Amazon Textract now supports Tag Image File Format (TIFF) documents in addition to the PNG, JPEG, and PDF formats. Customers can now process TIFF documents either synchronously or asynchronously using any of the following Amazon Textract APIs – DetectDocumentText , StartDocumentAnalysis , StartDocumentTextDetection , AnalyzeDocument , and AnalyzeExpense . Amazon Textract is a machine learning service that automatically extracts printed and handwritten text and data from any document.

The case against Facebook is the case against Mark Zuckerberg. As the holder of 58% of the voting shares Zuckerberg totally rules the roost. The charge against Zuckerberg is that he runs a platform used by half of humanity which says it has decent values but where growing the revenues takes primacy. Last year, reports …

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When it comes to the Arduino, it’s a large family, but there’s always room for more: welcome, the Nicla Sense ME, the smallest Arduino board to date.

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Thanks to TrendForce for this one – the top five base station vendors:

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  FlexLogix,  the eFPGA IP specialist, has production availability of its InferXÔ X1P1 PCIe accelerator board. The board is designed to bring AI inference acceleration to edge servers and industrial vision systems. Leveraging a dynamic TPU array architecture, the InferX X1 is designed around low latency processing of Batch=1 workloads with a special focus on …

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Infineon’s EZ-PD BCR (Barrel Connector Replacement) is an integrated USB-C controller and USB-C connector. It replaces barrel connectors, custom connectors or legacy USB connectors in electronic devices. It supports the USB Power Delivery (PD) standard that interoperates with all USB-C power adapters without the need of firmware development. The EU’s  Revised Radio Equipment Directive proposes to standardise …

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The UK satellite company Satellite Vu, which aims to monitor the thermal footprint of any building on the planet, has raised £15m in Series A funding. Seraphim, the London-based investment group that has a focus on the Space sector, has highlighted this is Satellite Vu’s second successful raise in the last six months, for a total …

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The SEMI August billings figure of $3.72 billion is 1.7% higher than August 2020 billings of $3.66 billion and 35.5% higher than September 2020 billings of $2.74 billion. ”Monthly billings of North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers edged up in September to near the record high set in July,” says SEMI CEO Ajit Manocha,  “the ongoing …

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SiFive has briefly pulled back the curtains on its most powerful Risc-V processor yet. So far only called ‘Next Generation Core’ or Next-Gen, its official name, final design specs and availability will be unveiled early in December at the Risc-V Summit. The headline figure is that it will improve on the P550’s performance, currently SiFive’s most powerful …

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Pickering has introduced low-level switching variants of two of its series of high-voltage reed relays. Modifications of the 119 and 131 series, both Series 119L and 131L relay ranges have been specifically developed for mixed-signal applications where low and stable contact resistance is important for the end user’s application. They have a slightly lower stand-off voltage than standard (up …

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