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Easy FunctionGemma finetuning with Tunix on Google TPUs #googlecloud #ai https://developers.googleblog.com/easy-functiongemma-finetuning-with-tunix-on-google-tpus/
Learn how to easily finetune FunctionGemma, a small language model, using the JAX-based Tunix library on Google TPUs for fast and cost-effective agent development.- Google Developers Blog
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February 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Easy FunctionGemma finetuning with Tunix on Google TPUs #googlecloud #ai https://developers.googleblog.com/easy-functiongemma-finetuning-with-tunix-on-google-tpus/
Unified Maintenance: A new, unified way to manage maintenance across Google Cloud #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/unified-maintenance-centralizes-planned-maintenance/
Unified Maintenance centralizes planned maintenance | Google Cloud Blog
Unified Maintenance, now GA, is a centralized dashboard that lets you view and manage maintenance events across your Google Cloud services.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Unified Maintenance: A new, unified way to manage maintenance across Google Cloud #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/unified-maintenance-centralizes-planned-maintenance/
High-performance inference meets serverless compute with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 on Cloud Run #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/serverless/cloud-run-supports-nvidia-rtx-6000-pro-gpus-for-ai-workloads/
Cloud Run supports NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro GPUs for AI workloads | Google Cloud Blog
With NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Pro GPUs on Cloud Run, deploying massive models is easy: no reservations, no cluster management — just code.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
High-performance inference meets serverless compute with NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 on Cloud Run #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/serverless/cloud-run-supports-nvidia-rtx-6000-pro-gpus-for-ai-workloads/
Introducing Single-tenant Cloud HSM to support more data encryption control #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/introducing-single-tenant-cloud-hsm-for-more-data-encryption-control/
Introducing Single-tenant Cloud HSM for more data encryption control | Google Cloud Blog
Single-tenant Cloud HSM is a new service that helps you retain full control over your cryptographic keys.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Introducing Single-tenant Cloud HSM to support more data encryption control #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/introducing-single-tenant-cloud-hsm-for-more-data-encryption-control/
Build intelligent employee onboarding with Gemini Enterprise #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/how-to-build-onboarding-agents-with-gemini-enterprise/
How to build onboarding agents with Gemini Enterprise | Google Cloud Blog
In this article, we show you how developers use the Agent Development Kit (ADK), Agent Engine, and Application Integration to build custom agents. Once built, you can publish agents to the Gemini Enterprise agent gallery, where employees can easily access and interact with them.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Build intelligent employee onboarding with Gemini Enterprise #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/how-to-build-onboarding-agents-with-gemini-enterprise/
Guidance from the Frontlines: Proactive Defense Against ShinyHunters-Branded Data Theft Targeting SaaS #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/defense-against-shinyhunters-cybercrime-saas/
Proactive Defense Against ShinyHunters-Branded Data Theft Targeting SaaS | Google Cloud Blog
This proactive hardening and detection guide arms security teams with actionable strategies to defend against ShinyHunters-branded extortion.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Guidance from the Frontlines: Proactive Defense Against ShinyHunters-Branded Data Theft Targeting SaaS #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/defense-against-shinyhunters-cybercrime-saas/
Vishing for Access: Tracking the Expansion of ShinyHunters-Branded SaaS Data Theft #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/expansion-shinyhunters-saas-data-theft/
Tracking the Expansion of ShinyHunters-Branded SaaS Data Theft | Google Cloud Blog
ShinyHunters-branded operations are using sophisticated vishing and victim-branded sites to steal data from cloud-based SaaS applications.
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January 31, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Vishing for Access: Tracking the Expansion of ShinyHunters-Branded SaaS Data Theft #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/expansion-shinyhunters-saas-data-theft/
Introducing Conversational Analytics in BigQuery #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/introducing-conversational-analytics-in-bigquery/ Conversational Analytics in BigQuery in preview brings a sophisticated AI-powered reasoning engine directly into BigQuery Studio.
Conversational Analytics in BigQuery is in preview | Google Cloud Blog
Conversational Analytics in BigQuery in preview brings a sophisticated AI-powered reasoning engine directly into BigQuery Studio.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Introducing Conversational Analytics in BigQuery #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/introducing-conversational-analytics-in-bigquery/ Conversational Analytics in BigQuery in preview brings a sophisticated AI-powered reasoning engine directly into BigQuery Studio.
