Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - March 2020 |
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• 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 |
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