Starting today Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle  supports the auto upgrade of Oracle time zone files. The Oracle time zone file auto upgrade feature provides an automated way to upgrade the DST timezone file version in the database instance. Customers observing timezones with TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE data types in their databases previously had to provision a new database instance and migrate their data manually. These customers can now benefit from this feature by automating the upgrade of their current time zone file version to the latest available version in the database instance.

Agents in Amazon Connect can now set their next status while still on a contact, enabling seamless transition from work to offline or lunch. This enables agents to indicate that they are about to go to lunch, and don’t want to be routed new contacts, while finishing up ongoing work. Once the agent has wrapped up any after contact work for their ongoing contacts, they will be automatically transitioned to the status they had selected. 

You can now use AWS IoT Core Credential Provider to request temporary, limited-privilege security token that are valid up to 12 hours and use the token to sign and authenticate any AWS request. Until now, the AWS IoT Core Credential Provider issued security tokens that were valid up to 1 hour only. Now with tokens valid up to 12 hours, customers have the ability to optimize the number of calls made to the Credential Provider by caching the credentials for a longer duration per their business needs.

Amazon WorkSpaces introduces USB redirection support for YubiKey Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) on PCoIP Windows WorkSpaces with WorkSpaces Windows client app. The feature is intended for customers who need to perform YubiKey U2F authentication to access web-based services from their WorkSpaces.

A chip company founded 52 years ago had success with a programmable logic technology which used a matrix of circuit lines in which there was a fuse at every interconnection. When a fuse was blown by an electric charge it became an insulator. In this way the chip could be programmed to fit an application. …

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Having just finished VAXXERS, the book by Professor Sarah Gilbert and Dr Catherine Green on how they designed, made and validated the Oxford Astra-Zeneca vaccine, it is clear that much needs to be done to produce vaccines quicker. It is not the scientists who take the time. “We designed the vaccine in a few days in …

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Samsung’s Q2 operating profit was up 54% y-o-y at $11 billion on revenues which were up 22% y-o-y at $55 billion. Net profit was up 73% at $8.4 billion. Q2 semiconductor revenues were $20 billion up 24.7% y-o-y for an operating profit up 27.6% y-o-y  to $7 billion.  “We expect that memory chip demand for …

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Infineon has introduced a high-voltage microcontroller with USB Power Delivery 3.1 support, claiming it to be an industry first. Branded EZ-PD PMG1-S3, it can be fed at up to 28V and is aimed at embedded systems consuming up to 140W. “The device supports higher power capabilities defined in the USB PD 3.1 specification and leverages …

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 ST had Q2 net revenues of $2.99 billion for a gross margin of 40.5%, an operating margin of 16.3% and net income of  $412 million. H1 net revenues were $6.01 billion with a gross margin of 39.7%, an operating margin of  15.5% and net income of $776 million. The Q3 forecast  is for net revenues …

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FTDI Chip has now announced a development board for USB Power Delivery, centred around its FT4233HP multi-channel interface ICs. The 138 x 77mm board has a pair of Type-C power delivery ports – one that can both sink (receive) and source (provide) power, and another that can only sink power. “The FT4233HP high-speed USB serial and …

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