Top Stories of the Week: Mar. 2-6, 2026
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Editor's Choice: From the Electronic Design Archives
These articles were chosen by the editors at Electronic Design that complement the new articles above. They are included in our regular newsletters.
Bill Wong's Picks of the Week
We got our Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) special report out this week. Hopefully you read my Beware of Too Many Magicians and Politicians article. Meanwhile (love that on the Late Show), here
Click to see Bill's list.
- Establishing Phase Reference Standards for RF Cable Assemblies: Design, Test, and Production Control - Maintaining phase consistency across RF cable assemblies is essential for multichannel, high-frequency systems. This article outlines a practical approach to defining and controlling phase reference standards from design through production. @ Microwaves & RF
- Time-Sensitive Networking and Other Crucial Considerations for Designing Smarter Machines - Networks need to interconnect multiple devices in real-time and process gigabits of information to truly work in smart manufacturing. Increased openness and interconnectivity, as well as compatibility, are vital. @ Machine Design
- Oil rises sharply as US-Iran conflict disrupts Strait of Hormuz flows - About 20 million b/d of crude oil and petroleum products transit the Strait of Hormuz, linking Persian Gulf producers—including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Kuwait—to global markets. Limited pipeline alternatives exist, but they cannot fully replace maritime export capacity. @ Oil & Gas Journal
Andy's Pics From Around the Web
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New breakthrough in lithium battery technology enables 700 Wh/kg energy density
Oz biotech startup Cortical Labs is now selling rack-mounted biological neural computers powered by brain cells. Meet the "Cortical Cloud server":
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yRV8fSw6HaE
Scammers are preying on Windows 10 users who haven't moved to Windows 11 with Facebook ads that urge you to 'Upgrade to Win 11 Pro Today,' antivirus provider Malwarebytes reports.
"Cancel ChatGPT" Goes Viral After Sam Altman Sells OpenAI Out [by swooping in, with "unethical" promises on AI tools/weapons/surveillance, after Anthropic was dropped by the US Government] ...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ORNjYfrxw0w
Palantir sues Swiss magazine for its allegedly accurate journalism which reported that the Swiss government didn’t want Palantir [f-bomb warning]
U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban
BYD spotted testing 1500 kW Flash Charge in China.
UW Seattle Husky Robotics: URC 2026 System Acceptance Review (SAR)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PJVO7Ae7_4M
Sam Altman Says "Vist Me In Jail"... Insane OpenAI Damage Control AMA...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6dRzvQ5bMrs
White House stalls release of approved US science budgets. The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00601-0
Macintosh on a microcontroller
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-gOS22wEpmU
Secret Buyer Places $300M Order for AMD GPUs Cooled With Lab-Grown Diamonds. Peter Thiel-backed Akash Systems says lab-grown diamonds can slash energy consumption in AI data centers by acting as a 'new layer in the data center cooling stack.'
Inside OpenAI’s patents, ahead of a 2026 AI device launch
https://parolaanalytics.com/parolanews/openai-patents-device-launch/
Altman Reportedly Tells Staff OpenAI Wants Another Classified Contract. This Time with NATO. The AI giant is in the middle of a consumer backlash after it made a deal with the U.S. Department of Defense.
Ice Airboat Built With Drone Motors
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HfRwgpoX8xI
The Stupidest Glitch Imaginable Killed a $72 Million Lunar Mission in a Single Day. NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer satellite was supposed to map water across the surface of the Moon, but glaring design and testing errors killed it.
Special Excerpt From The Free Press, By Michael Dunne: The Car World Is Going Electric, Without America.
https://newsletter.dunneinsights.com/p/the-car-world-is-going-electric-without
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