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Building a Zero-Cost Approval Workflow With AWS Lambda Durable Functions

When AWS announced Lambda Durable Functions at re: Invent 2025, my first reaction was, "Okay, but how is this different from Step Functions?" I have been building serverless workflows on AWS for a while now, and Step Functions has always been my go-to service for orchestrating multi-step pipelines. So naturally, I wanted to put this new capability to the test. I decided to build a simple document processing workflow, an ETL pipeline with human-in-the-loop approval using both Durable Functions an

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Google Cloud Blog

How the University of Central Oklahoma is using AI to streamline analysis of complex criminal cases

In the high-stakes world of forensic science, time is the enemy of justice. The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) Forensic Science Institute (FSI) was looking for an innovative AI solution that could help reduce the time required to analyze complex criminal case documents and construct clear timelines. In early tests, this solution, which can typically take criminal investigators months, has been demonstrated to significantly reduce this time. This collaboration between Google Public Sector a

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AWS Security Blog

Simplifying policy management with URL and Domain Category filtering on AWS Network Firewall

Network administrators face a persistent challenge: maintaining domain blocklists and allowlists that keep pace with the internet. New websites and services emerge daily, and keeping these lists current requires constant manual updates that leave gaps in coverage. This challenge intensifies when managing access to rapidly evolving categories like AI services, where new tools launch on […]

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