Today, Amazon WorkSpaces is making two new features available. First, you can now configure how much storage your WorkSpaces get when you launch them, and increase the storage for a running WorkSpace at any time. Second, you can now change the hardware bundle that your WorkSpace is running on with a simple reboot. All of your applications, data, and storage stay the same, but now you can move to a more powerful bundle to support resource-intensive applications, or move to a less powerful bundle to save costs. With these features, Amazon WorkSpaces now provides additional flexibility to support the diverse needs of end users, while still helping you optimize your costs.  

‘There is no interest or plan to export water to the U.S.,’ Mexican officials said.

Funding in 2017 was 24 percent more than in 2016.

Findings are part of ongoing criminal investigation.

Q4 saw the biggest rise rise in UK economic output in two years, reports the CBI, A survey of 642 companies in the manufacturing, service and retailing sectors reported that the CBI growth indicator rose to 19 in December from 6 in November – the biggest increase since December 2015. All three sectors had robust …

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The only surprise about China’s reported intention to look at price-fixing in the memory market is that it’s taken so long. The situation has looked pretty blatant all year with only three major DRAM players and four major NAND suppliers. In 2017, NAND prices rose 32% and DRAM prices more than doubled. Plans by the …

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Collibra, a Brussels start-up specialising in ‘data governance’, has raised €40 million. Collibra says: ‘Transforming your business to be data-driven is a top priority. But to achieve this goal, you must enable everyone across the business to find the data they need, understand its meaning, context, and lineage, and trust that it’s right. It sounds …

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China’s ambition to lead the world in electric vehicles has received a new boost – a tax exemption on new EVs, which was due to run out this year, has been extended till the end of 2020. In 2019, another government measure to boost EVs – requiring auto manufacturers to make a percentage of their …

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Socionext, the Matsushita-Fujitsu SoC jv, has had its Milbeaut image signal processor, the SC2000, designed into  the ORBI Prime, the first 360-degree video recording eyewear. ORBI Prime is equipped with four cameras and superior image stitching technology, the innovative, sunglass-type wearable device is capable of shooting total 360-degree video with no blind spots. The Milbeaut SC2000 …

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The idea of an artificial brain has fascinated people for hundreds of years – as it still does today. 68 years ago, a great scientist told a broadcast radio show about the potential of a new invention: “There has recently been a great deal of thought spent on electronic brains or computing machines. Many of …

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