You can now build and run stream processing applications using Apache Flink version 1.13 in Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics. Apache Flink v1.13 provides enhancements to the Table/SQL API, improved interoperability between the Table and DataStream APIs, stateful operations using the Python Datastream API, features to analyze application performance, an exactly-once JDBC sink, and more. With this launch, you also get an Apache Kafka connector that works with AWS IAM authentication when you’re using Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka(Amazon MSK) as your application’s data source.
AWS Outposts adds new CloudWatch dimension for capacity monitoring
Today we are announcing the availability of a new Amazon CloudWatch dimension for metrics in the AWS Outposts namespace. CloudWatch dimensions are unique identifiers for metrics that allow customers to search and filter results.
Who’s Recovering Quickest?
The Nikkei has drawn up a Recovery Index of how countries are doing in recovering from the bug based on the proportion of people vaccinated, the infection rate and the extent to which restrictions have been lifted. Here is is:
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AI on the Edge with the Arduino Portenta H7 Lite Connected
Just want to record this one for Gadget Master – the Industrial-focused Arduino Portenta family has a new member: the Portenta H7 Lite Connected.
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Coldest-ever temperature achieved by Bremen University
Researchers at Bremen University have produced the coldest temperature ever recorded – 38 picoKelvin or 38 trillionths of a degree above absolute zero. Measured as -273.15 °C (-459.67 °F), absolute zero is the coldest temperature possible on the thermodynamic scale – the point where there’s no atomic motion or heat at all The researchers took a …
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Functional safety in touch controllers for industry and the kitchen
Microchip is introducing a touchscreen controller certified to IEC/UL 60730 Class B that will work on displays over 10in across. Called MXT448UD-HA, it is also compliant with IEC61000-4-6 Class A for conducted noise immunity up to 10Vrms (level three for industrial use). “This enables products with a touch screen interface to function in very harsh factory …
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Samsung increases EUV layers to five on DDR5
Samsung has begun mass producing 14nm DRAM using EUV technology. Following the company’s shipment of its first EUV DRAM in March of last year, Samsung has increased the number of EUV layers to five to deliver today’s DDR5 devices. As DRAM continues to scale down the 10nm-range, EUV technology becomes increasingly important to improve patterning …
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UK start-ups: More investment for Agile Analog of Cambridge
Cambridge analogue IP building block start-up Agile Analog has pulled in more investment, this time from In-Q-Tel in the US, which describes itself as a ‘non-profit strategic investor’. “In-Q-Tel invests in companies from the start-up community which have the potential to strengthen the security of the US and its allies,” according to Agile. “Agile Analog’s …
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EU moves towards four month investigation into Nvidia-Arm deal
The EU is going to put the Nvidia-Arm deal into a four month investigation process, reports Reuters. The expected decision follows the EU’s reported rejection of concessions offered by Nvidia. The UK government has also put the deal into an extended investigatory process. With Nvidia being a major Arm customer, the concern is that Arm’s …
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Vicor helps squeeze up to 2kW down data cables
US company VoltServe has a scheme with the similar aims to Power-over-Ethernet, but at much higher power. Digital Electricity, as it has been branded (rooftop installation right), “uses standard data cables and endpoint transformation to efficiently deliver significant power safely across long distances”, according to Vicor, which is providing power converters for the receive end. …
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