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Last year, we launched the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8i instances, M8i instances, and R8i instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors available only on AWS with sustained all-core 3.9 GHz turbo frequency. They deliver the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. Today we’re announcing new Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances backed by up to 22.8TB of NVMe-based SSD block-level instance storage physically connected to the host server. These instances offer 3 times more vCPUs, memory and local storage compared to previous sixth-generation instances. These instances deliver up…

An investigation has tracked down a sophisticated scammer who posed as Dubai’s Crown Prince in a succesful plot to defraud a Romanian businesswoman out of over US $2.5 million.That in itself, sadly, is probably not that shocking a story. But what the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) discovered was that in this particular case the perpetrators presented themselves in the public eye as philanthropists, while secretly destroying victims’ lives.The victim, Laura (not her real name), was a successful Romanian businesswoman when she received a LinkedIn message three years ago from someone claiming to be the Crown Prince of…

Looq AI Unveils qPole for Smarter Engineering Decisions and Reliable Grid Modeling Shannon Bresnahan   |   Uncategorized On February 3, 2026, Cleantech San Diego member and Southern California Energy Innovation Network company Looq AI, a global leader in geophysical reasoning, announced the launch of qPole. The AI-enabled solution is designed to make the power grid more reliable and resilient by training AI models to understand utility poles the same way experienced engineers do, based on physical structure, geometry, materials, and real-world context.   The U.S. power grid consists of an estimated 180–200 million distribution poles—some aging, some in areas where extreme…

Texas Instruments, a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips, and Silicon Labs, a contributor in secure, intelligent wireless technology, has announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which Texas Instruments will acquire Silicon Labs for $231.00 per share in an all-cash transaction, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $7.5 billion. The acquisition will create a global leader in embedded wireless connectivity solutions by combining Silicon Labs’ strong portfolio and expertise in mixed signal solutions with Texas Instruments’ analog and embedded processing portfolio and internally owned technology and manufacturing capabilities. The combined company will accelerate growth by better serving existing and new customers…

A few years ago, I bought a Galaxy Watch 5 and got it essentially for free from T-Mobile, with the kicker being that I had to get it on a two-year contract. That means I was stuck with an LTE-enabled smartwatch, solely because I didn’t wanna lay down $279 on the spot for a Bluetooth/Wi-Fi model. Now, however many years later it’s been since then, and with the contract up, I have finally canceled that line, essentially reverting my smartwatch to a Bluetooth/Wi-Fi model.It’s only been a few days since I made the change, but it doesn’t feel any different,…

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Over 50 thousand developers visit DavidWalshBlog every month from around the world to learn JavaScript tricks and fix problems in their code. Unfortunately, some of them have a slow experience on the site. David tracks the performance of his Core Web Vitals and overall performance with Request Metrics. Recently, we noticed that his CLS performance score was trending pretty slow for both desktop and mobile users. Wait, what is CLS? Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) is one of the Core Web Vital performance metrics. It doesn’t measure load time directly, instead it measures how much a page shifts while it is…

Engineering teams often build microservices as their systems grow, but over time this can lead to a fragmented ecosystem with scattered data access patterns, duplicated business logic, and an uneven developer experience. A unified data graph with a consistent execution layer helps address these challenges by centralizing schema, simplifying how teams compose functionality, and reducing operational overhead while preserving performance and reliability. Viaduct is Airbnb’s open-source, data-oriented service mesh and GraphQL platform built around a single, highly connected central schema. It has played a major role in scaling Airbnb’s engineering organization. Adam Miskiewicz is a Principal Software Engineer at Airbnb…

I had low expectations for the rather generic Comulytic Note Pro, but it surprised me as not only the most useful all-around notetaker on available but also the cheapest after you consider the cost of a premium subscription.The slim device, at 28 grams, is small enough to fit in a wallet or attach unobtrusively with the included magnetic ring to the back of your handset (note: it requires a special USB dongle to charge). The 64 GB of storage space and a 45-hour battery life aren’t massive, but both should be more than enough to handle a full week of…

However, those who use third-party services or have built in-house email integrations that rely on EWS will have to migrate, he noted, adding, “you could experience some disruption.” This is a good reminder that cloud services are managed at scale for the benefit of the provider, Roberts said, and this is part of Microsoft’s push to eliminate technical debt. “In this case, eight years is a long time,” he said. “Sysadmins should pay attention, understand where vendors are going, and mitigate with proactive updates.” Microsoft’s plan is to disable EWS tenant-by-tenant using the EWSEnabled property, a setting in Exchange Online…