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3/31/2020
• DoD Concerned
Adversarial Capital Threatens Industrial Base
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Tech Industry's Tectonic COVID-19 Shift
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100 Fabs Taken out of Production in Last Decade
(mainly U.S. & Japan)
• Missile Defense Agency's
Long Range Discrimination Radar Nears Completion
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Infineon Withdraws FY2020 Forecast
3/30/2020
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RF Semiconductor Market Growing at 8.5% CAGR
• ARRL Field
Day 2020 - A Time to Adapt
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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
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European Microwave Week to Take Place as Scheduled in September
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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
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Education Must Keep Pace to Enable Technology Expansion
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Acing the Phone Interview Is Easier Than You Think
• Errata to 2020–2024
Amateur Extra-Class Question Pool Released
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Q1 Foundry Revenues up 30% YoY
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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
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FCC Fines Louisiana Amateur Radio Licensee $18,000
• Engineers
Crack 58-Year-Old Puzzle on Way to Quantum Breakthrough
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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
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Open Source Vulnerabilities Rampant in Popular Projects
("free" often isn't)
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Skyworks and Qorvo Reduce March-Quarter Guidance ~6% due to COVID-19
• 15
Female-Led Tech Companies You Should Know
3/23/2020
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Q1/2020 Smartphone Production Forecast Cut to 13.3% YoY
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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?
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5G Driving Edge Computing Momentum in China
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UK Parliament Takes Another Look at 5G Security Decision
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4G
Goes Live on London Underground
• U.S. Revises Passenger
Safety Rules for Autonomous Vehicles
3/19/2020
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Trade Shows Feel the Brunt of Coronavirus Impact
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Microsoft's Airband Rural Broadband Project Live in 25 States
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Printed Electronics Expect Steep Growth in 2020
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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
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62% of Manufacturers Anticipate Lower Sales for Year
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ARISS Celebrating Successful Launch Carrying Interoperable Radio System to ISS
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U.S. Only 9th Most Innovative Economy in World (do
you believe it?)
3/17/2020
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DOD Halts Domestic Travel for Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
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DOD Restricts International Travel for 60 Days over Coronavirus
• FCC Wraps up 3rd
mmWave 5G Spectrum Auction
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Global Semiconductor Sales Down Slightly YoY
• Days
Were ½-Hour Shorter 70M Years Ago
3/16/2020
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ARRL Suspending Tours and Guest Visits to Headquarters, W1AW
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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
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Ultra-Low Power Wi-Fi Connectivity for the Internet of Things
3/13/2020
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1st Phase of Wi-Fi 6E Trials Records 5G-Comparable Connectivity Speeds
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GaN-on-SiC Wafer Reports 300% Growth in 2019
• Effort to
Make Inflight Wi-Fi Less Awful
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Hackers Target Defense Contractors, Telecoms
• Top 40 Rules to
Fight and Win the Next Space War (did we already
have one?)
3/12/2020
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IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Transistor Pioneer Chenming Hu
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Foxconn Expects Return to Normal in China Factories by April
(suicide
nets going back up?)
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Ultra-Low Power Wi-Fi Connectivity for IoT
• Big 4 Carriers Face
Fines for Selling Customer Location Data
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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)
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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
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Broadband Forum Adds to the "5G Jigsaw" with New Standards
• Engineering a
Skills Shortage Solution
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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
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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
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Ofcom Tests 5G Radiation at 16 UK Sites - No Worries
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Extortion Artists Prey on AdSense Users
• National Infrastructure
Commission Questions UK Progress
• Vodafone
Australia Prepares to Launch 5G After Bumpy 2019
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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
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Tesla, Panasonic Says Hiring "Hundreds" in Buffalo as Solar Business Recovers
(see below)
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Tesla, Panasonic to Lay off 400+ at Buffalo Solar Plant
(see above)
• It's Never Too Late to Upgrade...
to Amateur Extra
at 94
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Production Resuming in China, but Travel Bans Cripple Shipping
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