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Google Cloud Blog29 May 2026

Cool stuff Google Cloud customers built, May edition: Agentic algorithms for supply chains; virtual try-on APIs; robotic camera operators & more

AI and cloud technology are reshaping every corner of every industry around the world. Without our customers, who are building the future on our platform, there would be no Google Cloud. In this regular round-up, we dive into some of the exciting projects redefining businesses, shaping industries, and creating new categories. For our latest edition, we learn how Urban Outfitters sped up its order management; BASF uses AlphaEvolve algorithms to map global supply chains; the unification strategy

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Google Cloud Blog29 May 2026

Developer's guide to Gemini Enterprise and A2UI integration

If you've built a chatbot, you know this conversation: User: "Book a table for two tomorrow at 7pm." Agent: "Okay, for what day?" User: "Tomorrow." Agent: "What time?" A date picker would have ended this in one tap. But until recently, agents had no standard way to render a date picker — or a map, or a multi-select list — inside the chat surface they live in. They could only return text or markdown for generic usage. Today, we're walking through how to fix that with A2UI, an open protocol for a

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Google Cloud Blog29 May 2026

From petabytes to predictions: Easy BigQuery insights in Google Sheets

Many organizations’ single source of truth is data that resides in BigQuery, Google’s governed, secure and petabyte-scale data platform. However, the "last mile" of ad-hoc analysis, modeling, and reporting often happens where business users are most comfortable: Google Sheets. Bridging this gap usually involves exporting data as CSVs. But this is inefficient, creating data silos, version control problems, and security and governance risks. Connected Sheets helps to eliminate this trade-off, turn

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Google Cloud Blog29 May 2026

AlloyDB Hot Standby: Faster failovers, consistent performance

AlloyDB for PostgreSQL is a fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service designed for the most demanding enterprise workloads. It combines the best of PostgreSQL with the power of Google, delivering exceptional performance, scalability, and availability. We are continuously innovating to make AlloyDB even more resilient, and today, we're excited to announce a significant upgrade to our High Availability (HA) architecture: Hot Standby. Understanding AlloyDB HA Architecture

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Hacker News29 May 2026