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Google Cloud eases Spanner DML transaction limits
Software Development

Google Cloud eases Spanner DML transaction limits

Developers can now keep multi-step updates together as Spanner drops the cumulative DML cap, though the 80,000 limit still applies per statement.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Today
Red Hat AI 3.5 adds safety tools for enterprise AI
Virtualisation

Red Hat AI 3.5 adds safety tools for enterprise AI

Enterprises can now monitor and govern AI systems more closely as the new release adds benchmarking, compliance reporting and GPU controls.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
Google details Antigravity SDK for custom agent hubs
DevOps

Google details Antigravity SDK for custom agent hubs

Developers can now build their own multi-agent control planes with built-in logging, sandboxing and dashboard monitoring for enterprise workflows.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
Google Cloud unveils Data Agent Kit for developers
Data Analytics

Google Cloud unveils Data Agent Kit for developers

The preview kit could cut the time data developers spend switching between warehouses, databases and storage while still needing approval for each action.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
Algolia names Chung & Servantez to AI growth roles
Software-as-a-Service

Algolia names Chung & Servantez to AI growth roles

The appointments bolster Algolia's push into enterprise AI, as it seeks to turn search into a trusted retrieval layer for customer data.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday
Shufti wins Gartner honour for global identity coverage
Software-as-a-Service

Shufti wins Gartner honour for global identity coverage

Businesses onboarding customers abroad may benefit, as Shufti's document checks now cover more than 10,000 identity types in 240 countries.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 2 days ago
Grace Chung named grand winner in Women in AI awards
Robotics

Grace Chung named grand winner in Women in AI awards

Recognition for more than 50 finalists highlighted women's growing influence in Asia-Pacific artificial intelligence as Grace Chung took the top prize.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 2 days ago
KDDI cuts Buffmee AI latency by 38% after overhaul
Generative AI

KDDI cuts Buffmee AI latency by 38% after overhaul

Users of Buffmee will get faster, better grounded answers after KDDI reduced response latency by 38% and improved first-token speed.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 2 days ago
Smartsheet names new APAC & Japan leaders as AI use surges
Software-as-a-Service

Smartsheet names new APAC & Japan leaders as AI use surges

Rising AI use and customer growth across the region have prompted a leadership shake-up as Smartsheet expands in Asia-Pacific and Japan.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • 2 days ago
Google automates dual-write database migration to Spanner
DevOps

Google automates dual-write database migration to Spanner

Automated code generation cut months from Google's finance migration, helping engineers keep legacy systems and Spanner in lockstep without downtime.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Nvidia in talks to buy Hugging Face for USD $13 billion
Semiconductors

Nvidia in talks to buy Hugging Face for USD $13 billion

The deal could reshape AI infrastructure by tying the leading open-model hub more closely to Nvidia's GPU dominance.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Google Cloud finds Gemma 3 12B outscales 27B on TPU
AIOps

Google Cloud finds Gemma 3 12B outscales 27B on TPU

Under heavy generation load, the smaller model kept scaling on TPU v6e while the 27B version hit a throughput plateau above 64 users.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Google Cloud adds BigQuery streaming & Dataflow updates
Open source

Google Cloud adds BigQuery streaming & Dataflow updates

Live analytics get a boost as BigQuery now handles stateful streaming queries, while Dataflow and Kafka gain easier pipeline and testing controls.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Yahoo cuts Spark cluster failures by 85% with flexible VMs
Data Analytics

Yahoo cuts Spark cluster failures by 85% with flexible VMs

Google Cloud's fallback machine selection has helped Yahoo keep analytics jobs running, cutting Spark cluster provisioning failures by 85%.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • 4 days ago
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Private Cloud

Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform

Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • Last week
Google named Gartner cloud leader for ninth straight year
Data Protection

Google named Gartner cloud leader for ninth straight year

The recognition bolsters Google's pitch to enterprises seeking AI-ready cloud systems with tighter data control as rivals vie for big workloads.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

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Reliance Cyber launches RADAR on Google Cloud platform
Security Information and Event Management

Reliance Cyber launches RADAR on Google Cloud platform

Enterprise security teams could cut alert noise and speed response after the UK managed detection and response provider put RADAR into production.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 4 days ago