The AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM) has introduced several new updates to improve your serverless application development. AWS SAM extends AWS CloudFormation to provide a simplified syntax for defining the Amazon API Gateway APIs, AWS Lambda functions, and Amazon DynamoDB tables needed by your serverless application. It is available under Apache 2.0.
Florida DEP opens two new wastewater treatment facilities in the state
Both projects were funded through the state’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) loan program.
Toshiba may delay chip sale for a year
Apparently Toshiba feels it will get the most money if it delays the sale beyond April because the best bids may come from bidders which will require regulatory approval.
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Cypress makes HDMI over USB-C possible
The first HDMI Alternate Mode cable, which allows phones, cameras and set-top boxes with USB-C video outputs to connect with HDMI port-equipped displays, including HD and 4K TVs
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Renesas joins industrial Linux organisation
Renesas joins the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project, which provides a base layer Linux Civil Infrastructure Platformor industrial-grade open-source software for civil infrastructure.
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Lemo launches right-angled broadcast connector
Lemo will launch the Anglissimo range of rotatable right-angled connectors at the Broadcast Video Expo 2017.
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Browser-based PCB review from EasyLogix
EasyLogix enables browser-based PCB design optimisation in version 8 of its PCB-Investigator, CAD/ CAM software for review of electronic assemblies during development.
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Internet attacks more than double in a year
Large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) internet attacks increased 140% year-over-year from Q4 2015, according to the Q4 2016 ‘state of the internet’ security report from Massachusetts content delivery network firm Akamai Technologies, which carries a significant proportion of global web traffic. It uses data gathered by its own software to analyse threats to cloud …
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EU staff get reassurance over Brexit
Paul Mullen, managing director of Anders Electronics, tells Electronics Weekly how he has had to reassure his staff from the EU that Brexit will not affect their right to work for the company.
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Panasonic introduces small, low-loss metallised polypropylene film capacitors
The small low-loss metallised polypropylene film capacitors for active filters, high frequency circuits and high current circuits.
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