Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports PostgreSQL major version 13 in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. PostgreSQL 13  includes improved functionality and performance from enhancements such as de-duplication of B-tree index entries, improved performance for queries that use partitioned tables, incremental sorting to accelerate data sorts, parallel processing of indexes with the VACUUM command, more ways to monitor activity within a PostgreSQL database, new security capabilities, and more. This release also adds support for bool_plperl, which simplifies writing Perl procedures.

AWS CloudFormation users can now choose to preserve the state of successfully deployed resources in the event of CloudFormation stack operation errors. Using this feature, you can retry the operation using an updated CloudFormation template and quickly iterate through feedback loops, shortening development cycles.

AWS Backint Agent now supports three new features: Amazon S3 Intelligent Tiering, the ability to send log and data backups to separate folders, and compatibility with Ansible.

You only have to mention some wokey-wokey scheme at Cabinet for the PM’s ears to prick up and for a huge dollop of wonga to get approved, Ed confides to his diary. The PM nods wisely when I say charging times are holding back EV adoption. I now have a massive budget to promote a …

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Yes The US Department of Energy has invested $2.8 million for six research projects to develop faster and more efficient ways to apply high-performance computing for scientific discoveries. The projects – housed in six states and involving five universities and one DOE national laboratory – will focus on the development of “randomized algorithms” for transforming …

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One to record: The U.S. Space Force (USSF) has activated its third and final field command, its Space Training and Readiness Command, dubbed STARCOM. At a ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado last week, Brig. Gen. Shawn N. Bratton, Air National Guard assumed its command. “Today marks a significant milestone for the U.S. …

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The MOSFET market will have a 3.8% CAGR 2020-26 to reach $9.4 billion by 2026, reports Yole Developpement. Today the consumer market contributes 37% of silicon MOSFET revenues, making it the largest sector worth $2?8 billion. Automotive, including EV, will boost the demand for silicon power MOSFETs due to increasing adoption of auxiliary systems and …

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A University of Central Florida Cyber Security and Privacy researcher is working on a new project to make investigations into corporate relationships easier and quicker by creating automated tools that help investigators track complex corporate relationships. The three-year project is funded by a nearly $1 million DARPA Young Faculty award and led by Paul Gazzillo, an …

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LED streetlights harm insect populations more than sodium streetlights, is the finding of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), which worked with Newcastle University and Butterfly Conservation. “The total abundance of moths in Britain has decreased by one third over the past 50 years. Understanding, and reversing, the causes of this worrying decline is …

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The review of the Joint European Sub-Micron Silicon Initiative (JESSI) concluded with the words: ”‘Now it seems unimaginable that Europe could ever have been prepared to let the microelectronics business go hang.“ That was in 1994 and, as we now know, in subsequent years Europe did let the microelectronics business go hang and is now …

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