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  • Cloud Blog: Start and scale your apps faster with improved container image streaming in GKE

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/improving-gke-container-image-streaming-for-faster-app-startup/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Start and scale your apps faster with improved container image streaming in GKE Feedly Summary: In today’s fast-paced cloud-native world, the speed at which your applications can start and scale is paramount. Faster pod startup times mean quicker responses to user demand, more efficient resource utilization, and a…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Claude Opus 4.1

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/5/claude-opus-41/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Claude Opus 4.1 Feedly Summary: Claude Opus 4.1 Surprise new model from Anthropic today – Claude Opus 4.1, which they describe as “a drop-in replacement for Opus 4". My favorite thing about this model is the version number – treating this as a .1 version increment looks…

  • Cloud Blog: Now GA: C4 VMs with Local SSD, bare metal, and larger shapes, on Intel Xeon 6

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/c4-vms-based-on-intel-6th-gen-xeon-granite-rapids-now-ga/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Now GA: C4 VMs with Local SSD, bare metal, and larger shapes, on Intel Xeon 6 Feedly Summary: We’re thrilled to announce a significant expansion of our C4 virtual machine series, with the general availability of 28 powerful new shapes. This expansion introduces C4 shapes with Google’s next-gen…

  • AWS News Blog: New: Improve Apache Iceberg query performance in Amazon S3 with sort and z-order compaction

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-improve-apache-iceberg-query-performance-in-amazon-s3-with-sort-and-z-order-compaction/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: New: Improve Apache Iceberg query performance in Amazon S3 with sort and z-order compaction Feedly Summary: Amazon S3 now enables improved Apache Iceberg query performance through two new compaction strategies—sort and z-order—available for both S3 Tables and general purpose S3 buckets, helping organize data more efficiently by…

  • Cloud Blog: C4D now GA: up to 80% higher performance for your business critical workloads

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/c4d-vms-unparalleled-performance-for-business-workloads/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: C4D now GA: up to 80% higher performance for your business critical workloads Feedly Summary: We’re excited to announce the general availability of our next-generation C4D virtual machine family. Powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors (Turin) paired with Google Titanium’s latest advancements, C4D provides customers with meaningful…

  • Slashdot: Apple Migrates Its Password Monitoring Service to Swift from Java, Gains 40% Performance Uplift

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/06/15/2126220/apple-migrates-its-password-monitoring-service-to-swift-from-java-gains-40-performance-uplift Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Migrates Its Password Monitoring Service to Swift from Java, Gains 40% Performance Uplift Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The article discusses Apple’s transition from Java to Swift for its global Password Monitoring service, resulting in significant performance improvements. The migration achieved a 40% increase in…

  • Cloud Blog: Introducing the next generation of AI inference, powered by llm-d

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/enhancing-vllm-for-distributed-inference-with-llm-d/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Introducing the next generation of AI inference, powered by llm-d Feedly Summary: As the world transitions from prototyping AI solutions to deploying AI at scale, efficient AI inference is becoming the gating factor. Two years ago, the challenge was the ever-growing size of AI models. Cloud infrastructure providers…

  • Cloud Blog: Announcing open-source enhancements to LangChain PostgreSQL

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/open-source-enhancements-to-langchain-postgresql/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Announcing open-source enhancements to LangChain PostgreSQL Feedly Summary: At Google Cloud Next ‘25, we announced upgrades to the core LangChain Postgres package and became a major contributor to the library. These improvements underscore our vision that every application developer is a gen AI developer – one that is…

  • Cloud Blog: Multi-cloud AI made easier: Aiven for AlloyDB Omni now generally available

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/aiven-for-alloydb-omni-now-ga/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Multi-cloud AI made easier: Aiven for AlloyDB Omni now generally available Feedly Summary: Building modern, data-driven applications requires a database that can handle transactional, analytical, and vector search workloads, especially as AI and machine learning become increasingly vital. You need a solution that scales, maintains compliance, delivers consistent…