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AWS – Announcing latency-optimized inference for Amazon Nova Pro foundation model in Amazon Bedrock
Amazon Nova Pro foundation model now supports latency-optimized inference in preview on Amazon Bedrock, enabling faster response times and improved responsiveness for generative AI applications. Latency-optimized inference speeds up response times for latency-sensitive applications, improving the end-user experience and giving developers more flexibility to optimize performance for their use case. Accessing these capabilities requires no […]
GCP – How Google AI is powering innovation at NARA, Air Force, and Aerospace Corporation
It’s indisputable. Over just a few short years, AI and machine learning have redefined day-to-day operations across the federal government–from vital public agencies, to federally-funded research NGOs, to specialized departments within the military—delivering results and positively serving the public good. We stand at a pivotal moment in time, a New Era of American Innovation, where […]
GCP – Forrester study reveals significant benefits and cost savings with Spanner
Is your legacy database sticking you with rising costs, frustrating downtime, and scalability challenges? For organizations that strive for top performance and agility, legacy database systems can become significant roadblocks to innovation. But there’s good news. According to a new Forrester Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study, organizations may realize significant benefits by deploying Spanner, Google […]
GCP – GoStringUngarbler: Deobfuscating Strings in Garbled Binaries
Written by: Chuong Dong Overview In our day-to-day work, the FLARE team often encounters malware written in Go that is protected using garble. While recent advancements in Go analysis from tools like IDA Pro have simplified the analysis process, garble presents a set of unique challenges, including stripped binaries, function name mangling, and encrypted strings. […]
GCP – Announcing AI Protection: Security for the AI era
As AI use increases, security remains a top concern, and we often hear that organizations are worried about risks that can come with rapid adoption. Google Cloud is committed to helping our customers confidently build and deploy AI in a secure, compliant, and private manner. Today, we’re introducing a new solution that can help you […]
AWS – Amazon Q Business now supports insights from audio and video data
Today, we are excited to announce that Amazon Q Business now supports the ingestion of audio and video data. This new feature enables Amazon Q customers to search through ingested audio and video content, allowing them to ask questions based on the information contained within these media files. This enhancement significantly expands the capabilities of […]
AWS – SageMaker Hyperpod Flexible Training Plans now supports instant start times and multiple offers
As of February 14, 2025, SageMaker Flexible Training Plans now supports instant start times that allow customers to book a plan starting as soon as the next 30 minutes. Amazon SageMaker‘s Flexible Training Plan (FTP) makes it easy for customers to access GPU capacity to run ML workloads. Customers who use Flexible Training Plans can […]
AWS – Amazon Lex launches support for Confirmation and Alphanumeric slot types for Korean
Amazon Lex now supports Confirmation and Alphanumeric slot types in Korean (ko-KR) locale. These built-in slot types help developers build more natural and efficient conversational experiences in Korean language applications. The Confirmation slot type automatically resolves various Korean expressions into ‘Yes’, ‘No’, ‘Maybe’, and ‘Don’t know’ values, eliminating the need for custom slots with multiple […]
AWS – Amazon S3 Tables are now available in three additional AWS Regions
Amazon S3 Tables are now available in three additional AWS Regions: Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and Asia Pacific (Sydney). S3 Tables deliver the first cloud object store with built-in Apache Iceberg support, and the easiest way to store tabular data at scale. S3 Tables are specifically optimized for analytics workloads, resulting in up […]
AWS – AWS CodeBuild now supports non-container builds in on-demand fleets
AWS CodeBuild now supports non-container builds on Linux x86, Arm, and Windows on-demand fleets. You can run build commands directly on the host operating system without containerization. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages ready for deployment. With non-container builds, you can execute […]