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AWS – Amazon VPC IPAM adds in-console CloudWatch alarm management
Today, Amazon Web Services announced improved Amazon CloudWatch alarm integration for Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM). This enhancement provides better visibility and management of existing CloudWatch alarms directly from the IPAM console. With this new integration, you can quickly identify potential IP address management issues and take proactive actions across your organization. The enhanced […]
GCP – 101+ gen AI use cases with technical blueprints
A little over a year ago, we published a list of generative AI use cases that has since grown to include more than 600 examples of how organizations are putting AI to work. Yet for many developers and business leaders, inspiration has given way to a more practical question: where do I start? To help, […]
GCP – Intelligent code conversion: Databricks Spark SQL to BigQuery SQL via Gemini
As data platforms evolve and businesses diversify their cloud ecosystems, the need to migrate SQL workloads between engines is becoming increasingly common. Recently, I had the opportunity to work on translating a set of Databricks SQL queries to BigQuery SQL — a task that is deceptively complex due to differences in syntax, functions, and execution […]
GCP – How to build a real-time voice agent with Gemini, Google ADK, and A2A protocol
Building advanced conversational AI has moved well beyond text. Now, we can use AI to create real-time, voice-driven agents. However, these systems need low-latency, two-way communication, real-time information retrieval, and the ability to handle complex tasks. This guide shows you how to build one using Gemini and the Google Agent Development Kit (ADK). You’ll learn […]
GCP – How startups can help build — and benefit from — the AI revolution
Startups are at the forefront of generative AI development, pushing current capabilities and unlocking new potential. Building on our Future of AI: Perspectives for Startups 2025 report, several of the AI industry leaders featured in the report joined Jason Calacanis on the “This Week in Startups” podcast’s Startup Basics series, offering their perspective on what’s […]
AWS – Amazon Cognito adds terms of use and privacy policy documents support to Managed Login
Amazon Cognito now allows you to configure terms of use and privacy policy documents for Managed Login pages. This helps customers seamlessly present legal terms during user registration while simplifying implementation. With Managed Login, Cognito customers could previously use its no-code editor to customize the user journey from signup and login to password recovery and […]
AWS – Amazon CloudWatch expands region support for natural language query result summarization and query generation
Amazon CloudWatch Logs Insights expands natural language query result summarization to 15 additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mumbai, Thailand, Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney), Europe (Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Spain, Stockholm), South America (Sao Paulo). US East (Ohio), and US West (Oregon). CloudWatch Logs Insights lets you interactively search and analyze your logs with Logs […]
GCP – Introducing ‘Gemini for Government’: Supporting the U.S. Government’s Transformation with AI
Google is proud to support the U.S. government in its modernization efforts through the use of AI. Today, in partnership with the General Services Administration (GSA) and in support of the next phase of the GSA’s OneGov Strategy and President Trump’s AI Action Plan, we’re thrilled to announce a new, comprehensive ‘Gemini for Government’ offering. […]
GCP – How much energy does Google’s AI use? We did the math
AI is unlocking scientific breakthroughs, improving healthcare and education, and could add trillions to the global economy. Understanding AI’s footprint is crucial, yet thorough data on the energy and environmental impact of AI inference — the use of a trained AI model to make predictions or generate text or images — has been limited. As […]
AWS – AWS IoT Core now supports customer-managed keys
AWS IoT Core now supports customer-managed keys (CMK) through AWS Key Management Service (KMS), enabling you to encrypt data stored in IoT Core with your own encryption keys. This enhancement gives you greater control over your encryption key lifecycle, including creation, rotation, monitoring, and deletion. Moreover, when you opt for CMK, the service handles the […]