We are delighted to announce the addition of Tag Tamer to the AWS Solutions Implementations portfolio. AWS Solutions Implementations help you solve common problems and build faster using the AWS platform.

We are excited to announce an update to Amazon GameLift, an AWS managed service. Trusted by game companies from all over the world like Wargaming, Metalhead Software, and Illfonic, GameLift FlexMatch launched in 2017 as a feature that uses a powerful matchmaking algorithm and flexible developer-defined rules to create high-quality matches at AWS scale. 

When using AWS DataSync to copy data between Amazon FSx for Windows File Server file systems and Server Message Block (SMB) shares, you can now copy object metadata describing NTFS system access control lists typically used by administrators to define the operations on files and folders that generate audit logs. With this launch, DataSync can now copy all access control entries (ACEs) for files and folders between your SMB shares and FSx for Windows File Server file systems as well as between FSx for Windows File Server file systems.

The crypto thing gets weirder and weirder. It’s understandable why the Bitcoin price falls when the cops claw back ransom money thereby showing the system isn’t secure, because it was supposed untraceability by the authorities which encouraged criminals to invest in it. But to attribute the recent Bitcoin price drop to China cracking down on …

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A deal was agreed yesterday to permit data-flows between the UK and EU. Formal adoption of the decisions under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Law Enforcement Directive (LED) allows personal data to flow freely from the EU and wider European Economic Area (EEA) to the UK. The decisions mean that UK businesses …

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Construction of 19 new high-volume fabs will have started by the end of this year, says SEMI’s World Fab Report, and next year construction will start on another 10. China and Taiwan lead with eight fabs each, followed by the Americas with six, Europe/Mideast with three, and Japan and Korea with two each (Figure 1). 300mm …

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Crypto Quantique, a specialist in quantum-driven cybersecurity for the IoT, has announced independent verification that its CMOS semiconductor IP for second-generation, physically unclonable functions (PUFs) is immune to side-channel attacks when used to create unique, immutable and unforgeable fingerprints for CMOS chips. A 3-month study was conducted by eShard, an independent cybersecurity testing house. @Our …

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Chip foundry X-Fab has announced a reference design kit for its XH018 180nm modular mixed-signal high-voltage CMOS process and Siemens’ Tanner analogue and mixed-signal (AMS) EDA software. “The kit is based on silicon-proven circuitry, providing coverage of the flow to design and simulate analogue and mixed-signal ICs,” according to X-Fab which “provides its customers reference design …

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U-blox is claiming sub-metre indoor accuracy with development kits for Bluetooth direction-finding and positioning. “Recognising the growing demand for more accurate indoor positioning solutions,” according to u-blox, “Bluetooth SIG released Bluetooth Direction Finding, offering a major improvement over previous receiver signal strength-based [‘RSSI’] solutions.” It works with mobile tags and ‘anchor points’, which are fixed detectors. …

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Farnell is seeking to bring a feel-good factor to customers this summer with the launch of its Escape Game challenge. Customers across Europe have the chance to test their skills and get creative by taking on a series of challenges to ‘escape to better days’. Participants can also win exciting prizes and access a wide …

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