Introducing Google Cloud Vertex AI Extensions for .NET #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/introducing-google-cloud-vertex-ai-extensions-for-net/
Introducing Google Cloud Vertex AI Extensions for .NET | Google Cloud Blog
Enable .NET developers to integrate Google Gemini models on Vertex AI using the unified Microsoft.Extensions.AI abstractions. This new library facilitates multi-provider AI applications.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Introducing Google Cloud Vertex AI Extensions for .NET #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/introducing-google-cloud-vertex-ai-extensions-for-net/
No Place Like Home Network: Disrupting the World's Largest Residential Proxy Network #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/disrupting-largest-residential-proxy-network/
No Place Like Home Network: Disrupting the World's Largest Residential Proxy Network | Google Cloud Blog
IPIDEA’s proxy infrastructure is a component of the digital ecosystem leveraged by a wide array of bad actors.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:01 PM
No Place Like Home Network: Disrupting the World's Largest Residential Proxy Network #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/disrupting-largest-residential-proxy-network/
Accelerate GKE cluster autoscaling with faster concurrent node pool auto-creation #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/faster-gke-node-pool-auto-creation/
Faster GKE node pool auto-creation | Google Cloud Blog
Support for concurrency in GKE with node pool auto-creation significantly reduces provisioning latency and autoscaling performance.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Accelerate GKE cluster autoscaling with faster concurrent node pool auto-creation #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/faster-gke-node-pool-auto-creation/
Spanner in 2025: Innovations powering intelligent, multi-model AI applications #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/spanner-in-2025/
Spanner in 2025 | Google Cloud Blog
2025 was a big year for Spanner on Google Cloud, with new capabilities to help it evolve from a passive data repository to an intelligent context hub.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Spanner in 2025: Innovations powering intelligent, multi-model AI applications #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/spanner-in-2025/
Flutter on Cloud Run: Full Stack Dart Architecture #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/flutter-on-cloud-run-full-stack-dart-architecture/
Flutter on Cloud Run: Full Stack Dart Architecture | Google Cloud Blog
Unlock full-stack development with Dart. Learn how to build a Flutter frontend and Dart backend that shares logic, and deploy the entire serverless application to a single container on Cloud Run.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Flutter on Cloud Run: Full Stack Dart Architecture #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/flutter-on-cloud-run-full-stack-dart-architecture/
What's new with ML infrastructure for Dataflow #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/new-dataflow-features-to-enable-streaming-and-ml-workloads/
New Dataflow features to enable streaming and ML workloads | Google Cloud Blog
Recent features and capabilities in Dataflow provide more flexibility, obtainability, and efficiency for running batch and streaming ML workloads.
cloud.google.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
What's new with ML infrastructure for Dataflow #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/new-dataflow-features-to-enable-streaming-and-ml-workloads/
Diverse Threat Actors Exploiting Critical WinRAR Vulnerability CVE-2025-8088 #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/exploiting-critical-winrar-vulnerability/ Espionage and financially motivated threat actors are exploiting critical WinRAR vulnerability CVE-2025-8088.
Diverse Threat Actors Exploiting Critical WinRAR Vulnerability CVE-2025-8088 | Google Cloud Blog
Espionage and financially motivated threat actors are exploiting critical WinRAR vulnerability CVE-2025-8088.
cloud.google.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Diverse Threat Actors Exploiting Critical WinRAR Vulnerability CVE-2025-8088 #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/exploiting-critical-winrar-vulnerability/ Espionage and financially motivated threat actors are exploiting critical WinRAR vulnerability CVE-2025-8088.
BigQuery AI supports Gemini 3.0, simplified embedding generation and new similarity function #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/new-bigquery-gen-ai-functions-for-better-data-analysis/
New BigQuery gen AI functions for better data analysis | Google Cloud Blog
BigQuery gen AI functions AI.GENERATE and AI.GENERATE_TABLE are now GA, and can be used with the new AI.EMBED and AI.SIMILARITY.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:01 PM
BigQuery AI supports Gemini 3.0, simplified embedding generation and new similarity function #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/new-bigquery-gen-ai-functions-for-better-data-analysis/
Gemini for Government: Unlocking the next wave of public sector innovation #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/gemini-for-government-unlocking-the-next-wave-of-public-sector-innovation/
Gemini for Government: Unlocking Public Sector Innovation | Google Cloud Blog
Discover Gemini for Government: Secure, AI agents and models designed to transform public sector missions. Get started today.
