The US seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is being framed publicly as a counternarcotics and democracy-restoration operation. But it is oil — not cocaine or fentanyl — that sits at the center of events.…
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Key Insights (AI-assisted): Nordic’s move effectively collapses the stack between ultra‑low‑power connectivity silicon, ML tooling, and lifecycle cloud services. By embedding an NPU and tinyML models into a mainstream wireless SoC, edge AI shifts from…
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W.E.B. Du Bois was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts (where AIER is now headquartered), in 1868. Today, this towering figure of the early civil rights movement is remembered as a groundbreaking sociologist, Pan-African socialist, and…
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Key Insights (AI-assisted): By tightly coupling NXP’s i.MX 9 compute with Wi‑Fi 6 and multi-protocol radios in an entry-level form factor, Quectel is pushing advanced connectivity deeper into cost-sensitive IoT segments. This convergence lowers BOM…
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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are widely – but wrongly – panned as unregulated casinos or Ponzi schemes that create no real value. For example, US Senator Elizabeth Warren called crypto a “threat to financial stability,”…
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The shocking capture and extradition of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife over the weekend is the culmination of months of US pressure on the regime. President Trump and other administration officials have…
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As the industry transitions from 4G to 5G, eRedCap is emerging as the foundation for the next generation of long-life IoT Sony Semiconductor Israel (Sony) today announced its long-term vision for 5G IoT connectivity, positioning…
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Afero and Texas Instruments Partner to Build a Secure IoT Platform Designed for a Connected World
Key Insights (AI-assisted): This move signals a convergence between secure-by-design IoT software stacks and US-based semiconductor manufacturing for mass-market smart home deployments. By anchoring trust in silicon while abstracting complexity for developers, the partnership could… -
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Quectel Targets High-End Multimedia and Edge AI Applications with New SP895BD-AP Smart Module
Key Insights (AI-assisted): By pairing a 3nm application processor with a smart module form factor, Quectel is pushing smartphone-class compute and graphics deeper into embedded and industrial designs. This closes the gap between custom edge… -
Key Insights (AI-assisted): As eSIM and iSIM become default assumptions in IoT, the strategic bottleneck is shifting from hardware selection to operational maturity. The need to run mixed standards, multiple operator strategies, and diverse provisioning…