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Azure Database for MySQL Trigger for Azure Functions in Public Preview
Microsoft's Azure Database for MySQL now features a public preview of triggers for Azure Functions, enabling real-time data processing with event-driven automation. This innovative integration allows developers to track table changes seamlessly, enhancing analytics, compliance, and security, while scaling efficiently within Azure's serverless framework.
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Google Cloud's AI Protection: a Solution to Securing AI Assets
Google Cloud introduces AI Protection, a solution to safeguard against generative AI threats. Managing AI risks through vulnerability assessments, security policies, and proactive threat management enhances asset protection. Integrating with Google’s Security Command Center offers a centralized view of IT posture and advanced security intelligence for robust AI system defense.
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Microsoft Enhances Azure Elastic SAN with Auto Scale, Snapshot Support, and CRC Protection
Microsoft's Azure Elastic SAN, launched in early 2024, revolutionizes cloud block storage with unique autoscale capabilities, snapshot support, and CRC protection for enhanced data integrity. This fully managed solution simplifies storage management and optimizes costs, making it ideal for businesses seeking efficient, high-availability solutions in the cloud.
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Local Development with Workflow Studio for Step Functions
AWS has enhanced its Workflow Studio for Step Functions, now integrated into Visual Studio Code via the AWS Toolkit. This allows developers to create and edit state machines locally with intuitive visual tools. Key features include Design and Code modes, localized testing capabilities, and support for ASL definitions, streamlining the development of distributed applications and workflows.
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Vercel Fluid: a New Compute Model and an Alternative to Serverless?
Vercel has recently introduced Vercel Fluid, an elastic compute model that allows a single worker to handle multiple requests, similar to a traditional server, while preserving the elasticity of serverless. By scaling functions before instances, Fluid maximizes available compute time, optimizing compute footprint and resource efficiency for long-running tasks and AI inference.
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Resilience Best Practices: How Amazon Builds Well-Behaved Clients and Well-Protected Services
Using the analogy of addressing the lunch rush in restaurants, Michael Haken, senior principal solutions architect at AWS, describes how Amazon builds both well-behaved clients and well-protected services through operational and architectural strategies.
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Google Enhances AlloyDB Vector Search with Inline Filtering and Enterprise Observability
Google enhanced its AlloyDB service with inline filtering and enterprise observability for vector search. This fully-managed PostgreSQL-compatible database now allows direct filtering during queries, offering improved speed and efficiency. Enhanced monitoring features provide deep insights, addressing scaling vector search operations challenges.
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AWS Introduces a New Quantum Computing Chip with Ocelot
AWS announced Ocelot, an innovative quantum computing chip designed to revolutionize error correction, reducing it by up to 90%. This cutting-edge architecture integrates 'cat qubit' technology, marking a significant advancement in quantum applications. As Ocelot paves the way for affordable, fault-tolerant quantum computing, it raises critical questions about security in a quantum-driven future.
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Azure AI Foundry Labs: a hub for the Latest AI Research and Experiments at Microsoft
Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry Labs revolutionizes AI development by bridging cutting-edge research with real-world applications. Offering experimental projects like Aurora and MatterSim empowers developers to prototype new technologies. With tools for dynamic learning and multimodal models, Azure Labs accelerates innovation and collaboration.
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How a Manual Remediation for a Phishing URL Took down Cloudflare R2
Due to human error in handling a phishing report and insufficient validation safeguards in admin tools, Cloudflare experienced an incident affecting its R2 Gateway service on February 5th. As part of a routine remediation for a phishing URL, the R2 service was inadvertently taken down, leading to the outage or disruption of numerous other Cloudflare services for over an hour.
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Google Cloud Introduces Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures in Cloud KMS to Future-Proof Data Security
Google has introduced quantum-safe digital signatures in its Cloud Key Management Service, adhering to NIST post-quantum cryptography standards. This vital update counters the imminent threats of quantum computing on traditional encryption methods, enabling organizations to integrate resilient, future-proof security measures seamlessly.
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Microsoft Unveils the First Topological Quantum Chip Majorana 1
Microsoft's Majorana 1 is the world's first Quantum Processing Unit (QPU), utilizing innovative Topological Core architecture. By harnessing topoconductors and Majorana particles, it promises scalable, reliable qubits for quantum computing. This breakthrough could revolutionize industries, particularly healthcare, solving complex challenges at unprecedented scales.
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Go 1.24 Brings Generic Type Aliases, Weak Pointers, Improved Finalizers, and More
The latest release of the Go language, Go 1.24, introduces several important features, including generic type aliases, weak pointers, improved cleanup finalizers, and more. It also enhances runtime performance in map default implementation, small object allocation, and mutexes handling.
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How to Defend Amazon S3 Buckets from Ransomware Exploiting SSE-C Encryption
A new ransomware campaign, dubbed Codefinger, has been targeting Amazon S3 users by exploiting compromised AWS credentials to encrypt data using Server-Side Encryption with Customer-Provided Keys (SSE-C). Attackers then demand ransom payments for the symmetric AES-256 keys required to decrypt the data. AWS has released recommendations to help users mitigate the risk of ransomware attacks on S3.
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AWS Reduces Latency and Costs for Key/Value Datastores with AZ Affinity Routing and GLIDE Valkey
AWS recently introduced Availability Zone (AZ) awareness in version 1.2 of the open source Valkey General Language Independent Driver for Enterprise (GLIDE) client library. By implementing AZ affinity routing in the open source key/value datastore, developers can reduce latency and costs by directing requests to replicas within the same AZ as the client.