Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports Linux kernel huge pages for increased database scalability. The use of huge pages results in smaller page tables and less CPU time spent on memory management, increasing the performance of large database instances. Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL supports multiple page sizes for PostgreSQL versions 9.4.11 and later, 9.5.6 and later, and 9.6.2 and later.

The Oracle April 2017 Patch Set Updates (PSU) are now available for Amazon RDS for Oracle. To learn more about the Oracle PSUs supported on Amazon RDS, visit the Amazon RDS patch update documentation .

Amazon WorkDocs now allows you to lock files for editing, and unlock them when you’ve finished making changes. Locking a file ensures that your edits are not overwritten by others, and it eliminates the need to coordinate between users when making changes. This makes it easier to use Amazon WorkDocs for collaborative editing.

Otay Water District in California, US, has won a presidential permission to build a pipeline across the border with Mexico, clearing an important hurdle for Consolidated Water’s proposed Rosarito Beach project.

EPA gets 31 percent cut in proposed plan.

 

A US-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm is working with researchers in Germany to apply conversational and cognitive AI for autonomous systems for self-driving cars.

Read full article: Driverless car study in Germany probes driver reaction times

Combining an oscilloscope, waveform generator and six other instruments, Moku:Lab comes from Australian firm Liquid Instruments. It has: Oscilloscope Waveform generator Spectrum analyser Phase meter Data logger Lock-in amplifier PID controller Bode analyser Control and display is through any iPad with a Retina display running the Moku:Lab app. “Moku:Lab app contains everything you need to manage …

Read full article: 200MHz multi-instrument works with an iPad

Electrocomponents, the parent company of distributor RS Components, has posted strong growth in both sales and profits in full-year results published this morning.

Read full article: RS owner Electrocomponents posts strong revenue and profits growth

Globalfoundries and Chengdu town in China are putting $100 million into setting up an FD-SOI design centre.

Read full article: GloFo and Chengdu to build FD-SOI centre of excellence

French research lab Leti has created what it claims is the world’s first gallium nitride WVGA (873 x 500) microdisplay with 10μm pixel pitch.

Read full article: WVGA GaN microdisplay from Leti