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Google updated its Trends Explore page to incorporate Gemini AI, facilitating easier and more insightful analysis of search trends.
Google's Search AI Mode introduced the Canvas tool to generate customized trip plans based on user input and images.
Google Ads introduced a feature allowing advertisers to set total budgets over defined periods for certain campaign types, improving budget efficiency.
AWS improved visibility into RDS snapshot exports to Amazon S3 by introducing granular export progress and failure event notifications.
AWS enhanced its Bedrock Data Automation with an instruction optimization feature to improve custom field extraction accuracy from documents.
Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server incorporated recent General Distribution Release (GDR) updates addressing security vulnerabilities.
AWS expanded the allowed number of Elastic Volumes modifications per EBS volume to four within 24 hours, enhancing flexibility.
AWS added support for dedicated query queues with customizable monitoring rules in Amazon Redshift Serverless to optimize workload handling.
AWS Data Exports now distinguishes specific Amazon Bedrock operations in cost reports, aiding detailed expense analysis and optimization.
AWS expanded Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Policy's AI safety and security controls with Guardrails in US West (Oregon) and US East (Ohio) regions.
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