It’s time for legislators to consider aspects of LED lighting other than energy efficiency, the industry association says in a position paper that reaffirms its push towards human-centric lighting.

AWS is pleased to announce immediate availability of the new Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region. Mumbai joins Beijing, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo as the sixth AWS Region in Asia and as the thirteenth worldwide, bringing the total number of AWS Availability Zones to 35 worldwide. 

Join Tom Freyberg from WWi magazine for the Desalinate newscast, bringing together the latest news from the global desalination industry…

Join Tom Freyberg from WWi magazine for the Desalinate newscast, bringing together the latest news from the global desalination industry…

After dropping 7% in 2015 to $12.3 billion, power transistor sales are expected to stabilize and begin a modest recovery in 2016, growing by a little over 1% to $12.4 billion, says IC Insights. Power transistors—the $12 billion growth engine in the $21 billion discrete semiconductor market—have faced a choppy uphill climb since surging in …

Power transistor market growing at 4% CAGR

Take a look at this report from US website Make, describing how to make a wireless drone-disbler using a Raspberry Pi.

DIY Raspberry Pi defence against your neighbour’s drone

When I tell you that I am looking at the Spendwallet, “The thinnest electronic wallet that consolidates all your cards”, you’ll not be surprised to know that the first thing I wanted to know about was security.

Spendwallet style takes care of your substance

Intel, having failed to sell its VC arm, is now putting McAfee on the block, reports the FT. No one could ever explain why it bought McAfee in 2010 in for $7.7 billion. Especially when the EC then extracted an undertaking that any special protection developed for x86 processors would also be offered to AMD. …

Intel Said To Be Selling McAfee

Recent company acquisitions in the component distribution sector may only be the start of things. Since selling over the internet changed the way companies and so-called “maker” designers find and buy new components, the distribution business has been turned on its head. For decades the component distribution business was straight-forward. Supply companies with components for …

Makers make their mark with distributors

Qualcomm has developed a prototype radio system for 5G mobile communications research and first network trials. Interestingly, this latest 5G prototype system from Qualcomm operates in the sub-6GHz spectrum bands and not in the millimetre-wave (28-65GHz) frequency bands. However, this just confirms the likelihood of a two stage introduction of 5G services over the next …

Qualcomm offers 6GHz radio chips for early 5G launch