Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) can now publish events to Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topics that have server-side encryption (SSE) enabled, for additional protection of events that carry sensitive data. Amazon RDS groups events into categories that you can subscribe to so that you can be notified when an event in that category occurs, enabling routing and automation.

Amazon Pinpoint journeys now include the ability to pass data into a custom channel, and be able to perform a yes/no or multivariate split based on the response. Journeys in Amazon Pinpoint were designed for customers who want to send targeted communications that drive high-value user actions. Journeys can include custom channel activities, which can be used to send messages through channels that Amazon Pinpoint doesn’t support natively, such as WhatsApp or Signal.

Today, AWS announced the launch of IP-based routing for Amazon Route 53, AWS’s Domain Name System (DNS) cloud service. Route 53 provides customers with multiple routing options, such as geolocation routing, geoproximity routing, latency-based routing, and weighted routing to route their end users to optimal endpoints. With the addition of IP-based routing, customers are now additionally empowered to fine-tune their DNS routing approach based on the Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) block that the query-originating IP address belongs to, allowing them to leverage knowledge of their end user base to optimize performance or network transit costs.

AWS Proton introduces service components, a new feature that allows developers complement the standard infrastructure of Proton templates with additional resources for their services. Platform engineers use Proton to define the core infrastructure of their services and keep it consistent and updated across services, and now with components developers can complement that core infrastructure with the additional resources they need to meet the needs of their particular application. Proton components enable platform engineers to expand the use cases they support without having to drastically increase the number of templates that they manage.

Amazon CloudWatch now supports AWS Elemental MediaTailor logs as part of Vended Logs. Vended logs are specific AWS service logs natively published by AWS services on behalf of the customer and available at volume discount pricing.

When the EU decided to follow the US in having a Chips Act, it seemed pretty simple what they were going to do with the money – persuade TSMC, Samsung or Intel to  build leading edge fab in Europe. After all, if  the Big Three European chip companies were not interested in pursuing leading edge …

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A test version of the payload module of ESA’s exoplanet-detecting Plato spacecraft has undergone a prolonged vacuum soak. This is within the agency’s Large Space Simulator (LSS) to evaluate its endurance of space conditions.

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Large-areas of perovskite solar cell active layer can be stuck to glass using self-assembling organic mono-layers, according to scientists in China, who see it as a route to commercialisation of this promising photovoltaic technology. PTAA – poly[bis(4-phenyl)(2, 4, 6-trimethylphenyl)amine] – is a successful hole-transporting material for perovskite solar cells, but can only be applied using …

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Astrocast, the satellite IoT service provider, is buying Hiber, a rival European Industrial IoT-as-a-Service provider. Under the terms of the deal Astrocast will acquire all of Hiber’s shares in exchange for the issuance of new Astrocast shares, representing 16.5% of Astrocast’s share capital. Hiber’s shareholders have also agreed to invest €10.45 million. Hiber’s services include …

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Socionext is sampling an SoC using an IEEE 1901-2020 compliant IP core licensed by Panasonic. The SC1320A HD-PLC communication device is scheduled volume production in Q3. https://www.socionext.com/en/products/assp/HD-PLC/ The High-Definition Power Line Communication (HD-PLC) is a wired communication technology that supports communication networks by superimposing high-frequency signals (2 ~ 28 MHz) over existing power lines, telephone lines, twisted-pair, coaxial cables, and …

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