4/30/3018
Members of Congress Who Questioned Mark Zuckerberg Had Received $641,685
from Facebook
Cable TV's Cord-Cutting Woes Grow
Intel Launches Core i9 Processors for Mobiles, Laptops
China to Invest Heavily in Domestic Chip Production
Microsoft, Facebook, Oracle Among 34 Firms to Join Cybersecurity Tech
Accord
4/27/2018
Floor Plans for Jeff Bezos's $23M D.C. Home (while employees
pee in a bottle)
Establishing Freedom of Action to Propel Electronic Warfare Market Opportunities
Facebook and Google Could Be Nationalized in 5-10 Years
ETNO Expressed "Deep Concern" over Current State of Europe's Telecoms
25 Funniest Things People Asked Their IT Support
(always a good read)
4/26/2018
AM Radio Booming in Puerto Rico
Guerrilla RF Completes $3.8M Series E Funding Round
Amazon Said to Be Developing a Domestic Robot
Survey Names Vodafone as UK's Worst Network Operator
Jaywalking in China Now Punishable by Water Spray (treated like dogs)
4/25/2018
Police Attempt to Unlock Deceased Man's Phone with His Finger at Funeral
Home
The Electronics Industry: A Pawn in the U.S. vs. China Chess Game
Graphene Sets Record for Squeezing Light to 1 Atom
European
Automakers to Add Alibaba Voice Assistant to Cars
Sweden's SAQ LF Transmitter on the Air on May 1
4/24/2018
Qualcomm
Begins Layoffs
DesignCon 2018 Best Paper Awards Honor >50 Engineerings
DISA Put on DoD Budget Chopping Block
Virginia Radio Amateur Completes Contacts on All 29 Ham Bands
Richest 1% on Track to Control 2/3 of World's Wealth by 2030
4/23/2018
iPhone Sales May Be Drastically Below Predictions
It Has Been a Week to Forget for Qualcomm
The Engineer's
2018 Awards Competition is Open for Entries
Smart Initiatives to Create $23T Digital Economy by 2025
U.S. Air Force Increases Focus on Space
4/20/2018
Smartphone Addiction Similar to Substance Abuse
20 Entangled Qubits Bring Quantum Computer Closer
Indian Telcos to See 40% Drop in Revenue
UK Government Biggest Hurdle to Infrastructure Rollout
Sweden's Gun Violence Problem...
4/19/2018
FCC Launches Honors Engineering Program
Google May Team with Nokia re Acquiring In-Flight Tech Unit
ARRL Requests Expanded HF Privileges for Technician Licensees
Ofcom Puts the Breaks on Dark Fibre Access Plans
Telcos Create Global Alliance to Fight Cyber Crime
4/18/2018
Take Part in The Engineer's 2018 Salary Survey
Standards Milestone Could Mark Beginning of End for Passwords
Plan for Quantum Supremacy
South Korean Operators to Share 5G network Infrastructure Costs
EU Commission Releases 2017 Statistics on Unsafe Consumer Products
4/17/2018
American Companies Banned from Selling to Chinese Phone Maker ZTE
T-Mobile Retail Footprint Grows from 3,600 to 5,300 Stores
KPN Launches 5G trials Alongside 3.5 GHz Moan
Replacing Camshafts with Valves Paves Way for Cheaper, Greener Engines
Sitting at Desk All Day May Damage Brain and Raise Dementia Risk
4/16/2018
Distributed Antenna System Market Expected to Grow at 11% CAGR 'till
2023
Semi Leaders' Market Shares Surge over Past 10 Years
Roadside Cameras to Catch Drivers Using Mobile Phones
IT Adds Jobs, But Telecom Jobs Continue Decline
Social Media Data Regulation Appears Likely After Zuckerberg Testimony
4/13/2018
Wireless Charging Module Developed for Aircraft Cabins
5G Subscriber Forecast Raised by 50%
UHF Retail Price Tag Goes Batteryless
Communications in Space: A Deep Subject
Photomask
Sales Surge
4/12/2018
Will Overpaying for Spectrum Come Back to Haunt UK's Big 4?
Facebook Class Action Could Exceed a $T
Diamond-Based Circuits Take the Heat for Advanced Applications
Private Wireless Networks Quietly Becoming a Thing
Imec Fabs p-GaN Power Devices on Thermally Matched Substrates
4/11/2018
France Wants to Reallocate 134 MHz of 2G and 3G Spectrum to 4G
ARISS-Russia International Space Station Slow-Scan Television (SSTV)
Event Set
4G/5G Spectrum Auction Raises £1.36B
What's in Radio's Future?
