Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL version 8.0 now supports M6i and R6i instances. M6i instances are the 6th generation of Amazon EC2 x86-based General Purpose compute instances, designed to provide a balance of compute, memory, storage, and network resources. R6i instances are the 6th generation of Amazon EC2 memory optimized instances, designed for memory-intensive workloads. Both M6i and R6i instances are built on the AWS Nitro System, a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight hypervisor, which delivers practically all of the compute and memory resources of the host hardware to your instances.

Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into lifelike speech. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of a neural version of Vitória, Polly’s Brazilian Portuguese female text to speech (TTS) voice.

Today, AWS announced the general availability of Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video Events, a fully managed service for camera manufacturers and service providers that uses machine learning (ML) to detect objects such as people, pets, and packages in live video streams from connected cameras. Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video Events sends them a notification as soon as the desired object is detected in the live video stream. With these event notifications, service providers can send timely and actionable smart alerts to their users such as “Pet detected in the backyard,” enable home automation experiences such as turning on garage lights when a person is detected, build custom in-app experiences such as a smart search to find specific video events of packages without scrolling through hours of footage, or integrate these alerts with Echo devices for Alexa announcements such as “A package was detected at the front door” when the doorbell detects a delivery person dropping off a package – all while keeping cost and latency low. Learn more about Amazon Rekognition Streaming Video Events.

AWS Service Catalog constructs for the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) are now available. Service Catalog administrators can now define their catalog in code within a CDK application that deploys through AWS CloudFormation. They can also define a Service Catalog product entirely in code in CDK without having to upload and reference CloudFormation templates in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) or AWS CodeCommit first.

AWS Network Firewall now supports AWS Managed Threat Signatures to detect threats and block attacks against known vulnerabilities so you can stay up to date on the latest security threats without writing and maintaining your own rules.

AWS Launch Wizard now allows you to clone the inputs when you deploy an SAP system for use in future deployments. In most cases, the majority of these parameters will remain the same across deployments. Today’s launch eliminates the need to re-enter every parameter manually for subsequent deployments, allowing you to save time and reduce error by instead focusing on the few that make each deployment unique.

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That nine US Congressmen can write to the US President asking him to threaten the UK with reprisals if a 40 year-old  fab is sold – for £63 million – to a Chinese company is astonishing. The fate of Newport Wafer Fab – the old Inmos fab – is still uncertain following the intervention of …

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Cambridge-based analogue building block intellectual property company Agile Analog is to establish an engineering team in Edinburgh. “Our Edinburgh office will increase capabilities in analogue design, digital design, software and hardware to support increased customer activities and company growth,” said Agile chairman Pete Hutton (right). “Scotland is a worldwide centre of excellence in semiconductor engineering …

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Danisense has launched a smart version of its residual current monitor. Called SRCMH070IB+, it has a USB connection to allow residual currents to be analysed in detail on a PC using Windows-based software. Oscilloscope and FFT frequency analysis is available (right). The product is complaint with the updated norm IEC62020-1. “This means that it can used for …

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