Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - March 2020

3/31/2020

• DoD Concerned Adversarial Capital Threatens Industrial Base

• Tech Industry's Tectonic COVID-19 Shift

• 100 Fabs Taken out of Production in Last Decade (mainly U.S. & Japan)

• Missile Defense Agency's Long Range Discrimination Radar Nears Completion

• Infineon Withdraws FY2020 Forecast

3/30/2020

• RF Semiconductor Market Growing at 8.5% CAGR

• ARRL Field Day 2020 - A Time to Adapt

• New Dates for IWCE 2020 Announced

• AT&T, Verizon See Consumers Dial up Voice Usage (vs. data)

• Researchers Create Self-Charging Battery

3/27/2020

• The Global State of 5G Devices

• European Microwave Week to Take Place as Scheduled in September

• Radio Amateurs Team up to Help University Design Low-Cost Ventilator

• OneWeb Launches 34 More Internet Satellites

• U.S. Car Sales Could Slump 34% This Year

3/26/2020

• Education Must Keep Pace to Enable Technology Expansion

• Acing the Phone Interview Is Easier Than You Think

• Errata to 2020–2024 Amateur Extra-Class Question Pool Released

• Q1 Foundry Revenues up 30% YoY

• U.S. Graduates Expect Mass Layoffs as Companies Keep Hiring H−1B Visa Workers

3/25/2020

• The COVID-19 Outbreak Could Snag CMMC Implementation

• FCC Fines Louisiana Amateur Radio Licensee $18,000

• Engineers Crack 58-Year-Old Puzzle on Way to Quantum Breakthrough

• Indian Supreme Court Explodes over Telcos' Self-Assessed AGR Repayments

• Fusion Researchers Endorse Push for Pilot Power Plant in U.S.

3/24/2020

• ARRL Headquarters Closed

• Remotely Working Engineers Get Free Access to OrCAD PCB Designer

• Open Source Vulnerabilities Rampant in Popular Projects ("free" often isn't)

• Skyworks and Qorvo Reduce March-Quarter Guidance ~6% due to COVID-19

• 15 Female-Led Tech Companies You Should Know

3/23/2020

• Q1/2020 Smartphone Production Forecast Cut to 13.3% YoY

• Dish Loans Spectrum to AT&T to Tackle COVID-19

• Researchers Expose Vulnerabilities of Password Managers (I don't use them)

• Free High-Speed Internet Hubs Deployed Ahead of Ireland's National Broadband Plan

• Samsung Expects Chip Demand Growth Despite Coronavirus

3/20/2020

• Work from Home: Can Telecoms Industry Take the Strain?

• 5G Driving Edge Computing Momentum in China

• UK Parliament Takes Another Look at 5G Security Decision

• 4G Goes Live on London Underground

• U.S. Revises Passenger Safety Rules for Autonomous Vehicles

3/19/2020

• Trade Shows Feel the Brunt of Coronavirus Impact

• Microsoft's Airband Rural Broadband Project  Live in 25 States

• Printed Electronics Expect Steep Growth in 2020

• Electronic Waste and Circular Economy Inquiry Re-launched

• Covid-19 and the Taiwan Success Story

3/18/2020

• One VHF-UHF-Microwave Conference Postponed, Another Canceled

• Coronavirus Costs and Consequences to Tech Trade Shows

• 62% of Manufacturers Anticipate Lower Sales for Year

• ARISS Celebrating Successful Launch Carrying Interoperable Radio System to ISS

• U.S. Only 9th Most Innovative Economy in World (do you believe it?)

