Mannerisms

The U.S. trade deficit in goods trade with China narrowed to its lowest level since 2010 last year, as imports from China fell by more than $100 billion compared to the previous year. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the deficit with China decreased more than 25 percent to $279 billion in 2023, as tensions – both economic and political ...

63 years ago, in Electronics Weekly’s issue of April 26th 1961, this ad appeared from EEV.

63 years ago, in Electronics Weekly’s edition of March 8, 1961, this ad appeared from Elliott computers:  

The EU exported 32.1 million tonnes of waste to non-EU countries in 2022, according to Eurostat. This is a slight decline from the 33.0 million tonnes of waste exports to these countries in 2021. Turkey was the primary destination country for EU waste that year with some 12.4 million tonnes sent there, accounting to 39 percent of the total exports ...

With the UK increasing defence spending by £75 billion over six years, the US Congress voting a $60 billion spend to defend Ukraine and even the EU stepping up European arms production, the place to be is the armaments industry, Ed confides to his diary. The question is how? It’s a tightly controlled club. Cracking it will require tact and ...

In 2006, Freescale and NXP were bought by private equity funds Blackstone and KKR for $17.6 billion and $8 billion (for an 80% stake) respectively, thereby sparking an intense debate in the semiconductor industry, Opinion amongst CEOs at the 2006 Electronica Forum varied about the value to the chip industry of the private equity funds It was  suggested that Freescale’s ...

Tuesday was World Book Day and printed books are still beating e-books for popularity, according to Statista’s Market Insights: Media & Advertising, In the US, 20 percent of the population are estimated to have purchased an e-book last year, compared to 30 percent who bought a printed book. China is the only country of those studied that saw the opposite ...

585 years ago, this gentleman was involved in a scheme which involved polishing metal mirrors which were sold to pilgrims with the sales  pitch that they captured holy light from religious relics. The venture went bust leaving him with a debt to an investor which he sought to repay by coming up with an invention which spread knowledge across Europe ...

The US had 17.3 million digital nomads last year – according to MBO Partners the management buyout specialists –  which is more than double the number in  2019. Those people who can live the digital nomad lifestyle are most likely to be in professions that have a lower level of human contact in their day-to-day. Professions such as IT, finance, ...

Thankfully we’ve had a month or two’s rest from being told AI could wipe out mankind or is coming to take away your job. Maybe, as always in these crazes, there’s a period of reflection underway. But one way of looking at the latest claims for computers is to consider what they can’t do. In the bath, I came up ...

Thanks to Statista for this – the top twelve telcos measured by market cap: T-Mobile US 190 China Mobile 182 Comcast 171 Verizon 163 Deutsche T 125 AT&T 117 NTT 106 American Tower 95 Bharti Airtel 80 KDDI 70 Softbank 64 China Telecom 64    

If all continues to go well, in about a year from now, the first satellite ever to contain scientific instruments designed, built and inspired in Britain will be placed in orbit. So 64 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of October 26 1960. The story continues: The launching of the satellite will bring to its culmination, though ...

How much, if at all, do you think being [An only child / the oldest sibling / a middle child / the youngest sibling] has shaped your personality? The question was posed in a YouGov survey in the US last October. Data shows that only children as well as the eldest siblings were most likely to say their position in ...

“It’s the perfect sport for a pandemic,” The New York Times wrote in 2021, explaining the surge in popularity of running in the face of Covid-19 restrictions. With gym closures and restrictions on indoor activities and team sports, people turned to outdoor exercise as a safe and accessible way to stay active and maintain their physical and mental well-being. Running ...

I love crypto it’s so darn volatile and I know when it’s  going to move because I get tip-offs, Ed confides to his diary. When it goes high, my contacts tell that the big investors are about to unload, and when it’s been low for a while I get the word that they’re coming back in. It’s easy as falling ...

Foundry has become a major new focus for Intel with plans to become the world’s No.2 foundry by 2030. However, 20 years ago, things were very different as Intel exited the area after a two year dabble. In January 2003, this story appeared in the Press:- ‘Intel has decided that the Asic design services business doesn’t fit with its core ...

Why is the EV market lagging? According to the Harvard Business Review  it’s typical new market syndrome. In  his 1962 book Diffusions of Innovations, Everett Rogers characterised new market adoption with this bell curve. In his 1991 book, Crossing the Chasm,  Geoffrey Moore said  that the most challenging of these transitions (the ‘Chasm’) was between early adopters and the early ...

A young man who decided that he wanted to be a physicist was surprised when his first physics professor told him that the subject was not worth pursuing because everything of importance that was ever going to be known about physics was already known. The young man recounted: “When I began my physical studies and sought advice from my venerable ...

Boeing’s deliveries of commercial aircraft  faltered in Q1, according to the company’s reports. Boeing delivered  83 planes in Q3, down from 130 in Q1 2023. Airbus, saw an uptick in Q1, having delivered 142 of their planes, marking an increase from their Q1 2023 figure of 127. Boeing has been mired in a series of safety issues since the start ...

The annual Ocean Health Index  based on the most recent data shows thst four out of five of the lowest-scoring countries with more than 100,000 residents are situated on the African continent and in the Middle East. Ranking lowest out of 220 nations and regions analyzed is Eritrea with an index score of 54.8, followed by the Ivory Coast and ...