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AWS – Amazon EC2 G6 instances are now available in Middle East (UAE) Region
Starting today, the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) G6 instances powered by NVIDIA L4 GPUs are now available in Middle East (UAE). G6 instances can be used for a wide range of graphics-intensive and machine learning use cases. Customers can use G6 instances for deploying ML models for natural language processing, language translation, video […]
AWS – Amazon Neptune now supports BYOKG – RAG (GA) with open-source GraphRAG toolkit
Today, we are announcing the support of Bring Your Own Knowledge Graph (BYOKG) for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) using the open-source GraphRAG Toolkit. This new capability allows customers to connect their existing knowledge graphs to large language models (LLMs), enabling Generative AI applications that deliver more accurate, context-rich, and explainable responses grounded in trusted, structured data. […]
GCP – vLLM Performance Tuning: The Ultimate Guide to xPU Inference Configuration
Additional contributors include Hossein Sarshar, Ashish Narasimham, and Chenyang Li. Large Language Models (LLMs) are revolutionizing how we interact with technology, but serving these powerful models efficiently can be a challenge. vLLM has rapidly become the primary choice for serving open source large language models at scale, but using vLLM is not a silver […]
GCP – Enhancing BigQuery geospatial with Earth Engine raster analytics and map visualization
Geospatial analytics can transform rich data into actionable insights that drive sustainable business strategy and decision making. At Google Cloud Next ‘25, we announced the preview of Earth Engine in BigQuery, an extension of BigQuery’s current geospatial offering, focused on enabling data analysts to seamlessly join their existing structured data with geospatial datasets derived from […]
GCP – Chat with your data from anywhere: Announcing Google’s Conversational Analytics API
Decision-makers, employees, and customers all need answers where they work: in the applications they use every day. In recent years, the rise of AI-powered BI has transformed our relationship with data, enabling us to ask questions in natural language and get answers fast. But even with support for natural language, the insights you receive are […]
AWS – Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports MariaDB 11.8 with MariaDB Vector support
Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports MariaDB major version 11.8, the latest long-term maintenance release from the MariaDB community. This release supports MariaDB 11.8.3 minor version. Amazon RDS for MariaDB 11.8 now supports the MariaDB Vector feature, allowing you to store vector embeddings in your database and use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) when building your Artificial […]
GCP – Deception in Depth: PRC-Nexus Espionage Campaign Hijacks Web Traffic to Target Diplomats
Written by: Patrick Whitsell In March 2025, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) identified a complex, multifaceted campaign attributed to the PRC-nexus threat actor UNC6384. The campaign targeted diplomats in Southeast Asia and other entities globally. GTIG assesses this was likely in support of cyber espionage operations aligned with the strategic interests of the People’s Republic […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Data Automation supports 5 additional languages for Document Workflows
Amazon Bedrock Data Automation (BDA) now supports five additional languages for document workloads in addition to English: Portuguese, French, Italian, Spanish, and German. With this launch, customers can process documents in these new languages and create blueprints prompts and instructions in these new languages when using BDA Custom Output for documents. Customers using BDA Standard […]
AWS – Amazon Bedrock Data Automation now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region
Amazon Bedrock Data Automation (BDA) is now generally available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. BDA is a feature of Amazon Bedrock that enables developers to automate the generation of valuable insights from unstructured multimodal content such as documents, images, video, and audio to build GenAI-based applications. By leveraging BDA, developers can reduce development time […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 R7g instances now available in Africa (Cape Town)
Starting today, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) R7g instances are available in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) region. These instances are powered by AWS Graviton3 processors that provide up to 25% better compute performance compared to AWS Graviton2 processors, and built on top of the the AWS Nitro System, a collection of AWS designed […]