You can now query data in your Amazon Redshift cluster directly from your AWS Management console, using the new Query Editor. This provides an easier way for admins and end users to run SQL queries without having to install and setup an external JDBC/ODBC client. Query results are instantly visible within the console.

The built-in Image Classification algorithm that comes with Amazon SageMaker now supports additional enhancements. The algorithm now supports multi-label inputs and mixed-precision mode for faster training.

You can now create an Amazon SageMaker notebook from the AWS Glue Console and connect it to an AWS Glue development endpoint. With this integration, you can now use Amazon SageMaker’s fully managed notebooks instead of provisioning and managing your own notebook servers, making it easier and faster to start developing your AWS Glue ETL scripts. An AWS Glue development endpoint is a serverless Apache Spark environment that you can use to develop, debug, and test your AWS Glue ETL scripts in an interactive manner. To learn more, please visit our documentation .

The LED and IoT lighting specialist quietly unloads the brand as it tries to keep its financial house in order during a $1B quarter. At least one other name has also vanished from the stable.

Half the world’s population is now middle class, according to World Data Lab. The research classifies middle class people as people with discretionary income to spend on large consumer items such as refrigerators, washing machines or motorcycles, if they pay for entertainment, if they go on family holidays and if they have enough resources to …

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A smidgeon of realism about self-driving cars is beginning to creep into auto execs’ public statements. The real people doing the real work talk about self-driving cars as a 2040 kind of thing but execs have  tended to over-enthuse and over-promise.  “I have had another German carmaker saying, ‘it sounds like we wasted a lot …

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Brainchip, the Australian neural chip specialist, has licensed the cybersecurity technology of  the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. The agreement consists of a license to their cybersecurity technology and their researcher’s support in porting the technology to Brainchip’s  Akida Development Environment. The cybersecurity technology includes data-to-spike convertors and is specifically designed for network intrusion and …

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C&K, the electromechanical switch specialist, has announced its SAM series multiway switch. This switch is defined by its direct motor management based on SPDT (single pole, double throw) contacts, and flexible mechanical characteristics including travel, shaft shape and dimensions. The switch is valuable for applications such as seat adjustment systems for automotive, off-road vehicles and …

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Analog Bits has demo-ed its low picojoule-per-bit SERDES macro on TSMC’s 12nm process geometry. Implementations of this same multi-protocol SERDES architecture are available on a variety of TSMC process nodes and support speeds of up to 25Gb/s. The combination of high performance and low power make this suitable for short reach, chip-to-chip applications while support …

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Siltectra of Dresden will begin offering “outsourced wafering” services to customers

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