5G: We are in the midpoint of the planned 10-year release cycle for 5G. In 2024 there was operators’ monetization struggles and sluggish 5G network investments. Expect a significant uptick in 5G activity in 2025. There are several reasons why telcos and industry observers are so optimistic. First, less than 10% of operators have launched →
Microsoft is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025. The company was started in 1975. To mark the occasion, founder Bill Gates has released the original code that launched the entire technology company — the Altair BASIC interpreter. According to Gates, it was “the coolest code I’ve ever written.” The source code is now available at →
“Like watching paint dry” A new 24-hour television broadcast will let viewers in Finland watch concrete dry in real time. The concept combines construction science and slow television. A concrete slab has been cast with embedded moisture and temperature sensors. Betonilive joins a growing list of popular livestreams in Finland, such as Pentulive (puppy cam) →
This posting is here to collect cyber security news in April 2025. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. You are also free to post related links to comments. →
An expert has seen a huge change in just a few months: Concerns about Finnish data have exploded, thanks to Musk and Trump. Trust in the US is eroding: Companies are looking for European alternatives to Amazon, Microsoft and Google President Donald Trump’s administration in the United States has shown in a short time that →
Ethernet recently celebrated its 50th anniversary as the most widely deployed technology for enterprise network connectivity. Ethernet switches: 2024 was a difficult year for Ethernet Campus Switch sales, with a 20 percent contraction compared to record revenues in 2023. The market is expected to rebound in 2025 and beyond, fueled by refresh cycles and Wi-Fi →
Today is Arduino Day, and it also happens to be Arduino’s 20th anniversary. Videos: https://youtu.be/FMcchyyTR4Y?si=oMr8BgGn1rXxv0yZ https://www.youtube.com/live/4uCY7vdctTE?si=a__JQJ8_vIEZapNy More: https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/70960527/arduino-at-embedded-world-2025-20-years-building-partnerships-and-disrupting-tech?publisherId=58763726&lang=en https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/industrial/boards/article/55276354/electronic-design-arduino-day-2025-and-arduinos-20th-anniversary →
I have just written an article to Uusiteknologia magazine on how AI is being used in electronics products design and the development of new features in embedded systems. Over the past few years, generative AI, utilizing large language models (LLMs), has become a common tool for developers working on electronics and embedded devices. AI is →
Every March 14 (3/14), mathematicians, scientists and math lovers around the world celebrate Pi Day, a commemoration of the mathematical sign pi (π), expressed most simply by the decimals 3.14 That 3.14 “joke” does not work so well in Europe where this date is normally written as 14.3.2025. The March 14 date coincides with Einstein’s →
I found an old smart card test card with PIC16C84 and a memory chip. Depending on the software put to PIC it could have maybe emulated telephone booth calling card, SIM card, satellite TV smartcard, cable TV smartcard or something else. →