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| Supreme Court to examine proper appointment of judges who oversee patent disputes |
3/3/2021 |
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The question for the justices has to do with more than 250 administrative patent judges who make up the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which was created by Congress in 2011. The court's decision could be disruptive to the functioning of the board, which issues hundreds of decisions a year. The justices' decision could also potentially affect more than 100 other similarly-appointed officials.
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| $15 minimum wage is dead for now! |
3/3/2021 |
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Democrats on Monday seemed to have exhausted their most realistic options for quickly salvaging the pay hike. In one decision, they abandoned a potential amendment threatening tax increases on big companies that don't boost workers’ pay to certain levels.
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| Volvo to go electric vehicles only |
3/3/2021 |
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Swedish automaker said Tuesday that it is phasing out the production of all cars with internal combustion engines — including hybrids by 2030.
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| Electrical goods should last longer to cut waste |
3/2/2021 |
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The "right to repair," as it is sometimes called, comes into force across the 27-nation bloc Monday. It is part of a broader effort to cut the environmental footprint of manufactured goods by making them more durable and energy efficient.
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| China delays flying of the Max 737 |
3/2/2021 |
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“Major safety concerns” raised by Chinese regulators have not been fully resolved, said Dong Zhiyi, deputy administrator of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, at a news conference.
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| State of Texas to sue utilities on outrage electricity bills |
3/2/2021 |
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The lawsuit comes days after Texas' power grid manager effectively shut down Griddy by revoking its access to the state's electricity market. Griddy charges $10 a month to give people a way to pay wholesale prices for electricity instead of a fixed rate. But when temperatures plummeted well below freezing last month, wholesale prices spiked and Griddy customers were left with sky-high electricity bills.
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| TSMC’s Q1 revenue to be up by 20% |
3/1/2021 |
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Overall, TSMC’s revenue is expected to rise 25% increase YoY in 1Q21 on the back of demand for 5G, HPC, and automotive applications.
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| Consumer spending up a solid 2.4% |
3/1/2021 |
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America's consumers stepped up their spending by a solid 2.4% in January in a sign that the economy may be making a tentative recovery from the pandemic recession.
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| A Boeing 777 plane made an emergency landing in Moscow |
3/1/2021 |
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Earlier this month, a Boeing 777 operated by United Airlines had to make an emergency landing in Denver after one of its engines blew apart, spewing large chunks of wreckage that landed in neighborhoods and sports fields.
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| 399nm wafers dominates memory production in 2020 |
2/26/2021 |
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There were 28 companies that owned and operated a 300mm wafer fab. Furthermore, the distribution of 300mm wafer capacity among those manufacturers is top-heavy with the five biggest manufacturers controlling about three-quarters (74%) of the global 300mm IC capacity.
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| Fry's Electronics to close its doors |
2/25/2021 |
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The pandemic has done heavy damage to retailers, but Fry's was already getting hammered by online competition and a battle between heavy-hitters Best Buy and Amazon.com.
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| USPS signed contract for new EV postal delivery trucks |
2/25/2021 |
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Oshkosh Defense, a division of Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Corp., will assemble 50,000 to 165,000 of the new Next Generation Delivery Vehicles at its existing U.S. manufacturing facilities. It will get an initial $482 million toward retooling and building out its factory.
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| Huawei unveiled a folding smartphone with an 8-inch wide screen |
2/24/2021 |
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China’s ruling Communist Party has spent billions of dollars trying to build its own chip industry. But domestic producers lack the technology to manufacture chips for Huawei’s most advanced products. “The bigger question is more about how long their current stockpile of components will last them,”
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| Biden to borrow some of Trump's strategy in reshoring and trade negotiations |
2/24/2021 |
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We may see a continuation of some of the policies from the Trump administration, meaning policies that prioritize American business and manufacturing. Biden may also focus on opening China’s state-dominated economy, rather than just on narrowing China’s multibillion-dollar trade surplus with the U.S., which was where the Trump administration predominantly put its' focus.
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| New car prices jumped 6% |
2/24/2021 |
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The price of an average new vehicle jumped 6% between January of last year, before the coronavirus erupted in the United States, and December to a record $40,578, according to data from Edmunds.com.
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