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PinterestPinterest

Ads Candidate Generation using Behavioral Sequence Modeling

A technical exploration of applying behavioral sequence modeling to improve ads candidate generation.

1/28/2026
Google CloudGoogle Cloud

No Place Like Home Network: Disrupting the World's Largest Residential Proxy Network

An in-depth technical overview of Google's disruption of the IPIDEA residential proxy network, exploring the SDK-driven two-tier C2 infrastructure, domain takedowns, and protective actions across Android and ecosystem partners.

1/28/2026
DropboxDropbox

Engineering VP Josh Clemm on how we use knowledge graphs, MCP, and DSPy in Dash

A concise exploration of Dropbox Dash's knowledge-graph-driven context engine that combines MCP, DSPy, and index-based retrieval to deliver fast, secure cross-app search and agentic querying.

1/28/2026
OpenAIOpenAI

Keeping your data safe when an AI agent clicks a link

Strategies to prevent data leaks and privacy breaches when AI agents autonomously click links, with threat modeling and practical defense techniques.

1/28/2026
Google CloudGoogle Cloud

Future Mode Part 1: The intelligent and secure browser for enterprises

A technical exploration of how Chrome Enterprise Premium enables an intelligent, agentic, and secure browser powered by Gemini 3 AI models to empower enterprise workflows while preserving data protection.

1/28/2026
GitHubGitHub

From pixels to characters: The engineering behind GitHub Copilot CLI’s animated ASCII banner

A technical deep dive into how GitHub Copilot CLI's animated ASCII banner was engineered for cross-terminal accessibility, using semantic ANSI color roles, custom tooling, and Ink-based rendering to deliver a non-blocking, accessible terminal UI.

1/28/2026
AirbnbAirbnb

My Journey to Airbnb: Peter Coles

A concise technical narrative following Peter Coles's journey to Airbnb, outlining career milestones, core technologies, and the lessons learned along the way.

1/28/2026
Google CloudGoogle Cloud

Accelerate GKE cluster autoscaling with faster concurrent node pool auto-creation

Accelerate GKE cluster autoscaling by enabling concurrent node pool auto-creation, dramatically reducing provisioning latency and boosting performance for heterogeneous and AI workloads across Autopilot and Standard clusters.

1/28/2026
Google CloudGoogle Cloud

Spanner in 2025: Innovations powering intelligent, multi-model AI applications

Spanner evolves into an AI-first, multi-model database that unifies operational and analytical workloads, adds graph/vector/text search with Vertex AI integration, and delivers safety, performance, and migration enhancements to power scalable, enterprise-grade AI applications.

1/28/2026
DatabricksDatabricks

7-Eleven’s Journey to Unity Catalog Success

7-Eleven migrates to Unity Catalog with UCX and system tables to centralize access control, reduce technical debt, and enable a federated, governed data platform that improves discovery, trust, and AI at scale.

1/28/2026
OpenAIOpenAI

The next chapter for AI in the EU

A concise analysis of the regulatory, technological, and governance shifts propelling the next chapter of AI in the European Union.

1/28/2026
OpenAIOpenAI

EMEA Youth & Wellbeing Grant

Technical guide to building and evaluating a cross-regional grant program for youth wellbeing in the EMEA region, detailing eligibility, application workflows, and impact metrics.

1/28/2026