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GCP – Building a G Suite app with the Google Cloud Vision API and Apps Script
The Google Cloud Vision API is a powerful tool that helps developers build apps with visual detection features, including image labeling, face and landmark detection, and optical character recognition (OCR). Getting started building with these services is relatively simple with Apps Script, as it uses simple REST calls to interact with the API directly, eliminating […]
GCP – How Unity analyzes petabytes of data in BigQuery for reporting and ML initiatives
Editor’s note: We’re hearing today from Unity Technologies, which offers a development platform for gaming, architecture, film and other industries. Here, Director of Engineering and Data Sampsa Jaatinen shares valuable insights for modern technology decision makers, whatever industry they’re in. Unity Technologies is the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content. […]
GCP – Father’s Day present of the past: 30 years of family videos in an AI archive
My dad got his first video camera the day I was born nearly three decades ago, which also happened to be Father’s Day. “Say hello to the camera!” are the first words he caught on tape, as he pointed it at a red, puffy baby (me) in a hospital bassinet. The clips got more embarrassing […]
GCP – Bringing Modern Transport Security to Google Cloud with TLS 1.3
We spend a lot of time thinking about how to improve internet protocols at Google—both for our Google Cloud customers and for our own properties. From our work developing SPDY into HTTP/2 and QUIC into HTTP/3, we know that improving the protocols we use across the Internet is critical to improving user experience. Transport Layer […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Supports New Minor Versions 12.3, 11.8, 10.13, 9.6.18, and 9.5.22
Following the announcement of updates to the PostgreSQL database, we have updated Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL to support PostgreSQL minor versions 12.3, 11.8, 10.13, 9.6.18, and 9.5.22. This release contains bug fixes and improvements done by the PostgreSQL community. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure geo-zone-redundant storage is now generally available
Geo-zone-redundant storage (GZRS) and read-access geo-zone-redundant storage (RA-GZRS) are now generally available, offering intra-regional and inter-regional high availability and disaster protection for your applications. Read More for the details.
Azure – Recommended code changes to accommodate updates to Azure Time Series Insights
Upcoming changes to numeric data storage and query behavior in Azure Time Series Insights Preview might affect your environment. Follow the recommended Type Variable and client-code updates to avoid a disruption in service. Read More for the details.
Azure – Azure Monitor for Containers support for Azure Arc is in preview
Azure Monitor for Containers is now extending monitoring support for Kubernetes clusters hosted on Azure Arc. This support is currently in preview. Read More for the details.
AWS – Amazon Lex announces built-in search intent to enable Amazon Kendra integration
Amazon Lex now supports a built-in search intent making it easier to query an Amazon Kendra index. Previously, you had to write Lambda function code and configure it in Amazon Lex bot to extract information from Amazon Kendra. Starting today, you can add a search intent to your Amazon Lex bot to get the answers […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for Oracle supports management of diagnostic data with Oracle Automatic Diagnostic Repository Command Interpreter (ADRCI) utility
Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports the management of diagnostic data with the Oracle Automatic Diagnostic Repository Command Interpreter (ADRCI) utility. If you have a support request, you can use the Amazon RDS package rdsadmin.rdsadmin_adrci_util to create the packages for specific incidents or problems to deliver them to Oracle Support. Read More for the details.