12/30/2016
Breaking
Defense Best of 2016: China Rising
2016
Extended by 1 Leap Second
Google Tweaks Algorithm to Bury 'Non-Authoritative Information'
Setting the
Record Straight on Radio Listening
12/29/20167
Internet
Use in Class Tied to LOWER Test Scores
Smartphone-Obsessed Finns Rank Tops in Screen Time
200 More Indian Railway Stations to Get Wi-Fi in 2017
Experts Hope Trump Makes Cybersecurity an Early Priority
12/28/2016
Panasonic to Invest >$¼Billion in Tesla's Buffalo, NY, Solar Cell Plant
WH: Robots May Take ½ Our Jobs - Embrace It (Illegals
& H1Bs to take other ½)
How the Smartphone Became so
Smart
China Reveals Plans for Space Domination in the 2020s
12/27/2016
Could Engineers Be Accused of Killing Jobs?
ESD Alliance Reports EDA Industry Revenue Increase for Q3 2016
Enhanced Rad-Hard MOSFETs for Mission-Critical Space Applications
Ring in the New Year with ARRL Straight Key Night
12/26/2016
Nokia Sues Apple for Infringing Patents, Back on War Footing
German Radio Amateurs Gain Access to 60 Meter Band
Mark Zuckerberg's Online AI Bullying Harms Band
(he'll get a pass, though)
12/23/2016
India Overtakes Britain as the World's 6th-Largest Economy
AT&T Launches Service to Help Users Block Unwanted Calls
Chips Execs See
Maturing Industry
FEMA to Conduct Interoperability Exercise Using 60 Meters
Wind Farms Can Be Deadly for Birds of Prey
12/22/2016
Brexit Not All Bad, Says UK Manufacturing Market
Europe's Global Satellite Navigation System Goes Live
Alliance to Showcase Successful Demonstration of ZigBee Certified Products on Thread
Networks
North American Semi Equipment Industry Posts November Book-to-Bill of 0.96
12/21/2016
Fuzzy 5G Trials Aren't Helping Anybody
MACOM Final Order of Preliminary Injunction Against Infineon
Atlas 5 Rocket Launches High Speed Internet Satellite
Flame Retardant Heat-Shrink Tubing for Fire-Proofing Cabling
Strong, Lightweight Titanium Edging onto Steel & Aluminum's Turf
12/20/2016
Ofcom Slams UK's Poor Geographic 4G Coverage
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to Step Down in January
(good riddance)
Europe to
Rethink 10/100/20 Chip Project
Semiconductor Equipment Sales Forecast: $40B
Freedom 251: Launch of India's Cheapest Smartphone
12/19/2016
Qualcomm
Falters at Top of Fabless Ranking
China Enters
Top Chip Equipment Spenders
China Steals U.S. Underwater Drone from U.S. Navy
(like Iran stole air drone - this ends 1/20/2017)
Working for Engineering's Future
India Unveils World's Largest Solar Power Plant
12/16/2016
Santa Says North America Q Count Needs to Improve
UK Government 'Must Take
Action' on 5G
Russian Researchers Make Next Step to Quantum Computing
Chinese, Turkish Amateur Radio Satellites Near Launch Dates
Commemorative Special Event Reenacts 1921 Amateur Radio Transatlantic Reception
12/15/2016
Microsemi Adds Extensive Line of MMICs
FCC Sets $25,000 Fine for California FM Radio Pirates
1,000,000,000 Accounts
Affected by Yahoo Hack
New Diamond Cuts Through Ultra-Hard Materials
With LinkedIn, Microsoft Looks to Avoid Past Acquisition Busts
12/14/2016
Nokia and Vodafone Take to the Clouds in Italy
Congress Wants to Reform Copyright Office
India to See 65% Rise in Mobile Frauds in 2017
UK Confirms €1.4B of Spending in ESA Projects
Demand for 600 MHz Weak As Incentive Auction Plods Along
12/13/2016
Microsoft Finally Links up with LinkedIn
Self-Healing Transistors for Chipscale Starships
Lawmakers Urge
Rejection of Lattice Semi Takeover
Multinational Effort Halts Malware Avalanche
Science Answers 'Why Is Glass Invisible?'
12/12/2016
Nominate Someone Exceptional for the 2017 Engineer of the Year Award
ARRL Transitioning to New Digital Publishing Platform
Ericsson Gearing up to Demo 5G at CES Show
Bluetooth 5 Signals 2nd-Generation Beacons
Ericsson Loses Macro 2G/3G/LTE Crown to Huawei
12/9/2016
China Holds Mantle of Asia's Technology, Science Power
ARRL Transatlantic Reception Anniversary Special Event Set for December 11
3D-Printed
Magnets for Tailor-Made Magnetic Fields
5G in Asia: Seizing the 1st-Mover Advantage
John Glenn - First
American to Orbit Earth - Dead at Age 95
'Original
Seven' Mercury Astronauts Now Gone
12/8/2016
Pulsed RF Power Device Markets to Exceed $250M by 2021
MMTC Wants
to Decommission AM Band (a ploy to shut down OTA Talk Radio)
Reply to MMTC Wanting AM Band Decommissioned
Ofcom Says 'Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is' to Fibre Moaners
New Material Could Lead to Erasable and Rewriteable Optical Chips
12/7/2016
Radio Australia Shortwave Broadcasts Go Dark on January 31
Are iPhones Now Exploding?
Pentagon Buried Report Exposing $125B in Waste (10E6
office jobs - $200k/admin. Drain the swamp!)
FCC Penalty for Unlicensed Amateur Making False Distress Call
Verizon Sells 24 Data Centres to Equinix for $3.6B
12/6/2016
Another Unauthorized Radio Operation Fined
Brexit Effect 'Not Really Hurting Us,' Says Distributor
Deciphering Electronic Properties of Materials May Change Transistors
As Batteries Keep Catching Fire, U.S. Safety Agency Prepares for Change
Controlled
Electron Pulses
12/5/2016
Samsung Electronics Considers Split as Investor Pressure Builds
UK Snoopers Law Creates Security
Nightmare
130,000 U.S.
Navy Sailors Hacked
Black Polycrystalline Diamond Transistors with High Breakdown
Sedentary
Lifestyle May Impair Academic Performance
12/2/2016
Tech Volunteers
Heed the Call
UK Radio Amateur Receives Sir Arthur Clarke Award
2017 Defense Bill Heads to Vote
$5 PoisonTap Tool Easily Breaks into Locked PCs
USAF Expands Computer
Chip Nanoelectronics
12/1/2016
Almost 1/2 the World Will Be Online by End of 2016 (only
half?)
Graphene-Based Photodetector Aimed at IoT, Wearable Devices
'Dramatic Leap' for China's Space Program
German Telekom Hacked to Block Internet to 900k
China's
Secretive Space Program Threatens NASA's Dominance
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