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  1. How Nammu21 automates syndicated loans on Google Cloud Universal Ledger

    The syndicated loan and private credit markets, both critical components of corporate finance, have long been constrained by manual processes, leading to multi-week settlements, valuation opacity, and trade friction. To solve these long-standing challenges, fintech innovator Nammu21 partnered with Google Cloud on a new proof-of-concept. Using its AI-powered platform to structure legal agreements and instantiate them…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-11-03T18:00:00Z

  3. Leading in the agentic era: How to put people first as you adopt AI agents

    Over the past few years, our Google Cloud Consulting team has partnered with many companies to introduce AI into their daily operations. In that time, we’ve seen the focus shift from generative AI that answers questions to agentic systems that fully carry out the work. These agents can create multi-step plans and manage a project from start to finish. While budget, compute, and tooling can help launch an agent…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-11-03T17:00:00Z

  5. Five rules for evaluating agent skills before they bloat your context window

    You’re probably hearing more about SKILL.md files, and you’ll see that a lot of people test them the same way: paste a prompt into chat, watch it pass once on a laptop, and merge to main. But when you paste three pages of CLI docs into a markdown file without an evaluation loop, you are just as likely to confuse a frontier model as you are to help it. For the past weeks, we have been diligently measuring and…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-11-03T08:00:00Z

  6. AWS Continuum for code vulnerabilities is now generally available

    AWS Continuum for code vulnerabilities is a new security service that uses AI to automatically find, validate, and prioritize code vulnerabilities in your environment, then delivers ready-to-review fixes as pull requests replacing what previously took hours of manual investigation and days of cross-team coordination.

    AWS Blog · 2026-10-22T20:33:10Z

  7. Introducing Physical-Engineering’s Last Exam for agents

    Authors: Burak Gokturk, VP Research & Development; Rujun Han, Research Scientist; George Lee, Product Manager. Today, the Google AI & Infrastructure team is announcing Physical-Engineering's Last Exam (PLE) , a new benchmark and open competition, developed in collaboration with Mercor, and built to test a frontier model’s ability to complete tasks in mechanical, electrical, civil and structural engineering. To help…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-11-03T08:00:00Z

  9. Google Cloud Developer plugin now available in Antigravity Marketplace

    Building cloud solutions with autonomous AI agents should feel fast, safe, and reliable. Without cloud-specific context, coding agents often struggle. They might invent deprecated SDK syntax, guess invalid command flags, or attempt operations without the required Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions. Even worse, an unguided agent can enable billable APIs or provision cloud resources without your explicit…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-11-02T18:00:00Z

  11. Beyond Migration: Using Database Migration Service for disk shrinking

    When database engineers hear “database migration", they typically think of a one-time onboarding pathway—moving databases from on-premises environments to the cloud, or between different cloud providers. However, Google Cloud's Database Migration Service (DMS) supports Cloud SQL for SQL Server as a source . This opens up powerful, non-traditional operational patterns for SQL Server customers within Google Cloud…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-11-02T17:00:00Z

  13. What Google Cloud announced in AI this month

    Editor’s note : Want to keep up with the latest from Google Cloud? Check back here for a monthly recap of our latest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more. This October, we took massive leaps forward in delivering flexible, open, and powerful enterprise AI solutions. From bringing Gemini 4 Argon to Google Cloud to expanding choice and flexibility, we’re giving organizations the…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-11-02T16:00:00Z

  15. The Rise of LLMJacking: How Threat Actors Monetize Compromised Cloud and Model Resources

    Written by: Christopher Romano, Codi Starks, Garrett Mahoney, John Wolfram, Josh Murchie, K Singh, Mathew Potaczek, Mike Lombardi, Rik Dolfing Introduction Mandiant responded to multiple incidents in 2026 in which threat actors hijacked enterprise access to Large Language Models (LLMs), a tactic known as "LLMJacking." Spanning a variety of cloud and LLM providers, these intrusions impacted organizations in North…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-11-02T14:00:00Z

  16. Announcing AWS Lambda Web Functions

    AWS Lambda Web Functions is a serverless compute primitive that runs your HTTP framework natively, delivering fast, consistent responses through multi-concurrent execution and automated global distribution.

    AWS Blog · 2026-10-12T22:34:47Z

  17. Shutting the Door on the XCPE Botnet

    Introduction Last week, Google and industry partners dismantled the XCPE backdoor which enrolled more than 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet. We assess with high confidence that the backdoor and botnet were intentionally developed, deployed, and operated for financial gain by Videostrong Technology Co., an Android Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Original Design Manufacturer (ODM). Videostrong…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-11-02T14:00:00Z

  18. All the numbers: Amazon Prime Day 2026 powered by AWS

    Amazon Prime Day 2026 was exclusively for Prime members and ran June 23–26, 2026 with millions of deals across more than 35 categories. As part of our annual tradition of sharing how AWS powered Prime Day (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025), I want to share the services and chart-topping metrics […]

    AWS Blog · 2026-10-06T16:09:36Z

  19. What’s new in AI infrastructure and orchestration in October

    The Google Cloud AI Infrastructure team had another busy month in October, filled with new product launches and updates to power today’s AI and agentic workloads scalably and efficiently. We were also honored to share our progress with customers, partners, and the broader community at leading industry events, including NVIDIA GTC, PyTorch Conference, and AGNTCon + MCPCon. Let’s dive in! Product, technology, and…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-10-30T16:00:00Z

  20. AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI, Q3 service availability updates, Kiro workflows, and more (October 5, 2026)

    Last week, we announced a public preview of Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI, built on a customized version of OpenAI’s Agents API engineered to be AWS-native and integrated with AWS resources. You can now build agents optimized for OpenAI models that run entirely inside AWS with the identities, permissions, and governance controls you […]

