Electronics & Tech Headline News Archive - January 2018

Technology Headline News Archives - RF Cafe

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1/31/2018

NYU Spinoff Develops 5G Emulator

Year End Semi Equipment Sales Wow!

Anticipated New Building Won't Be Ready for Hamvention 2018

UMC Slashes Capex

Air Force Research Lab Wants 'Virtual Wingman' for Analytics

1/30/2018

Canadian Radio Amateur Finds Resurrected NASA Satellite

Budget Uncertainty Weighs on Air Force Research Efforts

Qualcomm in China: BFF or DOA?

An Engineer Reflects on 20 Years at DesignCon

How Millennials View Digital Identity

1/29/2018

'Cord-Cutters' Leaving Cable and Satellite

AT&T Captures $2B Classified NSA Tech Contract

Qualcomm Takes Step Closer to $47B NXP Buyout

FCC Names New Audio Division Chief

More Satellite-Guided Artillery Smart Munitions

New Fuel Cell Technology Runs on Solid Carbon

1/26/2018

FCC Cites Auto Dealership for Cell Phone Interference

Chemists Gear-up for 2019 International Year of the Periodic Table

Broadcom Chats with FTC and SEC over Acquisition and Tax Shelter

Smartphones Come in Handy for Rare Cosmic Particles Search

Iconic Broadcaster Ed McLaughlin Dies

1/25/2018

Japanese Fab Converted into Winery

2017 Ig Nobel Prizes Announced

Google, Amazon Among IT Giants Backing Microsoft in Supreme Court Case

Nokia Wins 5G business with Japan's NTT DoCoMo

U.S. Clears Chinese Firm's Acquisition of Fab Tool Vendor

1/24/2018

Chipmakers Rally in Talent War

Google Rolls out Unlimited Data Plan for Project Fi Wireless Users

ARRL CEO Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, to Retire

Chinese Zhou Enlai Student Satellite Set to Launch

NASA Spacecraft to Get Closer to Sun Than Anything Before  - going at night ;-)

1/23/2018

Army Upgrades Ground-Penetrating Radar for IEDs

China to Install >120,000 Public EV Charging Piles by 2020

Qualcomm NXP Deal Approved by EU and Korea

Ericsson Introduces Radio Dot Small Cell for Indoor 5G

1/22/2018

FCC Announces Plans for Partial Government Shutdown

Apple Says $350B in Business Spending to Boost U.S. Economy

U.S. Manufacturing Output Rose in December for 4th Month

Permanent WSPR Beacon in Antarctica Now on the Air

Broadcom Under Investigation by FTC

How Technology Is Changing the Manufacturing Workforce

1/19/2018

China Approves Advanced Radio Telescope Project

Net Neutrality Repeal Will Restore a Free Market for Internet Service

Qualcomm Engaging Shareholders Amid Broadcom Hostile Bid

Mysteries of a Promising Spintronic Material Revealed

Ericsson to Write down $1.8B in Q4 2017

1/18/2018

CES 2018: 5G News and Nuggets

U.S. Not Prepared for Electronic Warfare vs. Russia and China

Trump: The iPhone Will Be Built in Wisconsin

Analogue IC Market Is Fastest Growing

New Catalyst for Hydrogen Production a Step Toward Clean Fuel

1/17/2018

5G: Let the Hype Commence

Google to Deploy 3 New Undersea Cables for Cloud Infrastructure

Lawmakers Urge AT&T to Cut Commercial Ties with Huawei

Semi Market to Grow 7.5% in 2018

U.S. Plans New Nuclear Weapons

1/16/2016

A Note to Members from ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR

EU Outlines Supercomputer Plan

DARPA Looks to Radio for Better Network Resiliency

UK Telcos Make Record Compensation Payouts in 2017

Toy Vendor VTech Hit with FTC Fine for Child Privacy Breach

1/15/2018

FCC Launching Full Inquiry into False Hawaii Missile Alert

OTA, Far-Field RF Charger Gets FCC Approval

Microsoft Tweaks Edge Browser in Wake of Meltdown, Spectre CPU Flaws

Nominations Sought for Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award

Qorvo® Selected for Qualcomm Cellular-V2X Automotive Reference Design

1/12/2018

FCC Opens Era of Wireless Charging 'At-Distance'

China, Samsung Rise in U.S. Patents

Ten Telecoms Predictions for 2018

"Broadband First" as Trump Plans to Boost Coverage in Rural America

HP Recalls 50K Laptops After Reports of Batteries Catching Fire

1/11/2018

Lights out at CES: Trade Show Plunges into Darkness

600 MHz Incentive Auction Extravaganza Ends with a Whimper

Bluetooth® 5.0 ICs Realize High-Performance, Long Range, Low Power

White House Names Acquisition Leaders at DOD, Air Force

Design News Announces 2018 Golden Mousetrap Awards Finalists

1/10/2018

U.S. Spy Satellite Believed Lost After SpaceX Mission Fails (...or not)

Submarine Cable Record 144 Tbps from Hong Kong to L.A. in 1 Second

Apple Offers iPhone Users Apology, $29 Battery Replacement Deal

NCVEC Releases New Technician License Question Pool

Former Employee Sues Google Claiming Discrimination Against White Men

1/9/2018

FCC's Ajit Pai Cancels CES Appearance Due to Death Threats

Has the White House Sent a Signal on CBRS?

Meltdown and Spectre Hacks Requires CPU IC Replacements to Prevent

Cooling Ardor for Flashy Smartphones

Intel Fixing Security Vulnerability in Its Chips

1/8/2018

ESD Deaths at All-Time Record Low in 2017

Verizon Prepares to Roll out Massive MIMO

2017 Fab Equipment Spend up 41% YoY

U.S. Cellular to Leverage Machine Learning to Plan Small Cell Build-Outs

Apple Leads Race to Become World's 1st $1T Company

1/5/2018

New Breed Drives Deal-Making Frenzy at Computer Chip Firms

What Spectrum Bands Will U.S. Operators Use for Mobile 5G?

Global Semi Sales Increase 21.5% YoY in November

Will Electric Vehicles Surpass Combustion Engine Vehicles?

Nationwide Search Begins in UK for Young Space Entrepreneurs

1/4/2018

Sweden Hopeful to Get Big on Small Satellite Market

Qualcomm's Chip Industry Challenges to Follow It into 2018

Contact Lost with New Angolan Communications Satellite

Thermoelectric Power Generation at Room Temperature

Helping Advertisers Find Value in Local Radio

1/3/2018

Commercial 5G Products as Soon as 2018

With an Official 5G Standard, Rollouts Will Soon Commence

Flagship Apple Store Struggling with Cracking Windows, Bird Strikes

The Sad State of Radio ... People

Alien Incarceration Report FY2017-Q4 (94% of aliens in custody are illegal)

1/2/2018

IEEE Spectrum's Most Popular Stories of 2017

UK Tells Tech Titans to Help Fight Terror or Face Tax Blitz

Analysts Cut iPhone X Shipment Forecasts

UK Updates 5G Strategy

Calcium, Vitamin D Probably Doesn't Protect Your Bones (more settled science unsettled)

1/1/2018

Fierce Wireless' 10 Biggest Stories of 2017 in Wireless Tech

Is Apple Evil? The Case of the Slow iPhone

iPhone X Facial Recognition Accused of Racism

Taxpayers Give $18B Gift to the Post Office Every Year (in spite of their claim of independence)

Georgia Approves 1st New U.S. Nuclear Reactors Since '78