M6, and an iPad mini with an OLED screen are likely incoming * It comes in the middle of an incredibly busy product cycle for Apple Apple’s on a roll!

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Tolan, an AI assistant focused on users that are not tech-savvy, raised $30M from USV, Khosla Ventures, and Homebrew, and says 70% of its users are women

WhatsApp Introduces Guest Calling, No Account Needed to Join

How to find Flock cameras near you with MapQuest’s new ‘surveillance layer’

Apple promises to 'Pro and Tell' on October 28, and this might be the long-awaited arrival of the touchscreen…