AWS
(23 articles)AWS announces pricing for VPC Encryption Controls
This announcement details the new pricing for VPC Encryption Controls, a critical security and compliance feature for auditing and enforcing encryption-in-transit within and across VPCs.
EC2 Image Builder enhances lifecycle policies with wildcard support and simplified IAM
EC2 Image Builder now offers wildcard support in lifecycle policies and simplified IAM role creation, improving automation, management, and security for customized Amazon Machine Images.
ARC Region switch adds three new capabilities: post-recovery workflows, RDS orchestration and AWS provider support for Terraform
Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) Region switch gains new features for orchestrating multi-Region disaster recovery, reducing engineering effort and improving recovery times.
AWS Network Firewall now supports firewall state change notifications through Amazon EventBridge
AWS Network Firewall now integrates with Amazon EventBridge, providing real-time notifications for firewall state changes and configuration updates to enhance monitoring and security response.
Amazon Bedrock batch inference now supports the Converse API format
Amazon Bedrock batch inference now supports the Converse API, offering a consistent, model-agnostic input format for AI batch workloads, simplifying development and integration.
Amazon CloudWatch logs centralization rules now support customizable destination log group structure
Amazon CloudWatch now allows customizing destination log group names for centralization rules, enabling better organization and management of logs across multiple accounts and regions.
AWS Resource Access Manager now supports maintaining shares when accounts change organizations
AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) now allows maintaining resource sharing continuity when accounts move between AWS Organizations, crucial for multi-account governance and security.
Amazon OpenSearch Service adds new insights for improved cluster stability
Amazon OpenSearch Service enhances Cluster Insights with new features like Cluster Overload and Suboptimal Sharding Strategy, providing better visibility into cluster health and performance.
Oracle Database@AWS is now available in the Dublin AWS Region
Oracle Database@AWS is now available in EU-West-1 (Dublin), allowing customers to access OCI-managed Oracle Exadata systems within AWS data centers for hybrid cloud deployments.
Amazon Bedrock announces OpenAI-compatible Projects API
Amazon Bedrock now supports the OpenAI-compatible Projects API in its Mantle inference engine, offering a broad selection of foundation models with consistent invocation for AI developers.
Amazon ECS Managed Instances now integrates with Amazon EC2 Capacity Reservations
Amazon ECS Managed Instances now integrate with EC2 Capacity Reservations, allowing users to leverage reserved capacity for predictable workload availability while ECS handles infrastructure management.
Amazon CloudWatch now provides lock contention diagnostics for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights now offers lock contention diagnostics for Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, enabling quick identification of root causes for database performance issues.
AWS Security Hub Extended offers full-stack enterprise security with curated partner solutions
AWS Security Hub Extended is a new plan providing unified, full-stack enterprise security by integrating AWS detection services with curated partner solutions through a simplified experience.
Amazon Cognito enhances client secret management with secret rotation and custom secrets
Amazon Cognito improves client secret lifecycle management for app clients with new features for secret rotation and custom client secrets, enhancing security for user authentication.
Introducing Amazon EC2 I8g.metal-48xl instances
AWS announces the general availability of Amazon EC2 Storage Optimized I8g.metal-48xl instances, powered by Graviton4 processors for significantly improved compute and storage performance.
AWS Lambda Durable Execution SDK for Java now available in Developer Preview
AWS introduces a developer preview of the Lambda Durable Execution SDK for Java, enabling developers to build resilient multi-step serverless applications without complex orchestration.
AWS Security Agent adds support for penetration tests on shared VPCs across AWS accounts
AWS Security Agent now enables penetration tests against VPC resources shared from other AWS accounts, allowing comprehensive security assessments in multi-account environments.
AWS launches a playground for interactive Aurora DSQL database exploration
AWS introduces a browser-based playground for Amazon Aurora DSQL, enabling developers to interact with the database without an AWS account, simplifying schema creation, data loading, and query execution.
Amazon Location Service introduces LLM Context as a Kiro power and Claude Code plugin to improve AI performance
Amazon Location Service now offers curated AI Agent context as a Kiro power and Claude Code plugin, improving code accuracy and access for generative AI tools.
Announcing new metal sizes for Amazon EC2 M8gn and M8gb instances
AWS announces the general availability of metal-24xl and metal-48xl sizes for Amazon EC2 M8gn and M8gb instances, powered by Graviton4 processors for enhanced compute performance.
Amazon Bedrock now supports server-side tool execution with AgentCore Gateway
Amazon Bedrock now enables server-side tool execution through AgentCore Gateway integration, allowing customers to connect their tools to Bedrock models for enhanced AI agent capabilities.
Transform live video for mobile audiences with AWS Elemental Inference
AWS Elemental Inference is a new fully managed AI service that automatically transforms live and on-demand video into mobile-optimized vertical formats, enabling broadcasters to reach social platforms.
