Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Proxy now supports Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL-compatibile edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL running major version 14. PostgreSQL 14   consists of performance improvements for parallel queries, heavily-concurrent workloads, partitioned tables, logical replication, and vacuuming. PostgreSQL 14 also improves functionality with new capabilities. For example, you can cancel long-running queries if a client disconnects and you can close idle sessions if they time out. With this launch, you can enforce SCRAM (Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism ) password-based authentication for proxy, making connections from your applications more secure.

Amazon EMR Serverless is a serverless option that makes it simple for data analysts and engineers to run open-source big data analytics frameworks without configuring, managing, and scaling clusters or servers.

Songs such as Shakira’s Waka Waka and England’s classic Three Lions have become synonymous with the FIFA World Cup and the Euro Championships. This inspired SeatPick to study the science behind songs like these to learn what makes them so catchy. Highlights from the research: Shakira’s Waka Waka (It’s time for Africa) is crowned the catchiest …

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Arduino has released Arduino PLC IDE a new version of its IDE (integrated development environment) software for use with PLCs (programmable logic controllers). The software supports the use of Ladder Diagrams, Functional Block Diagrams, Structured Text, Sequential Function Charts and Instruction Lists – the five languages officially defined by the IEC 61131-3 standard. It would …

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Crypto Quantique, a specialist in quantum-driven cyber security for the IoT, is now making an Amazon AWS trial version of its QuarkLink IoT security platform available free for 30 days. QuarkLink TrialPack enables the provisioning, onboarding, and management of virtual IoT devices via a simple, intuitive user interface. No specialist expertise is needed to deploy …

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Q3 foundry revenue was up 6% q-o-q at $35 billion, says TrendForce. For 4Q22, TrendForce predicts a Q3 q-o-q decline for foundry revenues ending two years of  uninterrupted  quarterly growth. TSMC increased its market share by 2.7% to 56.1% in Q3 due to iPhone orders. The  top five foundries accounted for 89.6% of the market. …

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Last year the semiconductor industry started building 23 new fabs, reports SEMI, this year it has started  building 33 new fabs and next year it will start on another 28. Between 2021 and 2023, more than $500 billion will be spent on 84 new volume fabs. “The report underscores the significant impact of government incentives …

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The universities of York, Bristol and Surrey are to share £28 million from the government to work with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung  on developing future O-RAN networking technologies. The universities will work with UK academics and industry players to ensure future network are designed to support O-RAN to promote a more diverse and innovative telecoms …

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The electronic information industry has been enduring a component shortage for some time now, caused by problems that have only been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and in some part more recently, the war in Ukraine. The current difficulties in component supply, however, are not a surprise in themselves. WIN SOURCE Online Store (www.win-source.net), an …

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The latest addition to the Relec Electronics range is the CBM101S, ac-dc power module series from Cincon. The compact power supplies have a high density in a compact form factor and a low profile of 17mm. The single output, fanless power supplies have continuous short-circuit, over-voltage and over-temperature protection. Suitable applications are space-constrained industrial applications, …

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