Today, AWS announced the general availability of AWS AppFabric, a new no code service that quickly connects software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications including Asana, Atlassian Jira suite, Dropbox, Miro, Okta, Slack, Smartsheet, Webex by Cisco, Zendesk, Zoom, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365—with security tools including Logz.io, Netskope, NetWitness, Rapid7, and Splunk. With AppFabric, IT and security teams can more easily manage and secure applications by aggregating and normalizing log data into a central repository that is accessible to leading security tools, and employees can complete everyday tasks faster using generative artificial intelligence (AI). 

Amazon Connect Chat now provides additional options to customize the out-of-the-box chat widget, enabling you to add a logo and change fields such as ‘System Message’, ‘Bot’, ‘Text Input Placeholder’, and ‘End Chat’. You can also further customize the widget using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to change visual elements like the size of the widget, font size and color so you can easily align the widget with your website branding.

Today, we are announcing general availability of watchOS and tvOS support for AWS Amplify for Swift (>= v2.12.0)! This launch enables developers to build cloud-connected apps for Apple Watch and Apple TV devices. Developers can now leverage the power of Amplify from one Swift project and build across iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS platforms for production workloads.

AWS Elemental MediaTailor performs server-side ad insertion (SSAI) for a seamless viewing experience when transitioning from program content to ad breaks. You can now configure MediaTailor to condition the personalized SSAI manifests with metadata associated with the ads that have been stitched into the stream. 

Today, we are announcing the availability of Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) in the Middle East (UAE) Region.

Based  on 2023 trends, the global gender gap is not expected to close for another 131 years – around 30% longer than the World Economic Forum‘s 2020 outlook predicted. While economic prospects for women have improved as the Covid-19 pandemic subsided, the world has been going backwards on the long road to gender equality concerning …

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An electronic ordering and control system for restaurant use, believed to be the first in Britain, has been put into use in Edinburgh at The Pied Piper, a new restaurant in Castle Street. So, 63 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of December 28, 1960. The story continued: There are now six …

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Wagner Group has not restricted its operations to Ukraine and Russia, says a Soufan Centre report , since its inception in 2014, it is known or suspected to have been militarily or politically active in numerous countries, centred to a great extent on Africa. “Between its graphic brutality in Ukraine, alleged participation in a massacre and …

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Melexis has added to its ToF line-up  with the MLX75027RTI VGA resolution ToF sensor, ASIL-capable for safety critical systems where ASIL or SIL certification is required. The device has physical 307kpixel spatial resolution. Key use cases for this sensor are dynamic airbag suppression (so that airbags are not deployed unnecessarily), driver attention monitoring and close-range exterior …

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DigiKey is launching the “Get Made” crowdfunding initiative to help promote and fund hardware creators – the programme will allow startups to get hardware funded, produced and sold on DigiKey’s own website. The Thief River Falls-based distributor is partnering with GroupGets to launch the initiative. This is a crowd purchasing platform for group buying technology …

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