Amazon Redshift Serverless introduces 3-year Serverless Reservations
Amazon Redshift Serverless now offers 3-year Serverless Reservations, providing significant cost savings and improved predictability for analytics workloads.
GCP
(13 articles)From framework to scale: Accelerating autonomous networks at MWC 26
This article discusses Google Cloud's advancements in autonomous network operations, moving from AI for insights to intelligent agents for self-healing, zero-touch networks, crucial for telecommunications.
From "Vibe Checks" to Continuous Evaluation: Engineering Reliable AI Agents
This article provides best practices for engineering reliable AI agents, moving beyond initial experiments to robust, continuously evaluated systems for production environments.
Centralized policy meets distributed logic: Getting to know Eventarc Advanced
Eventarc Advanced offers a solution for enterprise architects to balance developer agility with organizational control, ensuring secure and compliant data flow in event-driven microservices.
Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google approaches critical security topics, from fundamentals to AI
This post offers insights from Google Cloud's CISO on how the company addresses critical cybersecurity challenges, from foundational security to the implications of AI.
Give your agentic chatbots a fast and reliable long-term memory
This article explains how to use Google Cloud services to build fast and reliable long-term memory for agentic chatbots, crucial for scaling conversational AI with continuity and context.
Turn your API sprawl into an agent-ready catalog
This post describes how to combat API sprawl using Apigee API Hub to create an agent-ready catalog, improving governance, reusability, and AI integration for modern cloud architectures.
What Google Cloud announced in AI this month
This monthly recap summarizes Google Cloud's latest AI updates, including new Gemini and Claude models, offering developers more reasoning power and faster inference.
PayPal's historically large data migration is the foundation for its gen AI innovation
This case study highlights PayPal's massive data migration to Google Cloud as a strategic move to build a robust foundation for its generative AI initiatives and transformative products.
Serving data from Iceberg lakehouses fast and fresh with Spanner columnar engine
Google Cloud introduces the Spanner columnar engine in preview, enabling low-latency serving of data from Apache Iceberg lakehouses, bridging the gap between operational and analytical data.
Pro-level image generation gets faster and more accessible with Nano Banana 2
Google Cloud announces Nano Banana 2, a state-of-the-art image generation and editing model that delivers pro-level quality and reasoning at high speeds, making generative creativity more accessible.
A developer's guide to production-ready AI agents
This guide helps developers transition AI agent prototypes to production, addressing challenges in shipping reliable and scalable AI agent systems.
Exposing the Undercurrent: Disrupting the GRIDTIDE Global Cyber Espionage Campaign
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) details the disruption of the GRIDTIDE global cyber espionage campaign, providing critical threat intelligence for telecommunications and government organizations.
Firefly: Illuminating the path to nanosecond-level clock sync in the data center
This article delves into Google Cloud's Firefly protocol, explaining how it achieves nanosecond-level clock synchronization across data centers, critical for high-precision distributed systems.
Azure
(10 articles)Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage is now available in a third Availability Zone in New Zealan North
Azure Premium SSD v2, a high-performance block storage option, is now available in an additional Availability Zone in New Zealand North, enhancing regional resilience and performance.
DCesv6, DCedsv6, ECesv6, and ECedsv6 confidential VMs
Azure introduces its next generation of confidential Virtual Machines (VMs) based on 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors with Intel TDX, providing enhanced security for sensitive workloads.
Managed NGINX Ingress with Application Routing Add-on Retiring November 2026
This is a critical deprecation notice for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) users, as the Managed NGINX Ingress with Application Routing Add-on will be retired, requiring migration plans.
Azure Red Hat OpenShift is now available in Malaysia West, New Zealand North, and Mexico Central
Azure Red Hat OpenShift expands its general availability to three new regions, strengthening its global presence and offering more options for managed Kubernetes services.
Restrict usage of user delegation SAS to an Entra ID identity
Azure Storage now supports user-bound user delegation Shared Access Signatures (SAS) with Entra ID, enhancing secure authentication and granular access control for storage resources.
Azure Container Registry Premium SKU Now Supports 100 TiB Storage
Azure Container Registry Premium SKU now supports up to 100 TiB of storage, a significant increase that benefits organizations with large container image repositories.
Secure ingestion and pod placement for Azure Monitor pipeline
Azure Monitor pipeline introduces public preview capabilities for secure ingress from external endpoints with Bring Your Own Certificates, enhancing security for monitoring data collection.
Geo‑redundant backups for Premium SSD v2 in Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Azure Database for PostgreSQL now supports geo-redundant backups with Premium SSD v2 disks, adding an essential layer of disaster recovery for mission-critical workloads.
