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The Cloudflare Blog: Redesigning Workers KV for increased availability and faster performance

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/rearchitecting-workers-kv-for-redundancy/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Redesigning Workers KV for increased availability and faster performance Feedly Summary: Workers KV is Cloudflare’s global key-value store. After the incident on June 12, we re-architected KV’s redundant storage backend, remove single points of failure, and make substantial improvements. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text…

Tomasz Tunguz: From Knowledge to Action

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.tomtunguz.com/gpt5-tool-calling-revolution/ Source: Tomasz Tunguz Title: From Knowledge to Action Feedly Summary: GPT-5 launched yesterday. 94.6% on AIME 2025. 74.9% on SWE-bench. As we approach the upper bounds of these benchmarks, they die. What makes GPT-5 and the next generation of models revolutionary isn’t their knowledge. It’s knowing how to act. For GPT-5 this…

Cloud Blog: Google is a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/google-is-a-leader-in-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-scps/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google is a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services Feedly Summary: For the eighth consecutive year, Gartner® has named Google a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Strategic Cloud Platform Services, and this year Google is also now ranked the highest for…

Cloud Blog: Looker debuts MCP Server to broaden AI developer access to data

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/business-intelligence/introducing-looker-mcp-server/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Looker debuts MCP Server to broaden AI developer access to data Feedly Summary: As companies integrate AI into their workflows, connecting new tools to their existing data while ensuring consistent security and accuracy becomes increasingly important. We’re introducing Looker Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, an integration in the…

Slashdot: UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/08/1458253/uk-secretly-allows-facial-recognition-scans-of-passport-immigration-databases Source: Slashdot Title: UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses significant privacy concerns regarding the UK police’s deployment of facial recognition technology using passport and immigration databases, lacking proper oversight. This raises important compliance and governance issues relevant…

The Register: UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases

Aug 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/uk_secretly_allows_facial_recognition/ Source: The Register Title: UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases Feedly Summary: Campaigners brand Home Office’s lack of transparency as ‘astonishing’ and ‘dangerous’ Privacy groups report a surge in UK police facial recognition scans of databases secretly stocked with passport photos lacking parliamentary oversight.… AI Summary and Description:…

Cloud Blog: Immutable, Air-Gapped, and Integrated: Data Protection for your Cloud SQL instances just got better

Aug 6, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/introducing-enhanced-backups-for-cloud-sql/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Immutable, Air-Gapped, and Integrated: Data Protection for your Cloud SQL instances just got better Feedly Summary: In a world where data is your most valuable asset, protecting it isn’t just a nice-to-have — it’s a necessity. That’s why we are thrilled to announce a significant leap forward in…

Cloud Blog: Spanner columnar engine: Powering next-generation analytics on operational data

Aug 6, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/spanners-columnar-engine-unites-oltp-and-analytics/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Spanner columnar engine: Powering next-generation analytics on operational data Feedly Summary: For years, organizations have struggled with the workload conflict between online transaction processing (OLTP) and analytical query processing. OLTP systems such as Spanner are optimized for high-volume, low-latency transactions, and use row-oriented storage that’s efficient for individual…

Cloud Blog: Redefining enterprise data with agents and AI-native foundations

Aug 6, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/new-agents-and-ai-foundations-for-data-teams/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Redefining enterprise data with agents and AI-native foundations Feedly Summary: The world is not just changing; it’s being re-engineered in real-time by data and AI. The way we interact with data is undergoing a fundamental transformation, moving beyond human-led analysis to a collaborative partnership with intelligent agents. This…

AWS News Blog: AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon DocumentDB, AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2, and more (August 4, 2025)

Aug 4, 2025

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Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-amazon-documentdb-aws-lambda-amazon-ec2-and-more-august-4-2025/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon DocumentDB, AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2, and more (August 4, 2025) Feedly Summary: This week brings an array of innovations spanning from generative AI capabilities to enhancements of foundational services. Whether you’re building AI-powered applications, managing databases, or optimizing your cloud infrastructure, these updates…

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