Amazon Kendra is an intelligent search service powered by machine learning, enabling organizations to provide relevant information to customers and employees, when they need it. Starting today, AWS customers can use the Amazon Kendra Microsoft Teams Connector to index and search messages and other entities from Microsoft Teams.

AWS Local Zones are now available in two new metro areas—Perth and Santiago. You can now use these Local Zones to deliver applications that require single-digit millisecond latency or local data processing.

Today, AWS Resource Groups is launching a new feature that emits lifecycle events when resources are added or removed from your groups and when resource groups are created, updated or deleted. These events allow you to initiate automated, event driven workflows for your applications. For example, with these events you can automate initiation of common operational tasks such as installing software packages, creating backups, or creating Amazon Elastic Block Store snapshots.

The Indian auto industry built 4.25 million vehicles last year – more than Japan’s auto output of 4.20 – making India the third largest auto manufacturing country. Between January and November, 4.13 new cars were delivered in India last year, says the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.  Adding in the December sales volume of Maruti …

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This is what the world’s fastest autonomous racing car looks like, and its been developed by team PoliMOVE at the Politecnico di Milano.

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Taiwan’s extension of its mandatory military service in 2024 from four months to one year was approved by 73% of the respondents to a poll by the Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation  in December. Fewer than 30 countries worldwide still require whole age cohorts to complete military service and of those that do, North Korea requires …

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ST has introduced five power-semiconductor bridges in various configurations, housed ST’s ACEPACK SMIT package that eases assembly and enhances power density over conventional TO-style packages. Engineers can choose from two STPOWER 650V MOSFET half bridges, a 600V ultrafast diode bridge, a 1200V half-controlled full-wave rectifier, and a 1200V thyristor-controlled bridge leg. All devices meet automotive-industry …

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Virgin Orbit’s attempt at the first European satellite launch from Spaceport Cornwall ended in failure but the UK Space Agency has put a brave face on the significance of the mission, as Virgin Orbit works promises to word work tirelessly to understand the faults involved. Following the amended Boeing 747, Cosmic Girl, reaching the designated …

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Bloated inventories have led to plummeting memory device lead times and pricing and the equalization of lead times and pricing for some passive components, says   Supplyframe Commodity IQ while elevated prices and lead times will affect automotive and other sectors that rely on mature process nodes through most of 2023. In H1 2023,  only 27% of semiconductor …

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Oxbotica, the self-drive software company, has raised $140 million in Series C funding round. The money will help the company deploy its operating system for Universal Autonomy in commercial and industrial domains around the world. The Series C funding accommodates growing demand from new and current shareholders, with additional investors expected to sign on before the …

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