More than 3,500 Section 301 complaints have inundated the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging the lawfulness of the Lists 3 and 4A tariffs on Chinese imports, “and there’s likely more to come,” trade expert John Brew of Crowell & Moring told a Sports & Fitness Industry Association webinar Tuesday.
More than 3,500 Section 301 complaints have inundated the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging the lawfulness of the lists 3 and 4A tariffs on Chinese imports, “and there’s likely more to come,” trade lawyer John Brew of Crowell & Moring told a Sports and Fitness Industry Association webinar Jan. 26.
Native American tribes are seeking more cooperation from the FCC and other federal agencies to expand broadband access. With the new Biden administration, tribal leaders and advocacy groups said in recent interviews that they're optimistic for better intergovernmental coordination.
The FCC Wireless Bureau approved a waiver giving the Ione Band of Miwok Indians in California rights to pursue a license under the 2.5 GHz rural tribal window on trust lands. Trust lands would otherwise be excluded. The Ione Band showed “the trust lands in question are held for the specific benefit of the Tribe, and the Tribe’s authority over the lands is adequately demonstrated by the fact that the Tribe is actively planning to develop the land,” said Tuesday's order. “Based upon the showing made by Ione Band, treating this undisputedly rural land as eligible Tribal land under the Tribal Window would be consistent with the Tribal Window’s purpose.” The bureau approved a similar waiver for California’s Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. expects 2021 global smartphone shipments to increase 10% year on year and 5G handsets to take 35% market share this year, up from 18% in 2020, said CEO C.C. Wei on a Q4 earnings call Thursday. TSMC is a major components supplier to the iPhone 12.
IBM landed 9,130 U.S. patents in 2020, the most of any enterprise for the 28th-straight year, said the company Tuesday. The inventions spanned “key technology fields,” including artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, quantum computing and cybersecurity, it said. The patents were granted to inventors in 46 states and 54 countries, it said.
IBM landed 9,130 U.S. patents in 2020, the most of any enterprise for the 28th-straight year, said the company Tuesday. The inventions spanned “key technology fields,” including artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, quantum computing and cybersecurity, it said. The patents were granted to inventors in 46 states and 54 countries, it said.
IBM landed 9,130 U.S. patents in 2020, the most of any enterprise for the 28th-straight year, said the company Tuesday. The inventions spanned “key technology fields,” including artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, quantum computing and cybersecurity, it said. The patents were granted to inventors in 46 states and 54 countries, it said.
Mobileye crossed a “threshold” and can build high-definition autonomous-vehicle (AV) maps, said CEO Amnon Shashua, senior vice president of its Intel parent. “We’re basically mapping the world, all automatically, everything done in the cloud.” It plans deployments in Detroit, Paris and Tokyo, he told a CES media briefing. “If we figure out how” to land regulatory OK, Mobileye will “deploy” in New York City in months, he said Monday. New York State Department of Transportation officials didn’t respond to questions. Self-driving robotaxis will be “somewhat of a game-changer when they become ubiquitous,” said Shashua. “Removing the driver from the equation could reduce the cost of transportation considerably, even rivaling the cost of public transportation.” He thinks affordable consumer AVs at scale with Level 4 autonomy -- one notch down from full autonomy -- are possible in 2025: “We’ll have a number of years of practicing from a regulatory point of view. Regulation is critical here. It’s difficult to leap directly to a consumer level from a regulatory point of view. Going through a regulation of a fleet is much easier.”
The North American Numbering Council should establish a working group to "pinpoint the operational hurdles" that may arise with providing location information stemming from a 988 suicide hotline call, NTCA told the FCC Wireline Bureau Monday in docket 18-336 (see 2010190058). NTCA said routing calls to a local crisis center would let callers access local resources and allow mobilization of emergency services. "Ensuring that accurate location information is conveyed with a 988 call, and that such calls are routed properly to the appropriate local crisis center, will involve multiple stakeholders and technological hurdles," NTCA wrote, citing potential issues in remote areas in Alaska and on tribal lands. The group also raised privacy concerns. NANC meets Feb. 4 (see 2012310029).