Amazon Aurora MySQL users can now create quick, efficient database clones. Following on the heels of the original database cloning announcement in June 2017, copy operation time has been substantially reduced so entire multi-terabyte database clusters can be cloned in minutes.

AWS X-Ray adds support for Go (beta). 

Four Tecopower units will utilize natural gas from the local gas distribution system as opposed to biogas produced on-site.

SUEZ will provide seven mobile reverse osmosis desalination units for offshore oil platforms in Brazil…

Work includes expanding the existing building over a new underground water storage reservoir.

Assumption is the mother of all foul-ups, or something similar,  is the watch-phrase of a friend of mine. And assume I did, when I did an Eagle pcb layout. I assumed I had not mirrored the under-side surface-mount components, but I had – only discovered when the board refused to work as I had expected. …

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Intel has introduced a neural computing engine for accelerating deep learning inferences at the edge. It is included on an SoC called Myriad X, aimed at drones, robotics, smart cameras and virtual reality. “The Myriad X architecture is capable of 1Tops maximum performance, based on peak floating-point computational throughput on deep neural network inferences,” said the …

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Google has come up with an SDK called ARCore to allow developers to make AR apps for Android smartphones. The first phones to use the tool will be the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Google’s Pixel phone. Apple says it will make an AR tool-set called ARKit available to developers in a fortnight when it launches …

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IC design consultancy Sondrel has announced plans to recruit 100 electronic engineers in its European operations in the next three years.

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Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland have replaced graphite with silicon in anodes for Li-ion batteries. The researchers analysed the suitability of electrochemically produced nanoporous silicon for Li-ion batteries. It is generally understood that in order for silicon to work in batteries, nanoparticles are required, and this brings its own challenges to the production, …

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