    AWS Blog · 2026-10-05T15:41:19Z

  21. When the Kubernetes API went silent: A three-layer networking mystery

    Every support engineer has a case that stays with them. The one that comes up at team lunches. The one where, even after it's resolved, you find yourself staring at a packet capture at midnight just to make sure you really understand what happened. This is that case. It started in January 2026 with a support ticket that read deceptively simply: pods are intermittently failing to reach the Kubernetes API server. The…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-10-30T16:00:00Z

  23. What’s new with Google Cloud

    Want to know the latest from Google Cloud? Find it here in one handy location. Check back regularly for our newest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more. Tip : Not sure where to find what you’re looking for on the Google Cloud blog? Start here: Google Cloud blog 101: Full list of topics, links, and resources . aside_block <ListValue: []> Oct 26 - Oct 30 Simplify PostgreSQL…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-10-30T16:00:00Z

  24. Amazon S3 Tables now support all Apache Iceberg V3 data types

    Amazon S3 Tables now support all data types in the Apache Iceberg V3 spec, along with column default values, deletion vectors, and row lineage. Upgrade existing V2 tables or create new V3 tables with built-in compaction, maintenance, and engine compatibility.

    AWS Blog · 2026-09-30T22:10:00Z

  25. Innovate on your own business terms: Google Cloud spend caps now generally available

    Today, we’re announcing that spend caps on Google Cloud Budgets are generally available. With this release, we’re delivering ways to protect your workloads from runaway costs without risking resource deletion. More importantly, we’re introducing three major updates, directly inspired by your feedback since the initial preview, to bring programmability, real-time visibility, and automated guardrails to your…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-10-30T16:00:00Z

  27. ARTEX and Friends: Enter Agentic Offensive Frameworks

    Written by: Aurora Blum, David Mainor, Rohit Nambiar, Omar ElAhdan, Matthew McWhirt, Will Silverstone, Bhavesh Dhake, Chris Busse Introduction Recent intrusions in which threat actors have been observed weaponizing agentic frameworks to execute highly-automated intrusions has put a spotlight on evolving adversarial use of LLMs. In our September 2026 report , Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) noted that forward…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-10-30T14:00:00Z

  28. Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now supports direct querying of Apache Iceberg and Parquet data in your data lake

    Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now lets you directly query Apache Iceberg and Parquet data stored in your data lake alongside live operational data—no ETL pipelines required. Powered by DuckDB embedded within Aurora, this capability enables single queries that join transactional and historical data using familiar PostgreSQL syntax. It supports AWS Glue Data Catalog, S3, and S3 Tables, with optimizations like predicate…

    AWS Blog · 2026-09-30T17:22:31Z

  29. New Gemini courses for financial services and legal teams

    Today Google Skills is sharing new, industry-specific video learning bundles to get you into Gemini and using agents. One bundle is designed for financial services and one is built specifically for those in the legal profession . You can access all of these videos at no cost on Google Skills today. Whether you're managing complex market portfolios or navigating rigorous compliance reviews, these bite-sized video…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-10-30T13:00:00Z

  30. Celebrating Our Newest AWS Heroes – September 2026

    Today, we’re excited to introduce the newest members of the AWS Heroes program. AWS Heroes are a vibrant, worldwide group of AWS experts who go above and beyond to share knowledge, mentor others, and build thriving communities. These individuals make a real difference in helping developers and organizations succeed with AWS. This month, we welcome […]

    AWS Blog · 2026-09-30T17:04:05Z

  31. Querying Databricks Apache Iceberg Tables with the borderless Lakehouse

    Enterprise organizations often leverage multiple data platforms, including Databricks, to execute heavy Apache Spark jobs alongside BigQuery to power highly concurrent analytics workloads. Historically, bridging these systems often meant building complex pipelines to copy data between environments. This approach increases storage costs, introduces latency, and fragments security controls. With Google Cloud’s…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-10-29T16:00:00Z

  33. Grounding agents in one context graph connecting semantic models you already trust

    Picture the scene: Before an executive business review, your VP of Sales asks an AI assistant, "What was net revenue for our top enterprise accounts last quarter?" In seconds, the agent returns a polished chart! Unfortunately, the numbers don't match the finance report. Why? Because the agent counted cancelled orders as revenue and pulled from an unvalidated staging table. The agent didn't fail because of the model…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-10-29T16:00:00Z

  35. Cloud CISO Perspectives: Introducing new $250,000 tier for Google Cloud VRP (Q&A)

    Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for October 2026. Today, Chris Betz talks with Michael Cote, our vulnerability rewards program lead, about the new tier of our Cloud VRP program and the current state of vulnerability rewards. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog . If you’re reading this on the website and you’d like to receive the email…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-10-29T16:00:00Z

  37. What’s new with Google Data Cloud

    October 26 - October 30 Knowledge Catalog introduces self-learning context enrichment and Knowledge Studio (Preview) Knowledge Catalog's enrichment agent now learns from agent and user interactions and from sources such as playbooks, code repositories, and business documents to find and fix missing or outdated context, which teams can package into reusable context sets. Knowledge Studio, the new studio experience in…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-10-29T16:00:00Z

  39. How GKE networking scales to support high densities of concurrent AI agents

    What do you need to orchestrate high-density concurrent AI agents? As we transition from static requests toward autonomous agentic workflows, the need for secure, high-density sandboxes is pushing conventional infrastructure far beyond its architectural breaking point. This transition is driving top-tier research labs to demand infrastructure at unprecedented scale — often up to one million concurrent code-execution…

    Google Cloud Blog · 2026-10-28T16:00:00Z