Cloud Computing

What we announced in streaming AI at Next ‘26

Every device, user, and microservice generates data. Ingesting this data, extracting meaning and insights, and driving business decisions in real time has the potential to deliver transformational business value.The rise of agentic AI represents an opportunity for users to overcome the challenges inherent in real-time analytics. But while agentic AI has the potential to accelerate […]

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Gemini Live Agent Challenge: Announcing the winners and highlights

The Gemini Live Agent Challenge is officially in the books! We challenged developers worldwide to break out of the traditional ‘text box’ paradigm by building next-generation AI agents. From our initial announcement to amassing 11,878 participants and 1,536 submitted projects from 151 countries, the results were nothing short of spectacular. The mission was to seamlessly

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Welcome to BlackFile: Inside a Vishing Extortion Operation

Written by: Austin Larsen, Tyler McLellan, Genevieve Stark, Dan Ebreo Introduction  Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has continued to track an expansive extortion campaign by UNC6671, a threat actor operating under the “BlackFile” brand, that targets organizations via sophisticated voice phishing (vishing) and single sign-on (SSO) compromise. By leveraging adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) techniques to bypass traditional

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Cloud CISO Perspectives: How Google + Wiz changes multicloud strategy for CISOs

Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2026. Today, Vinod D’Souza, director, Office of the CISO, shares highlights from his RSA Conference fireside chat with Anthony Belfiore, chief strategy officer, Wiz. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google Cloud blog. If you’re reading this

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How Glance turns hours of video into mobile-ready clips with AI

Every day, thousands of hours of new video content sits waiting to be discovered. Most of it lives in long-form, horizontal formats, while audiences are scrolling through vertical feeds on their phones. Glance, a mobile-first content platform, knows this challenge well. The company processes 1-2 hour videos from sources like podcasts, news reports, movies, and

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The new era of SaMD: Why cloud infrastructure is the foundation for digital health in 2026

In the healthcare and life sciences industries, speed saves lives, but meeting regulatory requirements and other administrative burdens often pumps the brakes for manufacturers of software as a medical device (SaMD). These devices include AI image analysis for cancer detection, diagnostic mobile apps for viewing MRIs, and software that can calculate insulin dosages.  Today, the

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