PostgreSQL 14 Beta 2 is now available in the Amazon RDS Database Preview Environment, allowing you to test the beta version of PostgreSQL 14 on Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).

The AWS Toolkit for VS Code now provides developers with convenient IDE functionality to create and manage deployments from their code or image repositories using AWS App Runner. AWS App Runner is a fully managed service that makes it easy for customers without any prior containers or infrastructure experience to build, deploy, and run containerized web applications and APIs in just a few clicks.

Amazon EMR now supports Amazon S3 Access Points, a feature of Amazon S3 that allows you to easily manage access for shared data lakes. Using your S3 Access Point alias, you can simplify your data access at scale on Amazon EMR.

AWS Snow Family now supports AWS IoT Greengrass version 2.0 or higher, which makes it easier for you to build IoT solutions and run ML inference on Snowball Edge and Snowcone devices. With support for AWS IoT Greengrass on Snow, you can now use Amazon SageMaker Edge Manager to optimize, secure, monitor, and maintain ML models on fleets of Snowball Edge devices.

A huge success for the UK in the Olympics. Af.

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Thanks to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for this one – the ten richest men in China: Source: Bloomberg Billionaires Index

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Silanna Semiconductor has designed an active clamp fly-back controller to reduce the operational, no-load and stand-by power consumption chargers and adapters. Called SZ1131, it has an integrated clamp mosfet and a driver for an external fly-back mosfet. Efficiencies up to 95% across 90 – 265Vac input voltages and varying loads are possible, according to the …

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Microchip has introduced a pair of programmable ICs to its ‘PolarFire’ range with fewer resources to reduce power consumption. The parts are the MPF050T FPGA and MPFS025T SoC, both available in 11 x 11mm packaging. “We have reduced power consumption by up to 50% or more with the introduction of lower density offerings, while maintaining …

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Diodes has created a piezoelectric sounder driver that can output 31Vp-p, supplied from only 1.8 to 5.5V. It secret is that PAM8907 has a built-in synchronous boost converter and a bridge-style output. 22Vp-p can also be selected at the output – there is a logic input which sets the boost converter to produce 11 or …

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Farnell is now delivering INTERCONTEC circular connectors from TE Connectivity. The  INTERCONTEC plug-and-play connector concept simplifies modular machine design by offering a wide range of variants including power, signal or data – or all options combined – in one connector, providing a customised solution for specific applications. Applications include drive systems, robotics, automation, packaging, aerospace, …

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