ARM has become one of the world’s most impressive technology success stories of the last 25 years, David Manners considers what its future may be under new ownership.
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Tech sector wants a voice in Brexit talks, says techUK
We talk to Paul Hide, director of operations and private sector programmes, techUK, about challenges and opportunities facing the UK tech sector in the light of the Brexit vote
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Self-defeating remote water meter
I have a water meter. Because it is in the back garden, the water company fitter a wireless reading head. The meter is about 60cm underground, and it is at the bottom of a plastic tube (~20cm dia) buried in the earth. The transmit head is located (ish, see below) near the top of this …
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Did Intel Fall For A Techno-Ponzi Scheme?
Did Intel management fall for that decades old Techno-Ponzi scheme – phase change memory. A hilarious piece in Semiaccurate points out that on launch in July 2015 the claim for 3D XPoint was: 1000x faster than NAND, 1000x the endurance of NAND, and 10x denser than DRAM. Intel’s Xpoint is pretty much broken By IDF …
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TI supports sub-GHz and Bluetooth on one MCU
Texas Instruments has announced a microcontroller with radios for both sub-GHz and Bluetooth low energy, claiming it to be the lowest power dual-band MCU yet. Called the CC1350 wireless MCU, it offers a range of up to 20km on a coin cell for building automation, factory automation, alarms, security, smart grid, asset tracking and wireless …
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Smart ice cube finds money at the bottom of a glass
If you thought the self-ordering Internet Fridge was the ne plus ultra of fanciful IoT technology, how about a self-ordering smart ice cube?
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Avanci to co-ordinate telecom patent licensing
Avanci is a new company which will license telecoms patents. It has been formed by Qualcomm, Ericsson, ZTE, and Royal KPN and technology developer and licensor Interdigital has joined the grouping. The group says it will offer flat-rate licenses that vary “based on the value the technology brings to the device.” That basis for licensing …
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Philips adds scene-setting feature to Amazon voice commands for Hue smart bulbs
The residential smart lighting also now supports the Internet giant’s Echo and Alexa system in Europe, as the Dutch giant extends its LED IoT push.
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Enhancements: Support for new minor versions, Logical Replication, and Amazon RDS PostgreSQL as a source for AWS DMS
Starting today, you can take advantage of several new enhancements to Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. These include new minor versions (9.3.14, 9.4.9 and 9.5.2), support for logical replication, event triggers, and the ability to use RDS for PostgreSQL as a source for AWS Database Migration Service.
Malaysia looks to PPP to develop new desalination plant
Johor state, Malaysia, has made public its ambitions to form a public-private partnership to develop what could become the country’s largest desalination plant, thesundaily.my reports.