Azure Monitor workspace now shows what’s driving metrics usage Azure Monitor workspace gains metrics usage insights, and it’s now generally available. The feature shows what’s driving metrics usage, which makes it easier to spot unused metrics and usage trends. Advanced…
Google Cloud GKE node upgrades can now reuse existing VMs GKE Standard can reuse existing VMs during node upgrades, letting CPU node pools upgrade nodes in place instead of recreating the Compute Engine VM. This helps preserve compute capacity during…
AWS Bedrock prompt shortening can trim AI input costs Amazon Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization now supports prompt shortening, reducing prompt length while keeping or improving evaluation scores. Shorter prompts can lower input token costs and improve latency. For teams running…
AI Economics Weekly – AI Providers Updates Week of October 14 to 16, 2026 Anthropic Claude Code Now Prices Sonnet 5.5 Cache Reads at $0.10 per Million Tokens Anthropic just changed how Claude Code prices Sonnet 5.5 cache reads, and…
Better AI spend visibility lands in AWS Cost Explorer and Budgets Amazon Bedrock product attributes are now available in AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and AWS Cost Management Dashboards. This update lets you analyze Bedrock spend by model, model provider,…
Cloud Billing now has spend caps that can pause usage Google Cloud adds spend cap budgets for Cloud Billing. Google Cloud introduced spend cap budgets that can automatically pause usage when estimated spend goes beyond a configured amount. This is…
Discover how an open-source, data-driven FinOps assessment is redefining cloud financial management, inspired by NIST and built by the FinOps community. We also discuss: – Why FinOps and cybersecurity practices have so much in common– How NIST inspired a new…
OpenAI Simpler API Usage Tiers: Build, Launch, and Grow Billing just got easier to follow, because OpenAI cut its API usage tiers from five down to three. The new tiers are Build, Launch, and Grow. Organizations now move between them…
AWS finally makes cross-Region data lake queries much easier Amazon Redshift now supports cross-Region queries for your data lake. Amazon Redshift can now query Amazon S3 data lake tables in another AWS Region without copying or replicating the data first.…
Azure to raise prices for selected VMs and Storage in seven regions Azure announces regional price increases for selected Virtual Machines and Storage services. Starting February 1, 2027, prices for certain Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Storage services will increase…
