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R2 SQL now supports GROUP BY, SUM, and other aggregation queries with distributed execution strategies like scatter-gather and shuffling for efficient processing of massive datasets in Cloudflare's serverless platform.

Duolingo's 2025 Social Impact report highlights its strategic investments in early childhood education in Pennsylvania, including the Early Learners First Program and Duo’s Treehouse, partnerships to improve literacy access, and advocacy efforts leading to increased state funding.

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime now supports bi-directional streaming using WebSocket for real-time, seamless voice and multimodal AI agent interactions, simplifying deployment and enhancing conversational AI experiences.

Leverage NVIDIA NeMo, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, and Strands Agents to build, optimize, evaluate, and deploy scalable, secure AI agents with seamless observability and production-grade infrastructure on AWS.

Dropbox Dash’s custom-built hybrid feature store integrates Feast, Spark, and Dynovault to deliver low-latency, real-time machine learning features at scale for fast, relevant search ranking.

Databricks Clean Rooms enable secure, privacy-first multi-party data collaboration across clouds using Unity Catalog and Delta Sharing for controlled, governed analysis without exposing raw data.

Databricks Spatial SQL now delivers up to 17x faster spatial join performance out-of-the-box using optimized R-tree indexing and Photon enhancements, eliminating the need for external libraries or tuning.

Developers can now submit and publish apps in ChatGPT to enhance conversations with new capabilities, discoverable via the app directory and supported by an Apps SDK and comprehensive guidelines.

OpenAI Academy for News Organizations offers AI-driven training, resources, and practical guidance to empower journalists and publishers in enhancing newsroom efficiency, investigative reporting, and business sustainability while addressing ethical and operational challenges.

Technical overview of Stripe's next-day settlement, detailing eligibility, payout scheduling (automatic and manual), US dashboard availability, the 0.6% fee, and its relation to Instant Payouts.

Next-day settlement enables Stripe users in the US to access domestic transaction funds within one business day, offering a faster and flexible payout option with a 0.6% fee.

Technical post examining how Stripe Capital financing causally accelerates SMB revenue growth, validated by two randomized trials across COVID-era and post-COVID economic conditions.