Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - January 2017

Technology Headline News Archives - RF Cafe

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1/31/2017

Carbon Nanotube Memory Company's Ship May Finally Come In

Executive Viewpoints: 2017 Semi Outlook

How Much Data Are Cellular and WiFi Really Using?

Industry Agrees on Wireless Charging Standard for Cars

Samsung Reveals Cause of Galaxy Note7 Battery Fires, Explosions

1/30/2017

Is Semiconductor M&A Wave Dissipating?

Qualcomm Feels Smartphone Squeeze

Test Engineer to Give Real-Life Lessons at DesignCon 2017

U.S. Naval Academy HFsat Coordinated for 15 Meter-to-10 Meter Transponder

Some Silicon Valley Tech Executives Bunkering for Doomsday (they'll probably cause it)

1/27/2017

How Your Phone Knows Where You Have Been

Innovations at 7nm to Keep Moore's Law Alive

4-Point Plan to Save the Tech Sector Post-Brexit (usually safe to ignore the 'experts')

Massive Networks of Fake Bot Accounts Found on Twitter (...while dupes base their pathetic lives on 'likes')

China Strengthens Lead in Electromobility

1/26/2017

Amateur Radio Parity Act Speeds to U.S. House Passage, Heads to Senate

CEPT Meeting Makes Progress on WRC-19 Agenda Items Affecting Amateur Radio

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Crisis Signals Problems at Korea Inc.

The Diesel Engine at 120

Hawaiians Call Mark Zuckerberg 'The Face of Neocolonialism' over Land Grab (he's an elitist now)

1/25/2017

FCC Adjusts Civil Monetary Penalties

Lawrence Livermore Physicist Jailed for Fraud

Graphene's Sleeping Superconductivity Awakens

New Hotel Owner Wants Ham Repeater Antennas Removed from Roof

Japan's Space Industry Gets Some New Life

1/24/2017

New LinkedIn Site Design Encourages Engagement (meh)

Chip Sales Grew 1.5% in 2016

Trump to Tap Pai as FCC Chair

Several CubeSats with Amateur Radio Payloads Deployed from ISS

Gallium Oxide Offers Promise for Power Electronics

1/23/2017

15 Views from a Silicon Summit

RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launch Moved to Late August

AT&T: Hotspot 2.0 a 'Critical Requirement' for Wi-Fi

$24B Semi Assembly and Testing Services Poised for Steady Growth

Google Giving Its Products Significant Advantage on Search Results

1/20/2017

Hamvention Ready to Deal with Anticipated Traffic Flow at New Venue

Antitrust Suit Against Apple Can Move Forward

Obama Last-Minute Spy Law Could Reignite Safe Harbour Debate

Flame Retardant in Li-Ion Batteries Could Quench Fires

Sweden's SAQ Alexanderson Alternator Station Reports 'Successful' Christmas Transmission

1/19/2017

FCC Fines Pirate FM Operator $25k (the guy is a dope)

GaAs Component Market to Grow >4% to $9.13B in 2021

British Military Contracts for 1st Laser Weapon in Mid 2020s

TSMC Expects Flat Year for Foundry

Scientists Tie the Tightest Knot Ever Achieved

1/18/2017

techUK Welcomes PM May's Brexit Plan

Got 5 Minutes? Meet a Mentor, Be a Mentor

Global Semiconductor Sales up 7% Y/Y

2017 Slowdown in Semiconductor Capex Growth

PC Shipments Decline for 5th Straight Year

1/17/2017

Pure-Play Foundry Market Surges 11% in 2016 to Reach $50B

ARRL Asks FCC to Allocate New 5 MHz Band

5 Years Will Flip Tech to a New Level

IoT Spending Hit Estimated $737B in 2016

LTE Alliance Says LTE Broadcast Making Important Progress

1/16/2016

CubeSat-Carrying Experimental Japanese Rocket Launch Scrubbed

UK Regulator Ofcom No Longer Listing Unassigned Amateur Radio Call Signs

Canada Revises Amateur Radio Service Requirements

Want to Grow AM Radio? Follow These 5 Steps

China Launches New Electronic Intelligence Naval Ship

1/13/2017

Is Wi-Fi Bad for Our Health?

Verizon Has Deployed Fixed 5G Gear in 10+ U.S. Cities

ZTE to Cut 3,000 Jobs

Verizon Kills 2-Year Contracts and Smartphone Subsidies

>100M Online Shoppers Expected in 2017

1/12/2017

USAF Explores Commercial Satellite Resiliency

FBI Paying Geek Squad Members to Dig Around in Computers?

Radio Club of America Announces New 'Wireless Women' Section on Website

FCC Warns of IRS Impersonation Phone Scam

Beijing's Snow So Dirty, Government Advises Use of Umbrellas

1/11/2017

Nokia Android Phone Spurns the West

Process Makes Smaller, Cheaper Chips

630 Meters Becoming a "Mainstream Amateur Band"

Wi-Fi Providing Precision Time Synchronization

WH Report Warns of China's Threat to Chip Industry

1/10/2017

Norway Warned Plan to Switch off FM Radio Will 'Cut off Millions'

Wi-Fi Expands with 802.11ax at CES

FCC Dismisses 2 Petitions from Radio Amateurs

ARRL Education & Technology Program Offers Grants to 4 Schools

2G Sunset a Slow Burn

1/9/2017

5G, Virtual Reality, IoT Poised to Dominate CES 2017

Britain Has World's Top Economy 6 Months After Brexit

What U.S. Tech Giants Face in Europe in 2017

France Becomes Every Worker's Dream with New Email Policy

5 More Mistakes to Avoid in Product Development

1/6/2017

Verizon and AT&T Prepare to Bring 5G to Market

Tesla Owner Files Sudden Acceleration Lawsuit

States Wire up Roads as Cars Get Smarter

CES 2017: UK Support to Tech Firms 'an Embarrassment'

GaN Thin-Film Transistors Produced in 200°C Process

1/5/2017

Semi Forecasts Bullish

Fridges, Washing Machines May Be Vital Witnesses in Murder Plots

Automation to Kill 15M Jobs in 20 Years

2017: The Year of Self-Driving Cars and Trucks (see above)

FCC Approves New Emergency Alert System 'Event Codes'

1/4/2017

Nokia Hits Apple with Patent Suits

Special Call Sign Prefixes Available to Celebrate Canada's Sesquicentennial

From 5G Trials to IoT Debates, 2016 Delivered in Wireless Tech

Ericsson, Nokia Stumble Through Market Slowdown

Total Memory Market Forecast to Increase 10% in 2017

1/3/2017

Qualcomm Makes $47 Billion Takeover Bid for NXP Semiconductor

China Starts 2017 Engulfed by Smog

2016: Lethargic Bidding in FCC's 600 MHz Spectrum Auction

3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Will Grow in 2017

Panasonic to Invest >$256M in Tesla's U.S. Solar Cell Plant

1/2/2017

Microsoft to Be First Company to Reach $1Trillion Valuation

92% of UK Engineers Are Men and 94% Are White (oppression the only explanation per PC reasoning)

Solid State Technology: 2016 in Review

FCC Denies Expert Linears' Request for Waiver of 15 dB Rule

2017: More Apple Security Flaws, Cyberattacks, Hacktivisim