Deleted Looker (Google Cloud core) instances go to trash for seven days

Deleted instances now stay in the trash for seven days and can be restored before permanent deletion, protecting against accidental loss. The feature is scheduled for early September.

https://docs.cloud.google.com/looker/docs/release-notes#July_07_2026

SnowflakeSnowflake·Jul 7, 2026

Deep Research in Snowflake CoWork (General availability)

Deep Research in Snowflake CoWork is now generally available. Deep Research is an investigation mode for complex, open-ended questions that require multi-step reasoning across your data.

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DatabricksLakeflow·Jul 7, 2026

REPLACE WHERE flows are now generally available

REPLACE WHERE flows for pipelines and standalone streaming tables are now generally available. Use them to replace only rows matching a predicate on each refresh, without reprocessing the full table history. See Batch processing with REPLACE WHERE flows .

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DatabricksDatabricks SQL·Jul 7, 2026

Managed Iceberg materialized views are in Public Preview

You can now create a materialized view that is compatible with external Iceberg readers. This feature is in Public Preview . To enable it, reach out to your Databricks account team. See Create a materialized view compatible with external Iceberg readers .

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MicrosoftAzure databases and analytics·Jul 7, 2026

[Launched] Generally Available: Network Security Perimeter support for Azure Event Hubs

Azure Event Hubs now supports Network Security Perimeter (NSP), enabling organizations to define a logical network isolation boundary for PaaS resources and control public network access through perimeter-based access rules.With Network Security Perimeter

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MicrosoftAzure databases and analytics·Jul 7, 2026

[Launched] Generally Available: Confidential Computing support for Azure Event Hubs Dedicated

Azure Event Hubs Dedicated now supports Confidential Computing, enabling organizations to protect streaming data while it is being processed in memory. By leveraging hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs), customers can help safeguard sensit

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GitHubGitHub Copilot·Jul 7, 2026

Per-user budgets for cost centers in the billing UI

Enterprise admins can now create cost center user-level budgets directly in the billing UI where you manage cost centers and budgets. This feature is available for GitHub Enterprise Cloud. This gives you the same per-user AI credit budget controls that were previously only available through the REST API.

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