AWS CodePipeline, a continuous integration and continuous delivery service, can now execute pipelines in response to events in GitHub. Previously, if you were using GitHub as a source action, CodePipeline checked periodically to see if there was a change. Now, CodePipeline can receive a webhook from GitHub when a change is made to your GitHub repository. Webhooks can tell CodePipeline to initiate a pipeline execution.
Sprint and T-Mobile in $26 bn merger
Yesterday Sprint and T-Mobile, the third and fourth largest US mobile networks announced a $26 billion merger. Before the merger, Softbank owned 85% of Sprint and T-Mobile owned two thirds of T-Mobile. Under the merger deal, Deutsche Telekom gets a 42% share of the combined companies and the right to appoint nine out of a …
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Sony turnround looks solid
The turnaround at Sony seems to be set solid as the company reported a record profit for FY 2017 to the end of March 2018. Operating profit was $670 million which was 2.5x the 2016 FY operating profit. 2017 FY net profit was $450 million. In its darkest days, Sony’s record loss – for FY …
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UK ratifies Unified Patent Court Agreement
The UK has ratified the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA). UK ratification brings the international court one step closer to reality. The Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is an international treaty. The international court will have jurisdiction over patent disputes across its contracting states. It will deliver a single judgment in cross-border disputes …
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Andes adopts UltraSoC
Andes has adopted UltraSoC’s embedded analytics technology for use in its AndesCore range of RISC-V processors. “We are collaborating with mutual customers on implementations which utilise the V5 AndeStar architecture with the support of UltraSoC’s SoC analytics and debug IP, and processor trace, ” says UltraSoC CEO Rupert Baines (pictured). Andes will leverage UltraSoC IP …
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Top 10 most read on ElectronicsWeekly.com (to 27-Apr-2018)
With AI, Intel and node sizes, the Raspberry Pi, the Queen’s Awards and Honda vehicle LEDs all figuring prominently…
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The Future Of Tech And The Courts
The Net Neutrality issue is currently exercising the US courts. 42 years ago the US courts were hearing a similarly seminal issue about the future of techno,igy. In 1976, the year the video age was formally declared, a lawsuit was filed in the United States that attempted to nip this new video culture in the …
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Speech recognition for the Arduino via Android
What’s not to like about a bit of IoT-style speech recognition, using Arduino and Android? To drive or control a servo, an LED lamp or some other device…
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AWS Deep Learning AMIs Now Available in 5 New Regions
The AWS Deep Learning AMIs are now available in 5 additional regions: US West (N. California), Canada (Central), South America (Sao Paulo), EU (London), and EU (Paris). The AMIs are now globally available in 16 AWS regions.
AWS Fargate Available in Ohio, Oregon, and Ireland Regions
AWS Fargate is now available in three new AWS Regions: US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and EU (Ireland).