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  • Cloud Blog: Introducing BigQuery soft failover: Greater control for disaster recovery testing

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/bigquery-managed-disaster-recovery-adds-soft-failover/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Introducing BigQuery soft failover: Greater control for disaster recovery testing Feedly Summary: Most businesses with mission-critical workloads have a two-fold disaster recovery solution in place that 1) replicates data to a secondary location, and 2) enables failover to that location in the event of an outage. For BigQuery,…

  • Cloud Blog: Building next-gen visuals with Gemini 2.5 Flash Image on Vertex AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-2-5-flash-image-on-vertex-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Building next-gen visuals with Gemini 2.5 Flash Image on Vertex AI Feedly Summary: Today, we announced native image generation and editing in Gemini 2.5 Flash to deliver higher-quality images and more powerful creative control. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is State of the Art (SOTA) for both generation and…

  • Slashdot: Firefox 142’s Link Previews Have a New Option: AI-Generated Summaries

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/24/0547251/firefox-142s-link-previews-have-a-new-option-ai-generated-summaries Source: Slashdot Title: Firefox 142’s Link Previews Have a New Option: AI-Generated Summaries Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the new features in Firefox 142, particularly its incorporation of AI for generating summaries of linked content and support for LLM (Large Language Model) extensions. This advancement has…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: ChatGPT release notes: Project-only memory

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/22/project-memory/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: ChatGPT release notes: Project-only memory Feedly Summary: ChatGPT release notes: Project-only memory The feature I’ve most wanted from ChatGPT’s memory feature (the newer version of memory that automatically includes relevant details from summarized prior conversations) just landed: With project-only memory enabled, ChatGPT can use other conversations in that project…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: GPT-5 has a hidden system prompt

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/15/gpt-5-has-a-hidden-system-prompt/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: GPT-5 has a hidden system prompt Feedly Summary: GPT-5 has a hidden system prompt It looks like GPT-5 when accessed via the OpenAI API may have its own hidden system prompt, independent from the system prompt you can specify in an API call. At the very least…

  • Cloud Blog: Monitor your databases on Compute Engine with Database Center

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/database-center-expands-coverage/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Monitor your databases on Compute Engine with Database Center Feedly Summary: Database Center is an AI-powered unified fleet management solution that can help you identify and address security risks, performance bottlenecks, and reliability issues for Google Cloud databases including Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Spanner, Bigtable, Memorystore, and Firestore. Today,…

  • Docker: Docker Desktop 4.44: Smarter AI Modeling, Platform Stability, and Streamlined Kubernetes Workflows

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-desktop-4-44/ Source: Docker Title: Docker Desktop 4.44: Smarter AI Modeling, Platform Stability, and Streamlined Kubernetes Workflows Feedly Summary: In Docker Desktop 4.44, we’ve focused on delivering enhanced reliability, tighter AI modeling controls, and simplified tool integrations so you can build on your terms. Docker Model Runner Enhancements  Inspectable Model Runner Workflows Now you…

  • 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…

  • The Register: VS Code previews chat checkpoints for unpicking careless talk

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/vs_code_previews_chat_checkpoints/ Source: The Register Title: VS Code previews chat checkpoints for unpicking careless talk Feedly Summary: Microsoft’s AI-centric code editor and IDE adds the ability to rollback misguided AI prompts The Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) team has rolled out version 1.103 with new features including GitHub Copilot chat checkpoints.… AI Summary…