Amazon EMR Serverless is a serverless option in Amazon EMR that makes it simple for data engineers and data scientists to run open-source big data analytics frameworks without configuring, managing, and scaling clusters or servers. Today we are introducing a new account-level vCPU-based quota. The account-level per Region vCPU-based quota allows you to control the maximum number of aggregated vCPUs your applications are able to scale up to within a Region. Configuring such quotas can help you avoid runaway workloads or inefficient queries. 

If you’re in Barcelona for Christmas you’re in luck – it has three of the top ten bars in the world, according to The World’s Top 50 Bars, by William Reed. The ranking is based on the votes of more than 600 industry experts from around the world, from bartenders and cocktail connoisseurs to consultants …

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Lionel Messi took to the pitch on Sunday for his 26th time in a World Cup tournament, which means he has now overtaken the ranks of Lothar Matthäus and Miroslav Klose. He is now also the player with the most goal assists in World Cup tournaments since data collection began in 1966. He has 13 goals …

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SWOT, a UK-backed mission to observe huge swathes of ocean and surface water in unprecedented detail has launched into space. Dubbed SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography), the international mission‘s satellite took off from Vandenberg in California on 16 December. It is the first to measure all the water on earth both on land and …

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UK tech companies raised £24 billion in 2022, according to Dealroom, more than France (£11.8 billion) and Germany (£9.1 billion). This takes the total raised over the past five years to nearly $100 billion (£97 billion). The UK has created 144 unicorns and 237 futurecorns and over 85,000 startups and scale-ups. The UK tech sector now …

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Farnell has introduced a six-week winter sales initiative that challenges participants to save “Thermopolis”, a virtual city that is no longer able to manage its resources, running the risk of compromising its sustainability. Farnell customers who accept the challenge can join in online and be given access to special offers and discounts in exchange for ideas …

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The market for edge-emitting lasers (EELs) will  grow to $7.4 billion by 2027 from $3.5 billion last year, says Yole Developpement. EELs used in optical communications will grow at a CAGR of 15% to be worth $5.6 billion in 2027 – representing 75% of the market. The second-largest application area will be materials processing, with a CAGR …

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You can now use AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM) in the AWS Europe (Spain) Region.

Amazon Rekognition Labels is a machine learning-based image and video analysis service that can detect objects, people, text, scenes, and activities. On 11/23/2022, we launched an update to the machine learning model of Amazon Rekognition Labels Image to add 600 labels and improve the accuracy of over 2,000 existing labels. We also added an ability to organize label results by “aliases” and “categories” and support filtering of results.

You can now use Service Quotas in AWS Middle East (UAE) Region to view and manage your service quotas at scale as your AWS workloads grow.