3/17/2020

• DOD Halts Domestic Travel for Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

• DOD Restricts International Travel for 60 Days over Coronavirus

• FCC Wraps up 3rd mmWave 5G Spectrum Auction

• Global Semiconductor Sales Down Slightly YoY

• Days Were ½-Hour Shorter 70M Years Ago

3/16/2020

• ARRL Suspending Tours and Guest Visits to Headquarters, W1AW

• Huawei to Build French Factory Regardless of 5G Decision

• Fujitsu Gets License to Establish 1st Private 5G Radio Station in Japan

• FCC Denies Amateur Operator Renewal

• Ultra-Low Power Wi-Fi Connectivity for the Internet of Things

3/13/2020

• 1st Phase of Wi-Fi 6E Trials Records 5G-Comparable Connectivity Speeds

• GaN-on-SiC Wafer Reports 300% Growth in 2019

• Effort to Make Inflight Wi-Fi Less Awful

• Hackers Target Defense Contractors, Telecoms

• Top 40 Rules to Fight and Win the Next Space War (did we already have one?)

3/12/2020

• IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Transistor Pioneer Chenming Hu

• Foxconn Expects Return to Normal in China Factories by April (suicide nets going back up?)

• Ultra-Low Power Wi-Fi Connectivity for IoT

• Big 4 Carriers Face Fines for Selling Customer Location Data

• SATELLITE 2020 to Take Place as Scheduled Next Week

3/11/2020

• Rare Isaac Newton Manuscript Discovered in Corsican Library (amazing!)

• Coronavirus Triggering Fear of Going to Work

• 5G May Uncover Potential Vulnerabilities for Cyber Security

• Your Phone Can Be Hacked with Vibrations

• Quantum Approach Develops Faster Algorithms to Deduce Complex Networks

3/10/2020

• The Decline of the Home Radio (I have 5 in regular use)

• Coronavirus Fears Spur Cancellation, Postponement of Some Ham Radio Events

• Four Operators Take Lead on GSMA Edge Initiative

• Unwanted Robocalls up 49% in One Year

• Potassium Metal Battery Emerges as Rival to Lithium-Ion Technology

3/9/2020

• U.S., China Clash over Head of UN Intellectual Property Agency

• Broadband Forum Adds to the "5G Jigsaw" with New Standards

• Engineering a Skills Shortage Solution

• Motorola Wins $$$Multimillion Theft of Trade Secrets Case Against Hytera

• Congress Questions Navy's Plan for Large Drone Ships

3/6/2020

• More Colleges Eye AI to Track, Monitor Students

• Huawei Position in UK Called into Question by Rowdy Politicians

• UK's Ofcom Ends Policy of Granting 2-Letter Call Sign Suffixes

• Quantum Computing Goes Live for TIM in Another European 1st

• U.S. Supreme Court Allows Retirement Plan Lawsuit Against Intel

3/5/2020

• Ofcom Tests 5G Radiation at 16 UK Sites - No Worries

• Extortion Artists Prey on AdSense Users

• National Infrastructure Commission Questions UK Progress

• Vodafone Australia Prepares to Launch 5G After Bumpy 2019

• Google to Invest >$10B in 2020 on U.S. Data Centers

3/4/2020

• U.S. Space Force Wants Anti-Jam SATCOM for Battlefield Communications

• White House and FCC Plan 5G Summits

• "Hidden Figures" Mathematician NASA Technologist Katherine Johnson Dies at 101

• Congressmen Form Broadcasters Caucus

• Rohde & Schwarz Does 5G Live Broadcast Test in Barcelona

3/3/2020

• FCC Looking to Open up C-Band Spectrum for 5G Use

• U.S. Army Seeking New Tactical Network Radios

• FCC Proposes $13M Fine for Provocative Robocalls

• 50-Year-Old Air Bearing Theory Proved

•  Vodafone Increases Speed of Existing 5G Sites in Germany

3/2/2020

• 7 Questions for the Mobile Industry

• Tesla, Panasonic Says Hiring "Hundreds" in Buffalo as Solar Business Recovers (see below)

• Tesla, Panasonic to Lay off 400+ at Buffalo Solar Plant (see above)

• It's Never Too Late to Upgrade... to Amateur Extra at 94

• Production Resuming in China, but Travel Bans Cripple Shipping