You can now use upgraded versions of Apache Spark (1.6.1) , Apache Hadoop (2.7.2) , and an upgraded sandbox release of Presto (0.140) on Amazon EMR release 4.5.0 . Spark 1.6.1 was released in the community on March 9th, and it contains several bug fixes and updates to the Dataset API. Additionally, the EMR Filesystem (EMRFS) can now read objects from and write objects to Amazon S3 with S3 server-side encryption with AWS Key Management Service keys (SSE-KMS) . Previously, EMRFS supported S3 server-side encryption with S3 managed keys (SSE-S3) and S3 client-side encryption with AWS KMS keys or custom keys .

Today we are excited to announce two new predefined commands for EC2 Run Command for your Windows instances. To learn more about how to use these new commands, please visit the user guide .

Transcript for the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for the week of April 4, 2016.

SAWS Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) reached its highest storage milestone ever this week, surpassing 100,000 acre-feet (about 33 billion gallons) of water available for future use.

SUEZ wins a contract with the American municipality of Putnam, CT to manage and operate its water and wastewater system for the next 10 years, with two five-year renewal options.

The aim of the cross-Atlantic partnership is to share knowledge and to develop water technology solutions targeting the current water crisis caused by climate change.

Speculation swirls around the Wall Street Journal rumour that the exec in charge of Intel’s modem business, Aicha Evans, is to leave after under a year in the job. Having achieved a 1% share of the apps processor market in 2015, despite subsidising the mobile business to the tune of $4 billion a year, it …

Intel Mobile Saga Takes A New Twist

Here are the top ten most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com in the last week, with Andy Grove, node number naming, synaptic processors, Ikea LED bulbs, Graphene-based epoxy, and ST leadership all figuring prominently… Taking it in reverse order as always: 10. High-temperature superconductivity yields another secret 9. Fairy Land 8. Ikea’s great bulb: 1,800 lm and 90CRI 7. IBM …

Top 10 most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com

Rohde & Schwarz has joined a 5G mobile development collaboration in China. The test firm will work with the China Mobile Research Institute on the evolution from 4G to 5G mobile network technologies within the China Mobile 5G Innovation Center project. As well as developing 4G+/5G test capabilities Rohde & Schwarz said it will promote …

Rohde & Schwarz joins 5G mobile project in China

Psion is one of those start-ups which was profitable from Day 1. “In the first year – 1980- turnover was £120,000 and I made £12,000 profit after paying my salary,” recalls founding CEO David Potter, “and I could see I was going to make a great deal more the following year.” Potter had been going …

Why Psion Made Pocket Computers.