Tech Industry Headlines Archive - October 2017

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10/31/2017

FCC Proceeding Includes 3.5 GHz Rule Overhaul

GlobalFoundries' Momentum in China

CCA 2017: Tackling the Network Capacity Conundrum

Looking for Errors in a 'Black Box'

Apple May Have Fudged iPhone X's Face ID

10/30/2017

Tennessee RadioShack Re-Opens, Partners with Ham Radio Club

FCC Eliminates 80-Year Old Broadcast Main Studio Rule

New Graphene Sensor Less Noisy, More Sensitive

How Tech Will Shape Future Battlefields

Apple and Samsung Headed Back to Court

10/27/2017

Growth Slows, But RF GaAs Device Revenue Inches Higher

Semiconductor Equipment Market Cools Further

10 of World's Most Innovative Universities in 2017

10 Best Smartphones of 2017 per Consumer Reports

10 of History's Greatest American Pickup Trucks (vintage truck prices are outrageous now)

10/26/2017

G2 (Moderate) Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued for October 25

Apple, GE Join Forces on Industrial IoT Apps

Navy Adds mmWave Radar to AGM-88B Anti-Radiation Missile

GSMA Puts out One Final Plea for Spectrum Sanity

GM Brings Lidar Development in House

10/25/2017

This Technology May Speed up Home Internet

China Speeds Ahead of U.S. in Quantum Tech, Worrying Scientists

Americans Retiring Later, Dying Sooner, Sicker In-Between

Companies Wasting Money on Benefits Employees Don't Value

Carbon Nanotubes Make Big Push in Plasmonic Circuits

10/24/2017

Nokia to Create a 5G Pilot Zone in Russia

Concerns Raised over NIST Security Breaches

The SIA Turns 40

NI Offers Free NIDays Tickets for Your Opinion on LabVIEW

Chinese CAS-4A and CAS-4B Amateur Radio Satellite Transponders Activated

10/23/2017

Tech Pours Millions into Lobbying

CR Says Old Samsung Phones Beat iPhone 8

Verizon Walks Back Its 5G Wireless Hype

Navy to Enhance EW Receivers EA-18G Aircraft

QRZ DX and The DX Magazine Publisher Carl Smith, N4AA, SK

10/20/2017

U.S. Tech Giants May Find Their Future Shaped by Europe

Caribbean Telecommunications Union Head Calls for "New Generation" of Hams

FCC Further Extends Waiver on RF Equipment Information Collection Requirements

Vodaphone Says EU Could Learn from India on Spectrum Allocation

iPhone 7 Selling Faster Than iPhone 8

10/19/2017

Semi Market Will Be Worth $411B This Year

How to Manage Semiconductor Tool Obsolescence

Taiwan Hits Qualcomm with $773M Antitrust Fine

Qualcomm Files Patent Lawsuits Seeking iPhone Sales Ban in China

Chip Sales Forecasts Lifted Again

10/18/2017

New Study Shows That Cracked Phones May Be No Accident

TV Stocks Tumble After AT&T Cord-Cutting Disclosure

Sprint Touts 33% Network Speed Increase over Last Year

Massive Adoption of Laser Tech for Semiconductor Manufacturing

Google and Others Likely to Make Spectrum Sharing Easier

10/17/2017

28% of Telcos Expect to Deploy 5G in 2018

WD to Offer 40 TByte Hard Drives

JOTA-JOTI Reports More Than 2,500 Registered for October 20-22 Event

Taiwan Hits Qualcomm with $773M Antirust Fine

Intel Delivers 17-Qubit Superconducting Chip

10/16/2017

Smartphone Cameras Peek Around Corners by Analyzing Patterns of Light

FCC Grants Experimental License for Project to Help Provide Cell Service in Puerto Rico

Tragedy of Americana: California Wildfire Destroys 'Peanuts' Creator's Home

5G Rollout May Happen Faster Than You Think

Go-Ahead for Protest-Hit Telescope in Hawaii

10/13/2017

BlackBerry Launches New Full Touch-Screen Phone with Massive Battery

Reversal of Current Flow in Quantum System

FCC Affirms Huge Fine in New York Interference Case

How to "Unsuck" Radio, in 10 Easy Steps

Foundries Target China

10/12/2017

Gartner Identifies Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018

Update on Europe Radiation Mystery

House-Size Asteroid to Pass Only 27k Miles from Earth!

Google, WISPA Continue Fight to Retain 3.5 GHz Rules

Coating Makes Electronically Heated Textiles Possible

10/11/2017

Google's Broadband Balloons Descend on Puerto Rico

ARRL and Local Volunteers in Puerto Rico Working Together in Storm Recovery

12 People Who Engineered Change Without a College Degree

ZTE to Launch Folding Smartphone Ahead of Apple, Samsung

Putting Smart Weapons to the Test

10/10/2017

India Will Get Chip Industry

World's Largest Math Proof Is a Whopping 200 TBytes in Size

Beyond Indoor Voice Coverage: What's Next for VoWiFi?

AMSAT Pioneer Patrick J. A. Gowen, G3IOR, SK

AOL Instant Messenger Ending (the yellow running man)

10/9/2017

EU Proposes New Tax Plan for U.S. Tech Giants

ARRL Research Project Alert - You might Be Asked to Participate

Silicon Valley Jobs a Good Deal for Engineers, Even with High Cost of Living

5G to Take Away Sheen from Smartphones for a While

Flexible New Platform for High-Performance Electronics

10/6/2017

Monthly Chip Sales Hit $35B for 1st Time

Spike in Airborne Radioactivity Detected in Europe

Harris Awarded$765M Contract for Portable Radios

L-Band Satellite Operators Need to Reposition

Ultra-Energy-Efficient Magnetic Memory Controlled by Shapes of Atoms

10/5/2017

Yahoo Says all 3 Billion Accounts Hacked (why does anyone still use Yahoo?)

Senate Confirms FCC Chairman Ajit Pai for 2nd Term

Nobel Prize for Physics Awarded to Gravitational Wave Pioneers

Semiconductor Industry Backs Trump's Tax Reform Plan

Telcos Revitalizing Business with Improved Customer Experience

Unprecedented Opportunities in Automotive Electronics

10/4/2017

Google, Facebook May Have to Reveal Deepest Secrets

Microsoft Excel Update to Make Spreadsheets Smarter

IARU President: Traditional Aspects of Ham Radio May Not Be Attractive to Newcomers

North Korea Said to Be Aggressively Jamming BBC Korean Language Service

ISPs Urge Supreme Court to Kill Net Neutrality

10/3/2017

FCC Says U.S. Wireless Market Sufficiently Competitive

Trump Calls for Investigation into China's IP Theft

BlackBerry Stays in Black for Q2

Massive Fine for Florida Pirate Radio Operator

NFL Arrest-O-Meter (helps explain why players hate cops)

10/2/2017

India Looks to Be a Leader in 5G

iPhone 8 Still Packs Skyworks, Broadcom

Ericsson May Cut 14,000 Jobs

Dish's Spectrum Undervalued by 45%

Why Faraday's Law and Lorentz Force Create the Same EMF