The latest release of Cube Core version 1.2 includes several exciting features and improvements, including data access policies for access control, hierarchies and folders in the data model, new features in Playground, support for Apache Pinot and Vertica as data sources, performance optimizations in Cube Store and APIs, a new configuration option for scheduled refresh time zones, and various enhancements to the client library and CLI tool. This release has no breaking changes, making it easy to upgrade without affecting existing data models or configurations.