Tech Headline News Archive - September 2016

9/30/2016

Memristors Provide Boost to Development of Neuroprosthetics

U.S. Army to Test 50-kilowatt Laser Next Year

3UK 'Not Confident' Ofcom Can Stand up to BT, Vodafone

Prediction: Christmas Season E-commerce Sales to Jump 17.2%

Reducing Subthreshold Swing of GaN Transistors

1st Quantum Photonic Circuit with Electrically Driven Light Source

9/29/2016

Blackberry Stops Designing Its Own Phones

5G – Is It Economically Viable?

The Astronaut As Engineer: Winning the Space Race

N. American Semi Equipment Industry Posts August 2016 BtB Ratio of 1.03

More Than 200 U.S. Stations Signed up for Scouting's Jamboree on the Air

Laboratory Continues U.S. EMC Testing Services Expansion

9/28/2016

Google Gets OK to Continue Tests in 27, 31 GHz Bands

U.S. Accuses Tech Firm of Bias Against Asian Software Engineers

Spray Coating to Shield Electromagnetic Interference

DARPA Picks BAE's Smart Handheld EW Sensor

Chip Market to Go Down, Says Future Horizons

Lenovo to Cut More Than 1,000 Jobs, Primarily from Motorola

9/27/2016

AT&T to Pay $450k Fine to FCC over Use of Fixed Wireless Stations

MEMS Industry Group Becomes SEMI Partner

New Cost at College: Digital Access Codes

LED Streetlights Giving Neighborhoods the Blues (like LED billboards, a disaster for astronomy)

Human Error Causes Most Engineering Disasters

Some Yahoo Users Close Accounts Amid Ripple Effects Fears

9/26/2016

Berlin's Bid for London's Tech Talent

Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay Set to Launch Student-Built Pratham Satellite

Automotive Ethernet Needed for Adaptive Headlights

Momentum Building to Urge Senate Passage of the Amateur Radio Parity Act

Cuba to Install Wi-Fi on Havana's Iconic Malecon Seafront (Potemkin village for visiting foreign dignatories)

U.S. Needs Resilient Satellites, Nets to Avoid Space Crisis

9/23/2016

Defense R&D Takes Turn Toward Smaller Vendors

Navy Awards $33M Deal for Tactical Radios

Quantum Teleportation Breakthrough

AT&T Sending Letters to Tower Owners Asking for 'Rents Reduced to Competitive Rates'

Silicon Valley Brits: 'We Had to Leave the UK Behind'

Acoustic Metamaterial Panel Absorbs Low-Frequency Sound

9/22/2016

Moore's Law Did Indeed Stop at 28 nm

Tesla Model S Hacked from 12 Miles Away

China's Space Station 'Out of Control,' on Crash Course to Earth

FCC 'Moving with Dispatch' on 5.9 GHz Tests

Fall in Global Chip Market Slows

Material Boosts Lithium-Ion Battery Capacity

9/21/2016

5G Cellular 'Still in Early Stages'

Shutdown of 2G Networks 'Issue of Concern' for Smaller Carriers

Russia's Mobile Phone Market Returns to Pre-Crisis Level

Yes, People Really Are Driving While Playing Pokemon Go

U.S. House Passes the Amateur Radio Parity Act

Hardware Hack Defeats iPhone Passcode Security

9/20/2016

Gas, Electric or Steam? Car Shopping, 100 Years Ago

Wolfspeed Introduces GaN Devices for C-Band Radar Systems

Chinese Companies Open Checkbooks to Acquire European Tech

Google Offers $200,000 for Android-Busting Exploit

Vodafone Delivers Its First iPhone 7 by Drone

China Launches Second Space Station, Tiangong 2

9/19/2016

Deutsche Telekom Hits 1.2 Gbps in LTE-A Pro Test

How China Could Take over the World's Tech and Automotive Markets

European Commission Plans Free Wi-Fi in Public Spaces

Basic Wearables Soar, Smart Wearables Stall as Market Climbs 26%

Laptop Charger Uses MIT HF Technology to Be Smallest Available

Global Semiconductor Sales Rebound in July

9/16/2016

RFID Journal to Provide Education on RFID Adoption in Aerospace, Defense

Silicon Nanoparticles Instead of Expensive Semiconductors  

Ericsson Sees Positive Reaction to Its 5G New Radio

IC Insights Trims IoT Chip Market Forecast

Chirped Laser Pulses Could Deliver High-Quality Proton Beams

Enhanced 3D Look Inside Batteries

9/15/2016

U.S. Tells Consumers to Stop Using Fire-Prone Samsung Phones

Consumer Electronics Chargers to Comprise 30% of GaN Market in 2022

U.S. House to Act on Amateur Radio Parity Act Bill, H.R. 1301

Renesas Agrees to Pay $3.2B for Intersil

FCC Wants to Replace Your Cable TV Box with an App

iPhone 7 Will Not Be Huge Hit in China

Google to Slap Warnings on Non-HTTPS Sites (https is noticeably slower - compare https:rfcafe.com)