cloud.google.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Gemini for Government: Unlocking the next wave of public sector innovation #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/gemini-for-government-unlocking-the-next-wave-of-public-sector-innovation/
Improving workflow orchestration with Apache Airflow 3.1 in Cloud Composer #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/cloud-composer-supports-apache-airflow-31/
Cloud Composer supports Apache Airflow 3.1 | Google Cloud Blog
For Cloud Composer users, new features in Apache Airflow 3.1 are designed to increase oversight, improve reliability, and support global teams.
cloud.google.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Improving workflow orchestration with Apache Airflow 3.1 in Cloud Composer #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/cloud-composer-supports-apache-airflow-31/
Monitoring Google ADK agentic applications with Datadog LLM Observability #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/datadog-integrates-agent-development-kit-or-adk/
Datadog integrates Agent Development Kit, or ADK | Google Cloud Blog
Datadog LLM Observability now provides automatic instrumentation for systems built with Google’s Agent Development Kit, or ADK.
cloud.google.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Monitoring Google ADK agentic applications with Datadog LLM Observability #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/datadog-integrates-agent-development-kit-or-adk/
Getting Started with Gemini 3: Deploy Your First Gemini 3 App to Google Cloud Run #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/getting-started-with-gemini-3-deploy-your-first-gemini-3-app-to-google-cloud-run/
Getting Started with Gemini 3: Deploy Your First Gemini 3 App to Google Cloud Run | Google Cloud Blog
Learn how to use Google AI Studio's Build mode to "vibe code" your first app with the Gemini 3 Flash Preview model and deploy it as a publicly accessible URL on Google Cloud Run.
cloud.google.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Getting Started with Gemini 3: Deploy Your First Gemini 3 App to Google Cloud Run #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/getting-started-with-gemini-3-deploy-your-first-gemini-3-app-to-google-cloud-run/
Scaling WideEP Mixture-of-Experts inference with Google Cloud A4X (GB200) and NVIDIA Dynamo #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/scaling-moe-inference-with-nvidia-dynamo-on-google-cloud-a4x/
Scaling MoE inference with NVIDIA Dynamo on Google Cloud A4X | Google Cloud Blog
A new reference architecture for mixture-of-experts (MoE) workloads uses AI Hypercomputer with A4X machines, NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 and NVIDIA Dynamo.
cloud.google.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Scaling WideEP Mixture-of-Experts inference with Google Cloud A4X (GB200) and NVIDIA Dynamo #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/scaling-moe-inference-with-nvidia-dynamo-on-google-cloud-a4x/
How Fastweb + Vodafone reimagined data workflows with Spanner & BigQuery #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/how-fastweb-vodafone-reimagined-data-workflows-with-spanner-bigquery/
How Fastweb + Vodafone reimagined data workflows with Spanner & BigQuery | Google Cloud Blog
Following the acquisition of Vodafone Italy by Swisscom, these European telco leaders saw an opportunity to rethink how they serve customers.
cloud.google.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
How Fastweb + Vodafone reimagined data workflows with Spanner & BigQuery #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/how-fastweb-vodafone-reimagined-data-workflows-with-spanner-bigquery/
Introducing managed connection pooling in AlloyDB — scale further, connect faster #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/alloydb-managed-connection-pooling/
AlloyDB managed connection pooling | Google Cloud Blog
Managed connection pooling for AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, now GA, helps to enhance the performance, scalability, and reliability of your applications.
cloud.google.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Introducing managed connection pooling in AlloyDB — scale further, connect faster #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/alloydb-managed-connection-pooling/
Mastering Gemini CLI: Your Complete Guide from Installation to Advanced Use-Cases #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/mastering-gemini-cli-your-complete-guide-from-installation-to-advanced-use-cases/
Mastering Gemini CLI: Your Complete Guide from Installation to Advanced Use-Cases | Google Cloud Blog
Master Gemini CLI with our free DeepLearning.ai course! Learn to integrate this open-source AI agent for data analysis, content creation, and software development workflows.
cloud.google.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Mastering Gemini CLI: Your Complete Guide from Installation to Advanced Use-Cases #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/mastering-gemini-cli-your-complete-guide-from-installation-to-advanced-use-cases/
Earn platform credits, funds, with Rapid Migration and Modernization Program (RaMP) incentives #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure-modernization/new-ramp-incentives-for-cloud-migration/
New RaMP incentives for cloud migration | Google Cloud Blog
Incentives in the Rapid Migration and Modernization Program (RaMP) help you migrate your enterprise applications to Google Cloud and get AI-ready.
cloud.google.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Earn platform credits, funds, with Rapid Migration and Modernization Program (RaMP) incentives #googlecloud https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure-modernization/new-ramp-incentives-for-cloud-migration/