12/29/2017
Another Radio Amateur Joins ISS Crew
Analog Devices Announces 2017 GAAP Revenue up 49% YoY
DARPA
Takes Chip Route to 'Unhackable' Computers
Top 20 eeNews Europe Articles on in 2017
Chinese Economy Projected to Overtake U.S. by 2032
12/28/2017
2017 Semi Market Grows 20%
AT&T Files to Conduct 3.5 GHz Tests in Washington, D.C.
One of Oldest U.S. Radio Stations to Go Dark
Rumored Nokia 9 Takes Aim at High-End Mobile Market
State of the Maker Movement in Germany
12/27/2017
Nominate Someone for the DesignCon Engineer of the Year Award
eWeek Predictions for 2018
Apple Being Sued for 'Purposefully Slowing Down Older iPhone Models'
More Room to Be Available for 2018 Hamvention®
Some HP Laptops Shipped with Hidden Keylogger
12/26/2017
The Tech Wars of 2018
FCC Penalizes Marketer of Ham-Band Drone Audio-Visual Transmitters
Too Many iPhone Xs?
UK to Announce Broadband Boost for 1.1M Homes and Businesses
China Leads World in Remote Sensing Technology
12/25/2017
The Top Tech Briefs Stories of 2017
Northrop Grumman Wins $23.2M EW Systems Contract to Counter IEDs
More Electronic Materials with New Metal-Organic Framework
Engineering for Privacy Requires Standards
Eric Schmidt Steps down As Google Alphabet CEO
12/22/2017
AT&T & Comcast Announce $1,000 Bonus to Employees
Predictions for the New Year in Analog & Power Electronics
PIN-on-Mobile
Is Coming
Telstra Picks up $72M of Spectrum in Australian Auction
Electronic Skin Changes Colors, Aimed at Wearable Devices, Prosthetics
Lenovo Tops Indian Tablet Market with 94% Growth
12/21/2017
Today Is the
1st Day of Winter/Summer in the Northern/Southern Hemisphere
Qualcomm Could Lose 30% of Workforce
Norway Completes Transition to Digital Audio Broadcasting
Space Mystery Solved by Student Satellite
China Mobile International Partners with BT to Launch CMLink in UK
Scientists Prove Tailgating Doesn't Get You There Faster
12/20/2017
Silicon
Labs to Acquire Sigma Designs
Google Reveals What Searchers Wanted in 2017
Physicists Excited by Discovery of New Form of Matter, Excitonium
Semi Industry Enters the Age of WOW
Electric Eel Inspires New Power Source
12/19/2017
$56B Semiconductor Equipment Forecast: New Record with Korea
at Top
The Biggest Tech Failures and Successes of 2017
(1st of the year-end-roundups)
Trump Signs Defense Bill, Awaits Funding Fight
IoT and 5G Test Will Make or Break Leaders
IBM
Quantum Woos Fortune 500
12/18/2017
Why Engineers Need to Pay More Attention to Fonts
Ericsson Wins Comprehensive 5G Contract from Verizon
FCC Proposes $25,000 Fine for Breaking Now-Voluntary Labeling Rules
The Sun is Blank, NASA Data Shows It to Be Dimming
Americans Spending More as the Holiday Season Continues
12/15/2017
Researchers Report New Way to Make Dissolving Electronics
Microsoft Asserts Windows Gaining Ground in Education Market
FCC Proposes Penalty for Marketing of Improperly Labeled Radio Devices
Undersea Communications Cables Vulnerable to Sabotage
Your Smartphone as Medicine: Digital Therapy Here to Stay
12/14/2017
FCC Grants Greater Access to Spectrum Above 24 GHz for Wireless
As Wide Bandgap Technology Rises, a New JEDEC Committee Kicks Off
Navy's $500M Electromagnetic Railgun Will Likely Never See Combat
China Denies Using LinkedIn to Recruit German Informants
TSMC Speeds Opening of China Fab
12/13/2017
Broadcom Eyes Replacing Qualcomm's Board, Turning Takeover Hostile
Discovery Sets New World Standard in Nano Generators
WISPA Keeps Argument Alive for Not Changing CBRS Rules
Trump Directs NASA to Return to the Moon, Then Aim for Mars
Former NASA Administrator to Head DOD Tech Research
12/12/2017
Walmart
Calls for Sub-$1 IoT Sensor (akin to call for 1¢
RFID tag in the early 2000s)
Broad 3Q 2017 Electronics Supply Chain Growth – Globally and in Europe
DoE Identifies Material as Fastest Solid-State Conductor for Magnesium
Battery
Croatia Confirms New 60-M Allocation, Expanded 160-M Privileges
Supreme Court Considers Cellphones and Digital Privacy
Heavy Snow, High Winds Wreak Havoc Across Europe
12/11/2017
Ofcom Tells BT to Speed up Investment in Full Fibre
Semiconductor Sales to Top $400B
W1AW Scheduled Transmissions on 6 Meters Beginning January 2
Teen Suicide Rate Linked to Time on Phone
Amazon Deliverymen Pee in Bottles to Make 200 Parcels/Day Quota
(Bezos just needs to give them
chocolates)
12/8/2017
GaN Chip Vendor Snags $15M in Funding
Metal Plate Shunt Resistors Handle High Currents
Europe Export Drive Is Target of Leeds-Based Tech Network
Microsoft to Modernize Redmond Headquarters Campus in 2018
China's Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Tests Weapons That Could Strike the U.S.
in 14 Minutes
12/7/2017
Smartphone Addiction Creates Imbalance in Brain
Senate Bill Proposes Prison Time for Failure to Report Data Breaches
Semiconductor Market Grew 12% in Q3
MacOS High Sierra Flaw Creates High Anxiety
Russian Weather Satellite and 18 Secondary Payloads Lost After Rocket
Failure
12/6/2017
Infineon's 77 GHz Radar ICs Used in Audi A8 Production
Apple Agrees to Pay $15B in Back Taxes to Ireland
Canadian Government Sets up 5G Test Site in Ottawa
Cumulus Radio
Files for Chapter 11
Three Chinese Military Surveillance Satellites Successfully Launched
12/5/2017
Apple Countersues Qualcomm in Court Fight over Patents, Royalties
GaN Chip Vendor Snags $15M in Funding
Amateur Radio-Carrying D-Star One CubeSat Among Spacecraft Apparently
Lost
Verizon to Launch 5G First in Sacramento in Late 2018
Fab Tool Sales Decline for 4th Straight Month
12/4/2017
FCC Dismisses Radio Amateur's Petition to Revise Call Sign Rules
7 Reasons Open Source Software Should Be Avoided
(I have always been dubious of Open Source)
U.S. Positions to Retake Supercomputer Lead
UK High Tech Catapult Programmes Fall Short
Amazon Gives Warehouse Workers Chocolates to Offset Horrid Conditions
12/1/2017
Electronic Counterfeit Parts and Tampering
Andy Rubin, Android Creator, Steps Away from Firm Amid Misconduct Report
Nokia quashes Juniper Networks Rumours
FCC's Pai Says Silicon Valley's Defense of 2015 Net Neutrality is Threat
to Internet
Open-Access Quantum Computer Goes Live in Japan
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