AWS Launch Wizard now supports for placing Microsoft SQL Server tempdb in instance store volumes during SQL Server deployment on Amazon EC2. With the launch, you can save time and effort by easily configuring tempdb by one click during deployment without needing to manually configuring it after deployment.

We are excited to announce that Amazon EMR release 6.8 includes Apache Flink 1.15.1. This feature is available on EMR on EC2.

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is a serverless streaming data service that makes it easy to capture, process, and store streaming data at massive scale. Data Viewer is a new capability for Amazon Kinesis Data Streams that allows viewing data records directly from AWS Management Console. As a result, you can easily inspect the data records without programming a dedicated consumer app just to view the data, quickly check the data structure of an unfamiliar stream, or query specific records for QA and troubleshooting.

Today, we are announcing Elastic IP transfer, a new Amazon VPC feature that allows you to transfer your Elastic IP addresses from one AWS Account to another, making it easier to move Elastic IP addresses during AWS Account restructuring. 

AWS IoT Core announces Location Action – a capability to route latitude and longitude data from IoT devices to Amazon Location Service, making it easier for software developers to add geospatial data and location functionality to IoT applications. With this launch, you can route live location data of an IoT device to Amazon Location Service for tracking and geo-fencing use cases, such as tracking the live location of a device or receiving alerts when a device crosses a geo-fence.

Starting today, you can use certificate-based authentication with Amazon AppStream 2.0 fleets that are joined to Active Directory to remove the logon prompt for the domain password.

My extensive brown-nosing of every conceivable candidate for the leadership has saved my place in the Cabinet, Ed confides to his diary, with the revised portfolio of Science, Technology and Digital Commerce. It should have potential for extracting some acceptable emoluments for the enhancement of my post-Ministerial life-style. My first proposal at the opening Cabinet …

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ESA is planning an in-orbit demonstration with new navigation satellites that will orbit just a few hundred kilometres up in space. It is part of its FutureNAV initiative. The long-term goal is to bring satnav closer to Earth, by extending GNSS and supporting positional navigation and timing (PNT) services from low Earth orbit (LEO) . …

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Using the wafer backside for power delivery to the devices is the next major performance booster that will be introduced, writes Sri Samavedam, senior vice president of CMOS technologies at imec. The conventional metal layers on the frontside of the wafer will be used for routing signals, while the metal layers at the back of …

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GaN Systems has extended its Class D GaN-powered Audio portfolio with two complete Class-D high-performance GaN FET amplifier boards and two complete audio boost converter solutions for marine, auto, and battery-powered vehicles. GaN Systems now provides a product offering comprised of turnkey amplifier designs, power supplies, and boost converters—allowing audio systems designers across auto, home, and …

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