Today, AWS CloudFormation has expanded the availability of AWS CloudFormation Hooks to the Middle East (Dubai) and Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Regions. With this launch, customers can deploy Hooks in these newly supported AWS Regions to help keep resources secure and compliant.

Amazon Aurora Serverless v2, the next version of Aurora Serverless, is now available in 26 regions including AWS GovCloud (US-West) and AWS GovCloud (US-East) Regions.

Starting today, Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) is available in Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region.

AWS AppSync is a fully managed service that enables developers to build scalable, performant APIs that connect applications to data and events. Today, we announce the general availability of Private API support for AWS AppSync. With Private APIs, you can now create GraphQL APIs that can only be accessed from your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (“VPC”).

Starting today, you can use Common Access Card (CAC) and Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smart cards to authenticate users into Amazon WorkSpaces through your self-managed Active Directory (AD) and AWS Directory Service AD Connector in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region. Additionally, you can now use the AWS Management Console to configure smart card authentication with AWS Directory Service. 

In the first three months of 2023, Facebook’s Reality Labs division, i.e. its forays into AR, VR and metaverse-related software, recorded an operating loss of $4.0 billion, following an eye-watering total of $13.7 billion in 2022. That’s on top of a $10.2 billion loss in 2021, $6.6 billion in 2020 and $4.5 billion in 2019, …

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Another another bit of fun, for a capacious space miscellany. Following the original “Ten (random) you may not know about space things”, here are ten more rather random facts about space and technology. We’re talking ESA space patches, penguin poo and proof of Einstein’s relativity theory…

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Thanks to IDC for this one – the top  five Enterprise Wireless LAN companies:

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ELECROW has released a Raspberry Pi Pico Advanced Kit, designed for people who already have some electronics knowledge and programming skill but want to learn or explore the Raspberry Pi’s capabilities. It includes a Pi Pico (optionally), 32 sensor modules, a smart car kit (including basic frame and wheels) and information about 32 Raspberry Pi …

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The EC has come up with proposals to tidy up the rules on standards essential patents (SEPs). Under the proposals, patent holders in the fields of telecoms, computers, payment terminals and other  technologies, will be required to register their SEPs with the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). EUIPO will then manage a process, tami g …

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