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1. Artificial intelligence · Cloud & data centers · Chips & hardware

   Google runs an AI model on a satellite

   Google ran an AI model on a satellite in space and received its first response on Earth. The test is part of Project Suncatcher, which explores AI data centers beyond the planet.

   Full story at ProPakistani ↗
2. Cybersecurity · Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence

   CrowdStrike extends threat hunting to AI and Google Cloud

   CrowdStrike is expanding Falcon Adversary OverWatch threat hunting across AI and Google Cloud. No further details are given.

   Full story at crowdstrike.com ↗
3. Cybersecurity · Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence

   CrowdStrike extends threat hunting to AI and Google Cloud

   CrowdStrike has expanded its Falcon Adversary OverWatch threat-hunting service to cover AI environments and Google Cloud. The expansion aims to help customers detect threats earlier in these areas.

   Full story at crowdstrike.com ↗
4. Networking · Cybersecurity · Cloud & data centers

   Cloudflare launches private origins service generally

   Cloudflare services for private origins is now generally available, letting proxied DNS records reach private IPs over existing Cloudflare One connections. This keeps internal APIs and backends private while still benefiting from WAF, caching, and bot management.

   Full story at blog.cloudflare.com ↗
5. Cloud & data centers · Cybersecurity · Networking

   AWS WAF adds automatic SDK integration for CloudFront

   AWS WAF now automatically integrates its JavaScript SDK into Amazon CloudFront distributions without requiring code changes. This simplifies enabling bot and fraud protection features such as Bot Control and Fraud Control.

   Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗
6. Cloud & data centers · Data & databases

   RDS for Oracle allows disabling auto-upgrades

   Amazon RDS for Oracle now lets customers turn off automatic minor version upgrades for JVM, Spatial, Locator and OLAP options. This gives users control over update timing, though AWS recommends applying patches regularly for security.

   Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗
7. Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence · New AI models

   Bedrock adds OpenAI models to GovCloud

   Amazon Bedrock now supports OpenAI GPT-5.6 models and Cross-Region Inference in AWS GovCloud (US). This gives customers higher throughput and redundancy without manually managing capacity across regions.

   Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗
8. Data & databases · Cloud & data centers

   Databricks makes Real-Time Mode generally available

   Databricks has launched general availability of Real-Time Mode for Spark Declarative Pipelines, building on last year's introduction. It enables customers to build low-latency, operational data use cases.

   Full story at databricks.com ↗
9. Cloud & data centers · Data & databases · Open source

   Glue Data Catalog adds Iceberg optimization in California

   AWS Glue Data Catalog now supports automatic table optimization for Apache Iceberg tables in the US West (N. California) Region. This compacts small files and reduces storage costs while improving query performance.

   Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗

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