Rethinking Background Workloads with Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps
This article explores how Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps offer clear advantages for background workload use cases, providing guidance for optimizing serverless architectures.
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud adds governance, productivity, and support for large AI models securely running even when completely disconnected
Microsoft Sovereign Cloud expands capabilities to include Azure Local disconnected operations and support for large AI models, crucial for secure and compliant deployments in sensitive environments.
Cloudflare
(4 articles)Toxic combinations: when small signals add up to a security incident
Cloudflare analyzes how minor misconfigurations or anomalies can combine to trigger significant security incidents, providing valuable insights into identifying and mitigating "toxic combinations."
Bringing more transparency to post-quantum usage, encrypted messaging, and routing security
Cloudflare Radar introduces new tools to monitor post-quantum adoption, Key Transparency logs for messaging, and ASPA routing records, advancing the Internet's migration to more secure standards.
ASPA: making Internet routing more secure
This article explains how ASPA (Autonomous System Provider Authorization) enhances BGP security by preventing route leaks, with new Cloudflare Radar features making adoption tracking easier.
How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week
Cloudflare shares a compelling case study on how one engineer used AI to rebuild Next.js on Vite in a week, achieving significant performance improvements and simplified deployment.
Cloud Native
(8 articles)KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026
This post highlights the OpenTelemetry project's presence and activities at KubeCon EU, an important event for the cloud-native community and observability trends.
Before You Migrate: Five Surprising Ingress-NGINX Behaviors You Need to Know
With the deprecation of Ingress-NGINX, this blog highlights surprising defaults and side effects to be aware of, helping users migrate safely and avoid unexpected issues.
CNCF joins 2026 Google Summer of Code as mentoring organization: Calling all contributors!
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is participating in Google Summer of Code 2026, offering opportunities for contributors to engage with cloud-native projects and community.
Kubernetes WG Serving concludes following successful advancement of AI inference support
The Kubernetes Working Group Serving has concluded, having successfully advanced the development of the AI inference stack on Kubernetes, solidifying its role as an orchestration platform for AI.
Exposing Spin apps on SpinKube with GatewayAPI
This post provides a deep dive into exposing WebAssembly (Spin) applications on SpinKube using the Gateway API, offering a revamped approach for Kubernetes service exposure.
OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation Marks the First Release
OpenTelemetry announces the first alpha release of its eBPF Instrumentation (OBI), a significant milestone for enhancing observability with low-overhead data collection.
Making Harbor production-ready: Essential considerations for deployment
This guide provides essential considerations for deploying Harbor, an open-source container registry, to ensure it is production-ready with robust security, policies, and access control.
Kubernetes as AI’s operating system: 1.35 release signals
This post highlights how the Kubernetes v1.35 release reinforces its role as the operating system for AI, with changes supporting mixed production workloads including ML training.
Docker
(2 articles)Docker Model Runner Brings vLLM to macOS with Apple Silicon
Docker Model Runner now supports vLLM-metal, extending high-throughput LLM serving to macOS with Apple Silicon, a significant announcement for developers working with local AI models.
Open WebUI + Docker Model Runner: Self-Hosted Models, Zero Configuration
This announcement highlights a new integration between Docker Model Runner and Open WebUI, simplifying the process of working with self-hosted AI models with zero configuration.
GitHub
(2 articles)From idea to pull request: A practical guide to building with GitHub Copilot CLI
This hands-on guide demonstrates how to leverage GitHub Copilot CLI to streamline the development workflow, from initial idea to a reviewable pull request, enhancing developer productivity with AI.
What’s new with GitHub Copilot coding agent
This update details new features for GitHub Copilot's coding agent, including a model picker, self-review, built-in security scanning, and custom agents, further enhancing AI-assisted development.
DevOps
(5 articles)The XZ Utils aftermath: Inside the mission to stop the next global backdoor before it starts
This article provides an in-depth look at the critical XZ Utils backdoor discovery and the ongoing efforts to prevent similar supply chain attacks in open-source software.
From vibes to engineering: How AI agents outgrew their own terminology
This analysis explores the evolution of AI agent development, moving from informal "vibe coding" to more structured engineering practices as AI agents become critical components of software systems.
The agent pull request flood is here. If you run Istio, you’re halfway to solving it.
This article discusses how AI agents are accelerating pull request volumes and how Istio's validation capabilities can help manage this influx, addressing a growing challenge in modern development workflows.
Observability platform migration guide: Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and Fluent Bit
This guide offers practical advice for migrating observability platforms, focusing on popular tools like Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and Fluent Bit, crucial for maintaining visibility during transitions.
The Linux Foundation reveals the “ugly” secret of how open source is draining your budget
This article from The New Stack discusses a Linux Foundation report on the hidden costs and budget drains for companies that consume open source without contributing back, highlighting the importance of ROI in open source investment.
