Tech Headline News Archive - September 2019

9/30/2019

• U. of Oulu Published World's 1st 6G Whitepaper

• BT to End Copper Broadband by 2027

• Cree to Build World's Largest SiC Manufacturing Facility in New York

• Foreign Graduates Gain Access to Refinancing of Student Loans

• The Right to Be Forgotten by Google - But Only in Europe

9/27/2019

• Planned Obsolescence vs. Saving the Planet

• Russia to Give Cosmonauts Guns to Fend off Animals on Landing (and ETs in space)

• 5 Chinese Smallsats Launched by Long March 11 Rocket

• Appreciating the Classical Elegance of Time Crystals

• ABC Radio Renamed to ABC Audio

9/26/2019

• Ericsson to Build 5G Smart Factory in Texas

• Where Tech Professionals Long to Work

• Sales up 40% for New York Venues with RFID Wristband

• No Crowds as iPhone 11 Hits Stores in China

• Reversing Baldness with an Electric Hat

9/25/2019

• Wi-Fi 6 Ready for Prime Time

• 5G Chipset Market to be Worth $21.8B by 2025

• Unparalleled Demands on the Network

• U.S. DoE Is 1st Customer for World's Biggest Chip

• IoT System Prevents Manhole Cover Explosions (who knew it was a problem?)

9/24/2019

• ARRL Seeking Emergency Management Director

• Semi Industry to Rebound in 2020 with 4% Growth

• GSMA & 5GAA to Accelerate Deployment of Connected Cars

• FCC Authorizes City-Scale 5G Testbeds in NYC, Salt Lake City

• Which Tech Leaders Do Tech Professionals Admire?

9/23/2019

• Wi-Fi Alliance Launches Wi-Fi Certified 6 Program

• Google Claims "Quantum Supremacy" Milestone

• AMSAT Announces 2019 Board of Directors Election Results

• $50B Investment in New Semi Fabs for 2020

• 6 Options for Financing Your Startup

9/20/2019

• U.S. Ranks 1st in Global 5G Speeds

• Qorvo Launches World's First Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 FEM

• SIA Pushes for Export Permits for Huawei Sales

• North Korea Resumes DRM Broadcasts

• Smart TVs, Smart-Home Devices Collecting Sensitive User Data

9/19/2019

• FCC Seeks to Streamline Its Hearings Process

• Semiconducting Material More Affected by Defects Than Thought

• Altum RF Announces RF Test Lab in Sydney, Australia

• FTC vs. Qualcomm - Support Pours in for Qualcomm

• China Using 'Exit Bans' to Bar Americans from Leaving

9/18/2019

• Mystery of How Friction Leads to Static Electricity Solved

• DOCOMO Joins 5G Alliance to Promote 5G Technology in Manufacturing

• Company Settles with FCC over Unauthorized LED Signs

• Pentagon Releases Unified Cyber Standard for Contractors

• How South Korea Built 5G

9/17/2019

• FCC Issues Order to Protect Sensitive Information Filed in Spectrum Proceedings

• Army Showcases New Electronic Warfare Tech

• DARPA Announces Final Teams to Compete in Spectrum Collaboration Challenge

• iPhones Download Speeds Poor Compared to Other U.S. Smartphones

• Navy Destroyers to Have Laser Weapons, New Radar, Rail Guns

9/16/2019

• FCC Proposes to Make All Universal Licensing System Filings Electronic

• 4 Reasons Why Someone Would Hack Your Car

• China Cuts Back on Foreign Investment

• Six Reasons COBOL Has Survived to Age 60

• Q2 Semi Inventory Was 93 Days

9/13/2019

• IMS 2020 is Now Open for Paper Submissions!

• FCC Moves Toward June 2020 CBRS Spectrum Auction

• Lawsuit Alleges T-Mobile Sold Used Phones as New

• Electric Car Sales Subsidy to Be Abolished

• The Coming Death of Just About Every Rock Legend (my generation!)

9/12/2019

• Global Surveillance Radar Market to be Worth $11.9B by 2025

• Ever-Winning Lottery Ticket Mathematics Mystery Solved

• US Cellular Promotes 5G "Fairness"

• New Consortium to Spread UWB Adoption and Standardize Security

• India Loses Contact with Moon Lander (dang!)

9/11/2019

• AT&T Set for Shake-up as Elliott Management Takes $3.2B Stake

• U.S. Charges Chinese Professor in Latest Huawei Row

• SK Telecom and Samsung Reckon We Need 8K TV over 5G

• And Then There Was LiFi

• World's Largest FPGA Has 35B Transistors

9/10/2019

• States to Launch Google, Facebook Antitrust Probes

• FlexRadio Teams with Raytheon Team to Develop Airborne HF Radio

• M.I.T. Media Lab Director Resigns After Taking Money from Jeffrey Epstein

• MTS, Nokia Hit 2.1 Gbps in Moscow mmWave Trial

• Private Chinese Firms Tapping International Space Market ("private company" an oxymoron in China)

9/9/2019

• Digi-Key Partners with Student Circuit for Freshers Week Events

• Fibre-to-Freezer – Subsea Cable to Boost Arctic Connectivity

• SpaceX Satellite in Near Collision with European Space Agency's Aeolus

• Media Companies Pay >$600k for Misuse of Emergency Alert Tones

• Juniper Pays $11.7M to Make SEC Bribery Investigation Go Away (nice scam, SEC)

9/6/2019

• U.S. Dominates Top 10 VC Investors in IoT Tech in 2018

• U.S. and Poland Urge Tougher Checks on Foreign 5G Network Influence

• Many Health Wearables and Apps Are Digital Snake Oil

• AT&T Tees up for 24 GHz Drive Tests

• Google and Amazon Use Smart Speakers for Surveillance

9/5/2019

• The 25 Highest-Paid Executives in Wireless / Telecom in 2018

• Qualcomm Targets Wi-Fi Market in Push to Expand Beyond Phones

• Will Consumers Balk at 5G Phone Prices?

• Revenues Shrink for IC Design Houses

• 3 Ways for Engineers to Leverage Social Media Accounts

9/4/2019

• Volkswagen, NXP Show 1st Car Using UWB to Combat Relay Theft

• 5G Wireless Network Infrastructure Revenue to Double over Next Year

• Why Wi-Fi 6, 5G Are So Much Better Together

• China's Carriers to Build a Shared 5G Network

• National Guard Helps States Recover from Ransomware Attacks

9/3/2019

• Police Gain Access to Doorbell Cams

• FCC Set to Reaffirm RF Exposure Limits

• Google Says Hackers Put Monitoring Implants in iPhones for Years

• Enhancing Materials for Hi-Res Patterning to Advance Microelectronics

• Gallium Oxide Power Transistors Achieve Record Values

9/2/2019

• German Court Orders Recall of Everlight LED Products for Infringing Seoul Semi Patent

• Wi-Fi Like Sonar Measures Speed and Distance of Indoor Movement

• Ex-Google Engineer Indicted for Stealing Self-Driving Car Secrets

• Qualcomm Fetes Wi-Fi 6

• Shortlist Revealed for the World Communication Awards 2019