The fragmentation of Android, and the inability – or reluctance – of handset manufacturers and telcos to issue system updates – is the biggest criticism faced by Android.

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Imec has  developed a sensing technology to detect eye movement in real time based on electrical sensing. Paving the way for the next generation of eye-tracking technology, Imec’s solution has promising applications in the fields of virtual and augmented reality. Today’s eye movement detection technology makes use of high-resolution cameras embedded in eye-tracking screens or …

Read full article: Imec develops eye-tracking detection

Karamba Security has raised a Series B round of $12 million. The company provides security for for connected and autonomous vehicles, is announcing $12 million in Series B funding today, bringing total investment in the company to $17 million, one year after closing a seed round. The investment was raised quickly. In a little more than a year …

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Infineon  is starting volume production for the EASY 1B full-SiC module and showing module platforms and topologies for the 1200 V CoolSiC MOSFET family. “Silicon carbide has reached a tipping point: Taking cost-benefit analysis into account, it is ready for use in a variety of applications,” says Infineon’s Dr.Peter Wawer. The 1200 V SiC MOSFETs have been …

Read full article: Infineon puts SiC modules into volume production

TI is sampling what it calls ‘the  most precise single-chip millimeter wave sensor portfolio available today’ and  ‘the smallest footprint CMOS sensor portfolio for automotive radar, industrial and infrastructure applications’. The portfolio includes five ICs  across two families of 76- to 81-GHz sensors with an end-to-end development platform. Each chip delivers stand-alone sensing with less than …

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Munich-based agrilution’s plantCube fits neatly in a kitchen for reach-in herbs and vegetables.

At the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, growers from across Europe will gather along with lighting manufacturers and other elements of the SSL supply chain on May 23 for the Horticultural Lighting Conference Europe.

AWS is pleased to release a major update to the MongoDB Quick Start to support MongoDB versions 3.2 and 3.4. This update also includes enhancements to the networking infrastructure for the MongoDB deployment through the use of bastion hosts and managed NAT gateways. 

AWS X-Ray’s integration with AWS Lambda is now generally available for all customers. You can use AWS X-Ray to trace requests made to your serverless applications built using AWS Lambda. This enables you to gain insights into the performance of serverless applications, allowing you to pinpoint the root cause of issues so that you can address them. 

Amazon EC2 Systems Manager is now available in the China (Beijing) Region operated by Sinnet.