Alberto De la Torre demonstrated how controlled heating and cooling can toggle a quantum material between conductive and insulating states. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University. Key Things to Know: Moore’s Law is slowing as sil...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 29-08-2025

Key Things to Know: Western export controls backfired, accelerating China’s domestic semiconductor innovation and investment. Loongson’s 3C6000 CPUs showcase ISA independence with up to 64 cores, competitive performance, and nation...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 28-08-2025

Key Things to Know: The UN Global Compact, launched in 2000, is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative with over 20,000 participants worldwide. Its Ten Principles span human rights, labour, the environment, and ant...

Insights | By Matthew Walker | 28-08-2025

Key Things to Know: Breakthrough in satellite autonomy: UC Davis researchers, in collaboration with Proteus Space, have developed the first satellite with onboard AI for real-time self-monitoring and predictive diagnostics. Digital...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 26-08-2025

Key Things to Know: Smartphone video → 3D twins: Cornell’s DRAWER turns ordinary clips into interactive, photorealistic rooms with movable doors, drawers and objects. Low friction capture: No special sensors or manual mapping—short...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 22-08-2025

Read the original blog by Mouser Electronics here. Securing a batch of microcontrollers at a 15 percent lower price may seem like a win. But if delays, customs fees, and unexpected costs soon follow, that bargain quickly turns into a procurement disaster. Benc...

Buyer News | By Jack Pollard | 21-08-2025

Key Things to Know: China accuses Nvidia’s H20 chip of hardware “backdoors”, citing potential risks to national security and digital sovereignty. The H20 was designed for the Chinese market in response to US export restrictions on...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 19-08-2025

Key Things to Know: The United States’ semiconductor export restrictions have triggered a global surge in illicit chip trading and parallel supply chains. Malaysia now requires a Strategic Trade Permit for the export, transshipment...

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 18-08-2025

Computing is moving away from a cloud-first model and toward a distributed approach where decision-making happens closer to the data source. This change is driven by applications that cannot tolerate the latency of centralised processing, particularly in miss...

In The News | By Jack Pollard | 18-08-2025

Key Things to Know: Critical Wing FTP Server flaw (CVE-2025-47812) exploited within 24 hours of public disclosure. Vulnerability allows remote code execution with root or SYSTEM privileges on unpatched versions prior to 7.4.4....

Insights | By Robin Mitchell | 13-08-2025

Key Things to Know: Opposition to renewable projects often stems from visual impact concerns, especially with onshore wind and large-scale solar farms. Placing renewables out of sight can reduce local resistance but may raise syste...

Insights | By Liam Critchley | 12-08-2025

Key Things to Know: Innovative use of co-op funds: Waldom Electronics expands traditional co-op budgets beyond marketing, enabling investment in high-impact ESG initiatives such as sustainability projects, global reforestation, and social...

In The News | By Matthew Walker | 12-08-2025