AWS Glue DataBrew customers are now able to choose single or multiple output files instead of autogenerated files for their recipe jobs in DataBrew. Customers can generate a single output file when the output is small or downstream systems need to consume it more easily such as visualization tools. In some cases, customers want to customize the output file partitions for efficient storage and transfer.  

Amazon Neptune is now available in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region on engine versions 1.1.0.0 and later. You can now create Neptune clusters using R5, R5d, and T3 instance types.

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) now enables you to use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to manage database access for Amazon RDS for MariaDB instances. Database administrators can now associate database users with IAM users and roles. By using IAM, you can manage user access to AWS resources from a single location, avoiding issues caused by permissions that are out of sync on different AWS resources.

Get ready to celebrate Arduino Week! It runs, worldwide, from 21-26 March, and is a celebration of all things Arduino.

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Electric car sales more than doubled over the past twelve months, reaching 6.6 million, compared to 3 million in 2020, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) as reported by EV-volumes.com. All net growth in global car sales in 2021 can be attributed to electric vehicles. China in particular had a breakout year in 2021, …

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As an enthusiastic soul, I tend to think thigs are more do-able than they actually are. As such, I need frequent reality checks. And one just arrived on fusion-based power generation in the form of the YouTube video Former fusion scientist on why we won’t have fusion power by 2040. At least, I hope it is …

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Whatever happened to the telly? Before it underwent its digital transformation it came on when it was turned on, didn’t go wrong much and had only  a few knobs – a friendly piece of kit to have in the corner of your sitting room. Its digital successor is a Frankensteinian monster – complex to a …

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At ISSCC 2022, the Leibniz University of Hannover presented a novel 50-60Hz universal mains ac-dc power supply that has almost all of its components on a single 3 x 7mm 0.18μm silicon-on-insulator die. The only external components are the output inductor and capacitor, both low-voltage parts. It can produce an adjustable 3.3 to 10Vdc from …

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Digi-Key Electronics, in collaboration with Siemens, will host an online webinar about power reliability for automation and control systems. It takes place on Tuesday, 8 March, at 11 a.m. (CST) and will be presented by Greg Kateb, SITOP power product consultant for Siemens. Spcifically, Kateb will address a variety of scenarios that a power system …

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Viavi has announced  extensions to its end-to-end test and assurance solutions for O-RAN. These are: ·       RIC Test. TeraVM RIC Testvalidates the performance of the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) when presented with a wide range of RAN scenarios, tests the functionality of rApps and xApps, and provides the means to generate the data needed to train …

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