Imagine you unlocked your phone and all you saw was a blank glowing screen in a happy shade of pink, or a family photo, and nothing else.  No apps, no window, no pop-ups. You simply tap the screen and then speak a request or type something in, and almost instantly you’ve drafted an email or […]

Document preprocessing is a common hurdle when building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines. It often requires Python skills and external libraries to parse documents like PDFs into manageable chunks that can be used to generate embeddings. In this blog, we look at new capabilities within BigQuery and Document AI that simplify this process, and take you […]

The rise of Natural Language Processing (NLP) combined with traditional Structured Query Language (SQL) has given rise to an exciting new technology known as Natural Language to SQL, or NL2SQL, which translates questions phrased in everyday human language into structured SQL queries. Not surprisingly, the technology has tremendous potential to transform the way we interact […]

Application Load Balancers are essential for reliable web application delivery on Google Cloud. But while Google Cloud’s load balancers offer extensive customization, some situations demand even greater programmability.  We recently announced Service Extensions plugins for Application Load Balancers in Preview. Now you can run your own custom code directly in the request/response path in a […]

Over the past 18 months, Google Cloud has significantly enhanced its network security offerings, culminating in the launch of Cloud Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), formerly Cloud Firewall Plus. This evolution reflects the platform’s expanded capabilities and our commitment to robust network protection. Cloud NGFW includes advanced capabilities such as an intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), […]