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[Launched] Generally Available: New vector data type and functions in Azure SQL
Azure SQL now supports vector data types for efficient storage, querying of embeddings, and semantic search, making it...
GitHub hit by a sophisticated malware campaign as ‘Banana Squad’ mimics popular repos
A threat group dubbed “Banana Squad,” active since April 2023, has trojanized more than 60 GitHub repositories in an...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Front Door now supports managed certificate for wildcard domains
Azure Front Door standard and premium profiles now support managed certificate for wildcard domains. Previously, you...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure WAF integration in Microsoft Security Copilot
Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) integration in Microsoft Copilot for Security has reached general availability....
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk and Ultra Disk are now available in Malaysia West
Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk are now available in Malaysia West region. Azure Ultra Disks are the...
IBM combines governance and security tools to solve the AI agent oversight crisis
IBM is integrating its AI governance tool watsonx.governance with Guardium AI Security — its tool for securing AI...
The hyperscalers disrupt the sovereign cloud disruptors
The fast-paced world of cloud computing is a continuous cycle of innovation and disruption. Most recently, sovereign...
Developers set the pace for genAI tools adoption
The increasingly weird interactions between everyday people and ChatGPT may make more headlines, but developers are...
Retirement: skip-gpu-driver-install nodepool tag retirement om August 14, 2025
On August 14 2025, Azure Kubernetes Service will no longer support the skip-gpu-driver-install node pool tag to skip...
Taking advantage of Microsoft Edge’s built-in AI
Large language models are a useful tool, but they’re overkill for much of what we do with services like ChatGPT....
Firecrawl: Easy web data extraction for AI applications
As organizations increasingly rely on large language models (LLMs) to process web-based information, the challenge of...
Google previews Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite
Google has unveiled a preview of Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, a reasoning model optimized for cost and speed, and announced...
Parasoft C/C++test adds AI assistant
Parasoft has released Parasoft C/C++test 2025.1, an update to the company’s automated testing solution for for C and...
Retail versus finance: How genAI coding strategies diverge
An AI security vendor on Tuesday published an analysis of the generative AI (genAI) coding differences between its...
[In preview] Public Preview: Ubuntu 24.04 for AKS
Ubuntu 24.04 is now available on AKS in Kubernetes version 1.32 and above. Containerd 2.0 is enabled by default. AKS...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Linux now also supports AKS LTS with Kubernetes v1.28 & above
Azure Linux now also supports AKS LTS starting with Kubernetes version 1.28 and above. This means you can now pair a...
[Launched] Generally Available: Kubernetes v1.31 and v1.32 available as Long Term Support versions in AKS
Kubernetes versions 1.31 and 1.32 are now available in all regions as Long term Support (LTS) versions. Every...
[In preview] Public Preview: Azure Functions enables OpenTelemetry support
We're announcing significant improvements to OpenTelemetry support in Azure Functions, expanding on the limited...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure SQL Managed Instance faster management operations
You can now create and update your Azure SQL Managed Instance with improved speed and precision. The new faster...
[Launched] General Available: Increased Disk Capacity for Azure VM Backup
Announcing the expansion of Azure VM Backup disk capacity. VMs can now be protected with individual disks up to 64 TB...