Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra), a scalable, highly available, and fully managed Cassandra-compatible database service, now helps you read and write data in Apache Spark more easily by using the open-source Spark Cassandra Connector .

The next generation of Amazon FSx for Lustre file systems is now available in three additional AWS regions: Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Singapore), and Europe (London).

Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Starting today, AWS customers can use the Amazon Kendra Quip connector to index and search documents in their Quip repository.

Basketball player Michael Jordan is the highest-paid athlete of all time, according Sportico. Jordan’s inflation-adjusted career earnings amount to $2.62 billion, with more than $100 million coming from licence payments from Nike according to estimates from Forbes.   Another basketball player, LeBron James, ranked 7th with career earnings of $1.17 billion. Three golfers made the top 5 …

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A COMPLETELY new method of car ignition, using transistors, will be shown by Joseph Lucas (Electrical) at the International Motor Show opening at Geneva tomorrow (Thursday). So, 61 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of March 15th 1961. The story continues: Although it will at first be confined to racing cars, it …

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 EPC is shipping the EPC2050, a 350 V GaN transistor with a maximum RDS(on) of 80 mΩ and a 26 A pulsed output current. The EPC2050 measures just 1.95 mm x 1.95 mm. This tiny size enables power solutions that occupy ten times less area than comparable silicon solutions. Applications benefiting from the fast-switching speed and …

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TT Electronics is shipping its UL-recognised, fusible resistor family – the WHS-UL Series. Developed for inrush control applications, such as power supplies, UPS, energy metering, and motor drives, TT’s WHS-UL resistors offer enhanced surge and pulse energy withstand capability. “We are supporting our customers in the rapid achievement of their EMC and safety testing goals with …

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The European Space Agency (ESA) has declared it will discontinue co-operation with Russia on its Moon terrain imaging Luna (-25, -26 and -27) missions. These now follow the previous announcement that the ExoMars mission, also due to launch this year, would no longer go ahead. The Luna-25 mission was due (August 2022) to image the …

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Russia has drawn up a plan to spend $38.4 billion developing a domestic semiconductor industry, reports Cnews, with the initial target of having a 90nm process in place this year, and a long-term goal of having a domestic 28nm process by 2030. The plan is due to be finalised and sent to the prime minister …

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Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) announces its first points of presence (PoPs) in Indonesia and the Philippines located in Jakarta and Manila. The new edge locations will enable streamers and viewers based in Indonesia and the Philippines to enjoy lower latency, better video quality, and increased capacity.