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Google Java App Engine Standard is Now Open Source
Google has open-sourced the Java Source code for Google App Engine Standard environment, the production runtime, App Engine APIs, and the local sdk. Initially released in 2018, Google App Engine was designed to make it easy for developers to deploy and scale their web applications easily, without worrying about infrastructure management.
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Improve Access Control of Google Cloud SQL with IAM Conditions and Tags
Recently, Google announced the general availability (GA) of IAM Conditions and Tags for Cloud SQL, a fully-managed relational database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server.
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Jetpack Compose 1.1 Improves Performance and Visual Consistency
The recent 1.1 release of Android's declarative UI toolkit Jetpack Compose improves accessibility of all touch targets, adds an image vector cache to improve performance, and stabilizes a few experimental APIs.
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Flutter 2.10 Brings Stable Windows Support
With the release of version 2.10, UI framework Flutter extends the number of supported platforms by including stable Windows support. In addition, the new release brings performance improvements and begins the transition to Material 3.
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Google Introduces Autoscaling for Cloud Bigtable for Optimizing Costs
Cloud Bigtable is a fully-managed, scalable NoSQL database service for large operational and analytical workloads on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). And recently, the public cloud provider announced the general availability of Bigtable Autoscaling, which automatically adds or removes capacity in response to the changing demand for applications allowing cost optimizations.
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Austrian DPA Ruling against Google Analytics Paves the Way to EU-based Cloud Services
In a recent ruling, the Austrian data regulator declared the use of Google Analytics unlawful based on EU GDPR regulation. While the ruling is very specifically argued and worded, its implications go well beyond this particular case.
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Google and GitHub Announce OpenSSF Scorecards v4 with New GitHub Actions Workflow
GitHub and Google have announced the version 4 release of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF)'s Scorecards project. Scorecards is an automated security tool that identifies risky supply chain practices in open source projects. This release includes a new Scorecards GitHub Action, new security checks, and a large increase in the repositories included in the foundations weekly scans.
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Google Updates its Eventarc Service with New UI, Event Destination, and Storage Trigger
Recently, Google announced several new features for its eventing platform Eventarc. The new features are a new UI, Cloud Run for Anthos services as an event destination, and a generally available (GA) Storage Cloud trigger.
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AngularJS Officially Reached End of Life
After a grace period induced by the current global pandemic, long-term support for AngularJS has been discontinued. While AngularJS will still remain available, its repo will be archived and will receive no more additional updates, including security patches.
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Linux to Adopt New Multi-Generation LRU Page Reclaim Policy
Based on observed behaviour on Android and Chrome OS, Google began working on a new page reclamation strategy for its Linux-based OSes aimed at improving how the virtual memory subsystem reclaims unused memory pages. More recent work shows the new MGLRU policy can benefit server environments, too.
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Google Cloud Embraces Security Orchestration through Siemplify Acquisition
Google has announced the acquisition of security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) provider Siemplify, with the aim of integrating SOAR capabilities into its own Google Chronicle security solution.
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Google Protocol Buffers Support Idiomatic Kotlin Bindings
Google added support for Kotlin to its open source Protocol Buffers project, which is able to translate a proto definition into an idiomatic Domain Specific Language (DSL) leveraging Kotlin advanced syntax features.
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Flutter 2.8 and Dart 2.15 Focus on Performance Improvement
Flutter 2.8 focuses on improving app startup time, reducing memory footprint, and making it easier for developers to profile performance issues. Along with it, Google has announced a new Dart version, Dart 2.15, improving worker isolates, introducing constructor tear-off, and extending enums.
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Improve Android App Startup Times Like Facebook and Google Do
In a recent article, engineers from Google and Facebook provided their hints at what matters the most when reducing the time it takes for an Android app to become responsive on launch and ensuring an optimal user experience.
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Google's Network-Based Threat Detection Service Cloud IDS is Now Generally Available
Recently, Google announced the general availability of its Cloud IDS for network-based threat detection. This core network security offering helps detect network-based threats and helps organizations meet compliance standards that call for an intrusion detection system.