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Google at ICLR 2018

The 6th International Conference on Learning Representations is in Canada this week. It’s a conference focused on how we can learn meaningful and useful representations of data for machine learning. We’ve got over 130 researchers attending — but don’t worry if you can’t make it. You can learn more about the research we’re presenting with the links on this post.

Variable substitution in Stackdriver alerting notifications

You can now include variables in the documentation section of your alerting policies for Google Stackdriver. The contents of this field are also now included in Slack and webhook notifications, in addition to email. Take a look at the post for a screenshot and example markup.

Kubernetes Service Catalog and Google Cloud Platform Service Broker

To make it easier to connect to Google Cloud Platform services from either a GCP-hosted or an on-prem Kubernetes cluster, we are releasing Kubernetes Service Catalog (a collection of services available to Kubernetes running on GCP) and the Google Cloud Platform Service Broker (a hosted service that connects to a variety of GCP services). A screenshot and link to the docs are on the post.

Cloud-native managed database improvements

We recently announced several cloud database improvements including commit timestamps for Cloud Spanner, availability of Cloud Bigtable replication in beta, and availability of Cloud Memorystore for Redis in beta. More details are on the post.

Introducing Partner Interconnect, a fast, economical onramp to GCP

Partner Interconnect provides high-bandwidth connectivity to the nearest Google Cloud Platform region through our many partners. Like Dedicated Interconnect, Partner Interconnect offers private connectivity to GCP to organizations that don’t require the full ten giga-bits-per-second of a dedicated circuit. It also allows organizations whose data centers are geographically distant from a Google Cloud region or Point of Presence to connect to GCP, using our partners’ connections. You can learn more on the post.

Registration for the Associate Cloud Engineer beta exam is now open

The Associate Cloud Engineer certification beta exam is now open for registration. This certification identifies you as someone who has the foundational skills necessary to use Google Cloud Console to deploy applications, monitor operations, and manage enterprise solutions. A link to register is on the post.

Google I/O Next Week!

Next week is Google I/O and The Developer Show team will be on site, broadcasting live from the Shoreline Amphitheatre. Tune in for the pre-show performance, the Keynotes, special guest interviews, playtime in the Sandbox, summaries of our favorite sessions and so much more.

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AIY Projects: Updated kits for 2018

AIY Projects has launched new versions of their do-it-yourself artificial intelligence kits. The Voice Kit lets you build a voice controlled speaker, while the Vision Kit lets you build a camera that learns to recognize people and objects. Photos and links are on the post.

Android Things Release Candidate

Android Things Developer Preview 8 is now available. It is the final preview release and represents the final API surface exposed in the Android Things support library for the upcoming *stable* release; which means there will be no more breaking API changes before the 1.0 release of the SDK. For more details, release notes, and the updated SDK reference, take a look at the post.

Protecting WebView with Safe Browsing

Google Play Protect is bringing Safe Browsing to WebView by default, starting in April 2018 with the release of WebView 66. Google Safe Browsing protects users across the web from phishing and malware attacks. Links to learn about customizing, controlling, and testing Safe Browsing are on the post.

Firebase Authentication Updates

Some of the new functionality we’ve delivered for Firebase Authentication includes Passwordless Sign-In with Email Link, Custom Claims on Clients, and server-side session management controls. For more details on making registering and signing in users even easier, take a look at the post.

DeepVariant Accuracy Improvements

DeepVariant version 0.6 is now available. It’s a deep learning model that’s been trained to analyze genetic sequences and accurately identify the differences (known as variants) that make us all unique. This release includes some major accuracy improvements that are outlined in detail on the post.

Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL Generally Available

PostgreSQL is now generally available and fully supported for all customers on our Cloud SQL fully-managed database service. This means it’s backed by Google’s 24 by 7 SRE team, high availability with automatic failover, and our SLA. Links to get started are on the post.

Dialogflow Enterprise Edition Generally Available

Also now generally available is Dialogflow Enterprise Edition, which you can use to build voice and text based conversational experiences powered by machine learning and natural language understanding. Example screenshots and links to get started are on the post.

HashiCorp Vault

HasiCorp Vault is an open source tool for secrets management. We just announced some improvements to the Google Cloud Storage backend for HashiCorp Vault, including high availability, support for default application credentials, and enterprise-grade security. Details are on the post.