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Android Studio Dolphin Extends Jetpack Compose, Wear OS, and Test Automation Integration
The latest release of Android Studio, dubbed Dolphin, improves Jetpack Compose screen previews, extends Wear OS support, and introduces Gradle Managed Virtual Devices to simplify test automation.
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Google Distributed Cloud Virtual Now Supports Virtual Machines
Recently Google announced the general availability of virtual machine (VM) support in Anthos for bare metal, also known as Google Distributed Cloud Virtual (GDC), which will allow customers to run VMs alongside containers on a single, unified, Google Cloud-connected platform in their data center or at the edge.
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Open-Source Threat Detection Tool Falco Adds Support for Google gVisor
The latest version of Falco introduces support for gVisor, Google's application kernel providing an additional isolation layer between applications and the host OS. Using Falco 0.32.1 users can monitor security events from gVisor to detect threats and audit containers.
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Google Introduces Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery
Google recently introduced Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR), allowing customers to enable centralized backup management directly from the Google Cloud console. The new backup and recovery service is designed to work with cloud storage repositories, databases, and applications.
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Google Brings Compute Engine Integration to Cloud Code
Recently Google added a new integration in Cloud Code with its Compute Engine service (GCE) to make it easier for developers to manage their frequently used virtual machines in the IDE, view details about them, connect to them over SSH, upload application files, and view their logs.
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Google Introduces Pay-as-You-Go Pricing for Apigee API Management
Recently Google introduced a pay-as-you-go pricing model for Apigee’s API management to provide customers with more flexibility in using the service and control costs.
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Android Cross Device SDK Aims to Simplify Task Handoff and Multi-Device Experiences
Google has announced a developer preview of its new Cross device SDK for Android, aimed to help developers build cross-device experiences using high-level, intuitive APIs. The new capabilities can be used to create multiplayer games, to carry through productivity tasks across different devices, or to enable group experiences.
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Virtual Machine Threat Detection in Google Security Command Center Now Generally Available
Google Cloud recently announced the general availability (GA) of Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD) as a built-in service in Security Command Center Premium, which can detect if hackers attempt to mine cryptocurrency in a company's cloud environment.
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Google Releases CameraX 1.2 Beta with MLKit Integration
Now available in beta, CameraX 1.2 brings out-of-the-box integration with some of MLKit vision APIs and a new feature aimed to reduce shutter button lag when taking pictures.
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Google Published Results on How ML-Enhanced Code Compilation Could Improve Developers’ Productivity
The rapid advances in natural language processing (NLP) opened a new direction to use deep learning models in providing smarter suggestions for developers while writing software codes. Google AI has recently published results on ML-enhanced code compilation and how it improved developers’ productivity considering different metrics.
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The Announcement of Discontinuing Google Cloud IoT Core Service Stirs the Community and Customers
Google Cloud IoT Core is a fully-managed service that allows customers to connect, manage, and ingest data from millions of globally dispersed devices quickly and securely. Recently, Google announced discontinuing the service - according to the documentation, the company will retire the service on the 16th of August, 2023.
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Google Announces Three New Regions in Asia Pacific
Google has a global network of 34 regions and 103 availability zones, bringing its Cloud services to customers in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. Recently, the company announced that it would expand its presence to three new cloud regions in Malaysia, Thailand, and New Zealand.
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Android Adds Experimental Support for Predictive Back Gestures
To help users understand where a back gesture will land them in an Android app, Google has introduced a new predictive back gesture. The new feature allows the user to decide whether they want to complete the gesture or not by showing an animated preview of the gesture outcome.
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New Features with the GA Release of Second-Generation Cloud Functions
Like other public cloud vendors, Google has a Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) offering with Cloud Functions – and recently announced the second generation's general availability (GA).
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Google Introduces Zero-ETL Approach to Analytics on Bigtable Data Using BigQuery
Recently, Google announced the general availability of Bigtable federated queries, with BigQuery allowing customers to query data residing in Bigtable via BigQuery faster. Moreover, the querying is without moving or copying the data in all Google Cloud regions with increased federated query concurrency limits, closing the longstanding gap between operational data and analytics.