Woodstock Wire: Industry News

Media -- PYMNTS.com - The U.S. economy may be rebounding faster than previously thought, with orders of durable goods - from cars to communications equipment - handily beating estimates for September.



Durable goods orders surged 1.9 percent in September, the U.S....

Justmeans -- NDC announces the Leadership Excellence in Technology Award as a part of the National Diversity & Leadership Conference on Oct. 27-28 & Nov. 4-5. The virtual event features speakers Donna Brazile, Anne Chow, Tony Plana,...

Justmeans -- NDC announces the Top Chief Financial Officers Award as a part of the 2020 National Diversity & Leadership Conference on Oct. 27-28 & Nov. 4-5. The virtual event features speakers Donna Brazile, Anne Chow, Tony Plana,...

Aspencore -- EETimes Europe - The economic crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting most industries. Despite all the difficulties induced by this complicated context, the Italian electronics sector is among the few to have shown a limited decline. Above...

Media -- eBOM - Chinese New Year usually falls somewhere between the end of January and the middle of February. Next year in 2021, it is set to commence on 12th February and will be the year of the Ox. Chinese New Year is a time for celebration and is known to...

Media -- DIGITIMES - Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 123.91 for September 2020, reaching the highest-ever monthly level and increasing 3.20% sequentially and 11.32% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).

Justmeans -- The National Diversity & Leadership Conference Announces the 2020 Top 50 Chief Diversity Officers.

Justmeans -- The National Diversity & Leadership Conference Announces the 2020 Power 50.

Justmeans -- The National Diversity & Leadership Conference Announces the 2020 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Tech.

Tech -- TechCrunch - Lee Kun-hee, the long-time chairman of Samsung Group who transformed the conglomerate into one of the world's largest business empires, died today at the age of 78, according to reports from South Korean leading news agency Yonhap.

The story...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - The International Monetary Fund published projections for 2020 and 2021, Europe's manufacturing update and more in the Weekly Global Update.

Media -- Time - Business - China's economic growth accelerated to 4.9% over a year earlier in the latest quarter as a shaky recovery from the coronavirus pandemic gathered strength.



Figures announced Monday for the three months ending in September...

Aspencore -- EPS News - Engineers aren't that different from procurement professionals -- they have more to do and less time to do it. And, like purchasing experts, they are happy with their jobs.

More than 1,400 engineers participated in a semi- annual survey conducted...

Think -- Nimble Gravity - While we believe most companies benefit from moving their product catalog and service offerings online, a digital transformation is much more than simply a better website or an online store. Here are five ideas for digital transformation...

Tech -- BGR - Dr. Anthony Fauci was not happy with a recent Trump campaign video that used his remarks about the coronavirus out of context.



Trump, in response, called Fauci a "Democrat" and said that he keeps him around because "he's a nice guy."

Bill Gates...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Google is putting A.I. and machine learning technologies into the hands of journalists. The company this morning announced a suite of new tools, Journalist Studio, that will allow reporters to do their work more easily. At launch, the suite...

Media -- ElectronicsB2B - Global shifts in trade policies, like the US-China face-off, as well as the pandemic that has shown that dependence on one country for electronics raw materials can be a dangerous strategy, have given India a chance to step up....

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - A look at rising PMIs, the market in China and Taiwan, a decline in North American PCB sales and more in the Weekly Global Update.

Enterprise -- SAP - According to Oxford Languages, DNA is "the fundamental and distinctive characteristics or qualities of someone or something, especially when regarded as unchangeable." It is interesting to me that they provide the following statement as an example...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Data and other performance indicators of the European electronics supply chain.

Life -- Gallup Headlines - A new Google/Gallup report shows boys in grades seven to 12 are nearly three times as likely as girls to say they may pursue a career in computer science.

Media -- Electronics News Post - Women in Electronics, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the professional and personal development of women in the electronics industry, today announced its 4th Annual Leadership...

Media -- Semiconductor Engineering - Israel is at the front of pack with China and the United States when it comes to tech startups. But when it comes to large, indigenous tech giants, the country is nowhere to be seen.

Virtually every major semiconductor company...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Google has long had a frenemy position with regards to the world of news: it can direct a lot of traffic to online publishers, but that's only if people bother to click on links after getting the gist of the story from Google itself (and...

Think -- Big Think - The tech industry may be dominated by men in terms of numbers, but there are lots of brilliant women in leadership positions that are changing the landscape. The women on this list are founders of companies dedicated to teaching girls to code,...

