The main takeaway for April is Nougat (Android version 7.x) doubling its share. Note, however, it’s an increase from a very small base.

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Imec has improved its 4x4cm² perovskite module achieving a certified conversion efficiency of 12.4%. This is amongst the highest for this size of perovskite module. The perovskite modules were made using an advanced recipe for the active layer and a process that achieves a high aperture area efficiency in combination with a high operational device stability. …

Read full article: Imec delivers perovskite solar modules with 12.4% conversion efficiency

A new EU-funded project to help businesses meet the challenge posed by data has launched today with the University of Southampton’s electronics department playing a lead role.

Read full article: University of Southampton leads EU data support project for startups

Fred, my robotic Flymo, has had a trauma. Returning from a weekend away I found Fred stinking of fox spray with a fox poo on top of him, stranded, motionless,  in the middle of the lawn. Worse still was that the low voltage cable which connects Fred’s charging station to the mains had been dragged …

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Three build events for Microsoft, Google and Apple will be hosted by hosted by Ipswich-based software company, Coderus at the University of Suffolk and Adastral Park in May and June. The events, which are free to attend, include live streams from the US.  They are being provided in association with BT; Innovation Martlesham, University of Suffolk, Eastern Enterprise …

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Renesas has announced a chip for forward-facing cameras in automated driving and driver assistance systems. At the same time, it has branded its driver-assist and automated driving activities ‘Autonomy’. The chip, called ‘R-Car V3M’ is built around an ARM Cortex-A53 processors and is intended to be built into forward facing cameras, directly connected to the …

Read full article: Renesas aims at driver-assitance cameras

News that Apple is working on a power management IC sent Dialog’s shares diving 16% today. Dialog gets half its revenues from Apple which it supplies with power management ICs. When Apple announced it was ditching Imagination as its GPU supplier, Imagination’s shares fell 60% in a day. Apple’s PMIC development was disclosed by the private …

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Ever consider adding Adafruit’s Ultimate GPS HAT to a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, for extra positioning and highly accurate time capabilities?

Read full article: Adding time and location tracking to a Raspberry Pi

Price Waterhouse Coopers has refused to sign off Toshiba’s accounts and Toshiba has filed them unaudited in a bid to stop being de-listed from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Today is the last day for Toshiba to file to avoid being de-listed. “Toshiba has done everything in its power to gain the understanding of the auditors,” …

Read full article: PwC refuses to sign off Toshiba’s accounts

More than 20% of SSL luminaires for the industrial market exceed 130 lm/W in efficacy according to the US Department of Energy and separately the agency said self-metering products are increasingly viable for LED lighting.