Amazon RDS for MySQL now supports MySQL Community Edition major version 8.0 in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. MySQL 8.0 is the latest major version release and offers new query functionality and enhancements for better performance, reliability, security, manageability, and international and mobile support.

Starting today, Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility supports the r5.8xlarge and r5.16xlarge instance sizes. With support for these new instance sizes, customers who are currently using r4.8xlarge or r4.16xlarge now have an easy upgrade path to the latest generation of instances.

47 years ago, a scientist received the Nobel Prize for Physics. He proposed five laws for anyone pursuing creative endeavours: Don’t allow yourself to be trapped by your past experiences. Don’t allow yourself to become overly attached to any one authority in your field – the great professor, perhaps. Don’t hold on to what you …

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Cody Block is a “screen-free wooden toy that helps children three to nine learn the basics of computer programming through play”, according to a Zurich company called Qubs Toys which has just launched the idea on Kickstarter. It is centred around a small motorised wooden car which drives along until it meets one of the 16 …

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Masten’s XL-1 lunar lander has been chosen by NASA to will deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon’s South Pole in 2022 ahead of human expeditions.

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GlobalWafers had March sales up 18% m-o-m to reach a six month high of $166 million. Q1 wafer revenues were down 13.3% y-o-y to $448.7 million which was flat with Q4. Wafer Works’ March revenues increased about 13% m-o-m to $20.7 million. Q1 revenues were $$57.6 million which was up 1.2% q-o-q. Traditionally H2 is …

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I have to get into this one: Google has announced a free Flutter introductory video course. The endpoint includes building your own Flutter-based quiz app or a musical instrument… The search giant says it wants to help people develop new skills during the home lockdown period, and so has partnered with the London-based App Brewery …

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Precision inertial measurement units (IMUs) from Analog Devices are now available from Mouser Electronics. The ADIS16507 IMUs are designed to simplify the integration of multi-axis inertial sensing into industrial systems as well as IoT applications, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), smart agriculture and autonomous vehicles. The IMUs are also suitable for virtual reality (VR) and augmented …

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On the subject of audio amplifiers – at least, I mentioned Alex Kenis’ guitar amp video yesterday – Pete, the guy who runs the Hexibase channel on YouTube knows a heck of a lot about loudspeakers, and is prepared to share it. While guitar amplifier Kenis is a rough and ready presenter, Hexibase is polished …

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The Institute of Coding is partnering with web developer Rifke Sadleir to host a virtual coding club

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