Gemini model status board as of May 2026 showing three columns: shut-down models (Gemini 2.0 Flash and Flash-Lite, marked with red X and June 1 shutdown date), currently active models (Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, Flash, Pro, and 3.1 Pro with per-million-token pricing), and the new Gemini 3.5 Flash model launched at Google I/O on May 19 at $1.50/$9.00 per million tokens.

GCP in May 2026: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lands at Google I/O, 2.0 Models Die June 1, and Airflow 3.1 Reaches GA

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Executive Summary May 2026 was shaped by Google I/O on May 19-20 and a stream of GCP release notes throughout the month. Three things require immediate attention: Gemini 2.0 Flash and Gemini ...
Google Cloud Pricing Calculator interface showing Cloud SQL configuration with 4 vCPUs and 15 GB memory set to Enterprise edition in the us-central1 region, with three pricing columns displayed side by side: on-demand at 282 dollars per month, 1-year committed use discount at 212 dollars per month showing 25 percent savings on compute, and 3-year committed use discount at 159 dollars per month showing 52 percent savings on compute, with a cost breakdown below showing compute costs discounted and storage backup and networking costs unchanged across all three commitment options

Google Cloud SQL Pricing 2026: Instance Costs, Storage, and What the Calculator Hides

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The Google Cloud SQL pricing page shows you a per-vCPU hourly rate and a per-GB storage rate. Both are accurate. What the page does not show you is how those two numbers ...
GKE cluster overview displaying node pools, machine types, and monthly cost estimate in the Google Cloud Console.

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE): Deploy, Scale & Cut Container Costs on GCP

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What Is Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)? Google Kubernetes Engine is a fully managed Kubernetes service on Google Cloud Platform. Google manages the Kubernetes control plane, the master nodes responsible for scheduling, API ...
Zoro Achieves Clean Data & Strong Security with DataDome & Google Cloud

Zoro Achieves Clean Data & Strong Security with DataDome & Google Cloud

Zoro chose DataDome to block increasing unwanted bot traffic that was negatively impacting their web analytics and customer experience. The bot solution highly improved their data accuracy and reduced operational costs ...
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IONIX Extends ASM Reach to Cloud Computing Platforms

IONIX extended the reach of its attack surface management platform into cloud computing environments, including AWS, Microsoft Azure and GCP ...
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Google Extends Generative AI Reach Deeper into Security

The Google Chronicle cybersecurity platform extensions are based on the Gemini LLM with the addition of cybersecurity data ...
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Figure 1: comparison of metadata services in the various of computing services of the providers 

The Default Toxic Combination of GCP Compute Engine Instances

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By default, compute instances in GCP are prone to a toxic combination that you should be aware of, and can avoid and fix The post The Default Toxic Combination of GCP Compute ...
How Attackers Can Exploit GCP’s Multicloud Workload Solution

How Attackers Can Exploit GCP’s Multicloud Workload Solution

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A deep dive into the inner workings of GCP Workload Identity Federation, taking a look at risks and how to avoid misconfigurations. The post How Attackers Can Exploit GCP’s Multicloud Workload Solution ...
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Data Reveals GCP Users Lagging in Cross-Cloud Security

Increasingly, Google Cloud Platform users are recognizing the business benefits of multi-cloud. That’s not surprising since a multi-cloud approach allows organizations to enjoy each platform’s benefits, avoid vendor lock-in and accelerate cloud-native ...
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Best Practices for Identity and Access Management When Using Google Cloud Provider

Best Practices for Identity and Access Management When Using Google Cloud Provider

At Praetorian, one of our top priorities is looking over each client’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) structure. Several of our large clients use Google Cloud Provider (GCP), which is one of ...