Amazon CloudFront announces support for stale-while-revalidate and stale-if-error cache control directives, which can improve performance and availability. The stale-while-revalidate directive instructs CloudFront to immediately deliver stale responses to users while it revalidates caches in the background. The stale-if-error directive defines how long CloudFront should reuse stale responses if there’s an error, which provides a better user experience.

AWS Device Farm is an application testing service that provides web and mobile developers with desktop browsers and real mobile devices so that they can improve the quality of their apps. With today’s launch, we are adding support for VPC connectivity to Private Devices, providing a simple way to connect with endpoints that are accessible only from within a private VPC. The feature supports multiple traffic types, including TCP, UDP, Websockets, and streaming protocols. This new configuration is now available via the AWS API or Console.

It surprised me that President Erdoğan is actually elected – I’d filed him with the Xis and Putins of this world who just go on and on  – but  it seems he is elected and last weekend’s vote looks like leaving him with less than 50% of the vote which means he may have to …

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It’s easy to mock overblown coverage around the use of generative AI and the technology of ChatGPT, but here’s a possible practical use – as a virtual assistant on smartglasses for the visually impaired.

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Thanks to TrendForce for this one – the top five smartphone brands in Q4 22 and Q1 23:

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Toshiba is aiming at over-temperature detection in mobile devices and home appliances with a family of ICs, intended to work with positive coefficient thermistors. Power consumption is under 12μA with 10μA of that going through the thermistor as sensing current. Lower current (<2μA) versions are planned. Inside is a current source to feed the PTC …

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Microchip has created a set of dual-channel single-lane USB 3.2 Gen1 SuperSpeed reclocker redriver ICs for automotive and industrial cables up to 15m long. “Adding electronic components to applications across automotive, industrial and consumer industries has spurred the need for far-reaching USB cabling products,” according to the company. EQCO510 is the automotive version, qualified to …

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CUI Devices has introduced small loudspeakers whose fronts are IPx5, IPx7 or IPx8 rated, adding them to its IP67 waterproof speakers. “Ideal for protection against moisture and liquid ingress in harsh environments,” according to the company, “the CMS waterproof speaker models feature sound pressure levels from 85 to 108 dB and packages from 15mm up …

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Wisbech-based Anglia Components has been named as a top employer in the medium sized company category in the first Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards. The nationwide workplace awards recognises good working practices for very large organisations to small companies with 10 to 49 employees. The workplace survey looks at the best workplaces with …

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EnduroSat, a satellite data services company, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by the investment firm CEECAT Capital, which focuses on high growth markets in Central and Eastern Europe. Existing investors, for example, the German Seed fund Freigeist Capital, also joined the round. EnduroSat is headquartered in Luxembourg but has …

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