Tech Headline News Archive - August 2019

8/30/2019

• Amateur Radio Resources Muster as Dorian Nears Hurricane Strength

• Qualcomm Antitrust Sanctions Put on Hold for Now

• 5G Infrastructure Revenues to Hit $4.2B Next Year

• Workforce Woes Haunt Army Electronic Warfare Units

• UK Considers Taller 5G Masts to Boost Rural Connectivity

• Graphene Innovation in Finland

8/29/2019

• FCC Testing Apple, Samsung Phones Following Failed Radiation Tests

• Global 4G Equipment Market Expected to Be Worth $185B by 2026

• Lawmaker Sounds Alarm on DoD Supply Chain Risk

• France Stands Ground on Aeronautical Mobile Sharing Proposal

• Is It Time to Forget about Huawei?

8/28/2019

• Cities Are Saying "No" to 5G

• End Student Evaluations of Professors

• Bluetooth is Bad and You Should Stop Using It

• Hong Kong Protesters Cut Down "Smart Lamppost"

• Qualcomm, LG Reach Chip License Settlement

8/27/2019

• UK Seeking to Enlist 'Five Eyes' for Rival Galileo GPS System

• 2-Year Phone Upgrade Cycle is Dead

• Unexpected Pairing of Electrons in High Temperature Superconductors

• Nature Article Suggest a Grand Solar Minimum Lies Ahead

• Rohde & Schwarz Tests 5G LBS with Qualcomm Chip

8/26/2019

• Ireland Set for Crucial Vote on National Broadband Ownership

• Macron Presses U.S. to Help Reform Taxes on Big Tech

• Exotic States of Matter Quantum Phenomena in Magnetic Systems

• U.S. Issues New Safety Rules for Launching Nuclear Systems

• Chandrayaan 2 in Lunar Orbit for Moon Landing in September

8/23/2019

• Huawei to Ship >2M 5G Base Stations by 2020, Despite U.S.

• Chinasat 18 Satellite Encounters Problem After Launch

• Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Reduces Supercapacitor Flammability

• U.S. Grants Huawei 90-Day Trade Extension

• Physicists Use Light Discover, Control New Quantum States

8/22/2019

• A-Level Results Indicate Engineering Will Remain Male-Dominated

• DoD Message Prompts Listeners to Take WWV/WWVH Survey

• More 5G Handsets Hit the Chinese Market

• Data Rate Increase on ISS Supports Future Exploration

• Three to Launch 5G Home Broadband in London

8/21/2019

• Wi-Fi Alliance Certification Program for Wi-Fi Network Diagnostic Data Collection

• Graphene Created from Carbon Dioxide

• Speedtest Data Shows Verizon 5G over 800% Faster Than LTE

• States to Move Forward with Antitrust Probe of Big Tech Firms

• Chinese Companies Exiting China

8/20/2019

• Hong Kong Airport Protests Jolt Supply Chain

• Apple, EU Set for September Showdown over Record Tax Bill

• Smallsat Companies Teaming up on Deorbit Experiment

• Hacker Community to Take on DARPA Defenses at DEF CON 2019

• U.S. CEOs Paid 278x of Average Worker

8/19/2019

• FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding

• Pentagon Gears up for New 5G Leadership

• Nickel Supply May Be in Danger

• Planck's Constant in TV Show "Stranger Things" (interesting observation)

• Orange's French Customers to Test 1st 5G Devices Soon

8/16/2019

• Google's Jobs Search Draws Antitrust Complaints from Rivals

• AEHF-5 Protected Communications Satellite Now in Transfer Orbit

• Breakthrough Physics Prize Criticized for Rewarding 'Failed Ideas'

• Qorvo's Quarterly Revenue Exceeds Revised Guidance

• When Technology Makes Life Harder

8/15/2019

• FCC Authorizes 4th Wave of Rural Broadband Funding

• How 5G Networks Can Pave Way for Long-Promised Industry Strides

• MS Exposes Russian Cyberattacks on Phones, Printers, Video Decoders

• World Boy Scout Jamboree Ham Radio Balloon Crosses Atlantic

• India Smartphone Sales on the Up

8/14/2019

• O2: Ofcom's 5G Spectrum Plans Unfairly Favour Three UK

• FCC Fines North Carolina Man for Unauthorized Transmissions

• Time to Take 'Hippocratic Oath' for Engineering?

• Hacker Community to Take on DARPA Hardware Defenses at DEF CON 2019

• Bugs in Backend Systems of Top 5,000 Free Android Apps

8/13/2019

• Schoolchildren in China Work Overnight to Produce Amazon Alexas

• Microsoft and Amazon Fight for Huge Military Cloud Computing Contract

• Raytheon Wins $105M Contract to Upgrade Germany's Missile Defense System

• Radio Has Become a Real Bright Spot

• Android to Grudgingly Offer Search Engine Choice in Europe

8/12/2019

• 5G Fixed Wireless Access Market Worth $46B by 2026

• Engineers Must Embed an Ethical Approach

• ARISS NextGen Radio System Completes Critical Flight Certification Tests

• Network Slicing Is 5G Differentiator Telcos Crave

• Drinking Coffee Close to Bedtime Does NOT Stop You from Sleeping

8/9/2019

• Wi-Fi 5 vs. Wi-Fi 6 Feature Comparison

• Blocking 5G from mmWave Will Limit Its Potential

• Global Smartphone Sales to Decline 2.5% in 2019

• Regulators Must Resist Urge to Cash in on 5G Spectrum

• U.S. Private Equity Firm Acquires Cobham for $5B

8/8/2019

• Group Formed to Promote UWB

• Contractors Fail to Secure Sensitive DoD Information

• Apple and Google Suspend Some of Their Eavesdropping

• Google & CommScope Get Environmental Clearance for CBRS Frequency Band

• 3D Printing Dynamic Material Invented

8/7/2019

• Future-Proof Your Career with Lifetime Education

• EDA's Surprise Revenue Bump

• Is Secondary Mobile Device Market Ready for 4G Device Deluge?

• Airlines Recording Passengers with Hidden Cameras & Mics

• Sweden's Biggest Cities Face Power Shortage After Fuel-Tax Hike

8/6/2019

• DoJ to Examine Big Tech Competitive Landscape

• 1 Dead, 1 Injured in NH Ham Radio Tower Mishap

• FitBit, Other Bluetooth Devices Vulnerable to Tracking

• Army Testing Smart City Communication Tools

• Dish Aims for 70% 5G Coverage by 2023

8/5/2019

• Apple to Jump on 5G Bandwagon in 2020

• Global Macrocell Base Band Unit Shipments down 23% in 2018

• Northrop Grumman to Demonstrate Robotic Manufacturing in Space

• Google Researchers Find Six iOS Security Flaws

• Autopilot Failed to Keep Tesla from Sliding under Semi

8/2/2019

• Who's Who in the Exodus from China to Southeast Asia

• Semiconductor Market Conditions Deteriorate Further

• For Military, Is 5G Worth the Hype?

• 19% iPhone Growth in India Amid Fall in Global Sales

• Huawei to Increase R&D Spend in UK

8/1/2019

• Engineering Salaries and Jobs Keep Expanding - Mostly

• Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Launched

• New Model for Organic Semiconductors

• Senate Confirms Esper as New Defense Secretary

• Candidates Attach Tech Giants While Spending Big Advertising $$$ with Them