April 23rd, 2026

An updated version of the Simba JDBC driver for BigQuery is now available

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## Change Change An updated version of the[Simba JDBC driver for BigQuery](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/odbc-jdbc-drivers#current%5Fjdbc%5Fdriver)is now available.

What else is happening at Google Cloud Platform?

Deploying services using a Compose file is in General Availability

in 10 months

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Datastream is now available in additional regions For the list of all available regions, see IP allowlists and regions

in 7 months

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BigQuery can re-execute instructions (queries) to try to proactively detect performance, correctness, or functional regressions

about 5 hours ago

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We published a security bulletin for Apigee. A vulnerability was found in Apigee

about 8 hours ago

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All 1-year committed use discounts (CUDs) for Google Cloud VMware Engine ve1 SKUs are now End-of-Sale across the europe-west2 (London, UK) region

about 8 hours ago

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Managed Cloud Service Mesh using the TRAFFIC_DIRECTOR implementation in the

about 9 hours ago

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