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GCP – Building on the bananas momentum of generative media models on Google Cloud
It’s been exciting to see the capabilities of Nano Banana, our latest image editing model available in Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, go viral. And with transformative workflows like these, it is easy to see why: genmedia bundle carousel 1 Iterative refinement with Gemini 2.5 Flash Image genmedia bundle carousel 2 Context aware conversational editing with […]
GCP – Google Pixel phones achieve DoDIN APL Certification: Secure, mission-ready mobile technology for federal agencies
In today’s complex and ever-evolving threat landscape, federal agencies require secure, reliable, and innovative solutions to fulfill their critical missions. Google Pixel phones have been added to the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) Approved Products List (APL) – a significant milestone that underscores our commitment to providing federal agencies with secure, cutting-edge technology. Combined […]
GCP – Accelerate AI with Agents: Event Series for Developers in EMEA
The future of technology is unfolding across EMEA, and Google Cloud is at the forefront of this transformation. We’re organizing a series of exciting events across the region, offering a unique opportunity for developers and tech enthusiasts to dive deep into the world of artificial intelligence, agents, and cloud computing. Whether you’re looking to use […]
AWS – AWS Parallel Computing Service expands Slurm customization capabilities
AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS) now offers expanded Slurm configuration capabilities, enabling you to set over 60 additional parameters for granular control over your high performance computing (HPC) cluster operations. This enhancement provides more flexibility in managing job scheduling, resource allocation, access control, and job lifecycle. The new Slurm custom settings give you fine-grained […]
AWS – AWS Parallel Computing Service now supports dynamic cluster updates
AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS) now enables you to modify and update key Slurm workload manager settings without rebuilding your cluster. You can now adjust essential parameters including accounting configurations and workload management settings on existing clusters, where previously these details were fixed at creation time. This new flexibility helps you adapt your high […]
AWS – Amazon EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint now supports IPv6 connectivity
Starting today, Amazon EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint supports Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) connectivity. Customers can now configure EIC Endpoints to be dual-stack or IPv6 only to connect to instances with IPv6 addresses. EC2 Instance Connect helps customers have SSH and RDP connectivity to their EC2 instances without using public IP addresses. With IPv6 support, […]
AWS – AWS Clean Rooms now supports data access budgets
AWS Clean Rooms now supports data access budgets for tables associated to a collaboration. This new privacy control allows you to limit the number of times your data can be analyzed when training or running inference on a custom ML model or in a SQL query or Pyspark job. With data access budgets, you can […]
GCP – The oracles of DeFi: How to build trustworthy data feeds for decentralized applications
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) emerged with Bitcoin as a censorship-resistant way to conduct payments between distrusting peers. After a period, traditional financial institutions began to explore the technology, recognizing the potential of its immutability, decentralization, and programmability to redesign financial instruments and workflows. However, a foundational issue has stalled many enterprise blockchain projects at the […]
AWS – Amazon GameLift Streams adds IPv6 support for streaming Windows applications
Amazon GameLift Streams now supports streaming over IPv6 for applications running on Windows-based stream groups, enabling dual-stack (IPv4 and IPv6) streaming capabilities. This enhancement gives our customers flexibility in how they connect to their streamed Windows applications while maintaining compatibility with existing IPv4 implementations. When streaming applications running on Windows-based stream groups through Amazon GameLift Streams, customers […]
AWS – Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) now supports IPv6 with dual-stack endpoints
Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) now supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) through new dual-stack endpoints that enable both IPv6 and IPv4 connectivity. This enhancement provides customers with a vastly expanded address space while maintaining compatibility with existing IPv4-based applications. Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is a scalable, highly available, and managed Apache Cassandra–compatible database […]