Media -- eBOM - This year has been a tough time for all industries, especially the electronics sector. From COVID19 to trade wars, many businesses, small and big, did not make it through without redundancies, furloughs, minimising office space or even resulting...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Is the U.S. economy in a V-shaped recovery or should we brace for a long and bumpy road ahead?

It depends on who you listen to, with two key economic and financial leaders offering very different forecasts on Tuesday (Sept. 29).

Larry Kudlow,...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index increased in September, after slipping in August, according to the Consumer Confidence Survey released Tuesday (Sept. 29).

The Index now stands at 101.8 (1985=100), up from 86.3 in August....

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Exploring a likely upturn in Q3, September PMIs, the new report on U.S. electronic supply chain orders and more.

Media -- ELE Times - An electronic component is any basic discrete device in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields. They are the elements of circuit which helps in its functioning. Electronic components have a number of electrical...

Media -- Semiconductor Engineering - End markets and technologies are changing, stock prices are up, and interest rates are down. Those are the necessary ingredients for acquisition binging. So why isn't much happening?

The answer is that more industry consolidation...

U.S. News -- U.S. business activity nudged down in September, with gains at factories offset by a retreat at services industries, suggesting a loss of momentum...

Aspencore -- EETimes - "An all-digital CES 2021 will allow the entire tech community to safely share ideas and introduce the products that will shape our future. You'll be able to participate in all the awe-inspiring moments of CES wherever you are..."

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Call it "home connectivity beyond the home."

eCommerce giant Amazon announced new details this week about Amazon Sidewalk, its bid to create a distributed (localized) IoT network. Amazon announced plans for Sidewalk last year, and the company...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - This August, semiconductor billings increased 32.5%, military revenues by country and supplier are available and sanctions may disrupt NOR flash supply. This and more in the Weekly Global Update.

Tech -- FutureIoT - As a technology, the internet of things (IoT) has been around for decades. IoT sensors can be found across a wide range of applications from sensors that detect luggage tags at airport conveyor belts directing these to their appropriate loading...

Media -- Semiconductor Today - According to a new price band forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, economic uncertainties have increased the downward pressure on smartphone prices globally, with 73% of...

Electronics -- Intel - The Intel Foundation, the STEM Next Opportunity Fund (legacy organization of the Robert N. Noyce Foundation), and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation are joining forces to launch the Million Girls Moonshot movement. Together with...

Globe Newswire -- Technology - Acquisition will dramatically boost Webpagetest.org's core capabilities; offering superior performance monitoring to the web performance community Acquisition will dramatically boost Webpagetest.org's core capabilities; offering superior...

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Tech -- TechCrunch - Another big M&A play is going down in the the world of media. Publishing group Red Ventures today announced that it is buying CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500 million. The deal will include the eponymous CNET tech site, as well as...

Tech -- TechCrunch - What a whirlwind of a Monday morning. Shortly after news broke that Microsoft is out of the picture in bidding for TikTok's U.S. operations, and rumors began circulating that Oracle is the winner, China's state broadcaster CGTN reported that...

Tech -- Digital Trends - TikTok has reportedly struck a deal with Oracle to sell its U.S. operations to the American software giant.

Globe Newswire -- NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) today announced a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Arm Limited from SBG and the SoftBank Vision Fund (together, "SoftBank") in a transaction valued at $40 billion. The transaction is expected to...

Media -- PYMNTS.com - Deloitte will be the first of the "Big Four" auditors to break up its business after selecting a new auditing board to undertake the task, according to a report from The Telegraph.

The company, along with fellow Big Four members EY, KPMG...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - August's PMI is showing signs of improvement, U.S. data shows an increase of orders and shipments in manufacturing, and semiconductor sales increased year-over-year last month, globally. This and more in the Weekly Global Update.

Aspencore -- EETimes - What provides the better edge in Formula 1 - a driver's skills or finely-tuned machine? This debate broke out in the 1980s with the growth of electronic systems on Formula 1 cars. Engineers toil ceaselessly to optimize race-cars, tweaking the...

Think -- Big Think - A recent Rutgers study has found that although small talk in the office can be distracting, employees and employers alike gain far more from these seemingly trivial interactions than we lose.Non-work banter can lead to more cohesive culture...

Think -- MIT Sloan Management Review - Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning offer new ways to boost productivity, develop talent, and drive organizational change by enhancing managers' ability to make the right calls in complex situations.

Augmented...

Media -- eBOM - Women in Electronics (WE) announced they are going global, with chapter expansions into Europe beginning this month. This will be the first international chapter for the three-year-old professional association with a focus on women in the electronics...