Intel's 8th Gen Core Processors (nothing
really new in a decade)
4/10/2018
Dearth
of New Features Prolongs Smartphone Lifetimes
ViaSat Small Radio Picked for Sea Communications
FCC Eases Access for Wireless Signal Boosters
T-Mobile Keeps Pressure on for Multiband mmWave Auction
"Knife Control" Laws in London (totally
disarming innocent countrymen)
4/9/2018
Big Order for Shipboard Electronic Warfare
Facebook Says Most User Accounts Accessible to Profile Scrapers
FCC Catches 3 More Radio Pirates Red-Handed
February
Chip Sales Down from January
Global Semiconductor Sales up 21% Y/Y in February
4/6/2018
U.S. Science Set for Record Spending Boost
FCC Grants Waiver of Part 15 Rules for New Ground Penetrating Radar
SpaceX Gets OK to Launch 4,425 Satellites Using Ka, Ku Bands
2G Feature Phones in Emerging Markets Surge While Saturated Regions Await
5G
Microsoft Excel Gains New AI-Powered Data Types
4/5/2018
Canada Earmarks 43% of 600 MHz Spectrum for Smaller Players
Indian Scientists Lose Contact with Satellite
China Telecom Eyes Expansion Abroad as It Posts Strong 2017
Starry's Wi-Fi Service Better Than Fixed 5G
ENISA: 5G Is a Security Risk Right Now
4/4/2018
DHS
Finds Suspected Phone Spying in Washington
Wireless Carriers' Service Revenue Predicted to Peak in 2021
SpaceX Says Iridium Satellite Payload Deployed
Tech Giants Brace for Sweeping EU Privacy Law
Will We Ever Harness Fusion Power? (the
only truly clean power source)
4/3/2018
Elon Musk Announces Tesla is Bankrupt in April Fools' Day Tweet
Cryptocurrency Mining Demand Sucking up TSMC IC Production
Analog Devices Adds Innovative Radar Technology
9 Billion User-Linked Subscriptions to Wireless Services by 2023
London Murder Rate Overtakes New York for 1st Time (knife ban needed)
4/2/2018
Global Semi Industry 2017 Growth Rate Highest in 14 years
FCC Seizes Equipment from Pirate Broadcasters in Boston
Tesla Stock Extends Rout, Set for Worst Month Ever
Qorvo Introduces Industry's Most Powerful GaN-on-SiC Transistor
At $75,560, a prisoner in California Costs More Than a Year at Harvard
3/30/2018
Telstra Unveils 5G WiFi Hotspots in Australia
Researcher Cracks "Hacker-Proof" Crypto Wallet
Webb Telescope's Launch Delayed Until 2020
SSL to Build Direct Broadcasting Satellite for B-SAT
NextGen Lithium-Metal Batteries for Electric Vehicles
3/29/2018
FCC Moving on mm-Wave Auction
ISS's SSTV System to Be Active in April
Deutsche Telekom Kicks off Germany's Biggest Fibre Broadband Initiative
Ofcom Slaps Cap on Openreach Broadband Packages
New Firefox Extension Builds a Wall Around Facebook
3/28/2018
EU Fines Capacitor Cartel (is there nothing
not corrupt?)
Two Radio Amateurs Now on International Space Station
DARPA Seeks Resilient Constellation of Satellites
Radio Remains a Remarkable Medium
India Ranks 109th Globally in Mobile Broadband Speed at 9.01 Mbps
3/27/2018
Semi Industry Assn. Issues Statement on Trump Administration Action on
China
U.S. Companies Maintain Largest Share of Fabless Company IC Sales
China's
Fabless Firms Move up in Rankings
SEMI's February Billings up 22% YoY
FTC Announces Facebook Privacy Investigation
3/26/2018
Europe Proposes 3% Tax on Digital Companies
U.S. Trade Tensions with China Hit Fever Pitch
DoJ Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones
5G Spectrum Auction Opens
$750k Grant from DARPA to Develop Seamless Communication Technology
3/23/2018
5G Could Bring $6B Savings Per Year for UK Government
Space Radiation More Hazardous Than Though for Satellites & Astronauts
Egyptian Jamming of ISIS Terrorists Disrupts Phones in Israel
The Federal 100: Profiles of 2018's Defense Contract Winners
5G Standards Work Continues as 3GPP Plenary Meets in India
3/22/2018
Mayors vs. the
FCC
International Space Station Astronauts Calling "CQ Students"
AT&T Deal Raises Questions About Value of 5G Spectrum
Southwire Recalls Wi-Fi Switches Due to Fire Hazard
Former Qualcomm Chairman Reportedly Seeks Financing to Buy Company
3/21/2018
MPs Summon Mark Zuckerberg and Accuse Facebook of Misleading Them
Wolfspeed Buys Infineon's Radio Frequency Power Business
Navi Mumbai Becomes Fastest 4G City in India
Selling to Telcos in the Age of Digital Transformation
Measuring
Electrical Conductance Across Single Molecule
3/20/2018
iHeartMedia Files for Bankruptcy
Digital Ad Fraud Growing by the Nanosecond
Nokia Urges U.S. to Hurry up and Set 5G Spectrum Auction Calendar
Tennessee Middle School Students Will Send CubeSat into Space
Some Americans 'Constantly' on Internet, Others Remain Offline
3/19/2018
Smart Antenna Market to be Worth $8.95B by 2025
Time for a Reality Check to 5G Exuberance
Trump Pushes for New "Space Force"
Tower Mounted Amplifier Market to See Decade of Growth
Researchers Claim AMD CPUs at Risk from 13 Critical Flaws
3/16/2018
Color the Bands Green for Saint Patrick's Day
Trump Blocks Broadcom's Takeover of Qualcomm
UK Government Congratulates Itself on Contributing £25M to the 5G Cause
Business Is Booming at Boston Lawnmower - Thanks to Radio
A Milestone in Petahertz Electronics
3/15/2018
FCC Nabs Bitcoin Miner for Apparent Interference to T-Mobile Wireless
Broadband Network
Eutelsat Plans Satellite to Assess Potential for Low-Altitude Constellation
Tech Giants Are Stifling the Internet - Berners-Lee
Negatively Charging Planes Could Reduce Mid-Air Lightning Strikes
Deutsche Telekom Upgrades 750,000 Customers to Super-Fast Broadband
3/14/2018
Stephen Hawking Dead at
76
Semiconductor
Fab Closures on the Rise
BlackBerry Sues Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApps over Messaging Tech
Ofcom Reveals Date for UK 5G Spectrum Auction
January Semi Sales up 22.7% Compared to Last Year
Top 25 Patent Applicants to European Patent Office in 2017
