Semiconductor sales were $159.7 billion during the month of August 2026, an increase of 8% compared to the July 2026 total of $147.9 billion and 144.3% more than the August […]

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Farnell has signed a distribution agreement with Amphenol NEXUS Technologies and now offers their portfolio of: Audio connectors Waterproof breakaway connectors TAC connectors Ranger connectors M55116/MIL-SPEC-type connectors Microphone and telephone […]

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Microsoft and Meta have told staff to cut back on internal use of the Anthropic model Claude, according to The Information. Microsoft reduced its projected internal spending on Claude by […]

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In the Qualcomm  versus Arm trial in Delaware which started on Monday it was alleged that Arm is looking for a 1,800% increase in royalty payments from Qualcomm for its […]

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The aberrant behaviour of the chip market has changed in one respect – unit volumes are growing again – although ASPs are still responsible for 90% of the dollar growth, […]

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Infrastructure has become the foundation of operational resilience, determining whether systems continue running or costly downtime brings production to a halt, writes Iwona Zalewska. Industrial organisations often blame software when […]

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Queen’s University has officially opened the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC), a £100m investment through the Belfast Region City Deal to support innovation and growth for manufacturing in Northern Ireland. […]

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Omron is introducing its R1 (3G3R1) variable speed drive as the most powerful member of its inverter family, for demanding, high-power applications. For example in pump sequencing, solar pumping entrance […]

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The Teradyne Magnum E2 is a high-speed memory test system for advanced DRAM and flash interfaces. Its design, says the company, matches the test demands driven by AI and high-performance […]

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AWS Control Tower Account Factory for Terraform (AFT) now supports plan-only customization runs, giving administrators the ability to preview Terraform changes before applying them across their managed accounts.

AFT is an open-source Terraform module that automates account provisioning and customization in AWS Control Tower environments. Previously, invoking customizations always triggered a full Terraform apply with no way to preview changes, making it difficult to validate expected outcomes or catch unintended configuration drift before a broad rollout. With plan-only runs, administrators can now trigger a Terraform plan for global and account customizations without applying any changes. This capability supports safe pre-rollout validation, drift detection, and integration into CI/CD review workflows. Plan-only runs are compatible across all AFT-supported Terraform distributions, including open source, Terraform Cloud, and Terraform Enterprise.

This feature is available in all AWS Regions where AWS Control Tower Account Factory for Terraform is supported. To get started, see the AFT documentation and the AFT 1.22.0 release notes for configuration details. For more information, see the AWS Control Tower User Guide .