9/14/2016

World's Most Powerful X-Ray Takes a 'Sledgehammer' to Molecules

As More Devices Board Planes, Travelers Are Playing with Fire

FCC Must Walk Fine Line in Convincing Municipalities to Embrace Small Cells (Gov't mandates its will regardless)

Nanodiamonds for Spacecraft and Satellites

Government Surveillance Poses Cyber-Security Threats, ISPs Say

Quickly Find a Job for New Engineering Graduates

9/13/2016

Brexit May Not Be All Bad News, Says IET President

Semi Fab Equipment Spending Ascending

Owners Advised Not to Use Galaxy Note 7 on Planes

MACOM Expands MMIC Amplifiers for Wired Broadband Applications

Ericsson 1st to Deliver 5G NR Radio

1/10th World's Wilderness Lost in 2 Decades (runaway births & manufacturing driving it)

9/12/2016

FCC Chairman: Path to 5G Still Rife with Challenges

Army Awards $249M Contract for Electronic Warfare Support

Higher Bands Will Pick up This Fall, Data Suggest Smaller Solar Cycles Lie Ahead

iPhone 7's Slogan Sounds Like to 'This Is Pen*s' in Cantonese

Navy Pumps up Power on MUOS-Capable Radios

Smartphone Hacks 3-D Printer by Measuring 'Leaked' Energy and Acoustic Waves

9/9/2016

Nokia Malware Report Shows Surge in Mobile Device Infections in 2016

FCC Levies $15k Fine on Florida Pirate Operator

Madala Boson' Could Help Explain Dark Matter

"Frequency Crunch" is ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Topic

Here's Why Thermal Imaging w/o Radar Can't Stop the F-22 or F-35

'Materials That Compute' Advances as Pitt Engineers Demo Pattern Recognition

9/8/2016

China's Manufacturing IoT to Hit US$128B as Industry Shifts to Services

Top 4 Drivers Leading to Growth of the RF IC Market

Japan Helpful on Brexit

Acer's 21-Inch 'Laptop' Gives Ridiculous a New Name

Ericsson, Nokia Look to Ease 5G Adoption

Meteorites Offer Insight into Ion Bombardment on Nanoscale

9/7/2016

Stage 2 of FCC Incentive Auction Set for September 13

Hands-Free Headset Drivers More Likely to Have Rear-End Collision

5 of Top 10 Worldwide Mobile Phone Vendors Increased Sales

Cambridge VC Fund Raises $100M

iPhone7 Boosts Broadcom Results

Global RF IC Market to Grow 12% YoY 2016-2020

9/6/2016

Samsung Recalls Note 7 Flagship over Explosive Batteries

EU Commission Publishes Updated Standards List for EMC Directive

Global GaN Semi Market to Be Worth $3438M by 2024

What Your Choice of Smartphone Says About You

Vulnerabilities Lurk in Cars with Connected Smartphones

Massive MIMO for Ericsson 5G

9/5/2016

IC Industry M&A: Who's Left to Buy?

Lightning Strikes: Thunderstorms Spread Hg Pollution

Google Rumored to Release Quantum Computer Next Year

9/2/2016

FCC Proposes Substantial Fine for Unlicensed Amateur Operation

Samsung Shares Fall over Galaxy Note Fears

Korea Develops Roll-Based Packaging for Flexible Silicon ICs

Internet and Mobile Devices Prompt (+) Lifestyle Changes

Radio on a Power Budget

Terror Attacks 'Redrawing' Tourist Maps

9/1/2016

EC Wants Big Bite of Apple's €13B in Taxes

World Experiencing Ever Growing Coffee Shortage (a crisis!)

Cell Phone Conversations Hinder Child Pedestrian Crossing Abilities

Poll: Should Title "Engineer" Have Protected Status?

New Method of Recovering Gold from Electronics Devices Discovered

BEREC Finalises EU Net Neutrality Guidelines