Amazon Corretto 17 is now generally available. This version supports the latest Java feature release JDK 17 and is available on Linux, Windows, and macOS. You can download Corretto 17 from the downloads page . 

AWS RoboMaker, a service that allows customers to simulate robotics applications at cloud scale, now supports container images. This feature enables customers to use the container tools that they are already familiar with to build and package their code for running simulations in RoboMaker.  

Only 25 US companies made more than $10 billion profit in 2019, but Apple has done so in each of the last 13 quarters – which puts in context the scale of Apple’s achievement.   In 20 years Apple went from $5.36 billion in sales in 2001 to $274 billion in its FY ending September 2020 …

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One to note for Arduino command line users: a new version is out, with Arduino CLI 0.19.0 now available.

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A 25 year-old immigrant, who arrived in New York in October 1937 with $14 in his pocket, founded a semiconductor company in 1947 and was CEO for 48 years when he became Chairman of the Board, serving for the following 13 years and retiring from the company in 2008. He lived to be 101, dying …

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ADLINK   has introduced the COM-HPC Ampere Altra,  an 80-core COM-HPC server-type module. The module targets edge platforms that process compute intensive workloads, and claims to eliminate bottlenecks and restrictions typically caused by memory caches and system memory limits on edge devices. The COM-HPC Ampere Altra core is an Ampere Altra SoC  using the Arm Neoverse …

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What do Bude and Bilboa have in common? They are the landing points for a new subsea cable laid by Google to connect New York with Western Europe. It’s named Grace Hopper – after the computer science pioneer – and Google has announced the successful completion of the trans-Atlantic 16-fibre pair cable. The company says …

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BAE Systems has acquired In-Space Missions, the UK company that designs, builds and operates satellite systems. BAE says the move will combine its own experience in secure satellite communications with In-Space Missions’ full lifecycle satellite capability, “to make a compelling sovereign UK space offer”. Founded in 2015, and based in Hampshire, In-Space Missions has more …

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Axelera AI has closed a seed investment round of $12 million backed by Imec, Bitfury and Innovation Industries Fund. Axelera,  led by CEO Fabrizio Del Maffeo (pictured), was incubated by Bitfury Group in 2019, formerly operating as Bitfury AI until the company came out as an independent entity this year. Axelera joined forces with imec in …

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Melexis, the Belgian automotive IC specialist, has developed a new version of its time-of-flight 3D camera MLX75026 with a fully integrated infrared bandpass (IRBP) filter. By integrating the IRBP, it is no longer required to include a separate IR filter in the lens or sensor assembly. This solution is unique in the industry. It reduces …

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