AWS Glue has upgraded its serverless Python Shell jobs to add Python 3.9 support and an updated bundle of pre-loaded libraries. These jobs allow you to write complex data integration and analytics jobs in pure Python.

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka Serverless (Amazon MSK Serverless) is now integrated with AWS CloudFormation and HashiCorp Terraform, which allows customers to describe and provision Amazon MSK Serverless clusters using code. These services make it easy to provision and configure Amazon MSK Serverless clusters in a repeatable, automated, and secure manner. 

You can now use an Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS) basic channel for HD (720p) and Full HD (1080p) quality streams, in addition to SD (480p). The expanded functionality is designed to enable streamers and viewers globally to enjoy higher video quality when using a basic channel. A basic channel will deliver only the original input video quality to viewers, whereas a standard channel provides multiple qualities of output, allowing better playback quality across a range of devices and network conditions.

The safety net underpinning Softbank’s borrowings of $140 billion is getting flimsier. The net is Softbank’s shareholding in Alibaba which had once been 25% and worth nearly $200 billion but has now, after a falling Alibaba share price and share sales by Softbank, been whittled down to a 14.6% stake worth $34 billion. To keep …

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There’s some great imagery coming out of the aerospace sector. Oxford Space Systems (OSS) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) have just built this deployable Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) antenna, for example.

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Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2022, we highlight Lee Millar, a Senior Fellow at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). …

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The first European software-defined satellite capable of being completely reprogrammed while in space is now in commercial use. Eutelsat’s Ku band satellite, dubbed Quantum – which was launched on 30 July 2021 by an Ariane 5 from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana – has begun its commercial operation (located at 48° East, covering EMEA to …

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Faraday Future Intelligent Electric, the electric car startup, is aiming to raise $600 million to get its first car into production, reports Reuters. The company is hoping to get the car, designated the FF 91 (pictured) on the market in Q3 or Q4. Faraday is reported to have got $52 million in committed funds and …

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The global EDA software market, market size is estimated to grow from $8.1 billion to $13.6 billion from 2020 to 2024, with a CAGR  of 13.8%, according to TrendForce. At present, the EDA software market is oligopolistic, consisting of major players Synopsys, Cadence, and Siemens. According to TrendForce, Synopsys, Cadence, and Siemens account for 32%, …

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This year the Flash Memory Conference, held in Santa Clara last week, celebrated the 35th anniversary of the invention of flash by Fujio Masuoka (pictured) now a professor at Tohoku University and CTO of Unisantis Electronics. Writing for TechInsights, one of the presenters, Dr Jeongdong Choe, has distilled the key points from this year’s conference. …

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