The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology appears to be taking a relatively conservative approach to interference mitigation in the 6 GHz band as it works through issues raised in an April 2020 Further NPRM (see 2004230059), industry officials told us. Apple and Apple/Qualcomm met with OET in recent days on the Monte Carlo simulations the tech companies are relying on to justify very-low power (VLP) operations in 6 GHz at the 14 dBm power levels proposed in the FNPRM.
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology appears to be taking a relatively conservative approach to interference mitigation in the 6 GHz band as it works through issues raised in an April 2020 Further NPRM (see 2004230059), industry officials told us. Apple and Apple/Qualcomm met with OET in recent days on the Monte Carlo simulations the tech companies are relying on to justify very-low power (VLP) operations in 6 GHz at the 14 dBm power levels proposed in the FNPRM.
Attorneys general from Missouri and Louisiana on Wednesday will depose Anthony Fauci in their lawsuit claiming the Biden administration colluded with tech giants to censor information on social media in 3:22-CV-01213 (see 2210240057). “We all deserve to know how involved Dr. Fauci was in the censorship of the American people during the COVID pandemic,” said Louisiana AG Jeff Landry (R). “Tomorrow, I hope to find out.” Missouri AG Eric Schmitt (R) claimed their offices “have uncovered documents and discovery that show clear coordination between the Biden Administration and social media companies on censoring speech.” The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on Monday stayed depositions for White House Director of Digital Strategy Robert Flaherty, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly, which has been a point of contention in the case (see 2211020071). The court ordered the district court to address “issues of the availability of suitable alternative sources for the evidence sought in the proposed depositions” and decide whether “further discovery should be paused until a ruling on a timely-filed motion by the Government to dismiss.” The court noted that in order to “require the depositions of high agency officials, the party seeking them must show that exceptional circumstances exist.” It asked the district court to “analyze whether the information sought can be obtained through less intrusive, alternative means, such as further written discovery or depositions of lower-ranking officials.” The court denied the government’s mandamus petition seeking to “vacate the district court’s order authorizing the depositions” of the three officials.
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation says the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports have been fruitless, and antidumping and countervailing duty laws also are inadequate to counter the wide variety of abuses from China -- industrial espionage, forced technology transfer, discrimination against foreign sales in China, as well as enormous subsidies. "It is time for the U.S. government, ideally working with allies, to craft and implement a new set of trade defense instruments," ITIF Founder Robert Atkinson wrote in a white paper released Nov. 21.
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation says the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese imports have been fruitless, and antidumping and countervailing duty laws also are inadequate to counter the wide variety of abuses from China -- industrial espionage, forced technology transfer, discrimination against foreign sales in China, as well as enormous subsidies. "It is time for the U.S. government, ideally working with allies, to craft and implement a new set of trade defense instruments," ITIF Founder Robert Atkinson wrote in a white paper released Nov. 21.
SoundHound announced an advance in conversational AI that recognizes and understands speech, then responds and acts in real time. Its Dynamic Interaction technology uses fragment parsing -- breaking speech down to partial utterances before processing them in real time -- and full-duplex audiovisual integration to create an instantaneous experience vs. requiring wake words and turn-taking “with awkward pauses” to process requests, it said. In restaurant settings, users won’t have to speak in a slow or unnatural way to be understood, and they can customize and edit a food order as they go, the company said.
Satellite constellations are inherently global operators, and regulators like the FCC have a responsibility to consider their global impact, the Royal Astronomical Society said Thursday, urging the International Bureau to delay approval of SpaceX's proposed second-generation constellation until it shows it can meet the standards developed by the International Astronomical Union. The RAU also asked the agency to end its exemption of large satellite constellations from environmental impact review. The commission didn't comment.
Nearly a month after the U.S. announced new export controls on advanced computing and semiconductor equipment destined to China, lawyers and companies are still grappling with what they say is a complex set of regulations and are awaiting clearer government guidance on how and whether their activities are covered. The dense regulations, along with lengthy response times from the Bureau of Industry and Security, have caused firms to delay decisions on shipments until they can better understand their risks and BIS’s due diligence requirements, trade attorneys and industry officials said in recent interviews.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision Oct. 20 remanding to the district court a $925.22 million Telephone Consumer Protection Act judgment against ViSalus to determine if the large sum violated the company’s due process rights (see Ref:2210210069]) showed that “the reasonableness and proportionality of a punitive award are important,” said Venable in an analysis of the decision Wednesday. The court was “clear” that just because an aggregate TCPA award becomes “predominantly punitive does not render it constitutionally unsound,” it said. That the 9th Circuit held that an aggregated TCPA damages award could be unconstitutional “is surprising, to the say the least,” but it seems that such a high damages award “can cause even the typically plaintiff-friendly Ninth Circuit to pause,” it said. “It remains to be seen how much, if at all, the ViSalus award will be reduced, so avoiding such an award continues to be a party’s first priority,” said Venable: “An ounce of TCPA compliance counseling now might just save 925 million pounds of pain later.”
Amazon shares hit a 52-year low at $97.66 Friday after Q4 revenue guidance was below analysts’ projections. Shares closed 6.8% lower at $103.41. The revenue guidance for the holiday quarter is $140 billion-$148 billion, for 2%-8% growth, said Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky on the company’s Thursday earnings call.