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In 1999 the prospect of Wireless Internet access devices was exciting some people, but leaving others cold. Brian Halla, National Semiconductor’s CEO, said the industry was “undergoing a shift in […] The post When wireless internet access was the NBT appeared first on Electronics Weekly .

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the availability of Amazon EC2 I8ge instances in AWS Europe (London) and Canada (Central)  regions. I8ge instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors and deliver up to 60% better compute performance compared to previous generation Graviton2-based storage optimized Amazon EC2 instances. I8ge instances use the third generation AWS Nitro SSDs, […]

Today, AWS announces the general availability of the AWS Lambda Durable Execution SDK for .NET, empowering C# developers to build resilient, long-running workflows using Lambda durable functions. With this SDK, developers can create multi-step applications like payment processing pipelines, AI agent orchestration, and human-in-the-loop approvals directly in their applications without implementing custom progress tracking or […]

Today, AWS announces a research preview of aws-bench, an open-source benchmark that measures how accurately and efficiently AI agents complete real-world AWS tasks. Model providers and AI researchers building agents that operate on AWS infrastructure need an objective, reproducible way to measure performance and diagnose failures. aws-bench provides a public suite of test cases derived […]

Two new models are now available in the Kiro IDE and CLI for the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Claude Opus 4.8 is the most intelligent Opus model, delivering stronger self-verification, more efficient tool calling, and better follow-through on long-horizon projects. It plans before it edits, catches its own mistakes, and finds creative paths around obstacles […]

AWS now offers Claude Opus 5 — the most advanced Opus model yet, and compatible with zero data retention (ZDR) — bringing a step-change in coding, long-running agents, and complex professional work to teams building at the highest level.  Claude Opus 5 delivers advances in coding, understanding and navigating codebases like an experienced engineer and […]

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) now offers a simplified console experience for sending emails over SMTP using Mail Manager. Mail Manager is a capability within SES for managing email flow, but configuring its resources individually to set up SMTP sending requires multiple steps. The new guided setup creates and configures these resources automatically, so developers […]

AWS Lambda now publishes logs for Lambda Managed Instances (LMI) capacity providers to Amazon CloudWatch Logs, giving you visibility into scaling activity and instance lifecycle operations. LMI enables you to run Lambda functions on Amazon EC2 instances while maintaining serverless operational simplicity. Capacity providers are resources that let you define compute resources that Lambda provisions […]

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is a serverless streaming data service that makes it easy to capture, process, and store data streams at any scale. On-demand streams automatically increase ingest capacity in response to rising data ingest usage. With On-demand Advantage mode, you can proactively manage stream capacity using warm throughput to prepare streams for sudden […]

Starting today, customers can create Host Resource Groups (HRGs) for EC2 Dedicated Hosts without the previously required step of creating Self-Managed Licenses (SMLs) and associating AMIs through AWS License Manager. This flexibility is particularly valuable for EC2 Mac Instance customers and for customers who need Dedicated Hosts for hardware-level isolation rather than Bring Your Own […]

Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) now supports Apache Airflow version 2.11.2. Amazon MWAA is a managed service that runs Apache Airflow at scale without the operational overhead of managing the underlying infrastructure. Apache Airflow 2.11.2 is a maintenance release that includes security improvements, bug fixes, and dependency upgrades. This release upgrades core dependencies […]

Agents using Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) or Windows 365 Cloud PC can now take calls directly from their virtual desktop session with audio optimization enabled. To get started, IT administrators need to complete a one-time setup for their virtual desktop environment. Once configured, media is redirected from the virtual desktop to the agent’s local […]

This guy is credited with being the designer and builder  of the world’s first stone building. So impressed were his contemporaries that they dubbed him the God of Wisdom. Moral: […] The post Fable: The Designer Who Became A God appeared first on Electronics Weekly .

What caught our eye this last week? There’s SaxonQ quantum computing, a Cambridge startup using AI to discover new materials, and a Phantom Twist drone bidding for invisibility… The post What caught your eye? Quantum computing, CuspAI discovery, Invisible drone appeared first on Electronics Weekly .

  The 2026 FIFA World Cup was the first World Cup to be hosted by three countries; it had the most nations participating and hence most matches played (104) and […] The post World Cup breaks attendance record appeared first on Electronics Weekly .